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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
brother, Bharata, as their guide and lord, and thereby serve him. Of all living entities, the  brāhmaṇas  are the best, and above the  brāhmaṇas  the  Vaiṣṇavas  are situated in an even better position. Serving a  Vaiṣṇava  means serving the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus Śukadeva Gosvāmī describes the characteristics of Bharata Mahārāja and the sacrificial performance executed by Lord Rṣabhadeva for the instruction of the general populace.
TEXT I
ऋषभ उवाच
नायं देहो देहभाजां नृलोके 
    कष्टान् कामानर्हते विड्भुजां ये । 
    तपो दिव्यं पुत्रका येन सत्त्वं 
    शुद्धयेद्यस्माद् ब्रह्मसौख्यं त्वनन्तम् ॥ १ ॥
ṛṣabha uvāca
nāyam deho deha-bhājām nṛloke
kaṣṭān kāmān arhate viḍ-bhujām ye
tapo divyam putrakā yena sattvam
śuddhyed yasmād brahma-saukhyam tv anantam
ṛṣabhaḥ uvāca —Lord Rṣabhadeva said:  na —not;  ayam —this;  dehaḥ —body;  deha-bhājām —of all living entities who have accepted material bodies;  nṛ-loke —in this world;  kaṣṭān —troublesome;  kāmān —sense gratification;  arhate —deserves;  viṭ-bhujām —of stool-eaters;  ye —which;  tapaḥ —austerities and penances;  divyam —divine;  putrakāḥ —My dear sons;  yena —by which;  sattvam —the heart;  śuddhyet —becomes purified;  yasmāt —from which;  brahma-saukhyam —spiritual happiness;  tu —certainly;  anantam —unending.
TRANSLATION
Lord Rṣabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and