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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 21]
words;  kāya —body;  guṇaiḥ —by the particular qualities;  sva-karmabhiḥ —by occupational duties;  amāyinaḥ —without reservation;  kāma-dugha —fulfilling all desires;  aṅghri-paṅkajam —the lotus feet;  yathā —as far as;  adhi-kāra —ability;  avasita-artha —fully convinced of one's interest;  siddhayaḥ —satisfaction.
TRANSLATION
Pṛthu Mahārāja advised his citizens: Engaging your minds, your words, your bodies and the results of your occupational duties, and being always open-minded, you should all render devotional service to the Lord. According to your abilities and the occupations in which you are situated, you should engage your service at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full confidence and without reservation. Then surely you will be successful in achieving the final objective in your lives.
PURPORT
As stated in the Eighteenth Chapter of  Bhagavad-gītā ,  sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya : one has to worship the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his occupational duties. This necessitates accepting the principle of four  varṇas  and four  āśramas . Pṛthu Mahārāja therefore says,  guṇaiḥ sva-karmabhiḥ . This phrase is explained in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ : “The four castes (the  brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas  and  śūdras ) are created by the Supreme Personality of Godhead according to the material modes of nature and the particular duties discharged in those modes.” A person who is situated in the mode of goodness is certainly more intelligent than others. Therefore he can practice the brahminical activities—namely, speaking the truth, controlling the senses, controlling the mind, remaining always clean, practicing tolerance, having full knowledge about one's self-identity, and understanding devotional service. In this way, if he engages himself in the loving service of the Lord as an actual  brāhmaṇa , his aim to achieve the final interest of life is attained. Similarly, the  kṣatriya 's duties are to give protection to the citizens, to give all his possessions in charity, to be strictly Vedic in the management of state affairs, and to be unafraid to fight whenever there is an attack by enemies. In this way, a  kṣatriya  can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his occupational duties. Similarly, a  vaiśya  can satisfy the Supreme Godhead by properly executing his occupational duties—engaging himself in producing foodstuffs, giving protection to cows, and trading if necessary when there is an excess of agricultural production. Similarly, because they do not have ample