Niyama

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 7

When sins are exhausted through good deeds, the mind becomes free from duality and can worship with unwavering devotion.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 3

Strike at desire through its outermost fortress—the senses—before it corrupts deeper territory; this is not optional restraint but strategic warfare for your soul's survival.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 8

Control all sensory gates, confine mind in the heart-cave, raise life-force to the crown—this is the yogic art of transcendence.

Adi Purana by Jinasena, Jain tradition

Rishabhadeva, the first Tirthankara, taught humanity the foundations of civilized life including agriculture, writing (Brahmi script), arithmetic, pottery, and weaving. He instituted marriage, almsgiving, and funeral rites, transforming primitive society into organized civilization before renouncing worldly life to become a monk.

Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 9, Chapters 4-5

King Ambarisha's devotion was tested when sage Durvasa took offense at him breaking his Ekadashi fast. Durvasa created a demon to kill the king, but Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra destroyed it and chased Durvasa across the universe until he sought Ambarisha's forgiveness.