याः सम्पदो दिवि भूमौ रसायाम् ।
न राति यद् द्वेष उद्वेग आधि
र्मदः कलिर्व्यसनं सम्प्रयासः ॥२२॥
puá¹sÄá¹ kilaikÄnta-dhiyÄá¹ svakÄnÄá¹
yÄḥ sampado divi bhÅ«mau rasÄyÄm
na rÄti yad dveá¹£a udvega Ädhir
madaḥ kalir vyasanaá¹ samprayÄsaḥ
puá¹sÄm - unto persons; kila - certainly; ekÄnta-dhiyÄm - who are advanced in spiritual consciousness; svakÄnÄm - who are recognized by the Supreme Personality of Godhead as His own; yÄḥ - which; sampadaḥ - opulences; divi - in the upper planetary systems; bhÅ«mau - in the middle planetary systems; rasÄyÄm - and in the lower planetary systems; na - not; rÄti - bestows; yat - from which; dveá¹£aḥ - envy; udvegaḥ - anxiety; Ädhiḥ - mental agitation; madaḥ - pride; kaliḥ - quarrel; vyasanam - distress due to loss; samprayÄsaḥ - great endeavor.
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.
In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (4.11) the Lord says:
ye yathÄ mÄá¹ prapadyante
tÄá¹s tathaiva bhajÄmy aham
mama vartmÄnuvartante
manuá¹£yÄḥ pÄrtha sarvaÅ›aḥ
“As devotees surrender unto Me, I reward them accordingly. Everyone follows My path in all respects, O son of Pá¹›thÄ.†Both Indra and Vá¹›trÄsura were certainly devotees of the Lord, although Indra took instructions from Viṣṇu to kill Vá¹›trÄsura. The Lord was actually more favorable to Vá¹›trÄsura because after being killed by Indra’s thunderbolt, Vá¹›trÄsura 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. Vá¹›trÄsura 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 ekÄnta-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 karmÄ«. 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 karmÄ«.
