'sampattira madhye jīvera kon sampatti gaṇi?'
'rÄdhÄ-kṛṣṇe prema yÄá¹…ra, sei baá¸a dhanÄ«'
sampattira - riches; madhye - among; jÄ«vera - of the living entities; kon - what; sampatti - the wealth; gaṇi - we accept; rÄdhÄ-kṛṣṇe - to ÅšrÄ«matÄ« RÄdhÄrÄṇī and Kṛṣṇa; prema - loving service; yÄá¹…ra - whose; sei - he; baá¸a - very great; dhanÄ« - capitalist.
ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu asked, “Of the many capitalists who possess great riches, who is the topmost?â€
RÄmÄnanda RÄya replied, “He who is richest in love for RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa is the greatest capitalist.â€
Everyone in this material world is attempting to acquire riches to satisfy the senses. Actually no one cares for anything other than acquiring material possessions and maintaining them. The wealthy are generally accepted as the most important personalities in this material world, but when we compare a material man of wealth to one wealthy in devotional service to RÄdhÄ and Kṛṣṇa, the latter is found to be the greatest capitalist. According to ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (10.39.2):
kim alabhyaṠbhagavati prasanne śrī-niketane
tathÄpi tat-parÄ rÄjan na hi vÄñchanti kiñcana
“What is difficult for the devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is the shelter of the goddess of fortune? Although such devotees can obtain anything, O King, they do not desire anything.â€
