When we realise that we are but the servants of the Almighty, we will never retain arrogance borne of our pelf and possession,servitude to god is the antidote for egoism,but a devotee who prefers to be such a slave should never be idle.He has to carry out the master's bidding.the lord says that we must obey His commands, worship Him and offer all our belongings to him."Dasatva" increases our faith in god and provides us strength and eradicates our chief disease- arrogance.
Sri vidyamanya Thirtha of palimar math in a discourse,pointed out that human beings
are living in a grand inn, called the "Samsara".The builder had originally put up a notice prescribing certain conditions for those desirous of occupying it.
With the efflux of time,others claiming to be its owners,super-imposed other notices containing stipulations which they felt were proper,reasonable and conducive to man's happiness.the trouble arises as to which of these directives are coreect and to be adhered to.the very first notice contains the mandates of the vedas prescribing the Do's and Don'ts .human reasoning can not settle,by using the powers of thinking,what is right and wrong.for instance, a school of thought may hold Ahimsa as an absolute virtue.But under certain,circumstances,it may not be valid.To kill an individual suffering from an incurable and excruciatingly painful disease,may not be a sin.The authority of the Vedas alone will hold good in distinguishing the good from the Evil.
The duty of a devotee is to obey these injunctions and live according to them.Sri Madwacharya has defined the good acts as those which are prescribed in the Vedas. The ultimate fact that determines the morality of an act is the approval of God.Arjuna contended that killing his cousins and teachers was sinful but the Lord, by a chain of matchless logic, cleared his legitimate doubts.
Sri vidyamanya Thirtha of palimar math in a discourse,pointed out that human beings
are living in a grand inn, called the "Samsara".The builder had originally put up a notice prescribing certain conditions for those desirous of occupying it.
With the efflux of time,others claiming to be its owners,super-imposed other notices containing stipulations which they felt were proper,reasonable and conducive to man's happiness.the trouble arises as to which of these directives are coreect and to be adhered to.the very first notice contains the mandates of the vedas prescribing the Do's and Don'ts .human reasoning can not settle,by using the powers of thinking,what is right and wrong.for instance, a school of thought may hold Ahimsa as an absolute virtue.But under certain,circumstances,it may not be valid.To kill an individual suffering from an incurable and excruciatingly painful disease,may not be a sin.The authority of the Vedas alone will hold good in distinguishing the good from the Evil.
The duty of a devotee is to obey these injunctions and live according to them.Sri Madwacharya has defined the good acts as those which are prescribed in the Vedas. The ultimate fact that determines the morality of an act is the approval of God.Arjuna contended that killing his cousins and teachers was sinful but the Lord, by a chain of matchless logic, cleared his legitimate doubts.
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