Shloka 33
पद्भ्यां भगवतो जज्ञे शुश्रूषा धर्मसिद्धये । तस्यां जात: पुरा शूद्रो यद्वृत्त्या तुष्यते हरि: ॥ ३३ ॥
padbhyāṁ bhagavato jajñe śuśrūṣā dharma-siddhaye tasyāṁ jātaḥ purā śūdro yad-vṛttyā tuṣyate hariḥ
Thereafter, for the perfection of dharma, service manifested from the feet of the Bhagavān; from this arose the śūdra, who satisfies Hari by a life of service.
Service is the real constitutional occupation of all living entities. The living entities are meant to render service to the Lord, and they can attain religious perfection by this service attitude. One cannot attain religious perfection simply by speculating to attain theoretical knowledge. The jñānī division of spiritualists go on speculating only to distinguish the soul from matter, but they have no information of the activities of the soul after being liberated by knowledge. It is said that persons who only mentally speculate to know things as they are and who do not engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord are simply wasting their time.
FAQs
This verse states that from the Lord’s feet arises the principle of service (śuśrūṣā), and from that service propensity the śūdra class is described as manifesting—whose proper work can please Lord Hari.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī speaks this verse while instructing King Parīkṣit in the narration describing the universal form and the emergence of social functions (varṇāśrama) from the Lord.
It teaches that sincere service and honest livelihood, performed as duty and offered in devotion, are spiritually meaningful and can please the Supreme Lord.