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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 19]
puṁsaḥ —of the living entity;  ayam —this;  saṁsṛteḥ —of the continuation of material existence;  hetuḥ —the cause;  asantoṣaḥ —dissatisfaction with his destined achievement;  artha-kāmayoḥ —for the sake of lusty desires and getting more and more money;  yadṛcchayā —with the gift of destiny;  upapannena —which has been achieved;  santoṣaḥ —satisfaction;  muktaye —for liberation;  sṁṛtaḥ —is considered fit.
TRANSLATION
Material existence causes discontent in regard to fulfilling one's lusty desires and achieving more and more money. This is the cause for the continuation of material life, which is full of repeated birth and death. But one who is satisfied by that which is obtained by destiny is fit for liberation from this material existence.
TEXT 26
यद्व्छालामतुष्टस्य तेजो विप्रस्य वर्धते । तत् प्रशाम्यत्यसंतोषादम्भसेवाशुश्चक्षणिः ॥२६॥
yadṛcchā-lābha-tuṣṭasya tejo viprasya vardhate tat praśāmyaty asantoṣād ambhasevāśuśukṣaṇiḥ
yadṛcchā-lābha-tuṣṭasya —who is satisfied by things obtained by the grace of God;  tejaḥ —the brilliant effulgence;  viprasya —of a  brāhmaṇa ;  vardhate —increases;  tat —that (effulgence);  praśāmyati —is diminished;  asantoṣāt —because of dissatisfaction;  ambhasā —by pouring of water;  iva —as;  āśuśukṣaṇiḥ —a fire.
TRANSLATION
A  brāhmaṇa  who is satisfied with whatever is providentially obtained is increasingly enlightened with spiritual power, but the spiritual potency of a dissatisfied  brāhmaṇa  decreases, as fire diminishes in potency when water is sprinkled upon it.