- dāridrya-nāśa bhava-kṣaya-premera 'phala' nay
- prema-sukha-bhoga-mukhya prayojana haya
- (CC Madhya 20.142)
So when one is elevated in the platform of devotional service, it is not that he gets some material happiness, that is the result. No. Material happiness automatically comes to him. Material happiness . . . a devotee is not bereft of material happiness. Automatically comes to him. So that is not the ultimate goal of a devotee's life. A devotee's ultimate goal of life: how he becomes, I mean to say, a lover of the Supreme Lord.
The example are the gopīs, or the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana. They had no other desire. They simply wanted to love Kṛṣṇa. They wanted to see Kṛṣṇa very happy. That feeling of happiness, that thinking of Kṛṣṇa, that is the highest perfection of life. Always, constantly thinking of Kṛṣṇa. That was their happiness. They do not . . . they did not try to derive any material happiness by loving Kṛṣṇa. There was no such thing. That is pure love . . . (indistinct)
- dāridrya-nāśa bhava-kṣaya-premera 'phala' naya
- prema-sukha-bhoga-mukhya prayojana haya
- (CC Madhya 20.142)
So we should be trying for that position when we shall relish what is the position by loving Kṛṣṇa, by loving God.