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The Nectar of Instruction
It is further stated in the Seventh Canto: “Although mental speculators and fruitive actors may perform great austerities and penances, they still fall down because they do not have information about the lotus feet of the Lord.” The devotees of the Lord, however, never fall down. In  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.31), the Supreme Personality of Godhead assures Arjuna,  kaunteya pratijānīhi na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati : “O son of Kuntī, declare it boldly that My devotee never perishes.”
Again in  Bhagavad-gitā  (2.40) Krṣṇa says::
nehābhikrama-nāśo ’sti pratyavāyo na vidyate svalpam apy asya dharmasya trāyate mahato bhayāt
“In this endeavor there is no loss or dimunition, and a little advancement on this path can protect one from the most dangerous type of fear.”
Devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success. Sometimes a person will give up his ordinary material engagements and out of sentiment take shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord and thus begin the preliminary execution of devotional service. Even if such an immature devotee falls down, there is no loss on his part. On the other hand, what is the gain of one who executes the prescribed duties according to his  varṇa  and  āśrama  but does not take to devotional service? Although a fallen devotee may take his nex birth in a low family, his devotional service will nonetheless