Why should we lovingly practice service and why is that the true expression of wisdom? Bhagawan lovingly reminds us by giving the example of a dear devotee of the Lord.

Prahlada knew the truth, Sarvam Vishnumayam Jagat - This world is all filled with the immanent God. He knew it by study and by experience; he knew it as an ever-present fact. So, when he was asked to frame a boon to be granted by the Lord who concretised before him, he asked neither for the revival of his father nor the restoration of his kingdom, or long life, wealth or fame; he asked for the chance of assuaging the pain and sorrow of all beings! God, he knew, was manifest as those beings and the best form of serving God was to serve those manifestations and give them relief and joy. The tongue must justify itself by sweet soothing words; the hand, by soft harmless acts. The body must be spent in upavasa - living in the constant presence of the Divine.