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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 9]
विनोपसर्पत्यपरं हि बालिशः श्वलाङ्गुलेनातितितर्ति सिन्धुम् ॥२२॥
avismitam tam paripūṃa-kāmam svenaiva lābhena samam praśāntam vinopasarpaty aparam hi bāliśaḥ śva-lāṅgulenātititarti sindhum
avismitam —who is never struck with wonder;  tam —Him;  paripūṃa-kāmam —who is fully satisfied;  svena —by His own;  eva —indeed;  lābhena —achievements;  samam —equipoised;  praśāntam —very steady;  vinā —without;  upasarpati —approaches;  aparam —another;  hi —indeed;  bāliśaḥ —a fool;  śva —of a dog;  lāṅgulena —by the tail;  atititarti —wants to cross;  sindhum —the sea.
TRANSLATION
Free from all material conceptions of existence and never wonderstruck by anything, the Lord is always jubilant and fully satisfied by His own spiritual perfection. He has no material designations, and therefore He is steady and unattached. That Supreme Personality of Godhead is the only shelter of everyone. Anyone desiring to be protected by others is certainly a great fool who desires to cross the sea by holding the tail of a dog.
PURPORT
A dog can swim in the water, but if a dog dives in the ocean and someone wants to cross the ocean by holding the dog’s tail, he is certainly fool number one. A dog cannot cross the ocean, nor can a person cross the ocean by catching a dog’s tail. Similarly, one who desires to cross the ocean of nescience should not seek the shelter of any demigod or anyone else but the fearless shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.58) therefore says:
samāśritā ye pada-pallava-plavam mahat-padam puṇya-yaśo-murāreḥ