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આ દેહાદિ આજથી, વર્તો પ્રભુ આધીન; દાસ, દાસ હું દાસ છું, તેહ પ્રભુનો દીન.
Ä Dehädi Ajathi, Varto Prabhu Ädhin; Däs, Däs Hun Däs Chhun, Teh Prabhuno Deen.
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From now onward, let this body, etc. behave as commanded by the Lord; and let me be a servant, very humble, the most humble servant of the Lord.
Ätmasiddhi
Explanation & Discussion:
Thinking that he had nothing to offer to the Guru, the pupil was overtaken by that inability. He almost despised himself for not being able to do anything commensurate to the teaching of the Guru. In view of the significance of carrying out the command, he at last decides to act in accordance with the commands of the Guru and to behave as his most humble servant. This shows his utmost modesty and his sense of subservience.
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Such subservience may appear rather unbecoming to Westerners. But Indian culture is rapt with it. There are several cases when kings have offered even their kingdoms to their Gurus. King Kumärpäl had offered the kingdom of Gujarat to his Guru Hemchandrächärya, and Shiväji had presented his
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