Text 18] Performance of the Vrndavana Pastimes 233
SYNONYMS
prabhu bale—the Lord said; ke tumi—who are you; karila—you have done;
mora—My; hita—welfare; acambite—all of a sudden; asi’—coming; piyao—you
make Me drink; krsna-lila-amrta—the nectar of the pastimes of Lord Krsna.
TRANSLATION
Finally Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, ‘‘Who are you? You have done so
much for Me. All of a sudden you have come here and made me drink the nec-
tar of the pastimes of Lord Krsna.”
TEXT 18
A SCR — ALT COMA Tica SAM |
SSA GS FA, cata ST ve
raja kahe, ——ami tomara dasera anudasa
bhrtyera bhrtya kara, ——ei mora asa
SYNONYMS
raja kahe—the King said; admi—l; toméra—Your; dasera anudadsa—most obe-
dient servant of Your servant; bhrtyera bhrtya—servant of the servant; kara—
make (me); ei—this; mora dsa—my desire.
TRANSLATION
The King replied, ‘‘My Lord, | am the most obedient servant of Your ser-
vants. It is my ambition that You will accept me as the servant of Your ser-
vants.””
PURPORT
The greatest achievement for a devotee is to become a servant of the servants.
Actually no one should desire to become the direct servant of the Lord. That is
not a very good idea. When Prahlada Maharaja was offered a benediction by
Nrsirnhadeva, Prahlada rejected all kinds of material benediction, but he prayed to
become the servant of the servant of the Lord. When Dhruva Maharaja was
offered a benediction by Kuvera, the treasurer of the demigods, Dhruva could
have asked for unlimited material opulence, but he simply asked for the beneaic-
tion of becoming the servant of the servants of the Lord. Kholaveca Sridhara was a
very poor man, but when Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted to give him a
benediction, he also prayed to the Lord to be allowed to remain a servant of the
servants of the Lord. The conclusion is that being the servant of the servants of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the highest benediction one can desire.
