166 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 22

Lord, are all sources of material conditions of perpetual suffering under
the threefold miseries (adhyatmika, 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.

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ittham sa niscitya pitamaho mahan
agadha-bodho bhavatah pdda-padmam

dhruvam prapede hy akutobhayam janad
bhitah svapaksa-ksapanasya sattama

ittham—because of this (as stated above); sah—he, Prahlada
Maharaja; niscitya—definitely deciding on this point; pitamahah—my
grandfather; mahan—the great devotee; agddha-bodhah—my grand-
father, who received unlimited knowledge because of his devotional ser-
vice; bhavatah—of Your Lordship; pdda-padmam—the lotus feet;
dhruvam—the infallible, eternal shelter; prapede—surrendered; hi—
indeed; akutah-bhayam—completely free of fear; janat—from ordinary
common people; bhitah—being afraid; svapaksa-ksapanasya—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 substan-
tiality 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.
