Text 8] The Residents of Jambūdvipa Offer Prayers
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become fearless in the struggle for existence in this material world.
PURPORT
In Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (4.22.39) Sanat-kumāra speaks the following words to Mahārāja Prṭhu:
yat-pāda-paṅkaja-palāśa-vilāsa-bhaktyā karmāśayam grathitam udgrathayanti santaḥ tadvan na rikta-matayo yatayo 'pi ruddha- srotogaṇās tam araṇam bhaja vāsudevam
“Devotees always engaged in the service of the toes of the Lord’s lotus feet can very easily become free from hard-knotted desires for fruitive activities. Because this is very difficult, the nondevotees—the  jñānīs  and  yogīs —cannot stop the waves of sense gratification, although they try to do so. Therefore you are advised to engage in the devotional service of Kṛṣṇa, the son of Vasudeva.”
Every living being within this material world has a strong desire to enjoy matter to his fullest satisfaction. For this purpose, the conditioned soul must accept one body after another, and thus his strongly fixed fruitive desires continue. One cannot stop the repetition of birth and death without being completely desireless. Therefore Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī describes pure  bhakti  (devotional service) as follows:
anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ānukulyena kṛṣṇānu- śīlanam bhaktir uttamā
“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa favorably and without desire for material profit or gain through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called pure devotional service.” Unless one is completely freed of all material desires, which are caused by the dense darkness of ignorance, one cannot fully engage in the devotional service of the Lord. Therefore we should always offer our prayers to Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, who killed Hiraṇyakaśipu, the