CC daily 39 – M 4.149-155 – Purposefulness to serve brings other necessary fullness

Chittanicharitambat madhila fourth chapter 149th verse so madhavendra puri is in puri and there the people have real have come to know that this is the great person for whom gopinath stole kheer and they have crowded around him and then in this way by through his fame he has come in contact with jagannath hera sevak the servants of jagannath so the servants of jagannath the great devotees here mahanta refers to great devotees sabaka kahila puri gopala vrittanta so when he met those mahantas he knew that they are devotees and they will understand a devotee's a devotee's challenge a devotee the service that he was requiring was being asked to do so so they would not be skeptical they would not be indifferent they would be willing to help so he told all of them puri gopala vrittanta he told him the story of how gopal had come in the dream and told him to get chandan so now they realize this is an extraordinary request that gopal is asking for chandan what a special thing so the devotees heard this and anande chandan lagi kari layatan happily that happily they started making efforts to get chandan a devotee is always eager for an opportunity to serve krishna and wherever that opportunity comes the devotee accepts that opportunity so in this case the devotee had the opportunity through the devotees had the opportunity in a very extraordinary way because here the point was that they had to they were they were able to participate in an extraordinary pastime of the lord wherein they could actually delight in a intimate request that the lord had made to his devotee so they all made yatan so the devotees thought that what a special pastime this is that krishna himself has come and in a dream and has asked for this and now they knew that this father in the court is not just an ordinary person asking for something maybe making up a story because actually gopinatha is here for him so then what did they do so rajapatra is those who are in the service of the raja the king then service of the government so of course the government was headed by the king over there so those who so those who had uh those who had contacts with the officials of the government so they asked them for karpoor chandan for camphor and sandalwood and um in this way they started accumulating it so sandalwood and camphor were considered precious items and they were not easily available so they had to get it from so it seemed that they were under government control and they were under the control of the king ultimately so they started from this contact some quantity from that contact some quantity so it was like a mission it was like a sandalwood collecting collection mission like we have fun collection mission so here was sandalwood collection mission that was launched by the mahantas by the devotees of puri on behalf of gopal ji through that is through the medium of madhavendra puri so now the of course chandan and karpoor were used for the deity but even the deity you know what was meant for the deity they just couldn't couldn't take it what was meant for jagannath they just couldn't take it and give it for some other deity so the jagannath administration was also uh under the king under the government so they had to take the permission and gradually start collecting the chandan so then when they had accumulated adequate quantity of of chandan then they decided they uh then madhavendra puri also said now this is enough thank you very much and he was he was to go then but even when he was about to go they did not just let him go they thought such a special person but they gave him some help so they gave him a brahmana to assist and also one servant to assist for carrying the chandan madhavendra puri they thought he's such a great saint you should not burden him uh so you should give him some assistant puri gosai samge dheela sambala sahithe and they give sambala sambala means also they gave expenditure travel expense so here so where madhavendra puri had started off all alone and contactless penniless and what was not less in him was determination he was he was purposeful he was determined but this was uh but now that purpose had brought everything the purpose had brought uh the desired fruits that also bought assistance it also brought money so when where there is a desire to serve krishna lakshmi devi and all the resources that are associated manifest this is demonstrated here through the madhavendra puri story lekhe kari dheela puri gosair kare so ghati dhani so now uh they were the dhani the word dhani normally means the donors but here it refers to opposite to collectors so words have different meanings in different contexts so here it was toll collectors now the toll collectors would not allow people to go especially if people have wealth and chandan and camphor are definitely wealth so to ensure that they allow them to go so the rajapatra means the papers showing the uh governmental section that could be used at the doors so they were actually written by the king and they had the king's insignia on them and they gave the papers to him in this way they facilitated everybody they are thinking ahead what are the difficulties that are going to come how can he carry how will he sustain himself and how will he pass so all arrangements they were made they made for him so this is how the devotees serve each other and this is how the lord inspires others around the serious devotee to assist that devotee so so chalilla madhavapuri so then madhavapuri started and all the way from east india he started towards north india where he wanted to go to vrindavan to go to vrindavan he reached remuna same place where the extraordinary pastime had been had performed earlier so so at the lotus feet of gopinath he offered profuse obeisances he danced and sang and now he had realized he was in one sense grieving that he had not been able to offer obeisances to gopinath when he had departed but he realized that gopinath's eyes were on him and not only had gopinath stolen kheer at that time to give to him but through the stealing of kheer gopinath arranged for him to get the chandan and get all the sustenance so he was feeling so ecstatic to see the love that bestowed on him naturally he said my lord you have done so much for me what can i do for you in return let me dance and sing for your pleasure unlimitedly and dance without cessation and this way he expressed his heart's devotion his gratitude his ecstasy for gopinath so the lord does wonderful things for the devotee does wonderful things for the lord the lord does wonderful things for the devotee such is the.