sei dui Å›iá¹£ya kari' sevÄ samarpila
rÄja-sevÄ haya, — purÄ«ra Änanda bÄá¸ila
sei dui - these two persons; Å›iá¹£ya kari' - initiating; sevÄ - with the service; samarpila - entrusted; rÄja-sevÄ - gorgeous performance of service; haya - is; purÄ«ra - of MÄdhavendra PurÄ«; Änanda - pleasure; bÄá¸ila - increased.
These two were then initiated by MÄdhavendra PurÄ«, and he entrusted them with the daily service of the Lord. This service was performed continuously, and the worship of the Deity became very gorgeous. Thus MÄdhavendra PurÄ« was very pleased.
The six GosvÄmÄ«s and their followers started many temples, including the temples of Govinda, GopÄ«nÄtha, Madana-mohana, RÄdhÄ-DÄmodara, ÅšyÄmasundara, RÄdhÄ-ramaṇa and GokulÄnanda. The disciples of the GosvÄmÄ«s were entrusted with the sevÄ-pÅ«jÄ (Deity worship) of these temples. It was not that the disciples were family members of the original GosvÄmÄ«s. All the GosvÄmÄ«s were in the renounced order of life, and JÄ«va GosvÄmÄ« in particular was a lifelong brahmacÄrÄ«. At present, sevÄitas assume the title of gosvÄmÄ« on the basis of their being engaged as sevÄitas of the Deity. The sevÄitas who have inherited their positions now assume proprietorship of the temples, and some of them are selling the Deities’ property as if it were their own. However, the temples did not originally belong to these sevÄitas.
