Example sentences:

Ramayana: When the lusty Ravana neglected all good advice and held on to Sita even to the point of his death, he unwittingly ensured that he would be remembered by posterity as the personification of lust.  

Mahabharata: When Ghatothakacha was requested by Krishna to attack Karna, Ghatothakacha became delighted and declared, “Today I will fight a battle so fierce that posterity will remember it.” 

Bhagavad-gita: Arjuna feared that if he caused the destruction of the leaders of the dynasty who were also the protectors of religion, he would leave for posterity a legacy of irreligion.