Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 30

Sanskrit:

भवद्विधा महाभागा निषेव्या अर्हसत्तमा: ।श्रेयस्कामैर्नृभिर्नित्यं देवा: स्वार्था न साधव: ॥ ३० ॥

ITRANS:

bhavad-vidhā mahā-bhāgāniṣevyā arha-sattamāḥśreyas-kāmair nṛbhir nityaṁdevāḥ svārthā na sādhavaḥ

Translation:

Exalted souls like you are the true objects of service and the most worshipable authorities for those who desire the highest good in life. Demigods are generally concerned with their own interests, but saintly devotees never are.

Purport:

Whereas demigods may award material benefit, saintly devotees of the Lord have the power to award the real perfection of life, Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus Lord Kṛṣṇa reinforces the respectful mood He has adopted here toward His uncle Akrūra.