Offer everything to Krishna and be protected; decorate yourself alone and gradually lose all to maya.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā cakṣur-unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ [Mangalācaraṇa] Now the time is too late. I wish to take my bath. I'll not speak very much now. When the time is fixed up for...? Devotee (1): This evening. Prabhupāda: Evening. Gurukṛpa: Seven. Prabhupāda: At that time we shall speak, but this much I must express my obligation that you are worshiping the Deity so nicely.
That is my great happiness, and that is your happiness also. The more gloriously you worship the Deity, decorate the Deity as gorgeously as possible, the more gorgeous you will be. That is the secret. The materialists, they are trying to dress themselves very gorgeously, and gradually their dress is being taken away by māyā, and voluntarily they are becoming hippies.
Because they did not try to dress Kṛṣṇa, therefore māyā is taking their dresses. So the secret of success is that if you give nice... Everything belongs to Kṛṣṇa. Simply you have to collect them and offer for the pleasure of Kṛṣṇa.
Yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi tapasyasi yat yad aśnāsi, kuruṣva tad mad-arpaṇam [Bg 9.27]. This is the secret of success, that whatever you do... It doesn't matter what you are doing. You are businessman, you are a lawyer, you are engineer or...
Something must be done for earning one's livelihood. That is a fact. Without karma, without working, you cannot keep your body and soul together. That's a fact.
So in the human form of life the motto should be that "Whatever I do, whatever I earn, it must be given to Kṛṣṇa." This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. [microphone feedback] Yat karoṣi yaj juhoṣi yad aśnāsi tapasyasi yat... [Bg 9.27]. Everyone is doing something. [aside:] It is not working? Puṣṭa Kṛṣṇa: It is working. Prabhupāda: Everyone is doing something.
Everyone is eating something. Everyone is undergoing some austerities for success of his endeavor. So that should be converted to Kṛṣṇa only. Then it is success.