Text 36]
Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home
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वाञ्छन्ति तद्दास्यमृतेऽर्थमात्मनो
यदृच्छया लब्धमनःसमृद्धयः ॥३६॥
maitreya uvāca  
 na vai mukundasya padāravindayo  
 rajo-juṣas tāta bhavādṛśā janāḥ  
 vāñchanti tad-dāsyam ṛte 'rtham ātmano  
 yadṛcchayā labdha-manaḥ-samṛddhayaḥ
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya continued;  na —never;  vai —certainly;  mukundasya —of the Lord, who can give liberation;  pada-aravindayoḥ —of the lotus feet;  rajaḥ-juṣaḥ —persons who are eager to taste the dust;  tāta —my dear Vidura;  bhavādṛśāḥ —like yourself;  janāḥ —persons;  vāñchanti —desire;  tat —His;  dāsyam —servitorship;  ṛte —without;  artham —interest;  ātmanaḥ —for themselves;  yadṛcchayā —automatically;  labdha —by what is achieved;  manaḥ-samṛddhayaḥ —considering themselves to be very rich.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, persons who, like you, are pure devotees of the lotus feet of Mukunda [the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can offer liberation] and who are always attached to the honey of His lotus feet, are always satisfied in serving at the lotus feet of the Lord. In any condition of life, such persons remain satisfied, and thus they never ask the Lord for material prosperity.
PURPORT
In the  Bhagavad-gītā  the Lord says that He is the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor of everything and anything within this creation, and the supreme friend of everyone. When one knows these things perfectly, he is always satisfied. The pure devotee never hankers after any kind of material prosperity. The  karmīs , however, or  jñānīs  or  yogīs , endeavor always for their own personal happiness.  Karmīs  work day and night to improve their economic condition,  jñānīs  undergo severe austerities in order to get liberation, and  yogīs  also undergo severe austerities by practicing the  yoga  system for attainment of wonderful mystic powers. A devotee, however, is not interested in such activities; he does not want mystic powers or liberation or material prosperity. He is satisfied in any condition of life, as long as he is constantly engaged in the service of the Lord. The Lord's feet are compared with the lotus, wherein there is saffron