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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 10]
the mission of life. One's own body and the bodies of his friends and relatives, as well as one's own riches and everything else one has, should be engaged for the benefit of others. This is the mission of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. As stated in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Ādi  9.41):
bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
“One who has taken birth as a human being in the land of India [Bhārata-varṣa] should make his life successful and work for the benefit of all other people.
The word  upakuryāt  means  para-upakāra , helping others. Of course, in human society there are many institutions to help others, but because philanthropists do not know how to help others, their propensity for philanthropy is ineffectual. They do not know the ultimate goal of life ( śreya ācaraṇam ), which is to please the Supreme Lord. If all philanthropic and humanitarian activities were directed toward achieving the ultimate goal of life—to please the Supreme Personality of God—they would all be perfect. Humanitarian work without Kṛṣṇa is nothing. Kṛṣṇa must be brought to the center of all our activities; otherwise no activity will have value.
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श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच एवं कृतव्यवसितो दध्यङ्ङार्थवर्णस्तनुम् । परे भगवति ब्रह्मण्यात्मानं सन्नयञ्जहौ ॥११॥
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca evam kṛta-vyavasito dadhyanṅ ātharvaṇas tanum pare bhagavati brahmaṇy ātmānam sannayañ jahau
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  evam —thus;  kṛta-vyavasitaḥ —making certain of what to do (in giving his body to the demigods);  dadhyan —Dadhīci Muni;  ātharvaṇaḥ —the son of Atharvā;