Text 50] The Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura
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lotus feet. In such cases, although the  kṛpaṇa  offers prayers to Lord Kṛṣṇa for material things, the Lord takes away whatever material possessions the  kṛpaṇa  has and gives him the sense to become a devotee. As stated by the Lord in the  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  (Madhya 22.39):
āmi—vijña, ei mūrkhe ‘viṣaya’ kene diba? sva-caraṇāmṛta diyā ‘viṣaya’ bhulāiba
“Since I am very intelligent, why should I give this fool material prosperity? Instead I shall induce him to take the nectar of the shelter of My lotus feet and make him forget illusory material enjoyment.” If one sincerely prays to God for material possessions in exchange for devotional service, the Lord, who is not foolish like such an unintelligent devotee, shows him special favor by taking away whatever material possessions he has and gradually giving him the intelligence to be satisfied only by rendering service to His lotus feet. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura comments in this regard that if a foolish child requests his mother to give him poison, the mother, being intelligent, will certainly not give him poison, even though he requests it. A materialist does not know that to accept material possessions means to accept poison, or the repetition of birth and death. An intelligent person, a  brāhmaṇa , aspires for liberation from material bondage. That is the real self-interest of a human being.
TEXT 50
स्वयं निःश्रेयसं विद्वान् न वक्त्यज्ञाय कर्म हि । न राति रोगिणोऽप्यं वाञ्छतोऽपि भिषक्तमः ॥५०॥
svayam niḥśreyasam vidvān na vakty ajñāya karma hi na rāti rogiṇo ‘pathyam vāñchato ‘pi bhiṣaktamaḥ
svayam —personally;  niḥśreyasam —the supreme goal of life, namely the means of obtaining ecstatic love for the Supreme Personality of God-head;  vit-vān —one who is accomplished in devotional service;  na —not;