Who Is A Saint?

A man has to rise from the practiral to the spiritual by

steady progress. This cannot hre done ali at once. Steel is tobe obtained from iron by exertion patien',ly earried on. Devotion

is essertial as.the foundation rvith strong faith. It is the

divinity that stirs within us. I(now yourse'lf, therefore, as the

pride of Earth's creatures. There is a part of God Himself in

us. Be faithful to the divine spark, which is within You.

Man is told often that ihe absolute and unrelated cannot

at once be intelligible to him, for it requires the most abstract

conternplation and elevation of thought, which is beyond the

ordinary powers ol his intellect to accomplish" Till that stage

of inteiiectual and spiritual attainment is reached, he must

contain himself with contemplation and rvorshipping, as God,

the Supreme Essence as differentiated entity in its matrilestations

in its works throughout the Uliverse, taking any of such

manifestations as a symbol, through which to reach it in a

proper, moral end religious attitude.

Nothing can be more instructive or interesting than the

company of these persoos, who have devoted their lives and

energies to the search of the highest truth and who want nothing

except an ordinary meal oncs in a day and ordinary clothes,

required for tbe human body. T'hese rtiel are, generally, the

ascetics, the saBe8, the yatees and the munees. They are the

wortily exarnples and living advice to mankind.

The practical, the ethical, the spiritual inspiration enjoined

in Sbri tlhagawadgita, is found to an emincnt degree in the lifeand career of such saintly personages as Shri Dnyaneshwar,

Eknath, Ramcias, Surdas, Tulsidas and Tukaram of the past

times and Vivekanand, Ramkrishha, R.amteertho, Kalee Mai,Tartebaba, Shri Sai Baba of -rhirdi Shri Guru Nana Tarenakat ancl

32 SIIRI SAI LIIET,A JULV.II'8i

Godawari Mataji of our times. These saints serve a most usefurpurpose by a wakening the hurnan thought arid elirecting itto a nobrer purpose. Such great and peaceful persons riveregenerating the world like the coming of spring; and afterhaving crossed the ocean of embodied existence, hel"p those, who. try to do the same thing without personal motives.

It is the innate character of these great saints to removethe sufferings of others, as it is the character of the moon toallay the pains of those, who are suffering from the intenseheat ofl the sun.

Such men seem still to grow beyond the end, which hidesthem from our eyes. The great man or the Saint in his life-timestands before his contemporaries as an external image ofexcellence, which may indeed awaken a new spirit in those, whoare able even partially to appreciare it; but when the outwardpresence is removed, tlre awakened spirit ,.produ.., ,;.;;;;;;of fact in an idealised vision, which is truer than ,rrinl*-'r*,with tbe eyes of sense...,.,and this new idealised visioo in-turoreacts in further developments of the same spiritual energy,which produced it.

The person, who has reached this degree of enlightenment,feels and answers everything and, just because he desires nothingfor himself, is able to give everything to all......He asks nothingsave to be a channel with wider and wider bed arong whichthe great life mry flciv, anc rris onry rvish is that

"h" .uy

become a ,arger vessel with less of obstacle in himserf tolrrioc".the outward pouring of the life workin3 f.rr n; thing ,ou. ,obe of service.

Such a great mar or saint has been well described byLord Krishna in Bhagawadgita. .,That which is the oi*t, ofall beings, for the disciplined man is the time of waki.rg;when other beings are waking, then is the night io. tfr" ,ug"who seeth " (2,,69)

WHO IS A SAINTq

Most prominent is the plaes of our coqntry among thenations of the world. The followiog extrad from prof. MaxMuller will make it clear.

'6Whatever sphere of the human mind you may sclect foryour special study, wbether it be language, or religion, ormythology or philosophy, rvhether it be laws or oustoms, orprioitive art and primitive science, everywhere you have to goto India, whether you like it or not, because some of the mostvaluable and most instructive materials in the history of manare treasured up in tndia and in India only". (No greatertribute there could be than given here to our country Uy t"taxMuller -',Iodia"t what can it teach us?)

Here is another ertract by Olonel Tod : .,Where can welook for sages like those, whose systems of philosophy were theprototypes of those of Greece to whose works plato, Thales andPythagoras were disciples? Where shall we find astronomers,whose knowlege of the platretary system yet excites wonders ioEurope as well as the architects and , sculptors, whose worksclaim our admiration, and the musicians, who could make themind oscillate from joy to Eorrow, from tears to smiles, withthe change of modes and varied intonation?i

Man is made in the image of God, but man is not thcmeasure of God, according to the philosophy, propounded inBhagawadgita, tbe ultimate goal is,a complete unification withthe Almighty, when the veil of Maya (nesoience) is fully remoyed.

