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A krsna-bhakta, a devotee of Lord Krsna, he doesn't want anything
more. He doesn't want anything more. You will never find that...
Arjuna was a devotee. He was working for Krsna so much, he was
sacrificing everything. He was prepared to kill his family members and
everything. Still, he never wanted anything, "Krsna, give me this."
Never. You will never find in the Bhagavad-gita.

This is the position of bhakta. And that is the teaching of Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, na dhanam na janam na
sundarim kavitam va jagadisa kamaye: "My dear Lord Jagadisa, I don't
want these things." Why? Na dhanam: "I don't want riches." Na dhanam
na janam. "Not many followers." Because materially everyone wants
this. He wants money, he wants to become leader, he will..., many
thousands of people will follow him, janam. And sundarim kavitam, very
beautiful wife. These are the material wants. So Krsna, Caitanya
Mahapra bhu, He said, na dhanam na janam na sundarim kavitam va
jagadisa kamaye: "I don't want all these things." This is called
niskama. Kama means those who are wanting all these things. And
niskama means those one who does not want all these things. How one
can avoid these? Mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki
tvayi. If one becomes perfect, unalloyed devotee, he doesn't want all
these things. Therefore he is svami. Krsna-bhakta niskama ataeva
santa. Others, they are wanting something.

So we cannot be peaceful so long we shall want something. That is the
secret. And that want can be completely, we can be free from all wants
when we become Krsna conscious.

yam labdhva caparam labham
manyate nadhikam tatah
yasmin sthito na duhkhena
gurunapi vicalyate

You have seen the history of Prahlada Maharaja, Dhruva Maharaja, many,
many devotees, Pandavas. How much tribulation they had to suffer in
their lives! So yasmin sthite, because they were devotee of Krsna,
they were never disturbed. Never. This is the position of Krsna
consciousness. They will never want anything, and they are not
disturbed by any material tribulations. This is the sign of a
krsna-bhakta. Krsna-bhakta niskama ataeva santa.

So it is possible to arrive that state by little endeavor, and that is
Krsna consciousness. And it is so simple, by chanting Hare Krsna
mantra. And the practical examples you can see, that these European,
American boys, they had so many wants, but they, all these demands
could not satisfy them, but now they are fully satisfied simply by
chanting Hare Krsna. Just like this boy, our Gurudasa, explained that
he could swim over liquor business. His father has got very big
business of liquor. But no. He wants to swim in the ocean of
transcendental love. This is Krsna consciousness movement.

- Srila Prabhupada

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.10 -- Delhi, November 16, 1973