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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 13]
fear, anger, material attachment, material poverty, and unnecessary hard work. When I was alone in Vṛndāvana, I never attempted to construct  maṭhās  or temples; rather, I was fully satisfied with the small amount of money I could gather by selling  Back to Godhead , and thus I would provide for myself and also print the literature. When I went to foreign countries, I lived according to the same principle, but when Europeans and Americans began to give money profusely, I started temples and Deity worship. The same principle should still be followed. Whatever money is collected should be spent for Kṛṣṇa, and not a farthing for sense gratification. This is the  Bhāgavata  principle.
TEXT 35
मधुकारमहासर्पौ लोकेऽस्मिन्नो गुरुत्तमौ । वैराग्यं परितोषं च प्राप्ता यच्छिक्षया वयम् ॥३५॥
madhukāra-mahā-sarpau loke 'smin no gurūttamau vairāgyam paritoṣam ca prāptā yac-chikṣayā vayam
madhukāra —bees that go from flower to flower to collect honey;  mahā-sarpau —the big snake (the python, which does not move from one place to another);  loke —in the world;  asmin —this;  naḥ —our;  guru —spiritual masters;  uttamau —first-class;  vairāgyam —renunciation;  paritoṣam ca —and satisfaction;  prāptāḥ —obtained;  yat-śikṣayā —by whose instruction;  vayam —we.
TRANSLATION
The bee and the python are two excellent spiritual masters who give us exemplary instructions regarding how to be satisfied by collecting only a little and how to stay in one place and not move.
TEXT 36
विरागः सर्वकामेभ्यः शिक्षितो मे मधुव्रतात् । कृच्छ्राप्तं मधुवद् वित्तं हत्वाप्यन्यो हरेत्पतिम् ॥३६॥