204. Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 18
TRANSLATION
O almighty Lord, at the end of the millennium this planet earth,
which is the source of all kinds of herbs, drugs and trees, was in-
undated by water and drowned beneath the devastating waves. At
that time, You protected me along with the earth and roamed the
sea with great speed. O unborn one, You are the actual maintainer
of the entire universal creation, and therefore You are the cause of
all living entities. 1 offer my respectful obeisances unto You.
PURPORT
Envious persons cannot appreciate how wonderfully the Lord creates,
maintains and annihilates the universe, but devotees of the Lord can un-
derstand this perfectly well. Devotees can see how the Lord is acting
behind the wonderful workings of the material nature. In Bhagavad-gita
(9.10) the Lord says:
mayddhyaksena prakrtih
suyate sa-caracaram
hetundnena kaunteya
Jagad viparivartate
“This material nature is working under My direction, O son of Kunti,
and it is producing all moving and unmoving beings. By its rule this
manifestation is created and annihilated again and again.” All the won-
derful transformations of nature are happening under the superinten-
dence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Envious persons cannot
see this, but a devotee, even though very humble and even if unedu-
cated, knows that behind all the activities of nature is the supreme hand
of the Supreme Being.
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