Mere critical acumen, intellectual dodges and wordy warfare,unaccompanied by AqI and qft (faith and devotion) are, . moreor less, as useless in the direction of the study of the Bhagawad-gita as blows given to water. The limited intollect of the finitebeing cannot penetrate into the province of the knowledgc ofthe infinite, Omnipotent, Omuipresent, and Omniscient, untiland unless the grace of the Almighty has removed the veil of

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34 SIJRI SAI LEELA JULY'IgEI

limit-edness from the human intetrlect. , How are. we'to get the

grape of the Almighty? It is through the sincere and unswerving

bhakti and the company of worthy saints that the Anubhava ofthe soul would arise. And what is this type of Anubhava(experience) 'of that state, in which there is an inseparable

identification with the Para-Brahma,? Intrinsically, it means

and how it is capable of realization. Even the Shrutis' say,'efs ifr." "Not this, not this". Shri Krishna tells'Arjun"thatthe devotee himself, perfected by union (with

-. the Brahma)

knows that in the due course of time. Such aie'the saists whounderstand dffi?t frqeft.q : sritq6qft fuqft tyttZt

There is a great difference between kuowledgd, in whichobject and,' subject are distinct from each other. and Anubhavawhere subject and object coincide in the same. He who byAnubhava comes to the great intelligence:-

Obtains a state called "Samadhan". This state is reached

by all the saints in oqr coutrtry- These are real saints. Saints.sr Gods Ahl G;atrnate God) eventually and ultimately leadingthe finite to tbe infinite and fulfllling tbe highest goal of humanenergy and human destiny wbich has been taught by the saints.They have accomplished satisfaction resulting therefrom. Eventoday, occasionaly, such Mahatmas, can be seen and talked to,it there be a will-real will and desire.

That there is something beyond the worldly comforts and

that every person ,must, devote at least some time every day tothe service and contemplation of the higher self remains yet tobe fully realized. This is everlasting bliss. Let us try to cnter

into:this highest bliss, which all the sages' and: saints of Indiahave preached and advised from time to time. Such are the

:t,*

, Vaman H. Pandit17, Khatipura Road, :Indore City (M. P.)

trU'e Saints.

@*E;l;o{ ;'ellgious thought prevalenttref*re *):ie days of Dnyandeo"{}ne rvas l{n{-rfi/n as htlahanta-'bhsuzas *.:rd, the other lvaskrro:';'Y. as of &lathas; the former,t*ore o:: -l-ess toole deLight inliterer:y activiiies and the lattertirr,s y:-rirely Yergie. The Maha-s*"ibl.ravr$ wer'e persons of con-geii;eei. type. Such was thes+eial alnd religions bac!<ground*f the piaee then ra'here Dnya-r:esl:way! lired.

\rithai.pant, thr:it' father, tookh,is chilCr*n tc Nasik. 0nee it: r q&!Fc.-ire'-{ that *rri'len lhetathcr along nrith .his sons. andtia.:l.qhter l{'e!:e El} t}reir usualholy r*uzrds in a nearhy dense:Pt::est a ttger ju-mped x-lponth*m and. the,e" ai.L !:aR e.way.t.a tlie r-retree l{il'rittnath nvasl,,rsri br.rit tire rest ef the farnilyi:eiurned safe,

Later, it is said.* S$i.vrittrrath3net a gseat sape in a eave at}].:'.,i:nr:;,:i. v .rr' initiated himirr iiiie r':yslic tri:re e.nd after aiew ij;:r:: :'etur:ned liOme. J:Ie, r.;1;"=:ed l.ris i:rOiher DnyandeOr: r:r thus ]:eearne l:is Guru.s**

'{'H:r social perseeution went' rrLr linabated. so these four

;h!IEren --n@'ptainedguerdh;lP-u-G

6c*tio"l fron: the Brahmins ofPaithana whieh was then an*"thoaoo eentre of south India'Snyandeo 1lerformed manynriiactres Es h; u."es r€qLlired to.io s,l U, ',ire assemhlc{ Brah-nrns wh+ ll.'anted 1q.' lg51: hirrl.The Erahmins of Faithana'wereastohished at the great spirituallearning and intelligence <lis*

rlayed b]' these bcys a1d,iherefore" ttrey gave ihern t]:e

"uq"ii*e'eertifieite of purifica*

r,ion. T.trls incideni is supposedto i:.eve happened in 128? ,.4'D. I

MJ, storY 'would i:e far too I

nond ,n ere- I to mention all thesplendid sPiritual aneedoteswhieh Dnyandes did heforewriting his greet work. .Atter*btaining the nrueh n.eedednertificaie of PurificationISnyandeo returned along witlzSris tris br*thers and- sistet' B"nd

went to Nevase w'llere !t is re*ported that LlnYandeo "oY l'tis I

spiriiual p6\rrer saved Saeerrid=- |nanda Eaba fronr a dangerous t

,fio*r*. This kind turn mcved i

the Eaha with a sense of d+cp igraiixude ar:d ire 1r€c-'nih 1Ivellr ryilling umanuensis toc I

the rrrrrting of D'nyancieo's itr'- I

etnrtal work Dr,ltsan.esl:wari i

(1290 A,tr.r

WH"AT is Dnyaneshwarr? !t is I

a_ commentary in simpleMarathi on the Bhagavadgita.A pillar still stands to this daywhere this writing took placeand where Dnyandeo completedthe leetures before a temple oftord Shiva at I'Ievase. Ttadi-tion has it that Nivrittinathwas sitting to hear the dis-course and Dnyandeo was €x-pounding the divine discourseto an assembly of learned menand saints. Later, it is said,that Niwitiinath*his Guru-asked him to write s1 indePen-dent treatise known as 'Am.::i-tanubhava'"

