774
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 20]
service of the Lord. Otherwise we will be entangled by the resultant actions.
Everyone is situated in his occupational duty, but the purpose of material occupations should not be for material gain. Rather, everyone should offer the results of his occupational activities. A  brāhmaṇa  especially should execute his occupational duties not for material gain but to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  and  śūdra  should work in a similar way. In this material world everyone is engaged in various professional and occupational duties, but the purpose of such activities should be to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Devotional service is very simple, and anyone can adopt it. Let one remain what he is; he need only install the Deity of the Supreme Lord in his house. The Deity may be Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa or Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa (there are many other forms of the Lord). In this way a  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya  or  śūdra  can worship the Deity with the results of his honest labor. Regardless of one's occupational duty, one should adopt the devotional means of hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, offering everything to the Lord, and engaging in His service. In this way one can very easily engage himself in the service of the Lord. When the Lord is pleased with one's service, one's mission in life is fulfilled.
TEXT 10
परित्यक्तगुणः सम्यग्दर्शनो विशदाशयः । 
  शान्तिं मे समवस्थानं ब्रह्म कैवल्यमश्नुते ॥१०॥
parityakta-guṇaḥ samyag 
  darśano viśadāśayaḥ 
  śāntiṁ me samavasthānaṁ 
  brahma kaivalyam aśnute
parityakta-guṇaḥ —one who is disassociated from the material modes of nature;  samyak —equal;  darśanaḥ —whose vision;  viśada —uncontaminated;  āśayaḥ —whose mind or heart;  śāntiṁ —peace;  me —My;  samavasthānaṁ —equal situation;  brahma —spirit;  kaivalyam —freedom from material contamination;  aśnute —achieves.
TRANSLATION
When the heart is cleansed of all material contamination, the devotee's mind becomes broader and transparent, and he can see things equally. At that stage of life there is peace, and one is situated equally with Me as sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha.