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Guru aur Gauranga ki seva

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Guru aur Gauranga ki seva Krishna tells in Bhagwad geeta that tad viddhi pranipatena pariprashnena sevaya updekshyanti te gyanam gyani na tattva darshina. From the very beginning of my life, I was eager for self realization and when I came across this statement that sevaya of Guru then I was wondering what does the sevaya to Guru meant. For me, initially  the word seva meant service to poor and needy because of my upbringing in Punjab where common connotation of word seva is service to needy and poor people. But, here hearing the word seva created conflict in my mind that what does seva means. I joined a spiritual group and found that seva in that context meant to support activities of that group was termed as seva to Guru. However, I could not realize out of my immaturity that I am also the part of the group and services related to my personal maintenance is also considered by Guru, an important service to him. Sri Sanatana Goswami once got a skin disease and boils with puss