Verse 3.9.115

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.9.115:

অদ্য-খাদ্য নাহি যার—দরিদ্রের অন্ত বিষ্ণু-ভক্তি থাকিলে, সে-ই সে ধনবন্ত ॥ ১১৫ ॥

अद्य-खाद्य नाहि यार—दरिद्रेर अन्त विष्णु-भक्ति थाकिले, से-इ से धनवन्त ॥ ११५ ॥

adya-khādya nāhi yāra—daridrera anta viṣṇu-bhakti thākile, se-i se dhanavanta || 115 ||

adya-khadya nahi yara—daridrera anta visnu-bhakti thakile, se-i se dhanavanta (115)

English translation:

(115) And if one is so poor that he has no food for a day but he has devotion to Lord Viṣṇu, then he is the richest person.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

If even a poor person unable to accumulate food is inclined to the service of the Lord, then no one can be as rich as him, because his Lord is the proprietor of all opulences.

In the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.8.27) it is stated:

namo ‘kiñcana-vittāya nivṛtta-guṇa-vṛttaye

ātmārāmāya śāntāya kaivalya-pataye namaḥ

“My obeisances are unto You, who are the property of the materially impoverished. You have nothing to do with the actions and reactions of the material modes of nature. You are self-satisfied, and therefore You are the most gentle and are master of the monists.”