धर्म: स्वनुष्ठित: पुंसां विष्वक्सेनकथासु य: । नोत्पादयेद्यदि रतिं श्रम एव हि केवलम् ॥ ८ ॥
dharmah svanusthitah pumsam visvaksena-kathasu yah notpadayed yadi ratim srama eva hi kevalam
- dharmah
- occupation
- svanusthitah
- executed in terms of one’s own position
- pumsam
- of humankind
- visvaksena
- the Personality of Godhead (plenary portion)
- kathasu
- in the message of
- yah
- what is
- na
- not
- utpadayet
- does produce
- yadi
- if
- ratim
- attraction
- sramah
- useless labor
- eva
- only
- hi
- certainly
- kevalam
- entirely.
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.