CC daily 29 – M 4.106-109 – See service as an expression of trust

Chapter 4, Text 106 So, Gopal so now Madhavendra Puri has had a dream when Gopal has appeared and Gopal spoke to him that oh Puri, oh Madhavendra Puri, my tap my, the heat that was there because of prolonged exposure to the elements, nahiya, it is not going that chandan of malaiya can you get that for cooling me malaiya chandan so he asked that this chandan which was to be celebrated which was glorious, which is known to be cooling, now chandan is available in many places but malaiya chandan is famous so Gopal deity asked can you get the malaiya chandan malaiya seva chandan the fame of malaiya chandan is so great that even it is mentioned in the Bhagavatam in Kunti's prayers now malaiya is a province which is in the Jagannath Puri area so tabbe se juda so if you get that then the heat will cool so please get that for me that was the implication malaiya malaija anayaya nila chala nila chala haite anye haite nahe tumi chala hatwarite so malaiya ja an the lord speaks to from malaiya please bring this an nila chala haite by going to nila chala and coming back from there anye haite nahe, this cannot be done by anyone else tumi chala hathwarite, you please go quickly, you please go soon. So here, mallai is your honour, yaya nila chale haite, so the Lord is telling Madhavendra Puri explicitly also, please go there and get it. And what an intimate relationship the Lord has and how great, how much great trust Krishna has in Madhavendra Puri that he is saying that anya haite naye, that others cannot do it, only you can do it.

Therefore, tumi chala hathwarite. A devotee, there is no greater statement of love than an act of trust. We can say that we love someone or someone can say that we love, that they love us, but actually love is seen most vibrantly through trust.

When someone entrusts something which is very dear to that person to us, then we can know that itself is a indication, great indication of trust. So here, the Lord is telling that I am, I am feeling extremely hot, I am burning tapa, the tapa is not gone and I need relief with malai chandana, no one else but you can do it. What can be a greater statement of trust than this? Therefore, you go quickly, tumi jaha thwarite.

Please go quickly. So the, when we see instruction, when we get instructions, sometimes we may feel oh this is such a big burden, this is such a difficult service. How can I do it? But we need to know that when quite often when we are entrusted a service or when we are told to do a service, it is not that the giver of the service is not aware of the difficulties.

Usually the Lord and the representatives are aware and when they are giving a challenging service to us that indicates that they trust us, trust in our dedication, trust in our intelligence that we can take up such a difficult service and do it. It is based on that understanding that the service is being given. So when we have this positive attitude, we see service not as something being thrust on us but we see service as an expression of trust.

Then we will welcome it because there will be difficulties and those difficulties will have to be appropriately dealt with. But the point is when we have a positive attitude, we see this as a statement of trust, then things move forward positively for us. So we get this enthusiasm to take up the service in a mood, embrace the service in a mood of enthusiasm.

So then let's, this was the attitude that Madhavendra Puri adopted. 108. Next.

Swapna dekhi Puri Gosair, haila Premavesh, Prabhu ajna palibare, gela Purvadesh. Swapna dekhi Puri Gosair, when Puri Gosair saw the Swapna, haila Premavesh, he was overwhelmed with love, Premavesh. He did not think, oh such a difficult thing, travelling so far and eating Chandan from so far.

He did not think of it. Prabhu ajna palibare. He immediately obeyed the instruction of the Lord and palibare, gela Purvadesh.

He moved towards the Purvadesh, towards south. So where there was, actually towards the east. So from there, from now it is towards the south also.

But it is from the overall geographical point of view of the country, Bengal is towards the east. Now, what was the difficulty? The difficulty is not just in travelling so far and carrying something heavy, but it's also in carrying something which is very precious. Chandan is considered a luxury item, is considered a treasured item.

And especially, this was the time when there were Muslim rulers who were ruling and they were often against deity worship. So for them to, they would never, it would be really impossible for them, impossible that they would allow a precious item like Chandan to just pass through them, pass through their territory and for the sake of deity worship. So how was he going to get it? First of all, now the Lord did not give him any money in saying that you purchase it.

So first of all, how would he purchase it? Acquire itself was the question. But after that, even if he acquired it, how was he going to transport it? And even if he somehow managed to transport it, how would he transport it through hostile territories of those who were inveterately against deity worship? So Madhavendra Puri, it is not that he was oblivious to all these obstacles. He was aware of these obstacles, but he had the trust that the Lord would arrange for all these things.

So he started off. So when we get a service, you should also know that the Lord is there to arrange for it. So, सेवार निर्बन्ध लोक करील अस्थापन। आग्या मागी गउड़ा देशे करील गमान। So, सेवार निर्बन्ध.

Now, he made arrangements for the service of the Lord to go on. सेवार निर्बन्ध लोक करील अस्थापन। He appointed appropriate people to continue on the service of Gopal, आग्या मागी, and then he took the blessings, took the order, took the permission of Gopal and गउड़ा देशे करील गमान। He moved towards Gauradesh. So when we get a new service, it is not that the new service becomes a license for us to neglect the old service.

Yes, it's not. Nobody expects us to do the humanly impossible. So, it was not that the Lord expects Madhavendra Puri to take care of the Gopaliti in Madhavindavan and also go to Malaya.

But, it was his responsibility to arrange for service. So, he delegated the service and he ensured that competent responsible devotees were appointed so that the Lord's service would go on. So, there has to be, when we get another responsibility, sometimes we get a higher service or a different service, there has to be a smooth transition so that the old service goes on without too much interference or disruption.

So, Madhavendra Puri demonstrated that. सेवार निर्बन्दक लोक करील अस्थापन। So, he appointed people appropriately who could do the service of the Lord. And after his appointment was made, then he started off going towards Puri, towards the south, towards Bengal and further down so that he could fulfill the new service the Lord has given.