Srimad Bhagavatam — Chaturtha Skandha, Shloka 81
Dhruva’s Humiliation, Sunīti’s Counsel, and Nārada’s Bhakti-Yoga Instruction
देवा ऊचु: नैवं विदामो भगवन् प्राणरोधं चराचरस्याखिलसत्त्वधाम्न: । विधेहि तन्नो वृजिनाद्विमोक्षं प्राप्ता वयं त्वां शरणं शरण्यम् ॥ ८१ ॥
devā ūcuḥ naivaṁ vidāmo bhagavan prāṇa-rodhaṁ carācarasyākhila-sattva-dhāmnaḥ vidhehi tan no vṛjinād vimokṣaṁ prāptā vayaṁ tvāṁ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyam
诸天说道：大德主啊！您是所有动与不动众生的归依处。我们感到一切众生的气息都被阻塞，从未经历此事。既然您是投降者的终极庇护，我们前来投靠；愿您救我们脱离此危难。
Dhruva Mahārāja’s influence, attained by executing devotional service unto the Lord, was felt even by the demigods, who had never before experienced such a situation. Because of Dhruva Mahārāja’s controlling his breathing, the entire universal breathing process was choked. It is by the will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead that material entities cannot breathe whereas spiritual entities are able to breathe; material entities are products of the Lord’s external energy, whereas spiritual entities are products of the Lord’s internal energy. The demigods approached the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is the controller of both kinds of entities, in order to know why their breathing was choked. The Supreme Lord is the ultimate goal for the solution to all problems within this material world. In the spiritual world there are no problems, but the material world is always problematic. Since the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the master of both the material and spiritual worlds, it is better to approach Him in all problematic situations. Therefore those who are devotees have no problems in this material world. Viśvaṁ pūrṇa-sukhāyate ( Caitanya-candrāmṛta ): devotees are free from all problems because they are fully surrendered unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For a devotee, everything in the world is very pleasing because he knows how to use everything in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
FAQs
It declares the Supreme Lord as the ultimate and most reliable shelter—one whose refuge never fails—so surrender to Him is the highest protection.
They admit their inability to counter the crisis affecting the life-force of creation and therefore seek the Lord, the abode and controller of all beings, to grant release from the danger.
Recognize personal limits, turn to sincere prayer and surrender, and seek steadiness through devotion—trusting the Supreme as the safest refuge amid uncertainty.