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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
prabhāva —influence;  bala —bodily strength;  pauruṣa —diligence;  buddhi —intelligence;  yogāḥ —mystic power;  na —not;  ārādhanāya —for satisfying;  hi —indeed;  bhavanti —are;  parasya —of the transcendent;  puṁsaḥ —Supreme Personality of Godhead;  bhaktyā —simply by devotional service;  tutoṣa —was satisfied;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  gaja-yūtha-pāya —unto the King of elephants (Gajendra).
TRANSLATION
Prahlāda Mahārāja continued:  One may possess wealth, an aristocratic family, beauty, austerity, education, sensory expertise, luster, influence, physical strength, diligence, intelligence and mystic yogic power, but I think that even by all these qualifications one cannot satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, one can satisfy the Lord simply by devotional service. Gajendra did this, and thus the Lord was satisfied with him.
PURPORT
No kind of material qualification is the means for satisfying the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , only by devotional service can the Lord be known ( bhaktyā mām abhijānāti ). Unless the Lord is pleased by the service of a devotee, the Lord does not reveal Himself ( nāhaṁ prakāśaḥ sarvasya yoga-māyā-samāvṛtaḥ ). This is the verdict of all  śāstras . Neither by speculation nor by material qualifications can one understand or approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 10
विप्राद् द्विषड्गुणयुतादरविन्दनाम-
पादारविन्दविमुखात् श्वपञ्चं वरिष्ठम् ।
मन्ये तदर्पितमनोवचनेहितार्थ-
प्राणं पुनाति स कुलं न तु भूरिमानः ॥१०॥
viprād dvi-ṣaḍ-guṇa-yutād aravinda-nābha- pādāravinda-vimukhāt śvapacaṁ variṣṭham manye tad-arpita-mano-vacanehitārtha- prāṇaṁ punāti sa kulaṁ na tu bhūrimānaḥ