into dust.
Many cycles must yet be run and defeats must yet be borne before man
will establish a destiny which is above change.

And through science I was able to teach you to seek for truth and help
to discover it yourself. This attitude of detachment may possess some
advantage in the proper understanding of your duties. You will have,
besides, the heritage of great ideals that have been handed down to
you. The question which you have to decide is duty to yourself, to the
king and to your country. I shall speak to you of the ideals which we
cherish about these duties.

DUTY TO SELF

As regards duty to self, can there be anything so inclusive as being
true to your manhood? Stand upright and do not be either cringing or
vulgarly self-assertive. Be righteous. Let your words and deeds
correspond. Lead no double life. Proclaim what you think right.

IDEAL OF KINGSHIP

The Indian ideal of kingship will be clear to you if I recite the
invocation with which we crowned our kings from the Vedic Times:

"Be with us. We have chosen thee
Let all the people wish for thee
Stand steadfast and immovable
Be like a mountain unremoved
And hold thy kingship in thy grasp."

We have chosen thee, our prayers have consecrated thee, for all the
wishes of the people went with thee. Thou art to stand as mountain
unremoved, for thy throne is planted secure on the hearts of thy people.
Stand steadfast then, for we have endowed thee with power irresistible.
Fall therefore not away; but let thy sceptre be held firmly in thy
grasp.

Which is more potent, Matter or Spirit? Is the power with which the
people endow their king identical with the power of wealth with which we
enrich him by paying him his Royal dues? We make him irresistible not by
wealth but by the strength of our lives, the strength of our mind, may,
we have to pay him more according to our ancient Lawgivers, in as much
as the eighth part of our deeds and virtues, and the merit we have
ourselves acquired. We can only make him irresistible by the strength of
our lives, the strength of our minds, and the strength that comes out of
righteousness.

DUTY TO OUR COUNTRY

And lastly, what are our duties to our country? These are essentially to
win honour for it and also win for it security and peace. As regards
winning honour for our country, it is true that while India has offered
from the earliest times welcome and hospitality to all peoples and