After surrendering to Bhattar, Nanjeeyar who was a very wealthy person previously, came to Srirangam and gave him his remaining wealth.

Accepting it, Bhattar said the following:
"Do not wonder how the knowledge imparted to you by one who accepted wealth from you, is going to save you. Consider this. A person saves a dying prince who was bit by a snake, using mantra and medicine. The King is ready to give him his whole kingdom in return. He is satisfied though, by accepting a simple meal. Could we then say that he is interested only in food or that his act matched the food he accepted? Similarly, if acharyas accept wealth of this world from their sishyas, it will not reduce the effect of the knowledge that they impart; that knowledge which will cut their attachment to this world and give them His abode."

That is, even if acharyas and Srivaishnavas accept things of this world, they should not be equated to others of this world. Samsaris are those who think of these things as the final thing to be attained ("kamOpabhOgaparamA: EvAvaditi nishchitA:" - Bhagavad Gita 16-11). Acharyas and Srivaishnavas accept things of this world due to the ageless vAsana and not because they take them to be the final goal ("sadrusham chEshTatE svasyA: prakrutEr njAnavAnapi" Bhagavad Gita 3-33).