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> The one that gets me is in Tulasi artika, devotees singing, "seva adi koro

> diye", instead of "sevA-adhikAra diye". The song is a prayer for sevA

> adhikAra or, "qualification to do service", but with this mispronunciation

> it becomes, "make me first in service" -- a rather strange request.

 

That seems more like something picked up from pronunciation in Bengal rather

than a mistake in what we're singing. Adhikor is how Bengalis pronounce

adhikara, so that might explain it. Same with Hore Krishna :)

 

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> Das abhas, MD

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