Only pure love and service to Krishna matter; all material qualifications are insignificant before devotion.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Pradyumna: Translation: "Prahlāda Mahārāja continued: One may possess wealth, an aristocratic family, beauty, austerity, education, sensory expertise, luster, influence, physical strength, diligence, intelligence and mystic yogic powers, but I think that even by all these qualifications one cannot satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. However, one can satisfy the Lord simply by devotional service. Gajendra did this, and thus the Lord was satisfied with him." Prabhupāda: manye dhanābhijana-rūpa-tapaḥ-śrutaujastejaḥ-prabhāva-bala-pauruṣa-buddhi-yogāḥ nārādhanāya hi bhavanti parasya puṁso bhaktyā tutoṣa bhagavān gaja-yūtha-pāya [SB 7.9.9] So these are material assets. [aside:] It's not working?
[bumps microphone] Hmm? Wealth, dhana... Nobody can captivate Kṛṣṇa by all these material possessions. These are material possessions: money, then manpower, beauty, education, austerity, mystic power and so on, so on.
There are so many things. They are not capable of approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Kṛṣṇa personally says, bhaktyā mām abhijānāti [Bg 18.55]. He doesn't say all these material possessions, that "If one is very rich man, he can have My favor." No. Kṛṣṇa is not a poor man like me, that if somebody gives me some money, I become benefited.
He's self-sufficient, ātmārāma. So there is no need of any help from anyone else. He's fully satisfied, ātmārāma. Only bhakti, love, that is required. Bhakti means to serve Kṛṣṇa.
That is without any purpose. Ahaituky apratihatā. That bhakti, unalloyed. Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam [Cc Madhya 19.167, Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11(1)].
Everywhere this is the statement of the śāstra, that bhakti should be unalloyed. anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyaṁ jñāna karmādy-anāvṛtam ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā [Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu 1.1.11(2)] sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat paratvena nirmalam hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate [Cc Madhya 19.170] There are so many other definition. And if we have bhakti, love for Kṛṣṇa, then we don't require huge amount of money or strength or education or austerity. Nothing of the sort. Kṛṣṇa says, patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati [Bg 9.26].
He doesn't require anything from us, but He wants everyone that because he is part and parcel of Kṛṣṇa, He wants to see that everyone is obedient to Him, everyone loves Him. That is His aspiration. Just like the father is very rich man. He doesn't require any help from his son, but he aspires that his son should be obedient and lover.