Prayer is one of the nine items of bhakti. Prabhupada said we can pray to Krishna to protect us so we don’t fall down. Even great sages sometimes are in compromised positions and fall down. In our conditioned state, we’re actually praying to Krishna to protect us from ourselves so we don’t give in to our weaknesses. That should be our internal mood of prayer.
All glories all Glories to Jasomatinandana dasa Prabhu
Dandavata Pranam prabhuji. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
This video is so helpful. I find myself repeatedly praying to Lord Krsna to please keep me engaged in Bhakti. I am completely helpless in front of the illusory potency of Lord Krsna. Only Lord Krsna can protect me and deliver me from that illusory potency so that I can keep practicing Bhakti.