Dnyandeo emPloYs a verse-form known as 'Ovit to recitehis discourse. He was, in factthe originator of 'ovi'" It is apoem with three lines and balf,of which the first three go onrhyming. It is a simPle verseand Marathi literaiure has beenenriched by it. With DnYan-deo, the Ovi trips, it ga1lops" ltdances. it whirls, it ambles, ittrots. it runs, it ta.kes longIeaps or short jurnPs, 'i.t haltsor sweeps along, evolves a hun-dred and oRe graees of move-rnent at the master's esmmand,'so remarks Prof. R, B. Ranadein his book fiistory of IndianPhilosophy'.

Dnyaneshwar was eonselousaf the faet that the work he'was writing 'was destined tsbecorne a elass:'e, and yet henever took the Pride and ererl'.rof its composition. He saYs,he was merely a chataka birdeatching a few drops of tliatgracious rain, vrhieh were beingpresented in the form of thiscommentar5r on Bhagavadgita.

\J[fIiAf is ttre Philosophi' of' ' Dnyaot shwari'i Tb.e -ncrl1'

to Dnyaneshrvar is sirnply aeomplex of the t'arious ele-ments. The soul is as differ-ent from the body as the eastfrom the west. The soul lsruirored in the body as thesun in a lake. The bod-.,' issubject to the infruence ofKarma and rolls on the :rheelsoI death and birth" It lirres foras short a span of iime as thefi;r takes for lifting its wings.

And further he introduceshis eentral point of his mysticaltheology, namely. devotion toGod. 'I arn the sole refuge ofthe supplicants. The sun sendshis image in an oeean as wellas in the pond, ilrespective oltheir greatrress e'r smallness.Verily thus am I mir:rored inall things. 1,1[an vainly sa_ygthat he is the agent cf actions.The true Karma-Ycgin, rrrllStteaeh the gospel of action toothers, even though his heartmay have resied in the sabbath

,(Continued on P. 4) i

LtE{:'if;;qfrffieg

DNYANDqq

NAMADEYA-

GoD is n ve, jerlou.. r.;11'l ls"r*rrt, Ia-tt - - - lT[pf,ff,*" I;,rf;:,il] il!,-i."p,i;l{.i,i:'!!,:'ili'd:;,:,:*hn wor-t1d not ;r1loLove to be :rlcrr 1rr rt:-r' othet l Earl:. jn r.hildhoor'1. it is told l school anci the inleliectual :ind mes, {)l -11'l't .nt]ll, l'l::},11:""';,tuo",?.i"

""1:i""irri t;,i.ii'i'i,l ,',"3;;; ii iil'";;;I.il'|" fi;;l :;Tffff;o,lA:.''ii";?,i:ii?tii'J|" , tli ,"1'3 r('nriacratiori or

I"Jii'fr"rr.,,. Be 1,,!, ,,,- anl i he *r. " ,oi'' -;;;--;;; nat,- | ,.ituri tile hel'.r,e rrr* puijr',-"of 3n-".i1i.' -!aas it"?,1.] lLr:*'nll;v,,aik cr ilre: ior',r- true love--I p-htv larl. IIis father wus.a i no'.soini ti, llie boltom of

i t ho _r'.ir et an,l cumlng upY,'aIK CI llre. io\'il- ll tlL' ruvc-- I .o_nt\, lil(i. -HlS Ialneilw35 .4geiiulr-ie love--- llure loye'- j iaiior knoNn as Darnaseta of i iir"'" r'li"l'- oii,t -cumins

up

idr::its noihing except the lo-l Nar.inepul and a Rrahmin again. lJnlr:ss Thor-t. C Cloud..ui'i"a ir," belove,l. .l ;;-,;r;I'hrrroli 'hnJ cast 4itl 1ris Kirtrns r:avert the *rr-ll:, A{ql:,i.ll:l 1" ji' strccour'

The saint= or Incria all .,ri I il;l';::;#";;,l"tJiiiie'-iirrt't.l ror the regener.arion 'Ir *tiioi rr,v - iitr:r'reatlr rvill depart

