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Lord Rāmacandra Rules the World
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grains, they would distribute grains in charity. A  kṣatriya 's duty is to give charity, and a  brāhmaṇa 's duty is to accept charity, but not more than needed to maintain body and soul together. Therefore, when the  brāhmaṇas  were given so much land by Lord Rāmacandra, they returned it to Him and were not greedy.
TEXT 6
अप्रत्तं नस्त्वया किं नु भगवन् भुवनेश्वर । यन्नोऽन्तर्हृदयं विश्य तमो हंसि स्वरोचिषा ॥ ६ ॥
aprattam nas tvayā kim nu bhagavan bhuvaneśvara yan no 'ntar-hṛdayam viśya tamo haṁsi sva-rociṣā
aprattam —not given;  naḥ —unto us;  tvayā —by Your Lordship;  kim —what;  nu —indeed;  bhagavan —O Supreme Lord;  bhuvana-iśvara —O master of the whole universe;  yat —because;  naḥ —our;  antaḥ-hṛdayam —within the core of the heart;  viśya —entering;  tamaḥ —the darkness of ignorance;  haṁsi —You annihilate;  sva-rociṣā —by Your own effulgence.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, You are the master of the entire universe. What have You not given to us? You have entered the core of our hearts and dissipated the darkness of our ignorance by Your effulgence. This is the supreme gift. We do not need a material donation.
PURPORT
When Dhruva Mahārāja was offered a benediction by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he replied, “O my Lord, I am fully satisfied. I do not need any material benediction.” Similarly, when Prahlāda Mahārāja was offered a benediction by Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, he also refused to accept it and instead declared that a devotee should not be like a  vaṇik , a mercantile man who gives something in exchange for some profit. One who becomes a devotee for some material profit is not a pure devotee.