guṇair guṇān upādatte
yathā-kālaḿ vimuñcati
na teṣu yujyate yogī
gobhir gā iva go-patiḥ
gunaih -- by his senses; gunan -- material sense objects; upadatte -- accepts; yatha-kalam -- at the proper time; vimuncati -- gives them up; na -- he does not; teshu -- in them; yujyate -- become entangled; yogi -- a self-realized sage; gobhih -- by his rays; gah -- bodies of water; iva -- as; go-patih -- the sun.
A Krishna conscious person never feels proprietorship over the opulences entrusted to him by Lord Krishna for spreading the Krishna consciousness movement. The devotees of Lord Krishna should not merely accumulate material wealth, but should distribute the opulences of Lord Krishna in such a way that the Krishna consciousness movement spreads unlimitedly. This is a lesson to be learned from the sun.