160 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 16
PURPORT

This statement is confirmed in Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 9.41). Lord

Caitanya said:
bharata-bhiimite haila manusya-janma yara
Janma sarthaka kari’ kara para-upakara
Everyone born in India, especially as a human being, can achieve the
supreme success through the Vedic literature and its practical application
in life. When one is perfect, he can render a service for the self-
realization of the entire human society. This is the best way to perform
humanitarian work.
TEXT 59
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smrtvehayarh pariklesam
tatah phala-viparyayam
abhayam capy anihayar
sarikalpad viramet kavih

smrtvd—remembering; ihadyam—in the field of activities with fru-
itive results; pariklesam—the waste of energy and the miserable condi-
tions; tatah—from that; phala-viparyayam—the opposite of the desired
result; abhayam—fearlessness; ca—also; api—indeed; anihayam—
when there is no desire for fruitive results; sarikalpat—from material
desire; viramet—should cease; kavih—one who is advanced in knowl-
edge.

TRANSLATION

Remembering the great trouble found in the field of activities
performed for fruitive results, and remembering how one receives
the reverse of the results one desires—whether from material ac-
tions or from the fruitive activities recommended in the Vedic
literatures—an intelligent man should cease from the desire for
