Text 12] The Residents of Jambūdvipa Offer Prayers
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books like  Bhagavad-gītā ,  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam ,  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  and  The Nectar of Devotion . In this way, one becomes more and more purified of material contamination. As stated in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (1.2.18):
naṣṭa-prāyeṣv abhadreṣu nityam bhāgavata-sevayā bhagavaty uttama-śloke bhaktir bhavati naiṣṭhikī
“By regularly hearing the  Bhāgavatam  and rendering service unto the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is practically destroyed, and loving service unto the glorious Lord, who is praised with transcendental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact.” In this way, simply by hearing of the powerful activities of the Lord, the devotee’s heart becomes almost completely cleansed of material contamination, and thus his original position as an eternal servant who is part and parcel of the Lord becomes manifest. While the devotee engages in devotional service, the passionate and ignorant modes of material nature are gradually vanquished, and then he acts only in the mode of goodness. At that time he becomes happy and gradually advances in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness.
All the great  ācāryas  strongly recommend that people be given a chance to hear about the Supreme Lord. Then success is assured. The more we cleanse the dirt of material attachment from our hearts, the more we will be attracted by  Kṛṣṇa ’s name, form, qualities, paraphernalia and activities. This is the sum and substance of the  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness movement.
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यस्यास्ति भक्तिर्भगवत्यकिञ्चना
सर्वेर्गुणैस्तत्र समासते सुराः ।
हरावभक्तस्य कुतो महद्द्रुगुणा
मनोरथेनासति धावतो बहिः ॥१२॥
yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