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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 22]
kim ātmanānena jahāti yo 'ntataḥ 
    kim riktha-hāraiḥ svajanākhya-dasyubhiḥ 
    kim jāyayā saṁsṛti-hetu-bhūtayā 
    martyasya gehaiḥ kim ihāyuṣo vyayaḥ
kim —what is the use;  ātmanā anena —of this body;  jahāti —gives up;  yaḥ —which (body);  antataḥ —at the end of life;  kim —what is the use;  riktha-hāraiḥ —the plunderers of wealth;  svajana-ākhya-dasyubhiḥ —they who are actually plunderers but who pass by the name of relatives;  kim —what is the use;  jāyayā —of a wife;  saṁsṛti-hetu-bhūtayā —who is the source of increasing material conditions;  martyasya —of a person sure to die;  gehaiḥ —of houses, family and community;  kim —what is the use;  iha —in which house;  āyuṣaḥ —of the duration of life;  vyayaḥ —simply wasting.
TRANSLATION
What is the use of the material body, which automatically leaves its owner at the end of life? And what is the use of all one's family members, who are actually plunderers taking away money that is useful for the service of the Lord in spiritual opulence? What is the use of a wife? She is only the source of increasing material conditions. And what is the use of family, home, country and community? Attachment for them merely wastes the valuable energy of one's lifetime.
PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, advises,  sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja : "Give up all other varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." The common man does not appreciate such a statement by the Supreme Personality of Godhead because he thinks that during his lifetime his family, society, country, body and relatives are everything. Why should one give up any one of them and take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? But from the behavior of great personalities like Prahlāda Mahārāja and Bali Mahārāja we understand that surrendering to the Lord is the right action for an intelligent person. Prahlāda Mahārāja took shelter of Viṣṇu against the will