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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 6]
garments, ornaments, properly dressed and decorated maidservants and manservants, and varieties of parks with clear-water lakes and gardens. In the gardens, fragrant with varieties of flowers, birds chirped and bees hummed, surrounded by professional singers. Saubhari Muni's home was amply provided with valuable beds, seats, ornaments, and arrangements for bathing, and there were varieties of sandalwood creams, flower garlands, and palatable dishes. Thus surrounded by opulent paraphernalia, the muni engaged in family affairs with his numerous wives.
PURPORT
Saubhari Rṣi was a great  yogī . Yogic perfection makes available eight material opulences— aṇimā ,  laghimā ,  mahimā ,  prāpti ,  prākāmya ,  īśitva ,  vaśitva  and  kāmāvasāyitā . Saubhari Muni exhibited superexcellence in material enjoyment by dint of his yogic perfection. The word  bahv-ṛca  means “expert in chanting  mantras .” As material opulence can be achieved by ordinary material means, it can also be achieved by subtle means through  mantras . By chanting  mantras , Saubhari Muni arranged for material opulence, but this was not perfection in life. As will be seen, Saubhari Muni became very dissatisfied with material opulence and thus left everything and reentered the forest in the  vānaprastha  order and achieved final success. Those who are not  ātma-tattva-vit , who do not know the spiritual value of life, can be satisfied with external material opulences, but those who are  ātma-tattva-vit  are not inspired by material opulence. This is the instruction we can derive from the life and activities of Saubhari Muni.
TEXT 47
यद्वाहस्थं तु संवीक्ष्य सप्तदीपवतीपतिः । 
    विसितः स्तम्भमजहात् सार्वभौमश्रियान्वितम् ॥ ४७ ॥
yad-gārhasthyaṁ tu saṁvīkṣya 
    sapta-dvīpavatī-patiḥ 
    vismitaḥ stambham ajahāt 
    sārvabhauma-śriyānvitam