<P> think only of service to Daridra - Narayana . If the hungry are fed, they are easily satisfied . Service to Daridra - Narayana can never go waste . It is the highest form of sadhana . Man is the product of the society and service to society is real service to God . Such service should be rendered without regard to caste, creed, race or nationality . </P> <P> On another occasion in November 1986 Baba said "When a hungry Nara is served a hearty meal, what is being done is Narayana Seva, for, Nara (man) is only "a form and a name" projected by Maya (human ignorance) on Narayana (God)." </P> <P> His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, a stalwart Vaishnavite religious preacher, has criticized the propagation of the dictum of Daridra Narayana . He calls this axiom as a fashion as he believes that "Daridra cannot be Narayana, neither Narayana can be daridra, because Narayana is always accompanied by Sri, Laksmiji . How He can be daridra? </P> <P> "A devotee sees everyone and everything in relationship with Nārāyaṇa (nārāyaṇa - mayam). Everything is an expansion of Nārāyaṇa's energy . Just as those who are greedy see everything as a source of money - making and those who are lusty see everything as being conducive to sex, the most perfect devotee, Prahlāda Mahārāja, saw Nārāyaṇa even within a stone column . This does not mean, however, that we must accept the words daridra - nārāyaṇa, which have been manufactured by some unscrupulous person . One who actually envisions Nārāyaṇa everywhere makes no distinction between the poor and the rich . To single out the daridra - nārāyaṇa, or poor Nārāyaṇa, and reject the dhani - nārāyaṇa, or rich Nārāyaṇa, is not the vision of a devotee . Rather, that is the imperfect vision of materialistic persons ." (Srila Prabhupada - Purport, Śrīmad - Bhāgavatam, 7.7. 55) (1) </P>

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