na bÄlye 'pi matir mahyam
adharme ramate kvacit
nÄpaÅ›yam uttamaÅ›lokÄd
anyat kiñcana vastv aham
na - not; bÄlye - in childhood; api - indeed; matiḥ - attraction; mahyam - of me; adharme - in irreligious principles; ramate - enjoys; kvacit - at any time; na - nor; apaÅ›yam - I saw; uttamaÅ›lokÄt - than the Personality of Godhead; anyat - anything else; kiñcana - anything; vastu - substance; aham - I.
MahÄrÄja Khaá¹vÄá¹…ga provides a typical example of a Kṛṣṇa conscious person. A Kṛṣṇa conscious person does not see anything to be important but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor does he accept anything within this material world as being unconnected to the Supreme Lord. As stated in Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Madhya 8.274):
sthÄvara-jaá¹…gama dekhe, nÄ dekhe tÄra mÅ«rti
sarvatra haya nija iá¹£á¹a-deva-sphÅ«rti
“The mahÄ-bhÄgavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms. Rather, everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme Lord.†Although a devotee is within the material world, he has no connection with it. Nirbandhaḥ kṛṣṇa-sambandhe. He accepts this material world in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devotee may be engaged in earning money, but he uses that money for propagating the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement by constructing large temples and establishing worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Khaá¹vÄá¹…ga MahÄrÄja, therefore, was not a materialist. A materialist is always attached to wife, children, home, property and many other things for sense gratification, but, as stated above, Khaá¹vÄá¹…ga MahÄrÄja was not attached to such things, nor could he think of anything existing without the purpose of the Supreme Lord. ĪśÄvÄsyam idaá¹ sarvam: everything is related to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Of course, this consciousness is not for the ordinary person, but if one takes to the path of devotional service, as prescribed in The Nectar of Devotion, he can be trained in this consciousness and attain perfect understanding. For a Kṛṣṇa conscious person, nothing is palatable without a relationship with Kṛṣṇa.