Guest guest Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 > > >But in a sense it doesn't make much sense as the word "dasa" means a > > >servant. So the translation would be: > > > > > >Your servant, > > >Mahat-tattva servant > > > > That is not logical, since you are not Mahat-tattva obviously but His > > servant, therefore das at the end. > > My understanding is that "dasa" indicates Krishna dasa in general. The word 'dasa' forms a sasthi tat-purusa compound together with the preceeding name of the Lord or His devotees/expansions/manifestations/etc. In other words this word 'dasa' is not just hanging by itself there, making some general sense of being a servant but specifically indicates whose servant I am. > Servant > of mahat-tattva makes absolutely no sense. Another example could be given > of Durvasamuni dasa, a name given to a devotee by Srila Prabhupada. > Durvasa muni was a nondevote. Comments? In SB, Fourth Canto it is stated that Durvasa Muni is a partial expansion of Lord Siva. As for the name 'Mahat Tattva' if we strain little bit our mental creative ability we may also translate it as "Supreme Truth", though I agree that the most common technical meaning of Mahat Tattva would normally be "the total sum of material elements". It's difficult to imagine someone to be a servant of the sum total of the material elements therefore in this particular case we could take Mahat-tattva to mean Maha Visnu who is the source of the material elements. Your servant Visista dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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