Serving the Message instead of Imitating the Guru

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sabā-ī miliyā vasi" yadi cintā kare tabe-ī sucāru haya se-saba pracāre
Translation

If everyone simply sat down together and considered these things, then what nice preaching there could be!

tāi se tomāra ājñā sabāi miliyā pracāryera kārya-karā vāṇīte majiyā
Translation

That is your order also, that everyone coming together should merge in your message and preach it to the world.

nakala karate gele viparīta phala yata-dina yābe saba haibe vikala
Translation

If everyone simply imitates, then there will only be a contradictory result. As long as it goes on, there will only be failure.

ekhana-o phiriyā eso prabhura ājñāya sakale miliyā maje tāṇhāra pūjāya
Translation

Even now, my Godbrothers, you return here in the order of our master, and together we engage in his puja.

phula-phala-mahotsava pūjā nāhi haya vāṇīra sevaka yei sei ta pūjaya
Translation

But simply a festival of flowers and fruits does not constitute worship. The one who serves the message of the guru, really worships him.

vāṇīra ye seva haya sei śabda-brahma phiriyā āisa bhāi nā kariha dambha
Translation

The service of the message is the real meaning of the Vedas. Don’t be proud, brothers. Come back to this.

"kālīdāsa nāga" sei māṣṭāra maśāya balechila eka-dina prakāśya sabhāya
Translation

Kalidas Nag [a learned man who was defeated in debate by Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and later became his disciple], that master said in public forum one day,

kalira miśana ha’la sārā pṛthvi juḍe mahāprabhura sāra- kathā khāṅcāra bhitare?
Translation

That Kali’s mission was to kill all the entire world while the essential meaning of Lord Caitanya’s message was kept locked up in a cage.

ciḥ! ciḥ! ḻoka-lajjā nāi āmādera bhāi vyavasā-dārī cāle kari śiṣyera baḍāi
Translation

Oh, shame! My dear brothers, aren’t you embarrassed? In the manner of businessmen you increase your disciples.

prabhu tāi ba’lechila pracāra karibāre kaniṣṭha ḍhukuka śu dhu ghaṇṭā nāḍibāre
Translation

Our spiritual master said to preach! Let the neophytes remain inside the temples and simply ring the bells.

Frequently asked

Who wrote Serving the Message instead of Imitating the Guru?

Serving the Message instead of Imitating the Guru was composed by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. It appears in Miscellaneous Songs.

What is the meaning of Serving the Message instead of Imitating the Guru?

If everyone simply sat down together and considered these things, then what nice preaching there could be!

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Serving the Message instead of Imitating the Guru has 10 verses.