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Nitāi: [leads chanting of verse] [devotees repeat]

atho vibhūtiṁ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam śriyaṁ bhāgavatīṁ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṁ parasya me te 'śnuvate tu loke

[SB 3.25.37]

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"Thus because he is completely absorbed in thought of Me, the devotee does not desire even the highest benediction obtainable …

Prabhupāda:

atho vibhūtiṁ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam śriyaṁ bhāgavatīṁ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṁ parasya me te 'śnuvate tu loke

[SB 3.25.37]

A pure devotee, as it is instructed by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, how to keep the position of pure devotee... There are …

The material position is one wants to become religious, dharma. Why? Now, he can get material opulence. Oh, why material …

But a devotee does not want any of these things, any of these things. He's not at all interested. Just …

Caitanya Mahāprabhu... That is Caitanya Mahāprabhu's philosophy.

na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ kavitāṁ vā jagadīśa kāmaye mama janmani janmanīśvare bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi

[Cc. Antya 20.29, Śikṣāṣṭaka 4]

Tvayi: "Unto You, let there be my devotion," ahaitukī, "without any motive." Everyone has got some motive. People become dharmika, …

So when Kṛṣṇa says, the Supreme Lord, who is the proprietor of all opulences... Aiśvaryasya samagrasya vīryasya yaśasaḥ. Ṣaḍ-aiśvarya-pūrṇa. Aiśvarya. …

But that is... People do not know. They want some opulence, material opulence, but he doesn't want Kṛṣṇa, the proprietor …

Just like Arjuna, he did it very conscientiously. Kṛṣṇa said that "This war, your fight, is family. I am connected …

So this is intelligence. You just capture Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa, how He can be captured? Kṛṣṇa can be captured by …

So in that history you find Kṛṣṇa has so many dealings in Mahābhārata, but He was never conquered by anyone. …