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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
“O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.” This is  bhakti . Unless one is devoted, he cannot give everything to the Supreme Lord. Unless one can do so, he cannot become a spiritual master, husband, father or mother. Similarly, the wives of the  brāhmaṇas  who were performing sacrifices gave up their relatives just to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. This is an example of a wife rejecting a husband who cannot deliver her from the impending dangers of birth and death. Similarly, Prahlāda Mahārāja rejected his father, and Bharata Mahārāja rejected his mother ( jananī na sā syāt ). The word  daivam  indicates a demigod or one who accepts worship from a dependent. Ordinarily, the spiritual master, husband, father, mother or superior relative accepts worship from an inferior relative, but here Rṣabhadeva forbids this. First the father, spiritual master or husband must be able to release the dependent from repeated birth and death. If he cannot do this, he plunges himself into the ocean of reproachment for his unlawful activities. Everyone should be very responsible and take charge of his dependents just as a spiritual master takes charge of his disciple or a father takes charge of his son. All these responsibilities cannot be discharged honestly unless one can save the dependent from repeated birth and death.
TEXT 19
इदं शरीरं मम दुर्विभाव्यं 
  सत्त्वं हि मे हृदयं यत्र धर्मः । 
  पृष्ठे कृतो मे यदधर्मं आराद् 
  अतो हि मामृषभं प्राहुरार्याः ॥१९॥
idam śarīram mama durvibhāvyam  
 sattvam hi me hṛdayam yatra dharmaḥ  
 pṛṣṭhe kṛto me yad adharma ārād  
 ato hi mām ṛṣabham prāhur āryāḥ
idam —this;  śarīram —transcendental body,  sac-cid-ānanda-vigraha ; 
 mama —My;  durvibhāvyam —inconceivable;  sattvam —with no tinge of