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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 9]
devotees go back home, back to Godhead, and achieve success in every effort. The demons or atheists have faith in their own endeavors, but although they work very hard day and night, they cannot get any more than their destiny. The devotees, however, can surpass the reactions of  karma  and achieve wonderful results, even without effort. It is also said,  phalena paricīyate : one's success or defeat in any activity is understood by its result. There are many  karmīs  in the dress of devotees, but the Supreme Personality of Godhead can detect their purpose. The  karmīs  want to use the property of the Lord for their selfish sense gratification, but a devotee endeavors to use the Lord's property for God's service. Therefore a devotee is always distinct from the  karmīs , although the  karmīs  may dress like devotees. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (3.9),  yajñārthāt karmaṇo 'nyatra loko 'yam karma-bandhanaḥ . One who works for Lord Viṣṇu is free from this material world, and after giving up his body he goes back home, back to Godhead. A  karmī , however, although externally working like a devotee, is entangled in his nondevotional activity, and thus he suffers the tribulations of material existence. Thus from the results achieved by the  karmīs  and devotees, one can understand the presence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who acts differently for the  karmīs  and  jñānīs  than for the devotees. The author of  Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta  therefore says:
kṛṣṇa-bhakta — niṣkāma, ataeva 'śānta'  
 bhukti-mukti-siddhi-kāmī — sakali 'aśānta'
The  karmīs  who desire sense gratification, the  jñānīs  who aspire for the liberation of merging into the existence of the Supreme, and the  yogīs  who seek material success in mystic power are all restless, and ultimately they are baffled. But the devotee, who does not expect any personal benefit and whose only ambition is to spread the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is blessed with all the auspicious results of  bhakti-yoga , without hard labor.
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यद् युज्यतेऽसुवसुकर्ममनोवचोभि- 
  देहात्मजादिषु नृमिस्तदसत् पृथक्त्वात्।