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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 24]
in touch with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus despite our engagement in the creation, we cannot be deviated from the path of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is especially meant for this purpose. In this material world everyone is engaged in some particular occupational duty which is prescribed in the  varṇāśrama-dharma .  Brāhmaṇas ,  kṣatriyas ,  vaiśyas ,  śūdras  and everyone are engaged in their occupational duty, but if one remembers his first duty—keeping in constant contact with the Supreme Personality of Godhead—everything will be successful. If one simply executes the rules and regulations of the  varṇāśrama-dharma  in the role of a  brāhmaṇa ,  kṣatriya ,  vaiśya ,  śūdra , and keeps busy and does not remember one's eternal relationship with the Lord, one's business and activities as well as occupational duties will simply be a waste of time. This is confirmed in the First Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam:
dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam  (Bhāg. 1.2.8)
The conclusion is that even if one is busy executing his occupational duty, his business in Kṛṣṇa consciousness need not be hampered. He has simply to execute the devotional service of  śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam —hearing, chanting, and remembering. One need not abandon his occupational duty. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yataḥ pravṛttir bhūtānāṁ yena sarvam idaṁ tatam sva-karmaṇā tam abhyarcya siddhiṁ vindati mānavaḥ
“By worship of the Lord—who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading—man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection.” (Bg. 18.46)
Thus one can continue with his occupational duty, but if he worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead as Lord Śiva herein prescribes, he attains his perfection of life.  Svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam  (Bhāg. 1.2.13). We should continue executing our occupational duties, but if we try to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by our duties, then our lives will be perfected.
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ते वयं नोदिताः सर्वे प्रजासर्गे प्रजेश्वराः। अनेन च्चस्ततमसः सिद्ध्यो विविधाः प्रजाः ॥७३॥