them were in.pir rtt ni:",nt. I ,';-ii-6; i-'**ii lrlni ' .-l '.jii,,e- nrii-n" 'xutui ,iir i'h"l I.nn1 'n* "fire. Sorrre iirnes, I i;'.oo(l oter' I in ttre, beginning. of his I people t,rlgo{ the trrrr tl n,e.t- | CIOSg Affiffityin m)' mind, wh,i wPre sc j (aleer. tha historians sar.. I ipgs aljain."t lhe Mr.rr'lirrr irr- | --"-.-mart.)i saints brrr'n itt Ind in ? | that he \\'as a rnarauder and I rt ias. ahc.y rvere nrarle to re- | Anrong al,l '.i:cln m)-ltttnu) wil,\ \\frtr sul (at'eet'. tilp flrsLUrrdrrr ;o'-. I ulgs agfllnsl Tne lvlltslrrlt []-l*.iti; .ii.ti'b,,,'n irr Indin I I i[;i he t"as a maraucler and I iuia.. tt,".v rvere nrarle to re- | Anrong al,l '.]:c 'aints antlAnd'the itlrs\\'el J g.cl 1s thill a iva]'la:er. tho nnee rlpon a l alise that that \^'as a delibe- lsaints oI lrttJiu. \ 'e lilld ;l closeitre penpt" hur'. tci'h arlri :'('s- ; lirne ki]leri eightl tortt' horse- I iri" afii,nt io their nalional I riiini{r' lI rn.irlcrrce orr i}repei.t'for" tlrerr:, \o 'rthet' soil ;ri i nren, ir.L(l \,\'hen he hat'l gone tol Alirii::. ArrC 1he saint* of 1\1:r-lsigr.ilii'arr('e P.n{l effacl' oI thcihe wor'l(l I j ..o ler iile thrtr I visir the lcnrt)le cf God, as I I lrirasirtra liept the fire live lN:rr.re of Go.l. Artri . amqt)ithe wor'l(1 lj .:o ierille Tniln l vibir the lcnrl)le ct Liotl, as I lllori.stttrh kept ths fire lrve lN:rru ol Go.l. AIlrt amorr:ou-r.s, Irr,rn rlher'e rhe_-kinr{'l) l v,,as his Lrsual rtrstotn. he ,.q};I IO.u tfrcrr Kiyians. So the per,-lth,.sr- Ncrnrleva irrsi-teciiilhr frl,- shcne for'th. The pro- I , iun*rn scolding her chilcl I rri" i.,',ula no{ an,l oiri not'se1} ]strorrvlv ,.tpon the Nanre- 11

ejss is i:eirr'3 repeated fr,:nr I which ua.s cr]'ind ilccause he I ih.Ir n,"*oties rr jih a Ces-rru- rva. ih:. .,ri1ctar,(litlg gospei.a:e 11-,1 sg,: I nact nc'thinc to eat: etrd u'hen I tic 1r r ar,.t i)r llui]' thern irith I ir( | \1r'ncic(l lLr and rlicie._.a:e 1r-,l sg,: i nact nc'thinq to eat: etrd u'hen J iic'i:rnni ,rr-1:ui'1: thern irilh lir( | \1r'ncic(l rLr and ruicie.-it ,lan not. must not antl I he er,irrrile.l'. sho {olri hjm tlrat I t'off,ins. I II I t'er'e 1cr lenve rned:ta-will not stop. Go an)where| :he rvas rllede a ruitlo\'. rn(i i 'fhe|e $'as a ]c,t or llre\\'oo,lItror: ,,r. 'fh! l'cc1 even tor a

from the north to the solrth i the chilrl rn orohltr. oti a,'- i slaketl irr the (,ounlr.\' irro i u hile," sa-. s Nantrleva. "ml'and uuu rvitt Itarrllr finrl a I eorint. ui her hrisl:anrl being I Nr,mcieli, 1r,rrr'hed e n'rarch to lil'c-brealh rvili yanish instatrl-villase or 1r;wn uhilh js n,,1 I i,ili(]ri iy1 tire general massacre I the I teht '>uo1. il. keui thcir' I lr. 'l here i:: neiiher time noI'

g}f;,.l,i;,3il,"1,,iL:.",,!,,'n,,]il.i|m;*ll]::"!,Ii:.i.:l.=-'1:...;,;}]."..J.ii.ii....iiliiii:l,,,],,,i;o-u*lT-,*:,o|i.:Gn.t ir" This t]'pe rrf failh ls llnH lale llli neaiT n-tPIc(r' in the e'.-es ot ihe lleoole. N,-.,- lcD(: ...\\'31i r.i:r;:r'e Jpon thebolh irrrrrili(.rr't! ;rrrri ,nf:Iii,iil. IHc welrt tn-:rlc the letrrole irt :''

t ,ne r.1,,) ", ' ." ril,l,",tl." ,tin lll:; Hl";,-51;fi'',',io*"1??li,;! I inl

l;'',1," eishtee, pu.anas the[ [ii,.li.

'r\'-"',,".;'1,',{'.;::' l-li] l #"[""'oi-i,-',?l]';,1.'no nshtins

, ""i1."

;t*",:,',9',',"#,i;";.i"tT fil:., i:..1t: I

j:i .1",i:,lili::!e?ir'i;:'. i"il I ,,,f,:11 :1"0"iils"' :",11. '''3i:i lli,"i;;lll: ,iri.;:iJ'xT.s. "{niiuiburCer:r o{ the song anr{ e\-er} lan6l rr:;ke,.l -lim the reasr.rrl \vn}-I Ithat;-qas'of Na,-rderji. :-ir"i"i.iriula "icrve Thee lrdm life tnline i:: r-'epeated by the thor.;- | he t'as rioirLg it. 'I arn sinrr'].r".. I :;i .,^,, .on .60 rha -i,-r,1ir,jr. I jio', Sn t:e*,itrhiirp. :lra tfiese

at Parrdhar].lt,r' sirrsirrs ^,rhc I ierri a Folt anrl t,ions liie. I n\nrntai,, strear.. SonietiriiI i ."ii", fl'ni,,'' ol..' .""1C]'

'=rnatters.

