Srimad Bhagavatam

References to text SB 5.5.4
SB 5.5.4: When a person considers sense gratification the aim of life, he certainly becomes mad after materialistic living and engages in all kinds of sinful activity. He does not know that due to his past misdeeds he has already received a body which, although temporary, is the cause of his misery. Actually the living entity should not have taken on a material body, but he has been awarded the material body for sense gratification. Therefore I think it not befitting an intelligent man to involve himself again in the activities of sense gratification by which he perpetually gets material bodies one after another.

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In the Å›Ästra it is said that of all types of fruitive workers, he who is advanced in knowledge of the higher values of life is favored by the Supreme Lord Hari. Out of many such people who are advanced in knowledge [jñÄnÄ«s], one who is practically liberated by virtue of his knowledge may take to devotional service. He is superior to the others. However, one who has actually attained prema, pure love of Kṛṣṇa, is superior to him. The gopÄ«s are exalted above all the advanced devotees because they are always totally dependent upon ÅšrÄ« Kṛṣṇa, the transcendental cowherd boy. Among the gopÄ«s, ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī is the most dear to Kṛṣṇa. Her kuṇá¸a [lake] is as profoundly dear to Lord Kṛṣṇa as this most beloved of the gopÄ«s. Who, then, will not reside at RÄdhÄ-kuṇá¸a and, in a spiritual body surcharged with ecstatic devotional feelings [aprÄká¹›ta-bhÄva], render loving service to the Divine Couple ÅšrÄ« ÅšrÄ« RÄdhÄ-Govinda, who perform Their aṣṭa-kÄlÄ«ya-lÄ«lÄ, Their eternal eightfold daily pastimes. Indeed, those who execute devotional service on the banks of RÄdhÄ-kuṇá¸a are the most fortunate people in the universe.
Nectar of Instruction
NoI 10