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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 2]
Bhagavad-gītā  it is said that those who are pious ( sukṛtī ) can decide that in a dangerous or awkward condition one should seek shelter of the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa.
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न मामिमे ज्ञातय आतुरं गजाः 
कुतः करिण्यः प्रभवन्ति मोचितुम् । 
ग्राहेण पाशेन विधातुरावृतो- 
ऽप्यहं च तं यामि परं परायणम् ॥३२॥
na mām ime jñātaya āturam gajāḥ 
kutaḥ kariṇyaḥ prabhavanti mocitum 
grāheṇa pāśena vidhātur āvṛto 
'py aham ca tam yāmi param parāyaṇam
na —not;  mām —me;  ime —all these;  jñātayaḥ —friends and relatives (the other elephants);  āturam —in my distress;  gajāḥ —the elephant;  kutaḥ —how;  kariṇyaḥ —my wives;  prabhavanti —are able;  mocitum —to deliver (from this dangerous position);  grāheṇa —by the crocodile;  pāśena —by the network of ropes;  vidhātuḥ —of providence;  āvṛtaḥ —captured;  api —although (I am in such a position);  aham —I;  ca —also;  tam —that (Supreme Personality of Godhead);  yāmi —take shelter of;  param —who is transcendental;  parāyaṇam —and who is the shelter of even the exalted demigods like Brahmā and Śiva.
TRANSLATION
The other elephants, who are my friends and relatives, could not rescue me from this danger. What then to speak of my wives? They cannot do anything. It is by the will of providence that I have been attacked by this crocodile, and therefore I shall seek shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is always the shelter of everyone, even of great personalities.
PURPORT
This material world is described as  padam padam yad vipadām , which means that at every step there is danger. A fool wrongly thinks