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The Island of Jambūdvīpa
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“One who is thus transcendentally situated realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto Me.” Devotional service is actual liberation. When one is attracted by the beauty of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and his mind is always engaged at the Lord’s lotus feet, he is no longer interested in subjects that do not help him in self-realization. In other words, he loses all attraction for material activities. In the  Taittirīya Upaniṣad  (2.7) it is said:  eṣa hy evānandayati. yadā hy evaiṣa etasmin na dṛśye 'nātmye anirukte 'nilayane 'bhayam pratiṣṭhām vindate 'tha so 'bhayam gato bhavati.  A living entity becomes established in spiritual, blissful life when he fully understands that his happiness depends on spiritual self-realization, which is the basic principle of  ānanda  (bliss), and when he is eternally situated in the service of the Lord, who has no other lord above Him.
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एतदेव हि देवा गायन्ति— 
  अहो अमीषां किमकारि शोमनं 
  प्रसन्न एषां स्विदुत स्वयं हरिः । 
  यैर्जन्म लब्धं नृषु भारताजिरे 
  मुकुन्दसेवौपयिकं स्पृहा हि नः ॥२१॥
etad eva hi devā gāyanti—  
 aho amīṣām kim akāri śobhanam  
 prasanna eṣām svid uta svayam hariḥ  
 yair janma labdham nṛṣu bhāratājire  
 mukunda-sevaupayikam spṛhā hi naḥ
etat —this;  eva —indeed;  hi —certainly;  devāḥ —all the demigods;  gāyanti —chant;  aho —oh;  amīṣām —of these inhabitants of Bhāratavarṣa;  kim —what;  akāri —was done;  śobhanam —pious, beautiful activities;  prasannaḥ —pleased;  eṣām —upon them;  svit —or;  uta —it is said;  svayam —personally;  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yaiḥ —by whom;  janma —birth;  labdham —obtained;  nṛṣu —in human