Devanagari
पुंसां किलैकान्तधियां स्वकानां
या: सम्पदो दिवि भूमौ रसायाम् ।
न राति यद्द्वेष उद्वेग आधि-
र्मद: कलिर्व्यसनं सम्प्रयास: ॥ २२ ॥
Verse text
puṁsāṁ kilaikānta-dhiyāṁ svakānāṁ
yāḥ sampado divi bhūmau rasāyām
na rāti yad dveṣa udvega ādhir
madaḥ kalir vyasanaṁ samprayāsaḥ
Synonyms
puṁsām
—
unto persons
;
kila
—
certainly
;
ekānta
—
dhiyām — who are advanced in spiritual consciousness
;
svakānām
—
who are recognized by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as His own
;
yāḥ
—
which
;
sampadaḥ
—
opulences
;
divi
—
in the upper planetary systems
;
bhūmau
—
in the middle planetary systems
;
rasāyām
—
and in the lower planetary systems
;
na
—
not
;
rāti
—
bestows
;
yat
—
from which
;
dveṣaḥ
—
envy
;
udvegaḥ
—
anxiety
;
ādhiḥ
—
mental agitation
;
madaḥ
—
pride
;
kaliḥ
—
quarrel
;
vyasanam
—
distress due to loss
;
samprayāsaḥ
—
great endeavor .
Translation
Persons who fully surrender at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and always think of His lotus feet are accepted and recognized by the Lord as His own personal assistants or servants. The Lord never bestows upon such servants the brilliant opulences of the upper, lower and middle planetary systems of this material world. When one possesses material opulence in any of these three divisions of the universe, his possessions naturally increase his enmity, anxiety, mental agitation, pride and belligerence. Thus one goes through much endeavor to increase and maintain his possessions, and he suffers great unhappiness when he loses them.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
My Lord does not give the wealth of heaven, earth or lower planets to his devotees who are dedicated only to him, because that wealth becomes the cause of hatred, agitation, anxiety, pride, quarrel, calamity and endeavor.
Do not say “Satisfied with your devotion Saṅkarṣaṇa will give you the wealth and enjoyment of Svarga.” Listen, Indra! You and I are both devotees of the same Lord. He will give you enjoyment and wealth, but will not give me enjoyment and wealth. Here is the reason. Hear about the nature of my Lord. He does not give that wealth to persons who are dedicated completely to him. Why? From wealth come hatred and other bad qualities which weakened the joy of bhakti.
Purport
In
Bhagavad-gītā
(4.11)
the Lord says:
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante
tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham
mama vartmānuvartante
manuṣyāḥ pārtha sarvaśaḥ
“As devotees surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pṛthā.” Both Indra and Vṛtrāsura were certainly devotees of the Lord, although Indra took instructions from Viṣṇu to kill Vṛtrāsura. The Lord was actually more favorable to Vṛtrāsura because after being killed by Indra’s thunderbolt, Vṛtrāsura would go back to Godhead, whereas the victorious Indra would rot in this material world. Because both of them were devotees, the Lord awarded them the respective benedictions they wanted. Vṛtrāsura never wanted material possessions, for he knew very well the nature of such possessions. To accumulate material possessions, one must labor very hard, and when he gets them he creates many enemies because this material world is always full of rivalry. If one becomes rich, his friends or relatives are envious. For
ekānta-bhaktas,
unalloyed devotees, Kṛṣṇa therefore never provides material possessions. A devotee sometimes needs some material possessions for preaching, but the possessions of a preacher are not like those of a
karmī.
A
karmī’s
possessions are achieved as a result of
karma,
but those of a devotee are arranged by the Supreme Personality of Godhead just to facilitate his devotional activities. Because a devotee never uses material possessions for any purpose other than the service of the Lord, the possessions of a devotee are not to be compared to those of a
karmī.