In human society there are various activities performed for the protection of one’s wealth and life by one’s words, one’s mind and one’s actions, but they are all performed for one’s personal or extended sense gratification with reference to the body. All these activities are baffled because of being separate from devotional service. But when the same activities are performed for the satisfaction of the Lord, the beneficial results are distributed to everyone, just as water poured on the root of a tree is distributed throughout the entire tree.
Srimad Bhagavata Purana
श्रीमद्भागवतमहापुराणम्
मूल श्लोकः
यद्युज्यतेऽसुवसुकर्ममनोवचोभि- र्देहात्मजादिषु नृभिस्तदसत्पृथक्त्वात् । तैरेव सद्भवति यत्क्रियतेऽपृथक्त्वात् सर्वस्य तद्भवति मूलनिषेचनं यत्
yadyujyate'suvasukarmamanovacobhi- rdehātmajādiṣu nṛbhistadasatpṛthaktvāt | taireva sadbhavati yatkriyate'pṛthaktvāt sarvasya tadbhavati mūlaniṣecanaṃ yat
SB 8.9.29