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Prayers by the Demigods
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cetanānām ). Every living entity, therefore, must search for eternal happiness, not temporary happiness. The words  satyam param dhīmahi  indicate that one should search for the Absolute Truth, not the relative truth.
While offering prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nṛsiṁhadeva, Prahlāda Mahārāja said:
bālasya neha śaraṇaṁ pitarau nṛsiṁha nārtasya cāgadam udanvati majjato nauḥ
Generally it is understood that the protectors for a child are his parents, but this is not actually the fact. The real protector is the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
taptasya tat-pratividhir ya ihāñjaseṣṭas tāvad vibho tanu-bhṛtāṁ tvad-upekṣitānām (Bhāg. 7.9.19)
If neglected by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, a child, despite the presence of his parents, will suffer, and a diseased person, despite all medical help, will die. In this material world, where there is a struggle for existence, men have invented many means for protection, but these are useless if the Supreme Personality of Godhead rejects them. Therefore the demigods purposefully say,  satyātmakaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ prapannāḥ : “Real protection can be obtained from You, O Lord, and therefore we surrender unto You.”
The Lord demands that one surrender unto Him ( sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja ), and He further says:
sakṛd eva prapanno yas tavāsmīti ca yācate abhayaṁ sarvadā tasmai dadāmy etad vrataṁ mama
“If one surrenders unto Me sincerely, saying, ‘My Lord, from this day I am fully surrendered unto You,’ I always give him protection. That is My vow.” ( Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha-kāṇḍa 18.33 ) The demigods offered their