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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 4]
śrī-śuka uvāca 
  ambarīṣo mahā-bhāgaḥ 
  sapta-dvīpavatīṁ mahīm 
  avyayāṁ ca śriyaṁ labdhvā 
  vibhavaṁ cātulaṁ bhuvi
mene 'tidurlabhaṁ puṁsāṁ 
  sarvaṁ tat svapna-saṁstutam 
  vidvān vibhava-nirvāṇaṁ 
  tamo viśati yat pumān
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ambarīṣaḥ—King Ambarīṣa; mahā-bhāgaḥ—the greatly fortunate king; sapta-dvīpavatīṁ—consisting of seven islands; mahīm—the whole world; avyayāṁ ca—and inexhaustible; śriyaṁ—beauty; labdhvā—after achieving; vibhavaṁ ca—and opulences; atulaṁ—unlimited; bhuvi—in this earth; mene—he decided; ati-durlabhaṁ—which is rarely obtained; puṁsāṁ—of many persons; sarvaṁ—everything (he had obtained); tat—that which; svapna-saṁstutam—as if imagined in a dream; vidvān—completely understanding; vibhava-nirvāṇaṁ—the annihilation of that opulence; tamaḥ—ignorance; viśati—fallen into; yat—because of which; pumān—a person.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Mahārāja Ambarīṣa, the most fortunate personality, achieved the rule of the entire world, consisting of seven islands, and achieved inexhaustible, unlimited opulence and prosperity on earth. Although such a position is rarely obtained, Mahārāja Ambarīṣa did not care for it at all, for he knew very well that all such opulence is material. Like that which is imagined in a dream, such opulence will ultimately be destroyed. The King knew that any nondevotee who attains such opulence merges increasingly into material nature's mode of darkness.
PURPORT
For a devotee material opulence is insignificant, whereas for a nondevotee material opulence is the cause of increasing bondage, for a