View source for A devotee is never distressed or satisfied by material opulence. His concern is how to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead

<div id="compilation">
<div id="facts">
{{terms|"A devotee is never distressed or satisfied by material opulence. His concern is how to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead"}}
{{notes|}}
{{compiler|SharmisthaK}}
{{complete|ALL}}
{{first|2020-11-03T14:37:05Z}}
{{last|2020-11-03T14:37:05Z}}
{{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=1|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=0}}
{{total|1}}
{{toc right}}
[[Category:Devotees of God Never]]
[[Category:Distress of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Satisfaction of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Material Opulence of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:Concern of a Devotee of God]]
[[Category:How To]]
[[Category:Pleasing God]]
[[Category:God Is The Supreme Personality of Godhead]]
[[Category:Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 05 Chapter 06 Purports - The Activities of Lord Rsabhadeva]]
[[Category:Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 05 Purports]]
</div>
<div id="section">
<h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2>
</div>
<div id="sub_section">
<h3>SB Canto 5</h3>
</div>
<div class="quote">
<div class="quote_heading">
A devotee is never distressed or satisfied by material opulence. His concern is how to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If, by the grace of the Supreme Lord, a devotee achieves extraordinary opulence, he utilizes the opportunity for the Lord's service. He is not disturbed by the opulence.
</div>

<div class="quote_link">
[[Vanisource:SB 5.6.1|SB 5.6.1, Translation and Purport]]
</div>
<div class="quote_translation">
King Parīkṣit asked Śukadeva Gosvāmī: My dear Lord, for those who are completely pure in heart, knowledge is attained by the practice of bhakti-yoga, and attachment for fruitive activity is completely burned to ashes. For such people, the powers of mystic yoga automatically arise. They do not cause distress. Why, then, did Ṛṣabhadeva neglect them?
</div>
<div class="text">
A pure devotee is constantly engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Whatever is necessary for the discharge of devotional service is automatically attained, though it may appear to be the result of mystic yoga power. Sometimes a yogī displays a little yogic power by manufacturing gold. A little quantity of gold captivates foolish people, and thus the yogī gets many followers, who are willing to accept such a tiny person as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Such a yogī may also advertise himself as Bhagavān. However, a devotee does not have to exhibit such magical wonders. Without practicing the mystic yogic process, he achieves even greater opulence all over the world. Under the circumstances, Lord Ṛṣabhadeva refused to manifest mystic yogic perfections, and Mahārāja Parīkṣit asked why He did not accept them, since, for a devotee, they are not at all disturbing. A devotee is never distressed or satisfied by material opulence. His concern is how to please the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If, by the grace of the Supreme Lord, a devotee achieves extraordinary opulence, he utilizes the opportunity for the Lord's service. He is not disturbed by the opulence.
</div>
</div>
</div>