Servant of God - Hinduism

Hinduism

A guru or sat guru in various traditions of Hinduism is given the name Dasa or servant of God. A teacher can also called uda ka das which means the servant of the one God. In Sanskrit word dasa (IAST dāsa) means servant and this meaning is retained in all Indian languages where devotion to a personal God is practiced. In Tamil, tontai, dasa, servant, or "slave," commonly used to refer to devotees of Vishnu or Krishna. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology Smriti statement dāsa-bhūto harer eva nānyasvaiva kadācana, living entities (bhuto) are eternally in the service (dasa) of the Supreme Lord (Hari). Thus designation for Vaishnavas was the status title dasa as part of their names, such as Hari dasa, Narayana dasa, Ram das, Gopal das, etc.