Text 9] Lord Visnu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena 773
“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any
circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus
comes to the level of Brahman.” (Bg. 14.26)

Thus one who is unflinchingly engaged in the devotional service of the
Lord surpasses the material qualities and attains Brahman realization. In
this connection Srila Ripa Gosvami says that if a person is always engaged
in the service of the Lord with his body, words and mind, he is to be con-
sidered liberated, although living in the material world.

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yah sva-dharmena mam nityari
nirasih §raddhayanvitah
bhajate sanakais tasya
mano rajan prasidati

yah—anyone who; sva-dharmena-—by his occupational duties; mam—Me;
nityam—regularly; nirasih—without any motive; sraddhaya—with faith and
devotion; anvitah—endowed; bhajate—worships; sanakaih—gradually ; tasya—
his; manah—mind; rajan—O King Prthu; prasidati— becomes fully satisfied.

TRANSLATION

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, continued: My dear
King Prthu, when one situated in his occupational duty engages in My
loving service without motive for material gain, he gradually becomes very
satisfied within.

PURPORT

This verse is also confirmed by the Visnu Purana. Occupational duties
are known as varnasrama-dharma and apply to the four divisions of ma-
terial and spiritual life—namely, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya and sidra, and
brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa. If one works according
to the varndsrama-dharma system and does not desire fruitive results, he
gets satisfaction gradually. Discharging one’s occupational duty as a means
of rendering devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead
is the ultimate goal of life. Bhagavad-gita confirms this as the process of
karma-yoga. In other words, we should act only for the satisfaction and
