Whether it is a father educating his sons, a spiritual master guiding his disciples, or a king advising his subjects, each one must instruct his own as I have done with you. And even if the disciple, son, or subject sometimes proves unable to follow instructions, one must nevertheless continue to instruct them without becoming angry.
As for the ignorant, who engage in virtuous or impious acts, they must be made to participate in devotional service in one way or another. Furthermore, they must always avoid self-serving actions.
What would be gained by subjecting a disciple, son, or citizen who is deprived of spiritual vision to karmic activities?
One would be acting like someone who leads a blind man to a deep well and causes him to fall into it.
Due to ignorance, materialists know nothing of their true interest or the path to success in life. Their lustful desires chain them to material enjoyment, and all their projects are designed for this purpose. For the fleeting gratification of their senses, these individuals create a society based on envy.
This state of mind causes them to sink into an ocean of suffering, and in their foolishness, they do not even realize it.
How can a truly learned, merciful, and advanced being in spiritual knowledge encourage an ignorant person attached to the path of samsara (the cycle of repeated reincarnations, or successive deaths and rebirths) to self-interested action, and thus further entangle them in the traps of material existence?
If a good person sees a blind person taking a dangerous path, how can he allow them to continue on their path?
How can he encourage them in their error? No wise or benevolent person can tolerate this.
He who cannot free those who depend on him from the cycle of death and rebirth should never become a spiritual master, father, husband, mother, or celestial being.
My spiritual and absolute body (all knowledge, bliss, and eternity) resembles the human form in every way, but it is not a material body; it is inconceivable.
I am not compelled by nature to accept a particular type of body. I choose the form in which I appear of my own free will.
My heart is also spiritual, and I am always full of benevolence towards my devotees. Thus, the path of devotional service intended for devotees can be discovered in my heart; while I have rejected irreligion and non-devotional activities, they hold no attraction for me. Because of all these divine attributes, prayers are generally addressed to me under the name of Rishabhadeva, the Supreme Lord, the best of all living beings.