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sources, it is a cloth. He gives water, what is the advantage of giving water to Him? We want to perform abhishekha. By all means, do so but don’t think you will please God. Say you will please yourself. If you want to please yourself by saying that you need something to do, by all means do so. It is not a state where you have already got the attachment, you seek that attachment and how to get that attachment is just like when you go to your boss’s house, try to please the dog. You go to your boss’s house, you try to please the dog by giving biscuits. You tell him he has a beautiful dog and such, he may think something, similar to that. You should have some humor also in life, why should we always be serious. What is the way to please God? To serve his people. Except the love of God, you don’t seek anything else. Not for any material reward, no other motive.
Bhaagavadapeksha means serving the devotees of Master. We must keep the story of Vipranarayana in mind. Bhaktha-angri-renu, one takes the dust treaded by the bhaagavatars and applies to this forehead. In tamil it is called thonda-adi-podi. Thondar means devotee, adi mean feet, podi means dust. In sanskrit, bhaktha-angri-
venu. In the case we know of Vipranarayana, he
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