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Taxi and service

The word Taxi is  coined from Medieval Latin  taxa  "tax, charge." Like a paid service. Service that is paid is not true service True service uplifts the self What is root word for service? *stā- , Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to stand, set down, make or be firm," with derivatives meaning "place or thing that is standing." As seen above it is 'Sta' which means that which is standing firm Dharma also means that which sustains a thing or make a thing stand So if we dont want to be washed away by the waves of time (kaalera saagare dhaaya), then we have to serve the satya or truth Service means that which makes one stand for ever, that which sustains one for ever and that is devotional service to Absolute truth Sri Krishna By offering ones swadharma in service to absolute, one enters eternity and finds a permanent position there The concept of tax in vedas is called rna (debt) Unpaid tax becomes a debt as time elapses. We become indebted to paybac