- dāridrya-nāśa, bhava-kṣaya—premera 'phala' naya
- prema-sukha-bhoga-mukhya prayojana haya
- (CC Madhya 20.142)
So by devotional service one should not expect, "My miserable material condition may be improved" or "I may be liberated from this material entanglement." That is also a kind of sense gratification. If I want that "Let me be free from this entanglement . . ." Just like the yogīs and the jñānīs, they try. They try to be free from this material entanglement.
But in the devotional service there is no such desire. In the devo . . . because it is pure love. There is no expectation that "I shall be profited in this way." No. It is not a profitable, commercial business, that "Unless I get in return something, oh, I shall not practice this devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness." There is no question of profit. Lord Caitanya prays to the Lord like this:
- na dhanaṁ na janaṁ na sundarīṁ
- kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye
- mama janmani janmanīśvare
- bhavatād bhaktir ahaitukī tvayi
- (CC Antya 20.29)
"Oh," He says: "My dear Lord, Jagadīśa . . ." Jagadīśa means the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa. Jagat, jagat means this world, material world or spiritual world, all worlds. Jagat. Jagat gacchati iti jagat: which is progressing, that is called jagat. So Jagat-īśa, the supreme master of this jagat, going concern. "Jagadīśa, O the supreme master of this jagat, I pray unto You that I do not want . . ." na dhanam, "I do not want any wealth," na janam, "I do not want any number of followers . . ." Na janaṁ na dhanaṁ na kavitāṁ vā jagad-īśa kāmaye. Kavitām means very nice wife, poetical. "I do not want."
"Then what do You want?" Mama janmani janmanīśvare. Janmani janmani means "birth after birth." So He does not want liberation also. Because when we speak of liberation, there is no birth. Mad-gatvā punar janma na vidyate: "One who reaches the kingdom of God, he hasn't got to come back again to take birth here." So here Lord Caitanya says, mama janmani janmani: "birth after birth." That means "I do not want liberation also." Mama janmani janmani.