160
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 16]
PURPORT
This statement is confirmed in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Ādi  9.41). Lord Caitanya said:
bhārata-bhūmite haila manuṣya-janma yāra janma sārthaka kari' kara para-upakāra
Everyone born in India, especially as a human being, can achieve the supreme success through the Vedic literature and its practical application in life. When one is perfect, he can render a service for the self-realization of the entire human society. This is the best way to perform humanitarian work.
TEXT 59
स्मृत्वेहायां परिक्लेशं ततः कलविपर्ययम् । अभयं चाप्यनीहायां सङ्क्ष्माद्विरमेत्कविः ॥५९॥
smṛtvehāyām parikleśam tataḥ phala-viparyayam abhayam cāpy anīhāyām saṅkalpād viramet kaviḥ
smṛtvā —remembering;  īhāyām —in the field of activities with fruitive results;  parikleśam —the waste of energy and the miserable conditions;  tataḥ —from that;  phala-viparyayam —the opposite of the desired result;  abhayam —fearlessness;  ca —also;  api —indeed;  anīhāyām —when there is no desire for fruitive results;  saṅkalpāt —from material desire;  viramet —should cease;  kaviḥ —one who is advanced in knowledge.
TRANSLATION
Remembering the great trouble found in the field of activities performed for fruitive results, and remembering how one receives the reverse of the results one desires—whether from material actions or from the fruitive activities recommended in the Vedic literatures—an intelligent man should cease from the desire for