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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.9

ఉత్తరోవాచ పాహి పాహి మహాయోగిన్ దేవదేవ జగత్పతే । నాన్యం త్వదభయం పశ్యే యత్ర మృత్యు: పరస్పరమ్ ॥ ౯ ॥
uttarovāca
[uttarovaacha]
pāhi pāhi mahā-yogin
[paahi paahi mahaa-yogin]
deva-deva jagat-pate
[deva-deva jagat-pate]
nānyaṁ tvad abhayaṁ paśye
[naanyam tvad abhayam pashye]
yatra mṛtyuḥ parasparam
[yatra mrityuh parasparam]
uttarā uvāca — Uttarā said pāhi pāhi — protect, protect mahā-yogin — the greatest mystic deva-deva — the worshipable of the worshiped jagat-pate — O Lord of the universe na — not anyam — anyone else tvat — than You abhayam — fearlessness paśye — do I see yatra — where there is mṛtyuḥ — death parasparam — in the world of duality.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
uttarovāca
uttarā uvāca
Uttarā said
pāhi pāhi mahā-yogin
pāhi pāhi
protect, protect
mahā-yogin
the greatest mystic
deva-deva jagat-pate
deva-deva
the worshipable of the worshiped
jagat-pate
O Lord of the universe
nānyaṁ tvad abhayaṁ paśye
na
not
anyam
anyone else
tvat
than You
abhayam
fearlessness
paśye
do I see
yatra mṛtyuḥ parasparam
yatra
where there is
mṛtyuḥ
death
parasparam
in the world of duality.
Uttarā said: O Lord of lords, Lord of the universe! You are the greatest of mystics. Please protect me, protect me, for there is no one else who can save me from the clutches of death in this world of duality.

This material world is the world of duality, in contrast with the oneness of the absolute realm. The world of duality is composed of matter and spirit, whereas the absolute world is complete spirit without any tinge of the material qualities. In the dual world everyone is falsely trying to become the master of the world, whereas in the absolute world the Lord is the absolute Lord, and all others are His absolute servitors. In the world of duality everyone is envious of all others, and death is inevitable due to the dual existence of matter and spirit. The Lord is the only shelter of fearlessness for the surrendered soul. One cannot save himself from the cruel hands of death in the material world without having surrendered himself at the lotus feet of the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Uttarā said: O great yogī! O Supreme Lord! Master of the universe! Please protect me. I do not see anyone except you who is fearless in this word where each living being causes another’s death.
Commentary

Other than you (tvad) I see no one who can give fearlessness. Death is mutual (parasparam) in the sense that one person causes another’s death, and someone else causes his death.

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