भक्त्या सम्पूजयेन्नित्यं यदीच्छेत्सर्वसम्पदः ॥९॥
Å›riyaá¹ viṣṇuá¹ ca varadÄv
ÄÅ›iá¹£Äá¹ prabhavÄv ubhau
bhaktyÄ sampÅ«jayen nityaá¹
yadīcchet sarva-sampadaḥ
Å›riyam - the goddess of fortune; viṣṇum - Lord Viṣṇu; ca - and; vara-dau - the bestowers of benedictions; ÄÅ›iá¹£Äm - of blessings; prabhavau - the sources; ubhau - both; bhaktyÄ - with devotion; sampÅ«jayet - should worship; nityam - daily; yadi - if; icchet - desires; sarva - all; sampadaḥ - opulences.
If one desires all opulences, his duty is to daily worship Lord Viṣṇu with His wife, Laká¹£mÄ«. With great devotion one should worship Him according to the above-mentioned process. Lord Viṣṇu and the goddess of fortune are an immensely powerful combination. They are the bestowers of all benedictions and the sources of all good fortune. Therefore the duty of everyone is to worship Laká¹£mÄ«-NÄrÄyaṇa.
Laká¹£mÄ«-NÄrÄyaṇa — Lord Viṣṇu and mother Laká¹£mÄ« — are always situated in everyone’s heart (Ä«Å›varaḥ sarva-bhÅ«tÄnÄá¹ há¹›d-deÅ›e ’rjuna tiá¹£á¹hati). However, because nondevotees do not realize that Lord Viṣṇu stays with His eternal consort, Laká¹£mÄ«, within the hearts of all living entities, they are not endowed with the opulence of Lord Viṣṇu. Unscrupulous men sometimes address a poor man as daridra-nÄrÄyaṇa, or “poor NÄrÄyaṇa.†This is most unscientific. Lord Viṣṇu and Laká¹£mÄ« are always situated in everyone’s heart, but this does not mean that everyone is NÄrÄyaṇa, especially not those in poverty. This is a most abominable term to use in connection with NÄrÄyaṇa. NÄrÄyaṇa never becomes poor, and therefore He can never be called daridra-nÄrÄyaṇa. NÄrÄyaṇa is certainly situated in everyone’s heart, but He is neither poor nor rich. Only unscrupulous persons who do not know the opulence of NÄrÄyaṇa try to afflict Him with poverty.
