kanyÄ-dÄna-pÄtra Ämi nÄ ha-i tomÄra
kṛṣṇa-prÄ«tye kari tomÄra sevÄ-vyavahÄra
kanyÄ-dÄna-pÄtra - a bridegroom suitable for one's daughter; Ämi - I; nÄ - not; ha-i - am; tomÄra - of you; kṛṣṇa-prÄ«tye - only for satisfaction of Kṛṣṇa; kari - I do; tomÄra - of you; sevÄ - of service; vyavahÄra - activities.
Both brÄhmaṇas were pure Vaiṣṇavas. The younger man took special care of the older one simply to please Kṛṣṇa. In ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (11.19.21) Kṛṣṇa says, mad-bhakta-pÅ«jÄbhyadhikÄ: “It is better to render service to My devotee.†Thus, according to the Gauá¸Ä«ya-Vaiṣṇava philosophy of Caitanya MahÄprabhu, it is better to be a servant of the servant of God. One should not try to serve Kṛṣṇa directly. A pure Vaiṣṇava serves a servant of Kṛṣṇa and identifies himself as a servant of a servant of Kṛṣṇa. This is pleasing to Lord Kṛṣṇa. ÅšrÄ«la Narottama dÄsa ṬhÄkura confirms this philosophy: chÄá¸iyÄ vaiṣṇava-sevÄ nistÄra peyeche kebÄ. Unless one serves a liberated Vaiṣṇava, he cannot attain liberation by directly serving Kṛṣṇa. He must serve the servant of Kṛṣṇa.