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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 1]
The word  kṛṣṇārpita-prāṇaḥ  refers to a devotee who dedicates his life to serving Kṛṣṇa, not to being saved from the path to hellish life. A devotee is  nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇa , or  vāsudeva-parāyaṇa , which means that the path of Vāsudeva, or the devotional path, is his life and soul.  Nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati  ( Bhāg.  6.17.28): such a devotee is not afraid of going anywhere. There is a path toward liberation in the higher planetary systems and a path toward the hellish planets, but a  nārāyaṇa-para  devotee is unafraid wherever he is sent; he simply wants to remember Kṛṣṇa, wherever he may be. Such a devotee is unconcerned with hell and heaven; he is simply attached to rendering service to Kṛṣṇa. When a devotee is put into hellish conditions, he accepts them as Kṛṣṇa's mercy:  tat te 'nukampāṁ susamīkṣamāṇaḥ  ( Bhāg.  10.14.8). He does not protest, "Oh, I am such a great devotee of Kṛṣṇa. Why have I been put into this misery?" Instead he thinks, "This is Kṛṣṇa's mercy." Such an attitude is possible for a devotee who engages in the service of Kṛṣṇa's representative. This is the secret of success.
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सध्रीचीनो ह्ययं लोके पन्थाः क्षेमोऽकुतोभयः ।
सुशीलाः साधवो यत्र नारायणपरायणाः ॥१७॥
sadhrīcīno hy ayaṁ loke panthāḥ kṣemo 'kuto-bhayaḥ suśīlāḥ sādhavo yatra nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ
sadhrīcīnaḥ —just appropriate;  hi —certainly;  ayam —this;  loke —in the world;  panthāḥ —path;  kṣemaḥ —auspicious;  akutaḥ-bhayaḥ —without fear;  su-śīlāḥ —well-behaved;  sādhavaḥ —saintly persons;  yatra —wherein;  nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ —those who have taken the path of Nārāyaṇa, devotional service, as their life and soul.
TRANSLATION
The path followed by pure devotees, who are well-behaved and fully endowed with the best qualifications, is certainly the most auspicious path in this material world. It is free from fear, and it is authorized by the śāstras.