:onss -or Abhrr:sas ot.j:::i Siffffef TUfnetI Saint I iixe st.eht..of his Arri,i"!i.-. las it was aiio ro. the pur.posedeva. So popular ha\e beeomeir "_,"".. ^"^"'.- *",'.'-^.,1 il t.'i"ia'iriiu"neen'i;;i"?Al"r pelionat ,ievoti-,n. ..ttedeva. So llopulllr nave oe( ullre lr

.------ - | it i. tolC har e been included I oi Lrelsotral devotion. I iethese song. that. the:, 1l:--,?i'i ThLrs it t,rs u sinrer turrredl i. rf," Criirriru.ui,i,b '";i-ii,;l.ry,'':t,i i1 had"bcen pt,siihlethe li}:s- ol ever-\'bo'l)' knorvrttg lt intn "

:airrt br. the lears ot a | 6itf,.. ""' I f"i irim f " sec the'Go-d whileMarathi. i, u,oma_n t'hom in his larvlesr-l Sair-,t Nanrcieva's songs cjes-[r'alrling or, thc dtrties oI the

The choristers so on-t]l:l:gl'ness hr harl rnatle -a.u,irlorv. l clibe rhe;iiinner "r,oil "f.,l. lhr;use-iior,icr.. tho s;-eat Suka

rl,ill not stop. Go an;'where I she rvas rlade a tviclorv. and j fhele rvas a lot of firervoocl I tion or-r 'lh3' feet even for a

Uiejr-6v a lo,'ai c11111 Thi , ls I smorrg ihe eisht.t-rout' horse- | priti., htl :l:.i bli-ght auri i[6 . .:g;1.1,11 tor thr' rteditation ot'tt*- rrnique r1ua.lil.'. r,I the 1:e,l' I men 61' a cettai;r n'a)'-lcir. I oer,pl,,, 1161.. L.rrrlr.re,,irxale i i G,., i Tlrere i. Iteith,cr ,,q_I,^*

anct rlancirts a-n(l ,tq,n"ilgIFiuqt*ntts he visile_ri th-e tcm-l i,"rrr parrts tor ioct. Firs i'..-[i"l,iir,r'no, frrt:*:n,ie to io.estrouncl ar:r] round wilh the I rrlo ',1{ Vi.,thaI at Parrriharpur | ,,o.;o."^ ir thn cli";.*-^.-^r It" init- co:;." 'T6en' reain. hcroLrnd ar)d. rouncl -w-rln -tne I r.lle ,tf \ziilhal at Parrdh.arpur I l,eriencc ir, rhr atta;nmint

-"f I to scek Goi." Then eeain. hc

name o[ Vilthal and Namtlev. I ,n,i used to fall r:ros{ratp be-l lris crrei :stre.-, deiir; w;;"J.ri,ilter], ii rnar our one goalwith Tai and {r-\nlba,ls., i1,tl role (iocl. Aftel somc..vcars of i Dark Niehr nf the So,ii.. u.:lshorrltl he lhc lision oI God.hancls, Ma,'vellous sieht^it jsi

Elegtg11tg__11g_!Sy9!'!L_r"l """,*iins ?o'iestuii, *y_ii.,.1i.lai,iil;;.-;",i;i ,'-riii" i.,to-muto l^eholcl ancl for u :"!pldl -r::j:-;--- i --- | li nno ot hii .i,)nss h" .r;.'.",f 1-t.

'',,;iir """"rnr" -in ttreir

on€ is stirred to one's

;;:,:t:3;,i:,1t" ,llit:Jy*l 81, yar*an It. Panriir I lll,l::i jil'lr=..:i:_.ti,jillilil"#'1,'{l-'i,.i";l'l'"fi.';arldi\\.ef1)I1.ne)lltI('nacl()Ieul-_|l,l.rrver.'oraSath.mighttake|1he..rope..

a."i.rrr..'\bhariqas.,.i}ii:1l@lfi"ll,'1i5l;-,,:,?;}.:rt,Jft:]'I",;y,11];!,!#[,I.i+fr3jq,Jarldi\\.ef1)I1.ne)lltI('nacl()Ieul-_|l,l.rrver.'oraSath.mighttake|1he..rope..l

mv;.'il'.',iti:l;lji,_,}l{ilmrrr.alise,,.lfi;ii;;:,l*jl,iijr;Ittft:iiI;;;y,11];!,!#[,I.i+;3..,lian irrexpl:,r-.b.e , harm -an.I I rretrrre ot Cod. | -:* -.-" . -"'::-- vctec ]<een.. ,irluXu-

' ;i,- beif-l

where Sour V jtthal r: lhere I Nlnr,.tcta nolir'ctl that the I lllrrrninaiir,l. ihe.o is neither irtill }our heart.be also. I cc,rrr',tr''; -iva.5 be.in.e haralsetl I sleep nor. <lream. The ver) '

Traces oI flahonretlan inva*ibS the ]Ioharrt,rlan irrtadersl Sun anC the Moon sel: before

