Words of Solace (08/06/12)
Dear _____,
After our Skype conversation I was reading Śaraṇāgati by Bhaktivinoda and I thought that these two verses may give you some solace in your difficult service.
tomara sevaya, duhkha haya yate
seo ta’ parama sukha
seva-sukha-duhkha, parama sampada
nasaye avidya-duhkha
“All the distress I encounter in Your service is also my greatest happiness. Both the distress and the happiness that come from engagement in Your service are my greatest fortune; they destroy the distress of ignorance.”
purva itihasa, bhulinu sakala,
seva-sukha peye mane
ami ta’ tomara, tupi ta’ amara
ki kaja apara dhane
“Feeling the happiness of Your service in my heart, I have completely forgotten all past history. I am yours, and You are mine. What need is there for any other wealth?”
Gaura Haribol.