Passage 13

In English

duty is to promote devotees' welfare

Why am I engaged in various activities? Why am I concerned so much about the devotees? Why have I established so many institutions? This is my duty (as declared to ). To promote the welfare of devotees is the duty the Lord has taken upon Himself. I am undertaking so many activities for their sake. But people do not recognise this fact. And owing to this failure, they are missing their good fortune. The reason is their selfishness. At least in the days ahead, they should try to experience happiness and prosperity by leading meaningful lives. They should sanctify their thoughts, because "as they think so they become." 's daughter developed a maternal feeling towards on seeing his beauteous form as a boy. Later when she recovered from a trance and found the foot of the Lord - -as - on 's head, she was seized with rage and rushed to kill Him. warded her off. was reborn as , the ogress, during the , when she first fondled and then sought to kill him. The moral from this episode is that one's thoughts have their consequences sooner or later.