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service of the Lord. Otherwise we will be entangled by the resultant actions.

Everyone is situated in his occupational duty, but the purpose of material
occupations should not be for material gain. Rather, everyone should offer
the results of his occupational activities. A brahmana especially should exe-
cute his occupational duties not for material gain but to please the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. The ksatriya, vaigya and siidra should work in a
similar way. In this material world everyone is engaged in various pro-
fessional and occupational duties, but the purpose of such activities should
be to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Devotional service is
very simple, and anyone can adopt it. Let one remain what he is; he need
only install the Deity of the Supreme Lord in his house. The Deity may be
Radha-Krsna or Laksmi-Narayana (there are many other forms of the
Lord). In this way a brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya or sidra can worship the
Deity with the results of his honest labor. Regardless of one’s occupational
duty, one should adopt the devotional means of hearing, chanting, remem-
bering, worshiping, offering everything to the Lord, and engaging in His
service. In this way one can very easily engage himself in the service of the
Lord. When the Lord is pleased with one’s service, one’s mission in life is
fulfilled.

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parityakta-gunah samyag
dargano vigadasayah
Sdntirh me samavasthanar
brahma kaivalyam asnute

parityakta-gunah—one who is disassociated from the material modes of
nature; samyak—equal; darsanah—whose vision; visada—uncontaminated;
asayah—whose mind or heart; santim—peace; me—My; samavasthanam—
equal situation; brahma—spirit; kaivalyam—freedom from material con-
tamination; asnute—achieves.

TRANSLATION

When the heart is cleansed of all material contamination, the devotee’s
mind becomes broader and transparent, and he can see things equally. At
that stage of life there is peace, and one is situated equally with Me as
sac-cid-ananda-vigraha.
