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Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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to be performing the best welfare activity. The Lord is automatically very pleased with him. If the Lord is pleased with him, what is left for him to achieve? If one has been recognized by the Lord, even if he does not ask the Lord for anything, the Lord, who is within everyone, supplies him whatever he wants. This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( teṣāṁ nityābhiyuktānāṁ yoga-kṣemaṁ vahāmy aham ). Again, as stated here,  tapyante loka-tāpena sādhavaḥ prāyaśo janāḥ . The best welfare activity is raising people to the platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, since the conditioned souls are suffering only for want of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. The Lord Himself also comes to mitigate the suffering of humanity.
yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata abhyutthānam adharmasya tadātmānaṁ sṛjāmy aham
paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge
“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I descend Myself. To deliver the pious and to annihilate the miscreants, as well as to reestablish the principles of religion, I advent Myself millennium after millennium.” (Bg. 4.7–8) All the  śāstras  conclude, therefore, that spreading the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is the best welfare activity in the world. Because of the ultimate benefit this bestows upon people in general, the Lord very quickly recognizes such service performed by a devotee.
TEXT 45
निशम्य कर्म तच्छम्भोर्देवदेवस्य मीढुषः । प्रजा दाक्षायणी ब्रह्मा वैकुण्ठश्च शशंसिरे ॥४५॥
niśamya karma tac chambhor deva-devasya mīḍhuṣaḥ