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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 16]
he is envious not only of others but also of himself. Consequently his system of religion is useless.
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (1.2.8) says:
dharmaḥ svanuṣṭhitaḥ puṁsāṁ viṣvaksena-kathāsu yaḥ notpādayed yadi ratiṁ śrama eva hi kevalam
“Duties [ dharma ] executed by men, regardless of occupation, are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Supreme Lord.” Following a system of religion that does not awaken one’s Kṛṣṇa consciousness, or God consciousness, is merely a waste of time and labor.
TEXT 43
न व्यभिचरति तवेक्षा
यया ह्यभिहितो भागवतो धर्मः ।
स्थिरचरसत्त्वकदम्बे-
ष्वपृथग्धियो यमुपासते त्वार्याः ॥४३॥
na vyabhicarati tavekṣā
yayā hy abhihito bhāgavato dharmaḥ sthira-cara-sattva-kadambeṣv
apṛthag-dhiyo yam upāsate tv āryāḥ
na —not;  vyabhicarati —fails;  tava —Your;  ikṣā —outlook;  yayā —by which;  hi —indeed;  abhihitaḥ —declared;  bhāgavataḥ —in relationship with Your instructions and activities;  dharmaḥ —religious principle;  sthira —nonmoving;  cara —moving;  sattva-kadambeṣu —among the living entities;  apṛthak-dhiyaḥ —who do not consider distinctions;  yam —which;  upāsate —follow;  tu —certainly;  āryāḥ —those who are advanced in civilization.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, one’s occupational duty is instructed in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam and Bhagavad-gītā according to Your point of view,