Text 28] The Residents of Jambūdvipa Offer Prayers
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Sometimes so-called  svāmīs  are very eager to feed poor people, thinking them to be  daridra-nārāyaṇa , the Lord's incarnations as beggars. They prefer to serve the manufactured  daridra-nārāyaṇa  than the original, supreme Nārāyaṇa. They say, "Don't encourage service to Lord Nārāyaṇa. It is better to serve the starving people of the world." Unfortunately such materialists, either singly or combined in the form of the United Nations, cannot fulfill their plans. The truth is that the many millions of human beings, animals, birds and trees—indeed, all living entities—are maintained solely by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.  Eko bahūnāṁ yo vidadhāti kāmān : one person, the Supreme Lord, is supplying the necessities of life for all other living entities. To challenge the authority of Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the business of  asuras  (demons). Yet sometimes  suras , or devotees, are also bewildered by the illusory energy and falsely claim to be the maintainer of the entire universe. Such incidents are described in the Tenth Canto of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , where Śukadeva Gosvāmī tells how Lord Brahmā and King Indra became puffed up and were eventually chastised by Kṛṣṇa.
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भवान् युगान्तार्णव ऊर्मिमालिनि 
    क्षोणीमिमामोषधिवीरुधां निधिम् । 
    मया सहोरु क्रमतेऽज ओजसा 
    तस्मै जगत्प्राणगणात्मने नम इति ॥२८॥
bhavān yugāntārṇava ūrmi-mālini 
    kṣoṇīm imām oṣadhi-vīrudhāṁ nidhim 
    mayā sahoru kramate 'ja ojasā 
    tasmai jagat-prāṇa-gaṇātmane nama iti
bhavān —Your Lordship;  yuga-anta-arṇave —in the water of devastation at the end of the millennium;  ūrmi-mālini —possessing rows of big waves;  kṣoṇīm —the planet earth;  imām —this;  oṣadhi-vīrudhāṁ —of all kinds of herbs and drugs;  nidhim —the storehouse;  mayā —me;  saha —with;  uru —great;  kramate —You roamed;  aja —O unborn one;  ojasā —with speed;  tasmai —unto Him;  jagat —of the entire universe;  prāṇa-gaṇa-ātmane —the ultimate source of life;  namah —my respectful obeisances;  iti —thus.