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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 2]
yaḥ kaścaneśo balino 'ntakoragāt pracaṇḍa-vegād abhidhāvato bhṛśam bhītam prapannam paripāti yad-bhayān mṛtyuḥ pradhāvaty araṇam tam īmahi
yaḥ —He who (the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  kaścana —someone;  īśaḥ —the supreme controller;  balinaḥ —very powerful;  antaka-uragāt —from the great serpent of time, which brings death;  pracaṇḍa-vegāt —whose force is fearful;  abhidhāvataḥ —who is chasing;  bhṛśam —endlessly (every hour and every minute);  bhītam —one who is afraid of death;  prapannam —who is surrendered (to the Supreme Personality of Godhead);  paripāti —He protects;  yat-bhayāt —from fear of the Lord;  mṛtyuḥ —death itself;  pradhāvati —runs away;  araṇam —the actual shelter of everyone;  tam —unto Him;  īmahi —I surrender or take shelter.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is certainly not known to everyone, but He is very powerful and influential. Therefore, although the serpent of eternal time, which is fearful in force, endlessly chases everyone, ready to swallow him, if one who fears this serpent seeks shelter of the Lord, the Lord gives him protection, for even death runs away in fear of the Lord. I therefore surrender unto Him, the great and powerful supreme authority who is the actual shelter of everyone.
PURPORT
One who is intelligent understands that there is a great and supreme authority above everything. That great authority appears in different incarnations to save the innocent from disturbances. As confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.8),  paritrāṇāya sādhūnām vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām : the Lord appears in His various incarnations for two purposes—to annihilate the  duṣkṛtī , the sinful, and to protect His devotees. The King of the elephants decided to surrender unto Him. This is intelligent. One must know that great Supreme Personality of Godhead and surrender unto Him. The Lord comes personally to instruct us how to be happy, and only