Krishna accepts any service offered with sincere intention; even small contributions to His mission become eternal spiritual assets.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: These are weapons. That was the only endeavor, how legally he could occupy the bricks and stones of Gauḍīya Math. That's all. He had no other ambition.
How to push on Caitanya Mahāprabhu's mission, how to push on Guru Mahārāja's... He had no such. It was simply show. But real purpose was how to occupy, how to take the whole property.
Business. Rāmeśvara: And none of the other Godbrothers had strong preaching spirits. Prabhupāda: Yes. They also, when they saw that "This man is legally taking everything. Gauḍīya sannyāsīs, we cannot go home. We must have some shelter." No spirit of pushing on. Rāmeśvara: Even by your example they have not learned anything. Prabhupāda: No, my...
Of course, I did not attempt in the beginning. I started my activities when I was seventy years old. So they thought, "This man is gṛhastha. He is embarassed with family life.
What he'll do?" [laughs] That was their impression. But I never neglected. Guru Mahārāja told me. I was simply thinking, "How to do it?
How to do it?" I thought, "Let me become a rich businessman. The money will be required." That was my thought. But Guru Mahārāja was asking me, "You give up. I'll give you money." That I could not understand.
I was planning. My plan was not wrong, but I was thinking, "The money required, so let me earn some money. Then I shall begin." And Guru Mahārāja said, "You give up this money-earning endeavor. You come completely.