Text 9] Lord Viṣṇu's Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena
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“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.” (Bg. 14.26)
Thus one who is unflinchingly engaged in the devotional service of the Lord surpasses the material qualities and attains Brahman realization. In this connection Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī says that if a person is always engaged in the service of the Lord with his body, words and mind, he is to be considered liberated, although living in the material world.
TEXT 9
यः स्वधर्मेण मां नित्यं निराशीः श्रद्धयान्वितः।
भजते शनकैस्तस्य मनो राजन् प्रसीदति ॥ ९ ॥
yaḥ sva-dharmeṇa mām nityam nirāśīḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ bhajate śanakais tasya mano rājan prasīdati
yaḥ —anyone who;  sva-dharmeṇa —by his occupational duties;  mām —Me;  nityam —regularly;  nirāśīḥ —without any motive;  śraddhayā —with faith and devotion;  anvitaḥ —endowed;  bhajate —worships;  śanakaiḥ —gradually;  tasya —his;  manaḥ —mind;  rājan —O King Pṛthu;  prasīdati —becomes fully satisfied.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Viṣṇu, continued:  My dear King Pṛthu, when one situated in his occupational duty engages in My loving service without motive for material gain, he gradually becomes very satisfied within.
PURPORT
This verse is also confirmed by the  Viṣṇu Purāṇa . Occupational duties are known as  varṇāśrama-dharma  and apply to the four divisions of material and spiritual life—namely,  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  and  śūdra , and  brahmacarya ,  gṛhastha ,  vānaprastha  and  sannyāsa . If one works according to the  varṇāśrama-dharma  system and does not desire fruitive results, he gets satisfaction gradually. Discharging one's occupational duty as a means of rendering devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the ultimate goal of life.  Bhagavad-gītā  confirms this as the process of  karma-yoga . In other words, we should act only for the satisfaction and