38 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 9
na balye ‘pi matir mahyam
adharme ramate kvacit
ndpasyam uttamaslokad
anyat kificana vastv aham

na—not; bdlye—in childhood; api—indeed; matih—attraction;
mahyam—of me; adharme—in irreligious principles; ramate—enjoys;
kvacit —at any time; na—nor; apasyam—I saw; uttamaslokat—than the
Personality of Godhead; anyat—anything else; kiicana—anything;
vastu—substance; aham—I.

TRANSLATION

I was never attracted, even in my childhood, by insignificant
things or irreligious principles. I did not find anything more sub-
stantial than the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

PURPORT

Maharaja Khatvanga provides a typical example of a Krsna conscious
person. A Krsna conscious person does not see anything to be important
but the Supreme Personality of Godhead, nor does he accept anything
within this material world as being unconnected to the Supreme Lord. As
stated in Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 8.274):

sthdvara-jangama dekhe, na dekhe tara mirti
sarvatra haya nija ista-deva-sphirti

“The maha-bhdgavata, the advanced devotee, certainly sees everything
mobile and immobile, but he does not exactly see their forms. Rather,
everywhere he immediately sees manifest the form of the Supreme
Lord.”” Although a devotee is within the material world, he has no con-
nection with it. Nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe. He accepts this material
world in relationship with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A devo-
tee may be engaged in earning money, but he uses that money for
propagating the Krsna consciousness movement by constructing large
temples and establishing worship of the Supreme Personality of God-
head. Khatvanga Maharaja, therefore, was not a materialist. A materialist
