For the protection of the good, for the destruction of the wicked, and for the firm establishment of righteousness — I come into being age after age.
Mission
The concept of mission refers to a person's purpose or calling. Spiritual traditions converge on the importance of fulfilling one's mission. They diverge in their understanding of how to discover and pursue this purpose.
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Humble service of the lotus feet of one's preceptor is the third form of Devotion, while the fourth type of Devotion consists in singing My praises with a guileless purpose.
Know, dear one, that humans were not created without purpose or randomly, but were made wonderfully and for a great reason.
What is this perverse destiny? What are the sinful acts that were committed by those high-souled beings, Karna and the sons of Draupadi, and the slender-waisted princess of Pancala, that they have been assigned to reside in this region of foul smell and great suffering?
We want to give you a task to complete. It is your duty to accomplish it. When you have completed it, it will bring great credit to you.
Women have no specific rituals or sacrifices assigned to them. They are not required to perform any specific observances. Their primary duty is to serve their husbands with reverence and willing obedience, and by doing so, they can attain spiritual success.
Brahma's mind was filled with anxiety, and he felt the difficulty of his task, becoming unwilling to do what he had started.
One should eliminate anger by practicing forgiveness and uproot desire by abandoning all purposes.
Giving to those who are worthy is the true purpose of all wealth.
After completing all tasks, sit at the feet of your teacher with a strong desire to learn, and study with dedication.
Manu said, 'One can enter into Brahma by liberating oneself from acts. The rules about acts are meant for this very purpose.
One should do tomorrow's tasks today and the afternoon's tasks in the morning. Death doesn't wait to see if its victim has completed all their tasks.
Friends should be carefully evaluated, and enemies should also be thoroughly studied. Even the learned consider this task difficult, requiring sharp intelligence.
Sweet speech always achieves its purpose and never hurts anyone's feelings.
The best king is one who possesses wisdom, is generous, and takes advantage of his enemies' weaknesses. He is also knowledgeable about what is harmful to his subjects, acts promptly, controls his anger, and is not vengeful or prone to anger. He engages in sacrifices and other religious acts, is humble, and completes the tasks he starts.
By living on just one meal a day, obtained through begging, doing all tasks personally, carrying a human skull and khattanga while begging, embracing a life of celibacy and being ready to exert oneself, letting go of all malice, sleeping on the ground, and publicly acknowledging one's wrongdoing, a person can purify themselves from the sin of killing a Brahmin over twelve years.
Alas, we have killed, for the sake of the earth, those who did not deserve to be killed by us, and now we are burdened with the weight of existence, without friends and lacking the very purpose of life.
Narayana is the oldest of all, and for a purpose, he was born as the son of Dharma, the creator of the universe.
The one who acts without desire, with their mind and senses under control, and without any concerns, solely for the purpose of maintaining their body, commits no sin.
I have definitely taken on this task with perseverance, and perseverance is what leads to successfully completing vows.