"ask the Lord Vishnu how to help the helpless of this world"

That's very great of him to do the penance for the people, but what the hell was Lord Vishnu doing all this time before, allowing people to become helpless and suffering to continue? was he sleeping?
Well this miseries of the world and helplessness of the people is all their own bad Karma isn't it?

Well, this story is mythological anyway!