Ihe

1n ailoltrerhas rlepicled

of hjs songs hehrs henrl-rend-

:- trr TEG rnear,." h" ''epi;i;"t y:l I"!1"'i:1..:l- ',Y"1';'^?r,"1

Maharashtra.Kirtans

- | "ll I rvere to leave neclita-it can not. mttst not -anr-l I h6 errqrtired. she told him ihat I coffrins.

an irrexpl:, l-.b.e ,ltarm an.ll rretrrre ol Cod

or gbhangas of Nat-ucleva rvhol long -the carnaqe c'ontinuecl

Sun anci the Moon set beforethat ilh-rminatiop.'l tei us illu-that i1h-rminatiop.'lminate our countr

v,'ss born in 1270 A.D. It tvasr, and peace can only rest secureminate our countrl, with thesongs cf Namdeva.

a period oI unrest in the I upon an enlightcned and con- I

coLrntr). Ihe Sultans t'uled at i vinled pul:lic ouirriot, so he I

'I raees oI .i\lanonreLlan rllva- I ily trre ]\lonaITleaJall lnvaoerssio.ns are founr1 in the sc*rgs I anrl lreece was in:possible soor ,bhansas of Nat-ucleva who I lorr" fhp carn:sp r,otrtinued

Delhr anrl tire kings freqitenl: l; trrrned tc preauhing and tea-l1;' r'aideri 'he Der:can, I ,,hrns by' perforrnitrg Kirtans.l -" Durins, rhis cenlur"r pulli- [ "ru&t''ii:;;fi;;;i " ir.i';b;;il N (cularlv the ilrvasiori of Al- [i Namrteva ls this lhat he wasiaucidin Khil.ii left, a sar'l and ii probably the greatcs! of the i , _ I n ^lili"ii:i:''e1 ':i,iI-'U},"'lH::liii:l:r5';:1"f.,:i"";i,ti'i; ,nfil ilS ldSthe minds oI 'the .lvlal'athas 11 Iar't. he was u I,i,.-rneer jn thrs I

and hence it is no small won- Jl re.pect. He qave the ]iirtan I

der that the sa:nls r,r'ht> lived ll f a popular. mer]iunr of expres-l1!31 '::f*.Ilgf ] tl_

_1.1,"..* ",?:lyl ll sion in urose and, u*..:,1_-?ltales jri their sr:ngs to inte- li stvte arrrl grace and a methr:dgrals the whole eountr)'ll rvhi<,h ls still Iollowed bv hisagainst these unwanteci .lootei's I successors.anti lollers.

Tukaraftl-The Saint 0i Dehu. By: Prof. Vaman II. Pandit

him. TheY rvho bear weapotls

onry for r"he sake of bodilY 'maintenance, are mere mer-

cenaries. 'Ihe Lrue soldier

alone stands the test of criti' '

cal occasions."--ffo* dicl the saint o1 Dehu

achieve the national soiidar.ity i

and helPcd iu the formatron 1

of the Maratha Empire? It is I

a stJpendous achievement Ior i

a Sudra grain-seller born in

iooa tt Dehu, a village about

eighteen miles north-rn"est ol '

F*t". Seveu geneiations ol

his line nad been devout and

,"g,rf*, worshiPPers of the I

Goa Vitt oUu who still dwells

in the sacreci Pilgrim town oI

Pandharpur. And it rvas but

natural that Tukararrr inheri-L

ted 'great interest in this Su-

preme Gocl. It rvas the service

of seven generations that '

fuily flowered through hisperson.

Shivaji'sContemPorarY i

He was a conlemporarY of I

the Great Shivali Manarai- |

the lounder ol thc Oowerful I

lViaratha tr)mprre in India' Tu- |

karam wieidecl a tremerrdous I

inlluence in bringing tqgether

ny tris short religrous lYrics

all classes r';f the communitY

and unitecl them'into a strong

bond of enthusiasm which

then resisted su-ccessfullY the

rnight of the Mogul Pmlire'It is this integration o a runi-

ted feeiing which we need

tcday the basis of which is

religion. But this concePt

needs a little alteration under

the scientific civilization toaccomPllsh the emotiorial in-tegralion and national solida-

rity of our iiberated land'Essential it is to foous our

attention on these lYrics of

I savants when resPect for hu-iinan dignity and divinity istrei-ng clebauckred bY the new

instruments of mass-Produc-tion thougiri ProPaganda' Asin the Pasi tne Poetry of the,saints Provecl elf ective topoint out the waY of salvationfor tossing hurha"nity in the

ocean of conforu:nded Politics

Tukararns[ AppealIt is to put an end to these

national and internationalbickerings 1,/e must turn ourminds to the works of Tuxa-ram in right earnest. co sus-tain and sooth our cotrfoundedfeelin€ls dazzled bY the cur-rent scientific and technicalriiscoveries which are leadingthe whole humanity towardsan abysmal abyss of destruc-tion,. That we shor.rld saveourselves and the world isthe paramount need of todayand one cau find solace inthe writings of a PeoPle'spoet-Tukaram.

