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The Island of Jambūdvīpa
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prāptāḥ —who have obtained;  nṛ-jātim —a birth in human society;  tu —certainly;  iha —in this land of Bhārata-varṣa;  ye —those who;  ca —also;  jantavaḥ —the living beings;  jñāna —with knowledge;  kriyā —with activities;  dravya —of ingredients;  kalāpa —with a collection;  sambhṛtām —full;  na —not;  vai —certainly;  yateran —endeavor;  apunaḥ-bhavāya —for the position of immortality;  te —such persons;  bhūyaḥ —again;  vanaukāḥ —birds;  iva —like;  yānti —go;  bandhanam —to bondage.
TRANSLATION
Bhārata-varṣa offers the proper land and circumstances in which to execute devotional service, which can free one from the results of jñāna and karma. If one obtains a human body in the land of Bhārata-varṣa, with clear sensory organs with which to execute the saṅkīrtana-yajña, but in spite of this opportunity he does not take to devotional service, he is certainly like liberated forest animals and birds that are careless and are therefore again bound by a hunter.
PURPORT
In the land of Bhārata-varṣa one can very easily perform the  saṅkīrtana-yajña , which consists of  śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ , or one can perform other methods of devotional service, such as  smaraṇam vandanam arcanam dāsyam sakhyam  and  ātma-nivedanam . In Bhārata-varṣa one has the opportunity to visit many holy places, especially Lord Caitanya's birthsite and Lord Kṛṣṇa's birthsite—Navadvīpa and Vṛndāvana—where there are many pure devotees who have no desire other than to execute devotional service ( anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ), and one may thus become free from the bondage of material conditions. Other paths, such as the path of  jñāna  and the path of  karma , are not very profitable. Pious activities can elevate one to the higher planetary systems, and by speculative knowledge one can merge into the Brahman existence, but that is not real profit, for one has to come down again even from the liberated condition of being merged in Brahman, and certainly one must come down from the heavenly kingdom. One should endeavor to go back home, back to