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to go to the forest, Lakshmana Retirement is possible from a
also went with him. Nobody post, but not when one’s life is
told him to go, and Rama also dedicated to sevä. For such a
wished him to stay back, but person, there is only one karma
Lakshmana did not agree. He in life, and that is to serve. He
said to Sri Rama: My duty is has no desire or agenda of his
towards you alone, and not own other than serving the
towards anyone else. And master.
Bharata, though he got the king- In the case of a beloved or a
dom, expressed his firm convic- wife, love is a little different. A
tion: My welfare is only in wife can order, command and
serving the Lord. Hanumanji even get angry with the be-
saw the Lord alone, wanting loved, but a servant cannot do
nothing, desiring nothing else. that. However, the love is
All these are examples of equally intense. The love of Sita
trirüpa-bhaìga. This is how love Devi for Lord Rama, and that
should be. of Rukmini, Radhika and the
The Ramayana shows not gopés for Lord Krishna are some
only how loving Lakshmana good examples of käntä bhäva.
was towards Sita Devi and Sri However, everybody cannot
Ramachandra, but also how have käntä bhava; we are not
they loved him. Lakshmana adhikärés for that. The beauty of
looked after them the way a däsa bhäva is that it is present in
person extremely attached to his all relationships. Even in a
own body would take care of mother, sevä bhäva is there,
it. And Rama and Sita looked because she serves the child
after him the way the eyelids constantly, thinking about its
take care of the eyes! For a nitya- welfare all the time. In Yoga
däsa, there is no retirement. Vasishtha, Sri Rama says to

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