servant of the servant

[Paramananda das]

In 1995 I stayed with some disciples of Tripurari Maharaja for 3 month , they where selling T shirts in Washington DC I was distributing Srila Prabhupadas books daily on the National mall , so on Wedensdays I invited different devotees as many as would come and I would cook a feast and offer to Sri Giriraja and Ugra Narasimha Salagrama sila , and Brahmananda Prabhu would always come, he had such a huge appetite for all I cooked and offered, he could finish the pots of Subji and rice and sweets and lassi , when we hear how Bhima was Vrikodara with such a huge appetite I think of Brahmananda Prabhu , it is strange he was never invited to ISKCON Potomac temple even one time in the year and some month I stayed at this temple, So at least Srila Prabhupada arranged I can cook and serve his servant Brahmananda Prabhu , so in this way we are thankful to have been a servant of the servant.Because when it came down to you , when Srila Prabhupada needed something , Brahmananda and Garga Muni would get it done for Srila Prabhupada ,Srila Prabhupada had many dedicated disciples like this , and while they are still with us ,we should serve them, because they have also served Srila Prabhupada, whatever good or bad we should try to overlook , and see yes he served Srila Prabhupada.Daily disciples of Srila Prabhupada are saying Namaskara to Yamaraja ,leaving this world, sometimes someone is very offensive to us who is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada then we avoid them and ignore them .Lord Caitanya accepted even Ramachandra puri ,the godbrother of his Guru Isvara Puri, though ,Madhavendra Puri had rejected him ,still Lord Caitanya showed him so much love and affection .So we should also try to love all devotees ,this is the advise of Srila Raghunath das Goswami : gurau gosthe gosthalayisu sujane bhusura-gane
sva-mantre sri-namni vraja-nava-yuva-dvandva-sarane
sada dambham hitva kuru ratim apurvam atitaram
aye svantardhatas catubhir abhiyace dhrta-padah
O mind, I grasp your feet and beg you with sweet words: Please cast away all hypocrisy and develop intense, unprecedented love for my spiritual master, Vrajabhumi, the people of Vraja, the Vaisnavas, the brahmanas, the Gayatri mantra, the holy name, and the transcendental shelter that is the fresh young couple of Vraja, Radha and Krsna
We may ask but there are some that even beat children and have sex with children and they where initiated by Srila Prabhupada even some had devotees killed like Sulocana Prabhu , should we associate with them? I choose not too, I may give some respect from a distance seeing at least they did some service in the past and we should pray for them.Even we must pray for those who treat us as an enemy .After all everyone is spirit soul,Vasudeva Sri Krsnas father showed the ideal vaisnavas dealings even with demoniac Kamsa, he always wished him well and tried to preach to this demon .Despite so much affection from Vasudeva ,Kamsa when he was about to fight Krsna in the wresting arena ordered Vasudeva killed this is the nature of demons.
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Paramananda Das
ŚB 10.44.33
वसुदेवस्तु दुर्मेधा हन्यतामाश्वसत्तम: । उग्रसेन: पिता चापि सानुग: परपक्षग: ॥ ३३ ॥
vasudevas tu durmedhā
hanyatām āśv asattamaḥ
ugrasenaḥ pitā cāpi
sānugaḥ para-pakṣa-gaḥ
Synonyms
vasudevaḥ — Vasudeva; tu — and furthermore; durmedhā — the foolish-minded; hanyatām — should be killed; āśu — immediately; asat-tamaḥ — the worst of the impure; ugrasenaḥ — Ugrasena; pitā — my father; ca api — also; sa — together with; anugaḥ — his followers; para — of the enemy; pakṣa-gaḥ — taking the side.
Translation
Kill that most evil fool Vasudeva! And also kill my father, Ugrasena, along with his followers, who have all sided with our enemies!