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== Srimad-Bhagavatam ==
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=== SB Canto 6 ===
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<span class="q_heading">'''If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?'''</span>
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<div class="heading">If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?
<span class="SB-statistics">'''[[Vanisource:SB 6.18.75|SB 6.18.75, Translation and Purport]]: The ultimate goal of all ambitions is to become a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?'''
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.18.75|SB 6.18.75, Translation and Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="trans text"><p style="display: inline;">The ultimate goal of all ambitions is to become a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?</p>
An intelligent man will never aspire to become a devotee to achieve material happiness. That is the test of a devotee. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches:
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na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ
<div class="purport text"><p>An intelligent man will never aspire to become a devotee to achieve material happiness. That is the test of a devotee. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches:</p>
kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
<p>na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ</p>
mama janmani janmanīśvare
<p>kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye</p>
bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
<p>mama janmani janmanīśvare</p>
[Cc. Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4]
<p>bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi</p>
"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth." A pure devotee never begs the Lord for material happiness in the shape of riches, followers, a good wife or even mukti. The Lord promises, however, yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham: [Bg. 9.22] "I voluntarily bring everything necessary for My service."</span>
<p>(Cc. Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)</p>
<p>"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth." A pure devotee never begs the Lord for material happiness in the shape of riches, followers, a good wife or even mukti. The Lord promises, however, yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham: ([[Vanisource:BG 9.22 (1972)|BG 9.22]]) "I voluntarily bring everything necessary for My service."</p>
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"material happiness, which is available even in hell"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 6

If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?
SB 6.18.75, Translation and Purport:

The ultimate goal of all ambitions is to become a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If an intelligent man serves the most dear Lord, who gives Himself to His devotees, how can he desire material happiness, which is available even in hell?

An intelligent man will never aspire to become a devotee to achieve material happiness. That is the test of a devotee. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches:

na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ

kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye

mama janmani janmanīśvare

bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi

(Cc. Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4)

"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service birth after birth." A pure devotee never begs the Lord for material happiness in the shape of riches, followers, a good wife or even mukti. The Lord promises, however, yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham: (BG 9.22) "I voluntarily bring everything necessary for My service."

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