For any kind of work be it menial or preeminent job
you have undertaken, there must always be the feeling that you want to serve.
If this is the feeling, immediately the mind gets concentrated and connected
with what you do. With mind connected the quality of the work done is
efficient. The efficiency in work done automatically brings success. If you are successful in rendering
selfless service to the society, certainly you will make progress in the
spiritual life. There is a saying in Kannada “Janara Seveye Janardhanana Seve”
(Serving People is like serving Janardhana). One can never stop those who have
practiced the “Art of Relentless Service”
A few days after Shri Rama’s coronation, Sitadevi
and her three brothers-in-law Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrugna met. They were
discussing about the Sevas (Service) to be done to Shri Rama. Sitadevi thought
that Hanuman had taken care of Shri Rama for a long time and he should be given
a break. They made a timetable as to who have to serve Shri Rama at which time.
This planning excluded Hanuman from the service of Shri Rama. All the four divided
the responsibility of rendering the various services to Shri Rama only among
themselves. And so, they drew up a list, as exhaustive as they could make it,
of the many services from dawn till dusk, down to the smallest detail and
assigned each part to one among themselves.
They presented the list of services and its assignees
to Shri Rama at the presence of Hanuman. Shri Rama smiled looking at the new protocol.
He then read out the list of service so that Hanuman can hear. Not believing
what he had just heard, Hanuman prayed to Shri Rama that the list be read once
before him. Sadly he left as his name was not mentioned in the service list.
Next
day, Hanuman innocently went to Shri Rama’s room to massage legs. Immediately
Lakshmana told Hanuman that it is not his service and it was allotted to
Shatrugna. Then Hanuman found that no service was allotted to him. He started
feeling left out and was depressed. After some time he consoled himself and
asked Lakshmana if he could do any service which is not mentioned in the list.
Lakshmana also agreed to that because he was confident
that there was no service unmentioned. After thinking for a while, Hanuman said
that he had an opportunity and would wish do that service. Hanuman said, “Our ancients
have said that if you yawn, snapping fingers is a must to protect from evil
effects. And so being a Chakravarthi Shri Rama can hire anyone to snap fingers
whenever He yawns”.
Lakshmana thought that little service should not
bother any of the three, so he told Hanuman to do finger snapping service to
Shri Rama. He did not know the seriousness of this service. Nobody can predict
when one will yawn so Hanuman was always required to stay with Shri Rama. He
was always keeping his fingers ready to snap. He took his food with his left
hand and kept his right hand ready to snap when Shri Rama yawns. That much he
was determined in his service.
Sitadevi, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrugna were
completely bewildered at this turn of the situation.
Shri Rama smiled and thought that all of their intelligence
put together cannot equal Hanuman intelligence. Then at night, Shri Rama went inside
the bedroom to sleep, Hanuman followed. Sitadevi stopped him, reminded Hanuman
about her domain. But Hanuman was so determined in his service that he said
this yawning service is most required at night time and he has to be with the His
master and it is very much essential. Looking at the plea of Sitadevi, Shri Rama
asked Hanuman to go and take rest. Having received the order from his master, Hanuman left.
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