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**Friendship's Eye: Service to the Worthy**
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Service to a worthy person, performed according to the proper method, is possible. To find such an opportunity is a great blessing. In the context of *Vyaavrutya*, a *Vyaavruttabhav* is a characteristic, meaning a state where ego, attachment, and other such feelings have been overcome and abandoned.
*Vyaavrutya*-service should be performed without ego, attachment, or expectation of reward. Alternatively, it can be defined as "when someone is afflicted with a disease, etc., to provide them with appropriate resistance and prevention according to one's ability, is called *Vyaavrutya*-service." Such *Vyaavrutya* should be performed towards a *Sadguru* (true teacher), *Sadhu* (saint), etc., according to the methods prescribed in the scriptures, such as offering food, medicine, etc. In this method, the following points should be carefully considered:
(1) The specific person to whom the *Vyaavrutya* is being performed - their age, physical constitution, state, etc., should be taken into account. (2) How can they be helped? What can be done to ensure that they can continue their spiritual practice without hindrance? Such considerations should also be kept in mind. (3) In this way, performing selfless service to a *Muni* (ascetic), etc., according to the proper method, even in the physical body, is equivalent to what? In reality, I am serving the soul of my father. By doing this, I am rescuing my own soul from the ocean of worldly existence. I am fortunate that today I have received the opportunity to serve such a worthy, great, and virtuous person - such thoughts should be cultivated towards the soul of one's father. (4) The *Vyaavrutya*-service that I am performing should be considered as an act of obedience to God. (5) This *Vyaavrutya* should be performed completely without expectation, without any desire for personal gain, without seeking any reward. I will serve - this *Muni*, etc., will show me some attainment, some accomplishment, will show me some miraculous *mantra* (incantation) or *tantra* (ritual), will give me some special blessing like "Go, child! You will be prosperous, you will attain wealth, sons, etc., worldly achievements, or in the afterlife, you will attain such and such fruits" - such expectations related to this life and the next life, such evil and false hopes, should not be present in *Vyaavrutya*-service. And that is why it is said here that pure intention should be maintained, only pure mental activity should be present.
Regarding the service and devotion to the *Sadguru*, Saint Jnaneshwarji says: "That service to the *Guru* is the birthplace of all things. Because the soul, which has been sucked dry by the world, is brought back to its true nature by the *Guru*."
*“Vyaadhyaapun teedapi tevaan vidhiyaa / Swashaktyaa yatpratikaare vaayaavrutyaan taduchhyate.”*
- *Tattvarthasar*, by Shri Amritchandracharya