Krishna clearly says in Gita that worship of demigods for temporary fruits (like money) is not the way to approach Him. “Yanti deva-vratan devan…” It is for less intelligent, “alpa medhasam”. It is “avidhi purvakam”, a “wrong way” to worship. We should remember and understand these teachings of Gita and Prabhupada.

Yes, Laksmi is an expansion of Radha, so worship Laksmi-Narayan, Radha-Krishna, Hare Krishna, together. Not that you worship Laksmi without Narayan, because she gives more money that way (?) Taking Sita away from Ram is business of Ravana.

We want pure bhakti, not money. If we go for Krishna bhakti, we will find we have the money we really need, but if we go for money, we may forget that the real treasure and goal of life is Krishna prema, which is very rare. Remember Sanatan Goswami and the touchstone. (He kept it with the garbage). Whatever money you get, without Narayan, will be flickering, fickle, not of lasting value. Another name for Laksmi is “cancala”. However, she remains always faithful on the chest of Vishnu, Madhava, Krishna. She is not faithful to anyone else.

The Goswamis may have written of worshiping Ganesha to remove obstacles in devotional service, but Srila Prabhupada said we should pray to Six Goswamis to remove those obstacles and not Ganesha. We do not have to feel anything is lacking if we only worship Krishna. Wherever there is Krishna and Arjuna there is opulence, morality, power and victory.

Seeking bhogaisvarya, foolish people are deviated from their determination to become pure devotees and go back to Radha-Krishna, Laksmi-Narayana. Of course we love and revere demigods as great devotees of Krishna and never envy them, but we are on the path of pure goodness, Narayana parayana. All demigods and ancestors will be most satisfied if we chant Hare Krishna and study Prabhupada’s books and please Krishna by pure devotion, not by inventing some method of worship not recommended by Prabhupada. Water the root of the tree and the leaves will be nourished.