!'or his iYrics cr 6'Abhan-

gas" deal with soldierY andheroism. In one of his couP-lets he tel1s us tirat a hero iga hero both in woricliY as welias in sPiritual matters. "Wiih-out heroism, miserY cannotdisappear. Soldiers must be-come reckiess of their 1ives,

and then God takes iu:r theirburden. He who bravelY faces

volleys of arrows and shote

and defends his master or

the motherland, can alone

reap eternal haPPiness. Healone, who rs a soldier, knowsa soldier, and has resPect for

so prevailing unsatisfactori-.ness of our mociern civilizationneeds an anchor of strong I

faith-faith in the creator of I

this universe, Iike 'lukaram I

who. says: I

il-ll61Several ceniurj.es have !ass-

eci when trie Poet-saint oX

blrarat awakened this anlientsuio-conLmenr by their saieetantl uevotitlnal l;'rics w:oseluslre iras noi beeu diminsn-ect lry trrne but has gr?wnand is growiqg more andilole upo'rr the minds of neruVuorl1€D. and chilqren.

lVhat is the reason lhatti,eir works are strll surviringwith renewecl zeaL? The ite-rary revival of these saints,ex-tends fro'm thirteenth to tneseventeenth century ancr hadrts roots in tne reltgioLrs i\\'a-kening. They were all pa1-

mists for their works cc;rSis-teci of shorl lYrical uttr:ran-ces-ca]led "Ai:hangas" an;the great poer salnr '1ru' iiaalis a master-writer of. lheseIyrics for he express I his.lrfe's experiencg tl 'ougirthese media., The bear iy othis poetry hes in his appeatto trle heart and in the sub-jective truth oI the exp(:rrel-ces felt by him in corrmon

: with all merr, whose att;rtudetowaros life rs religious.

Why shoulo wc turn ourar,tention in this space-age tothe lyrics of Tukaram? :.AnowliaL benerit wiII we gain inthe post-inocpendence pcrio-of our land? Never was thert'so much Deed to stuciY theworlrs oi il'ukaram than it isat present, partly because thenewly won freedom shtruldlast tong anr-1 with it our de-mocratic way' of life and Part-Iy because we are ali becom-ing more and. more u'ild inour mutual cjealings betw:ennations and nations and indr'viduals.

By reading and studying'Tukaram's poetry or .Abhan-

'gas', one is sure to climb high, out of the welter of confusadithinking Sorng 61 tn world: and feel himself ne+rer theomnipotent pel'sonality-themightiest Lord, one will ob-tain a most refreshing anrl '

'rare experience. He tells us,:As a brids looks back

Grant to me Vithal that

Thy blessed feet bcside;Ah, rgtve rlre this,The deare,st, bestAnd I am satisfiecy.

to her ntothcr's lto.;se.And goes, but with

ciragging feet;So'my soul looks up

unto Thee ancl longs,That 'Ihou and I r.IaJ rnerl

The eariy seventeenth cen,tury was the worst period inthe history oI our countrY. Aterrible .famine visiteci thisiand. It brorrght in its train,poverty, shanre and sorrow

AbhanEasHis Abhangas or lyncs gush

\ out frorn scme tnrvard expe-irience , 1lC Te vivid withi,emotion. He. sirtgs:

A beggar at thy rioor,Pleading I srancl;

Give me an atrns, O Goci,Love lrorn thy loving hand.

tener's heart. Ttrier 'melan-choty music is very touehing

--in fact, it is a cry without.a language. This cry or fre-quently expressed desire mayreAg.h- and rest upon ther

ture .and triumph rising higherand higher with His love andgrace. These sorrgs .tinci trieirresL in God, He tells us;

Yea, .tr11is 1, Tuka, testlfy,i No Ionge1 now is r*"r.t-: 6i1

ruJ

It is a pure -'pq.etry. It hasthe quality ol comlcttrng theshivers and terrors o1 lifeand death. It has a spleneouroI its own, His iYrics are ab-solute proof of the existenceof Go'd. If anY, rt is a firstrate cxperience.

Tukaram was a Poet-Bhakta

-a true and sincere clevoteeoi Lord Pandurang and as

such had his seasons ofwarmth and exaltatron whenthe supreme biiss is to have'fellowship u'ith the 'God oJ

his devotion and to be cons-cicus of his lgve, r,t'hile atother times, in colder mood,he was content to follow thephilosophic path that leads to('Nirvana" 'and to nothing-ness. It is a highlY emotir.rnaland mystic state of life w-hichhas the pou er of turrring itsdrowsy eyes'towards the darvnof eternal bliss and on a cer-tain day God came in Pcrsonto take him to heaven.

Sublime stage of perfectionit is inco[rprehens:.b1e to or-dinary mind where aII p.a55ie-nate feelings are dissoivedand ail d-tfferences are har-monised 'in a world pervadedby an- impersonal, unmoratrspirit. Tukaram believed inthe ultimate identity of theindividual soul and the S,u-preme soul but he pref,erred"the bliss of duaiity."

