Text 8] Battle Between the Demigods and Vṛtrāsura
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yo 'dhruveṇātmanā nāthā 
  na dharmaṁ na yaśaḥ pumān 
  iheta bhūta-dayayā 
  sa śocyaḥ sthāvarair api
yaḥ—anyone who; adhruveṇa—impermanent; ātmanā—by the body; nāthāḥ—O lords; na—not; dharmaṁ—religious principles; na—not; yaśaḥ—fame; pumān—a person; iheta—endeavors for; bhūta-dayayā—by mercy for the living beings; saḥ—that person; śocyaḥ—pitiable; sthāvaraiḥ—by the immobile creatures; api—even.
TRANSLATION
O demigods, one who has no compassion for humanity in its suffering and does not sacrifice his impermanent body for the higher causes of religious principles or eternal glory is certainly pitied even by the immovable beings.
PURPORT
In this regard, a very exalted example was set by Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana. Concerning Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu it is said in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (11.5.34):
tyaktvā sudustyaja-surepsita-rājya-lakṣmīṁ 
  dharmiṣṭha ārya-vacasā yad agād araṇyam 
  māyā-mṛgaṁ dayitayepsitam anvadhāvad 
  vande mahā-puruṣa te caraṇāravindam
“We offer our respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of the Lord, upon whom one should always meditate. He left His householder life, leaving aside His eternal consort, whom even the denizens of heaven adore. He went into the forest to deliver the fallen souls, who are put into illusion by material energy.” To accept  sannyāsa  means to commit civil suicide. but  sannyāsa  is compulsory, at least for every  brāhmaṇa , every first-class human being. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had a very young and beautiful wife and a very affectionate mother. Indeed, the affectionate dealings of His family members were so pleasing that even the demigods could not expect such happiness at home. Nevertheless, for the