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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 1]
live there. One cannot be promoted to civilized life unless one comes to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for by nature one is destined to live in a particular situation according to one's  karma  and association with the modes of nature. If men want to live in harmony and peace, they must take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, for they cannot achieve the highest standard while absorbed in the bodily concept of life. Mahārāja Priyavrata divided the surface of the globe into different islands so that each class of men would live peacefully and not clash with the others. The modern idea of nationhood has gradually developed from the divisions made by Mahārāja Priyavrata.
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भौमं दिव्यं मानुषं च महित्वं कर्मयोगजम् । यश्चक्रे निरयौषम्यं पुरुषानुजनप्रियः ॥४१॥
bhaumam divyam mānuṣam ca mahitvam karma-yogajam yaś cakre nirayaupamyam puruṣānujana-priyaḥ
bhaumam —of the lower planets;  divyam —heavenly;  mānuṣam —of human beings;  ca —also;  mahitvam —all opulences;  karma —by fruitive activities;  yoga —by mystic power;  jam —born;  yaḥ —one who;  cakre —did;  niraya —with hell;  aupamyam —comparison or equality;  puruṣa —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  anujana —to the devotee;  priyaḥ —most dear.
TRANSLATION
“As a great follower and devotee of the sage Nārada, Mahārāja Priyavrata considered hellish the opulences he had achieved by dint of fruitive activities and mystic power, whether in the lower or heavenly planetary systems or in human society.”
PURPORT
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has said that the position of a devotee is so superexcellent that a devotee does not consider any material opulence