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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 5]
is a spiritual identity, and therefore his occupational duty is also spiritual. The real  dharma  is that which is advised in  Bhagavad-gītā: sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja . One must give up one's material occupational duties, just as one must give up his material body. Whatever one's occupational duty, even according to the  vaṃāśrama  system, one must give it up and engage in one's spiritual function. One's real  dharma , or occupational duty, is explained by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.  Jīvera 'svarūpa' haya — kṛṣṇera 'nitya-dāsa' : every living being is an eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. That is one's real occupational duty.
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धर्ममर्थं च कामं च नितरां चानुपूर्वशः। 
    प्रह्लादायोचतू राजन् प्रश्रितावनताय च ॥५२॥
dharmam arthaṁ ca kāmaṁ ca  
 nitarāṁ cānupūrvaśaḥ  
 prahrādāyocatū rājan  
 praśritāvanatāya ca
dharmam —mundane occupational duty;  artham —economic development;  ca —and;  kāmam —sense gratification;  ca —and;  nitarām —always;  ca —and;  anupūrvaśaḥ —according to order, or from the beginning to the end;  prahrādāya —unto Prahlāda Mahārāja;  ūcatuḥ —they spoke;  rājan —O King;  praśrita —who was humble;  avanatāya —and submissive;  ca —also.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter,  Śaṇḍa  and  Amarka  systematically and unceasingly taught Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was very submissive and humble, about mundane religion, economic development and sense gratification.
PURPORT
There are four processes for human society— dharma ,  artha ,  kāma  and  mokṣa —and they culminate in liberation. Human society must