I am the Goal, the Supporter, the Lord, the Witness, the Abode, the Refuge, the Friend, the Origin, the Dissolution, Resting Place, the Storehouse, and the Seed imperishable. (Bhagavad Gita Chapter 9 verse 18)
Bhagavan is the Goal, the object, the final result of all our labours and striving. As we have come from Him, so also shall we return unto Him. There is no higher goal. It is said in the Mundaka Upanishad, ‘As from a blazing fire issue forth by thousands sparks of the same nature, even so, my good friend, various beings come forth from the imperishable Brahman and unto It they return again.’
He is the Supporter; the Bhagavan; the Witness of all that is done and not done; the Abode where all beings dwell; the Refuge, the shelter for the distressed, the place of safety where no trouble can reach; the Friend who does good without expecting any return or acknowledgment; the Beginning; the End; the Resting Place of the whole world; and the Storehouse where all is preserved during pralaya as the seed for further harvest. He is the seed imperishable, the origin of all things.