598 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 14

occupation renders service by the resultant actions of his activities. That is
the perfection of life. As stated in Bhagavad-gita:

yatah pravrttir bhutanam
yena sarvam idam tatam

sva-karmana tam abhyarcya
siddhim vindati manavah

“By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-
pervading, man can, in the performance of his own duty, attain perfection.”
(Bg. 18.46)

Thus the brahmanas, ksatriyas, sudras and vaisyas must execute their
prescribed duties as these duties are stated in the sastras. In this way every-
one can satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. The king, or
government head, has to see that the citizens are thus engaged. In other
words, the state or the government must not deviate from its duty by de-
claring that the state is a secular one which has no interest in whether
or not the people advance in varnasrama-dharma. Today people engaged in
government service and people who rule over the citizens have no respect
for the varnasrama-dharma. They complacently feel that the state is secu-
lar. In such a government, no one can be happy. The people must follow
the varnasrama-dharma, and the king must see that they are following it
nicely.

TEXT 19

TA TR AEM AMA YTATAA: |
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tasya rajiio maha-bhaga
bhagavan bhiita-bhavanah

paritusyati visvatma
tisthato nija-sdsane

tasya—with him; rajfiah—the king; maha-bhaga—O noble one; bhagavan—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhuta-bhavanah—who is the original
cause of the cosmic manifestation; paritusyati—becomes satisfied; visva-
atma—the Supersoul of the entire universe; tisthatah—being situated; nija-
Sdsane—in his own governing situation.

TRANSLATION

O noble one, if the king sees that the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
the original cause of the cosmic manifestation and the Supersoul within
everyone, is worshiped, the Lord will be satisfied.
