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torious activities and pastimes of the Lord.  Vīrya  means “very heroic.”
Kṛṣṇa’s activities are heroic. You can read about them in  Kṛṣṇa , the  Supreme Personality of Godhead . Kṛṣṇa’s name, His fame, His activities, His associates, and all other things related to Him are heroic. Prahlāda Mahārāja says in this connection, “I am certain that wherever I go, I can glorify Your heroic activities and be safe. There is no question of my falling down. But I am simply anxious for these persons who have created a type of civilization in which they are always busy working hard. I am thinking of them.”
Prahlāda says further:
prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā maunam caranti vijane na parārtha-niṣṭhāḥ naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko nānyam tvad asya śaraṇam bhramato ’nupaśye
“My dear Lord, there are many saintly persons and sages who are very interested in their own liberation.” [ Bhāg.  7.9.44]  Munayaḥ  means “saintly persons” or “philosophers.”  Prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmāḥ : they are very interested in their own liberation. They try to live in solitary places like the Himalaya Mountains. They do not talk to anyone, and they are always afraid of mixing with ordinary people in the city and becoming disturbed or maybe even falling down. They think, “Better let me save myself.”
Prahlāda Mahārāja regrets that these great saintly persons do not come to the city, where people have manufactured a civilization of very hard work all day and night. Such saints are not very compassionate. He says, “I am anxious for these fallen people who are unnecessarily working so hard simply for sense gratification.”
Even if there were some point in working that hard, such people do not know what it is. All they know is sex. Either they go to a naked dance or to a naked club or to this or that. Prahlāda Mahārāja says,  naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko : “My Lord, I do not need salvation alone. Unless I take all these fools with me, I shall not go.” He refuses to go to the kingdom of God without taking all these fallen souls with him. This is a Vaiṣṇava.  Nānyam tvad asya śaraṇam bhramato ’nupaśye : “I simply want to teach them how to surrender unto You. That’s all. That is my goal.”
The Vaiṣṇava knows that as soon as one surrenders, one’s path is clear.  Naivodvije para duratyaya-vaitaraṇyās tvad-vīrya-gāyana-mahāmṛta-magna-cittaḥ : “Somehow or other, let them bow down before Kṛṣṇa.”