| p>There is a wonderful inscription to be found on a | | | | firm footing, I am born from age to age" (Gita chapter |
| slab in a cathedral of Lubeck in Germany. | | | | four, verses 8 and 9) |
| The inscription declares: | | | | The Lord awakens in the minds of the people faith in |
| Ye call Me Master, and obey Me not, | | | | and reverence for the Vedas and other sacred |
| Ye call Me Way, and walk Me not, | | | | scriptures, the other world, saints and God by carrying |
| Ye call Me wise, and follow Me not, | | | | out the injunctions of the scriptures in His own personal |
| Ye call Me Fair, and love Me not, | | | | life,and demonstrating the glory of righteousness by the |
| Ye call Me Rich, and ask Me not, | | | | use of His inspiring and powerful words and |
| Ye call Me Eternal, and seek Me not, | | | | messages, and developing among the people a natural |
| Ye call Me Gracious, and trust Me not, | | | | love and reverence for virtues and right conduct, |
| Ye call Me Noble, and serve Me not, | | | | makes them strongly cling to them. |
| Ye call Me Mighty, and honor Me not, | | | | He always protect the virtuous, destruct the evil-doers |
| Ye call Me Just, and fear Me not, | | | | and establish the righteousness. |
| If I condemn You, blame Me not. | | | | He reveals a simple way for salvation. |
| The words are meaningful. | | | | Lord Krishna says to Arjuna: " Resigning all your duties |
| In Bhagavat Gita Lord Krishna declares to Arjuna: "O, | | | | to Me, the all-powerful and all-supporting Lord, take |
| Arjuna, whenever righteousness is on decline, and | | | | refuge in Me alone. I shall absolve you of all sins, worry |
| unrighteousness is in the ascendant, then I body Myself | | | | not" (Gita chapter 18, verse 66) |
| forth." | | | | Krishna thus concludes his teaching of the Gita by |
| "For the protection of the virtuous, for the extirpation | | | | giving a promise to the entire mankind. |
| of evil-doers, and for establishing righteousness on a | | | | |