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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
icchāmi —I want;  te —by You;  vilulitān —subject to be finished;  uru-vikrameṇa —who are extremely powerful;  kāla-ātmanā —as the master of the time factor;  upanaya —kindly take to;  mām —me;  nija-bhṛtya-pārśvam —the association of Your faithful servant, Your devotee.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, now I have complete experience concerning the worldly opulence, mystic power, longevity and other material pleasures enjoyed by all living entities, from Lord Brahmā down to the ant. As powerful time, You destroy them all. Therefore, because of my experience, I do not wish to possess them. My dear Lord, I request You to place me in touch with Your pure devotee and let me serve him as a sincere servant.
PURPORT
By studying  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , every intelligent man can get experience like that of Prahlāda Mahārāja through the historical incidents mentioned in this great literature of spiritual knowledge. By following in the footsteps of Prahlāda Mahārāja, one should gain thorough experience that all material opulence is perishable at every moment. Even this body, for which we try to acquire so many sensual pleasures, may perish at any time. The soul, however, is eternal.  Na hanyate hanyamāne śarīre:  the soul is never vanquished, even when the body is destroyed. An intelligent man, therefore, should care for the happiness of the spirit soul, not of the body. Even if one receives a body with a long duration of life, like those of Lord Brahmā and the other great demigods, it will also be destroyed, and therefore an intelligent man should be concerned with the imperishable spirit soul.
To save oneself, one must take shelter of a pure devotee. Narottama dāsa Thākura therefore says,  chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā . If one wants to save himself from material nature's onslaughts, which arise because of the material body, one must become Kṛṣṇa conscious and try to fully understand Kṛṣṇa. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.9),  janma karma ca me divyam evaṁ yo vetti tattvataḥ . One should understand Kṛṣṇa in truth, and this one can do only by serving a pure devotee. Thus Prahlāda Mahārāja prays that Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva place