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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
words. He gradually proceeded toward Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva and fell down to offer his respectful obeisances with folded hands.
TEXT 5
स्वपादमूले पतितं तमर्भकं विलोक्य देवः कृपया परिप्लुतः । उत्थाप्य तच्छीर्ण्यदधातु कराम्बुजं कालाहिवित्रस्तधियां कृतामयम् ॥ ५ ॥
sva-pāda-mūle patitaṁ tam arbhakaṁ vilokya devaḥ kṛpayā pariplutaḥ utthāpya tac-chīrṣṇy adadhāt karāmbujaṁ kālāhi-vitrasta-dhiyāṁ kṛtābhayam
sva-pāda-mūle —at His lotus feet;  patitam —fallen;  tam —him (Prahlāda Mahārāja);  arbhakam —only a little boy;  vilokya —seeing;  devaḥ —Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva;  kṛpayā —out of His causeless mercy;  pariplutaḥ —very much afflicted (in ecstasy);  utthāpya —raising;  tat-śīrṣṇi —on his head;  adadhāt —placed;  kara-ambujam —His lotus hand;  kāla-ahi —of the deadly snake of time, (which can cause immediate death);  vitrasta —afraid;  dhiyām —to all of those whose minds;  kṛta-abhayam —which causes fearlessness.
TRANSLATION
When Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva saw the small boy Prahlāda Mahārāja prostrated at the soles of His lotus feet, He became most ecstatic in affection toward His devotee. Raising Prahlāda, the Lord placed His lotus hand upon the boy's head because His hand is always ready to create fearlessness in all of His devotees.
PURPORT
The necessities of the material world are four— āhāra ,  nidrā ,  bhaya  and  maithuna  (eating, sleeping, defending and mating). In this material world, everyone is in fearful consciousness ( sadā samudvigna-dhiyām ), and the only means to make everyone fearless is  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness.