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[Canto 9, Ch. 4]
paraphernalia and so on is never interested in elevation to the heavenly planets, even though such places are extremely dear even to the demigods.
nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati svargāpavarga-narakeṣv api tulyārtha-darśinaḥ
“Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, never fear any condition of life. The heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same to a devotee.” ( Bhāg.  6.17.28) A devotee is always situated in the spiritual world. Therefore he does not desire anything. He is known as  akāma , or desireless, because he has nothing to desire except to render transcendental loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Because Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was a most exalted devotee of the Lord, he trained his subjects in such a way that the citizens in his state were not interested in anything material, including even the happiness of the heavenly planets.
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संवर्धयन्ति यत् कामाः स्वाराज्यपरिभाविताः ।
दुर्लभा नापि सिद्धानां मुकुन्दं हृदि पश्यतः ॥२५॥
saṁvardhayanti yat kāmāḥ svārājya-paribhāvitāḥ durlabhā nāpi siddhānāṁ mukundaṁ hṛdi paśyataḥ
saṁvardhayanti —increase happiness;  yat —because;  kāmāḥ —such aspirations;  svā-rājya —situated in his own constitutional position of rendering service to the Lord;  paribhāvitāḥ —saturated with such aspirations;  durlabhāḥ —very rarely obtained;  na —not;  api —also;  siddhānāṁ —of the great mystics;  mukundaṁ —Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme