Bhavamsthu saha vaidehya girisanushu ramsyathe
Aham sarvam karishyami jagrathaha svapathascha the
A true devotee should be service minded. Service is his greatest ornamentation. However they do such service selflessly without any kind of expectation, not even liberation. Even at Vaikunta they yearn for service. Thus service becomes the 5th purushartha. Lakshmana considered Rama kainkaryam as his goal. Rama sacrificed Ayodhya samrajya and left for the forest. Lakshmana followed suit.He did not look back at his kingdaom, nor at his wife Urmila not even at his parents or relatives. He considered Rama kainkarya as his birth right. Rama refused to take him along. Lakshman pestered him thus: “ As you wander through the hill tops with Sita Devi I shall serve upon you at all times and in all possible ways. You should hence definitely take me along. “Girisanushu”- A true devotee should serve the Lord at all places. Lakshmana serves the Lord not only at Ayodhya but through his vanavasam too. “ Jagrathaha svapathaschathe”- He should serve the Lord at all times. In the forest throughout the nights Lakshmana stayed awake. Hence he says “ Whether you are awake or asleep I shall serve you”. “Sarvam Karishyami”- There is no difference in kainkaryam be it small or great. Hence he says I shall do every kind of kainkaryam for you.
“Saha Vaidehya”- May you accept all my service along with Sita Devi.
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