Verses
Verse topic
Verse source
Bhagavad-Gītā 18.5-6
"Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up; they must be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great souls." "All these activities should be performed without attachment or any expectation of result. They should be performed as a matter of duty, O son of Pṛthā. That is My final opinion." https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/5/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/6/
Bhagavad-Gītā 18.7-9
"Prescribed duties should never be renounced. If one gives up his prescribed duties because of illusion, such renunciation is said to be in the mode of ignorance." "Anyone who gives up prescribed duties as troublesome or out of fear of bodily discomfort is said to have renounced in the mode of passion. Such action never leads to the elevation of renunciation." "O Arjuna, when one performs his prescribed duty only because it ought to be done, and renounces all material association and all attachment to the fruit, his renunciation is said to be in the mode of goodness." https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/7/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/8/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/9/
Bhagavad-Gītā 18.41-44
"Brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras are distinguished by the qualities born of their own natures in accordance with the material modes, O chastiser of the enemy." "Peacefulness, self-control, austerity, purity, tolerance, honesty, knowledge, wisdom and religiousness – these are the natural qualities by which the brāhmaṇas work." "Heroism, power, determination, resourcefulness, courage in battle, generosity and leadership are the natural qualities of work for the kṣatriyas." "Farming, cow protection and business are the natural work for the vaiśyas, and for the śūdras there are labor and service to others." https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/41/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/42/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/43/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/44/
Bhagavad-Gītā 18.45-47
"By following his qualities of work, every man can become perfect. Now please hear from Me how this can be done." "By worship of the Lord, who is the source of all beings and who is all-pervading, a man can attain perfection through performing his own work." "It is better to engage in one’s own occupation, even though one may perform it imperfectly, than to accept another’s occupation and perform it perfectly. Duties prescribed according to one’s nature are never affected by sinful reactions." https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/45/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/46/ & https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/47/
Bhagavad-Gītā 18.48
"Every endeavor is covered by some fault, just as fire is covered by smoke. Therefore one should not give up the work born of his nature, O son of Kuntī, even if such work is full of fault." https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/48/
Bhagavad-Gītā 18.67
"This confidential knowledge may never be explained to those who are not austere, or devoted, or engaged in devotional service, nor to one who is envious of Me." https://vedy.online/en/bg/18/67/
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.6-7
"The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self." "By rendering devotional service unto the Personality of Godhead, Śrī Kṛṣṇa, one immediately acquires causeless knowledge and detachment from the world." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/6 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/7
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.8-9
"The occupational activities a man performs according to his own position are only so much useless labor if they do not provoke attraction for the message of the Personality of Godhead." "All occupational engagements are certainly meant for ultimate liberation. They should never be performed for material gain. Furthermore, according to sages, one who is engaged in the ultimate occupational service should never use material gain to cultivate sense gratification." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/8 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/9
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.13-15
"O best among the twice-born, it is therefore concluded that the highest perfection one can achieve by discharging the duties prescribed for one’s own occupation according to caste divisions and orders of life is to please the Personality of Godhead." "Therefore, with one-pointed attention, one should constantly hear about, glorify, remember and worship the Personality of Godhead, who is the protector of the devotees." "With sword in hand, intelligent men cut through the binding knots of reactionary work [karma] by remembering the Personality of Godhead. Therefore, who will not pay attention to His message?" https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/13 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/14 & https://vedy.online/en/sb1/2/15
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.17
"One who has forsaken his material occupations to engage in the devotional service of the Lord may sometimes fall down while in an immature stage, yet there is no danger of his being unsuccessful. On the other hand, a nondevotee, though fully engaged in occupational duties, does not gain anything." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/5/17
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.27
"He is certainly a first-class man who awakens and understands, either by himself or from others, the falsity and misery of this material world and thus leaves home and depends fully on the Personality of Godhead residing within his heart." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/13/27
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.13.42
"As a cow, bound through the nose by a long rope, is conditioned, so also human beings are bound by different Vedic injunctions and are conditioned to obey the orders of the Supreme." https://vedy.online/en/sb1/13/42