| In this famous
dialogue, two cardinal principles, which should guide the conduct of one towards
one’s brothren, are laid down: (I) Every
being is like the temple of God where He resides.
(ii) Any help rendered to another being is really worship of
the 1ord who resides in every being."
If one confines his devotion to the Lord's image in temples
only and doer not worship Him in other beings, his devotion is utterly useless.
Again in the third skandha, ninth adhyaya of Srimad
Bhagavathan, Brahma praises the Lord and emphasizes the duty of devotion to the Lord. The
kind of devotion that Brahma insists upon is the showing of compassion to all human beings
in which the Lord resides. He says that or even the performance of tapas or the
fulfillment of vows does not please the Lord. But compassion and service to human beings
please him. In this sloka, service to one's fellowmen is considered as even superior to
all the various kinds of worship of the Lord described in the Sastras.
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