In the case of a devotee who has pure heart and who has surrendered to Bhagavan, then Swami takes full responsibility for that life and takes care of that devotee. But where a person has a big ego, relying on ego, desire and not on Bhagavan, then Swami keeps a distance and does not interfere. (CWBSSB, p. 166)

You must yourself be engaged in Shravanam, Mananam and Bhajanam, the Yamuna, Saraswati and Ganga of the three-fold River of Life. Shravanam is the Bhakti yoga, Mananam is the Jnana yoga and Bhajanam is the Karma yoga. All the yogas lead to one Goal: the surrender of the self in the All-Self, the Paramatma, the Parabrahman, the merging of the river in the sea, Saranagati. Give me the reins; trust in Me and be directed by Me. I shall take full responsibility. Only you must accept without demur whatever comes as Prasadam or Grace. Grief is the feet and joy the head; both are part of the same entity. You cannot welcome joy and reject grief at the same time. You cannot have the obverse without the reverse; you must take and accept the other side of the sheet of paper, along with this side. It is inevitable. You must hold fast and not give up. Be like the infant monkey that clings to the mother and so is guarded and guided by her superior strength and wisdom. Polish your mind and the Lord, the sublime grandeur, will be reflected in your heart. (SSS Vol.3, p. 173)

In the home, the parents are responsible; in schools and colleges, the teachers; and outside, the Government which have failed to provide a proper system of education and the administrators who have not recognised their obligation to train young people along the right lines. The responsibility thus rests on all of them and not on any single agency. (D3 , p. 3)

If the home is filled with clean fragrance of contentment and peace, all its occupants will be happy and healthy. The elders have, therefore, a great responsibility towards the generation that is coming up. (D3 , p. 6)

Four responsibilities of man are:

The first responsibility is Sin. The second is the Law or ordinance. The third is the Scriptures. The fourth one is the Curse. Man is bound by these four responsibilities. (M, p. 255)

For every act of sin, five persons are mainly responsible. One who commits the sin, one who is the cause, one who encourages the act of sin, one who shows the ways and means to commit the sin and one who witnesses it. All the five will have to face the consequences. When Draupadi was being humiliated by Duryodhana and Dushasana in the open court, elders like Bhishma and Drona remained as spectators. They did not oppose Duryodhana’s heinous act. It is in this context that Vidura has pointed out that not only the sinner but the other four persons mentioned above will also go to hell. Since Bhishma, the one of wisdom, was a silent spectator to the humiliation of Draupadi, he had to lie on the bed of arrows for fifty-six days. Had he prevented the humiliation of Draupadi, he would not have suffered thus. (SSS Vol.32 Part I, pp. 27-28)