Meaning: According to the line of Yajurved 1/7 — "It is man's duty that they discard their wicked nature and by spreading knowledge and religion try to save others also from irreligious and wicked conduct. It is our sincere duty to make all men learned, religious and diligent since happiness lies in knowledge".
Message: Human life is a tale of constant struggle and constant mental agitation. There is a constant tug-or-war between the soul's anguished cry and the temptations for the indulgence of the senses. We try to march forward firmly towards the ultimate objective, but the temptations of the outer world attract us in the opposite direction. The body is unwilling to cooperate with our ideals and we become servants of our wishes and physical desires. Because we run after the desires of the senses, finally our destruction takes place. We forget that eternal bliss lies in giving up the pleasures of the senses and not in pursuing them.
Has our Supreme Father given us this invaluable human birth only for wandering after the pleasures of the senses? is 'eat, drink and be merry' the only aim of life? For fulfilling our wishes and desires we carry out every type of proper and improper deeds, but do these deeds really satisfy us? No, the desires come one after another in endless list, the fire of desire becomes more and more intense - ignoring our soul's cry, and we stray from the path of bliss and go on the tempting path of momentary happiness.
By being trapped in the material world and greed and attachment we think that real happiness is in material means, and for that we never hesitate to indulge in wicked conduct. It damages us and also crated an atmosphere of anarchy, hardships, agony and sorrow everywhere in the society.
It was God's order that man gives up his wicked nature, acquire knowledge and by becoming religious, uplift himself and inspire everyone in his family and society to tread the path of salvation. This divine speech of God constantly emanates from our soul, but it is our misfortune that we do not hear it from our soul, and if we hear it, we turn a deaf ear to it. When we start the endeavor for eradicating our faults and bad tendencies, by following God's divine message. His cooperation becomes easily available, and by his grace, success is also achieved.
If we want to enjoy divine bliss in our lives, then there is only one way to achieve it and that is, never to allow bad tendencies and bad activities to enter within us, and those that have already entered, we seek them out, pluck them out one by one and throw them out for ever and never allow bad thoughts and bad culture even to come near us. This is possible only when we inculcate the habit of introspection (self-study) as a part of our nature. Let us make daily review of our conduct and make a sincere resolve to discard whatever is bad and firmly act on that resolve.
This is the only way to listen to the voice of one's own conscience.
Eradication of wicked activities: Wicked activities and addictions turn man's joyous life into hell. The inspiration and guidance for liberation from them is given in this part
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