CC daily 41 – M 4.162-166 – Change service as directed – and change wholeheartedly

Thank you having said this gopal lagela gopal disappeared from his dream gosai jagila gosai woke up gopinath hira sevak gane dakiya nila gopinath hira sevak gane so gopinath hira sevak gane means among the servants of gopinath in general dakiya nila he called them all please so when after madhavendra puri woke up he called the servants of gopinath please come i have got a special dream dakiya he called them immediately now remember if we see that when actually the lord when gopinath had come in a dream to the to the sevak that i have kept a kheer then the sevak actually took a bath and after taking a bath then he went into the gopinath's altar to check for the kheer but here there is no description of having taken a bath because here it is not deity worship it is just a service of the lord just does not mean it is less service it is anything lesser but the point is deity worship requires specific rules which have been followed very diligently in this case he just had to tell the glories of the lord share an instruction so he did not have to take any bath he immediately told dakiya nila he called them and told them to come and then he will tell them prabhu raghya haila ei karpura chandan gopinath rangi nitya kare hale paan so prabhu raghya haila and he said that this is the order of the lord what is the order ei karpura chandan all this karpura and chandan camphor and sandalwood gopinath rangi nitya kare hale paan on the body of jaganna gopinath rangi nitya daily kare hale paan apply this prepare a lap and apply this on the body of jaganna of the lord prabhu raghya haila he said this is the order of the lord now they may ask the question how did the lord order when did the lord order but gopinath had already done such amazing things for him that there was no need for them to doubt him and when he he is not mentioned over here but when he told that the lord had come in a dream they had already known that the lord had come in a dream for the pujari and they had already known that this particular devotee was very special and moreover what was being done was also anukul for their service generally many of us may claim that the lord has come in a dream many devotees may claim that krishna has come in my dream now can krishna come in a dream yes definitely he can there is nothing which can stop him from coming in a dream but the point is that does krishna has krishna come in a particular devotees dream at a particular time for to know that we have we have to actually evaluate what the lord has told in terms of guru sadhu shastra and the lord may not give exactly the same instruction that is given in guru sadhu shastra because when the lord comes in a dream he will give specific instruction according to time, place and circumstance but that instruction according to time, place and circumstance is given in in in accordance with the broad principle that are taught in shastra and so that is what is being is being told over here so so he told that daily apply this chandan on gopinath and they have got a question that but what about your gopal deity so they said no if you give chandan over here by that gopal will become shital gopal will become cool the lord is completely independent and because he is completely independent whatever is his will that is it is supreme there is no one who can challenge his will no one who needs to challenge his will whatever the lord desires that is what happens so it is sotantra he is completely independent so krishna can give instruction and krishna can change the instruction krishna can will one thing and then he can will another thing and the servant is meant to simply carry out the order of the lord the ajna of such a person instruction of such a person is that the lord is prabal it is extremely powerful and all that we need to do he is saying over here we just need to follow that order now it is already a hot period and the devotees want to offer the best that they can to the lord so when they saw that actually they had that gopinatha paribe chandan they will be paribe means to actually to apply, to put on, to wear that gopinatha will be getting chandan when they heard this the servant's mind became very happy because the devotee wants to serve the lord and the devotee wants to offer the best to the lord and if something comes some wonderful resource comes of its own accord for offering to the lord then the devotee delights in it so hearing this the lord became anandita the servant's mind became joyful and this way they also delighted so in general the lord gives instructions for his service through guru sadhu shastra and in specific situations the lord may give instruction by some other means also and one such means could be he is giving instructions through a dream so the purpose of any instruction the lord may give is to enhance our service and here we will see how the lord's devotee's service is enhanced in this particular pastime as we move onwards now here we see so what did puri tell them that now he had been given two assistants to accompany him and he said both of them can be engaged in and get two more people and i will give them the salary now when the instruction has come madhendrapuri will use all the resources that he has for the service he doesn't think that these people are there to serve me i will keep them for my service and anyway these devotees in this particular temple they have already got the chandan so they can find their own people to grind the chandan to make the chandan into a paste and to apply on the lord so actually making the chandan into a paste requires effort it requires labor and madhendrapuri knows that after getting chandan rubbing it and making it soft and applicable which requires effort who is going to do that so he did not say that is your problem once the service is taken up it should be taken up with whole heart and should be done with all the resources so whatever resources he has he uses them so he tells these people i will give and then he thinks we have got a lot of chandan and in the hot season we will apply it to the lord now his idea is not that let me stop the chandan and daily i will give a little in miserly quantities he says no we will apply in profuse quantity because the purpose is not just to make the chandan last for a long time the purpose is to bring down the heat of the lord that the lord is feeling in his body so therefore let us apply chandan in generous quantity and for that you can employ two more people and he says now whatever money he had been given as his travel expenses he said that i will give the salary from those travel expenses he had no other money and there is no mention that he gave any vetan to people to those people who he had employed in for Gopal's duty in Govardhan but the local people would give some charity and they would take care of Gopal's sevak but here he had money and he said that i will give you the salary and in this way Madhavan Jayapuri wholeheartedly offered all the resources that he had for the service of the lord thank you.