BHAGVAT IF A HUMAN BEING IS BORN IN AN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY, IF HE PERFORMS WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES, IF HE IS YOUTHFUL, IF HE HAS PERSONAL BEAUTY, A GOOD EDUCATION AND GOOD WEALTH, AND IF HE IS NONETHELESS NOT PROUD OF HIS OPULENCES, IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE IS ESPECIALLY FAVORED BY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD, 29TH JULY
TRANSLATION
IF A HUMAN BEING IS BORN IN AN ARISTOCRATIC FAMILY OR A HIGHER STATUS OF LIFE, IF HE PERFORMS WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES, IF HE IS YOUTHFUL, IF HE HAS PERSONAL BEAUTY, A GOOD EDUCATION AND GOOD WEALTH, AND IF HE IS NONETHELESS NOT PROUD OF HIS OPULENCES, IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE IS ESPECIALLY FAVORED BY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.
PURPORT
WHEN IN SPITE OF POSSESSING ALL THESE OPULENCES A PERSON IS NOT PROUD, THIS MEANS THAT HE IS FULLY AWARE THAT ALL HIS OPULENCES ARE DUE TO THE MERCY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. HE THEREFORE ENGAGES ALL HIS POSSESSIONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE LORD. A DEVOTEE KNOWS VERY WELL THAT EVERYTHING, EVEN HIS BODY, BELONGS TO THE SUPREME LORD.
IF ONE LIVES PERFECTLY IN SUCH KRSHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, IT IS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT HE IS ESPECIALLY FAVORED BY THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. THE CONCLUSION IS THAT ONE'S BEING DEPRIVED OF HIS WEALTH IS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED THE SPECIAL MERCY OF THE LORD. IF ONE CONTINUES IN HIS OPULENT POSITION BUT DOES NOT BECOME UNNECESSARILY PROUD, FALSELY THINKING THAT HE IS THE PROPRIETOR OF EVERYTHING, THIS IS THE LORD'S SPECIAL MERCY.
TRANSLATION
ALTHOUGH ARISTOCRATIC BIRTH AND OTHER SUCH OPULENCES ARE IMPEDIMENTS TO ADVANCEMENT IN DEVOTIONAL SERVICE BECAUSE THEY ARE CAUSES OF FALSE PRESTIGE AND PRIDE, THESE OPULENCES NEVER DISTURB A PURE DEVOTEE OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.
PURPORT
DEVOTEES LIKE DHRUVA MAHARAJA, WHO WAS GIVEN UNLIMITED MATERIAL OPULENCE, HAVE THE SPECIAL MERCY OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. ONCE KUVERA WANTED TO GIVE DHRUVA MAHARAJA A BENEDICTION, BUT ALTHOUGH DHRUVA MAHARAJA COULD HAVE ASKED HIM FOR ANY AMOUNT OF MATERIAL OPULENCE, HE INSTEAD BEGGED KUVERA THAT HE MIGHT CONTINUE HIS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE TO THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD.
WHEN A DEVOTEE IS FIXED IN HIS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE, THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE LORD TO DEPRIVE HIM OF HIS MATERIAL OPULENCES.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead never takes away material opulences achieved because of devotional service, although He sometimes takes away opulences achieved by pious activities. He does this to make a devotee prideless or put him in a better position in devotional service. If a special devotee is meant for preaching but does not give up his family life or material opulences to take to the service of the Lord, the Lord surely takes away his material opulences and establishes him in devotional service. Thus the pure devotee becomes fully engaged in propagating Krshna consciousness.
