10. The Property Of the Impoverished
namo 'kiñcana-vittāya nivṛtta-guṇa-vṛttaye ātmārāmāya śāntāya kaivalya-pataye namaḥ
My obeisances are unto You, who are the property of the materially im- poverished. You have nothing to do with the actions and reactions of the ma- terial modes of nature. You are self- satisfied, and therefore You are the most gentle and are master of the monists.
— Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.27
A living being is finished as soon as there is nothing to possess. Therefore a living being cannot be, in the real sense of the term, a renouncer. A living being renounces something for gaining something more valuable. A student sacrifices his childish proclivities to gain better education. A servant gives up his job for a better job. Similarly, a devotee renounces the material world not for nothing but for something tangible in spiritual value. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī, and Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī and others gave up their worldly pomp and prosperity for the sake of the service of the Lord. They were big men in
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