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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 14]
both in this life and the next. Unless he does so, he eats a forbidden apple and thereby loses his paradise. Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa therefore advises that one's possessions should be given unto Him.
yat karoṣi yad aśnāsi yaj juhoṣi dadāsi yat yat tapasyasi kaunteya tat kuruṣva mad-arpaṇam
“O son of Kuntī, all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities that you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.” (Bg. 9.27) Material wealth and opulence attained through previous pious activities can be fully utilized for one's benefit in this life and the next if one is Kṛṣṇa conscious. One should not try to possess more than he needs for the bare necessities. If one gets more than is needed, the surplus should be fully engaged in the Lord's service. That will make the conditioned soul, the world and Kṛṣṇa happy, and this is the aim of life.
TEXT 13
एकदासत्प्रसङ्गान्निकृतमतिर्व्युदकस्रोतः स्वलनवद्उभयतोऽपि दुःखदं पाखण्डमभियाति ॥१३॥
ekadāsat-prasaṅgān nikṛta-matir vyudaka-srotaḥ-skhalanavad ubhayato 'pi duḥkhadam pākhaṇḍam abhiyāti.
ekadā —sometimes;  asat-prasaṅgāt —by association of nondevotees who are against the Vedic principles and who manufacture different paths of religion;  nikṛta-matiḥ —whose intelligence has been brought to the abominable status of defying the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  vyudaka-srotaḥ —into rivers without sufficient water;  skhalana-vat —like jumping;  ubhayataḥ —from both sides;  api —although;  duḥkha-dam —giving distress;  pākhaṇḍam —the atheistic path;  abhiyāti —he approaches.
TRANSLATION
Sometimes, to mitigate distresses in this forest of the material world, the conditioned soul receives cheap blessings from atheists.