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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 22]
Lord, are all sources of material conditions of perpetual suffering under the threefold miseries ( adhyātmika ,  adhibhautika  and  adhidaivika ). Unfortunately, there is no institution in human society for education on this subject. People are kept in darkness about the goal of life, and thus there is a continuous struggle for existence. We speak of “survival of the fittest,” but no one survives, for no one is free under material conditions.
TEXT 10
इत्थं स निश्चित्य पितामहो महा- नगाधबोधो भवतः पादपद्मम् । ध्रुवं प्रपेदे ह्यकुतोभयं जनाद् भीतः स्वपक्षक्षपणस्य सत्तम ॥१०॥
ittham sa niścitya pitāmaho mahān agādha-bodho bhavataḥ pāda-padmam dhruvam prapede hy akutobhayam janād bhītaḥ svapakṣa-kṣapaṇasya sattama
ittham —because of this (as stated above);  saḥ —he, Prahlāda Mahārāja;  niścitya —definitely deciding on this point;  pitāmahaḥ —my grandfather;  mahān —the great devotee;  agādha-bodhaḥ —my grandfather, who received unlimited knowledge because of his devotional service;  bhavataḥ —of Your Lordship;  pāda-padmam —the lotus feet;  dhruvam —the infallible, eternal shelter;  prapede —surrendered;  hi —indeed;  akutaḥ-bhayam —completely free of fear;  janāt —from ordinary common people;  bhītaḥ —being afraid;  svapakṣa-kṣapaṇasya —of Your Lordship, who kill the demons on our own side;  sat-tama —O best of the best.
TRANSLATION
My grandfather, the best of all men, who achieved unlimited knowledge and was worshipable for everyone, was afraid of the common men in this world. Being fully convinced of the substantiality afforded by shelter at Your lotus feet, He took shelter of Your lotus feet, against the will of his father and demoniac friends, who were killed by Your own self.