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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 4]
will be no cause of danger. It is said that if a dog is swimming in the water and one wants to cross the ocean by catching hold of the dog's tail, certainly he is foolish. Similarly, if in distress one seeks shelter of a demigod, he is foolish, for his efforts will be fruitless. In all circumstances, one should seek shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Then there will be no danger under any circumstances.
TEXTS 22-23
तस्यै नमोऽस्तु काष्ठायै यत्रात्मा हरिरीश्वरः । 
  यद्वत्वा न निवर्तन्ते शान्ताः संन्यासिनोऽमताः ॥२२॥ 
  इति ते संयतात्मानः समाहितधियोऽमताः । 
  उपतस्युर्हरीकेशं विनिद्रा वायुभोजनाः ॥२३॥
tasyai namo 'stu kāṣṭhāyai 
  yatrātmā harir īśvaraḥ 
  yad gatvā na nivartante 
  śāntāḥ sannyāsino 'malāḥ
iti te saṅyatātmānaḥ 
  samāhita-dhiyo 'malāḥ 
  upatasthur hṛṣīkeśam 
  vinidrā vāyu-bhojanāḥ
tasyai—unto that; namaḥ—our respectful obeisances; astu—let there be; kāṣṭhāyai—direction; yatra—wherein; ātmā—the Supersoul; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; īśvaraḥ—the supreme controller; yat—which; gatvā—approaching; na—never; nivartante—return; śāntāḥ—peaceful; sannyāsinaḥ—saintly persons in the renounced order of life; amalāḥ—pure; iti—thus; te—they; saṅyata-ātmānaḥ—having controlled minds; samāhita—steadied; dhiyaḥ—intelligences; amalāḥ—purified; upatasthuḥ—worshiped; hṛṣīkeśam—the master of the senses; vinidrāḥ—without sleeping; vāyu-bhojanāḥ—eating only air.