Rupa Goswami and his brother Sanatana Goswami were living separately in Vrindavana and going on with their bhajana, devotional service. Rupa was living in the forest, and there was no facility for cooking nice food or begging from the village for a chapati to eat. Rupa Goswami was the younger brother, and he thought, “If I could get some foodstuffs, then I could prepare nice dishes and offer them to Krishna and invite my elder brother.” He had that desire. The next moment, a nice girl about twelve years old came and delivered an abundance of foodstuffs—milk, flour, ghee, etc. That is the Vedic system; sometimes householders present foodstuffs to mendicants and sages in the renounced order of life. Rupa Goswami was very glad that Krishna had sent so many things and that he could now prepare a feast. He prepared a feast and then invited his elder brother.wami and his brother Sanatana Goswami were living separately in Vrindavana When Sanatana Goswami came, he was astonished. “How have you secured such things? You have prepared such a nice feast in this forest. How is it possible?”
So Rupa Goswami explained, “In the morning I desired for it, and by chance Krishna sent me all these things. A nice girl came, and she offered it to me.” He was describing the girl: “A very nice girl.”
Then Sanatana said, “This nice girl is Radharani. You have taken service from Radharani, the Lord’s eternal consort. It is a great blunder.” That is their philosophy. They would not accept service from the Lord. They simply wanted to render service. But Krishna is so clever that He also wants to serve His devotee. He looks for an opportunity to serve His devotee. This is spiritual competition. A pure devotee does not want anything from Krishna; he simply wants to serve Him. And Krishna also looks for the opportunity to serve His devotee. Krishna is always as anxious to please His devotee as the devotee is to please Him.
This is the transcendental world. On the absolute plane, there is no exploitation. Everyone wants to serve; no one wants to take service. In the transcendental world, everyone wants to give service. You want to give service to me, and I want to give service to you. This is such a nice attitude. This material world means that I want to pickpocket you, and you want to pickpocket me. That’s all. This is the material world. We should try to understand it. In the material world, everyone wants to exploit his friend, his father, his mother, everyone. But in the transcendental world, everyone wants to serve. Everyone has Krishna as the central point of serving, and all the devotees, either as friends or servants or parents or lovers of Krishna, all want to serve Him. And at the same time, Krishna also wants to serve them. This is a transcendental relationship; the main function is service, although there is no necessity of service, for everyone is full.
– Science of Self Realization
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