And wherr Gocl Himsellcame to in'rite hi'm, he oid notthink it proper to live anylonger in the world. I{e badegood-bye to the people in,the followin,g words:

"I €lo, to heaven. Com-passion be on me from all

. of you. Tender my suDpli-cations to all. God Pandu-rang is standing up for along timet and is callingme to heaven. A.t the lastrmoment cf 'my life, Godhas come to taire meaway, arrd Tuka dis-appears r.r,ith his body."These were his last words

and tl:e last psalm whieh hesang before the multituCe.'The oniy rneaning that .n/e

can make cut of it is that irisvery physieal existence Lad-

the pe.opie's tong;ue, so his i ] ing, utterarrces of love andHe sings a simple rav, in | | His lines are cries oI to*e-a nannlo'c t^h01ro .^ l-'i. I l;-- ta++^--dr.^^- ^* r^--^ ^*^

iyrics are on the tongue-tips | | aJ*t*.. it "y ur" endeavotrs

of miilions of people who i I to understanri and 'explain lifeof miilions of people who | | to understanri and 'explain lifechant theur at a]1 trmes and i I and destrny. They are psalmsone should not forget though i I -means

io be sung and it en-implicit in life, as truth is im- I ables one to soar high andplicit in beauty. carry the message in tne iis-

I one passeci lway rn this fa- i An, Tuks 5sy5,

I mine and nur dying cry was [ ftour knowest aj.[.

I Food, Fooo artci food This I Prostrate before| "u"nt

brokc his ireart and he l. thy feet I fall.I Sav" ,o himself with com- I I And he nas expressecl thisI piel.e oevoticn tur the service r

I 1onging by means of a richI ot Lord Pa.nourang. In this

I variety of similies ancl rhe-isad mooci tre sings: q I taphors. Hi; words have a

Tukaram had two wives and i l?east of God. He cries:

!-orgottcn are my houseand hohle, )r

- Ail thirsc and hunger IIed.But his stuvrving wife was n,iikg 3 Zantippe, compiained

brttcrly against' him for hischantirlg religious songs. She

, saw in him a rnail possessing l

I rr+rch unworlclly charm of

I character. His chilciren practi- r

I caliy starve,d. for lheir. father;tivecl at the temple. It is said'of hinr that when serving at r

a farm, hc alloweci the birds I

to have their will of the Braiu Iin the corn field which was Iin his charge. In this I'espect, i

I think, hc co'mes nearer to I

St. Francis of Assisi.

-{ I UdYltUIb. rr1,, WUtun lldVE d

Sleep is no ionger sweet c I feeling of fellowship withto me; , l.Coa. .Ihere is instinctive rap-

I care noi for my bed; L

i,

become divirre by virtue ot 1

his God-vision in the pro.e=s I

oI meditation and so was set Ifree before death.' I

[hur,s & buuuma\truRu

Samarth Ramdas r PoetOf Cu1tural Revival

By: Vaman H. Pandit

'Iu'the rosary of BharatiyaSaiats and Savarts,, the nameof Samarth Eamdas occupiesa promineht place. IIn . theLTt}r century of unrestwhea people's belief in spiri-tual and religious values vyasiwanihg, this Saiut from Maba-i.rashtra gave th.e people tbetgospel of unity and nationalsolidarity and restored the'faitlr which was dyiug.

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SamartJr Ramdas was borhitl 1680. Early in life be ini-,trated his own sampradaya or1

cult of cJ:nbal. Alt*rougfr thistgreat philosopher saint out-'wardly appeared calm andiplacid, but below th,e stormy!

whieh. Rlamdas reared his po-litico;religious edifiee.," saidJustice }la.nad.e. Uado'abtedlyhe, Wa,s the fast saint of Bha-rat to realise the paramoimtneed of elevatihg ttrre nationalconsciousness. Hegel too, the

said: '.We want both know-ledge and works as we warriibotb religion aud nationalt-reat8es€.',

samarth Eamilas Weekwas celebrated all overMaharashtra and. other l

parts cluring the secoudweek of March. Ilence. the :

article's toPical interest.

Dynamic ConceptMore thaa any other saint.

of Bharat., Ramdas gave aerew nationat etbics to ttre iu-,habitants of . this 1and. It wasia- dyramic concept empioyed!to safeguard th,e homes. a,iod;

heartfts-of .the suffering U"-lmauity. tte gave us. a com-[plete id.ea oI what it was;lwhat it is; and what it oughtlto he. Ir is hardly poss.lbie[lor me 10 evaluate the pro-lfound signilicance of fris tea-iehing which ruru like a gol-ldeu thread through the ertLeltapestry of Bharatjya cultural[life. I

Greatness of a man doeslaot consist ia acquiriag outerlpossessions but rn sacrificiug Ihis self to a cause ciearer tban

IoneseU-in tJre servtce of tlreltratioh-and ultimately ln telserviee of men or world atlJ.arge. This waa tbe Sosnei ollttre g.real,est evangelist,, I meanlSamarth Ramdas, tJre segeland seer. I

Never before we in ourlatornic age felt the need ofl

.t!is gospel of Saint Ra,mdasso much thaa today. We *ullacking in national conscious-laess and if we ttrorougihly im-ibibs hir teachihgs, I am coa-lfldent., that they wili go tolserve as an efficacious anti-ictote to tJr.rs m{or evil. iEIe d.id contribute irx ,o

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sqlall measure to our spritual I

and literary heritage !a verselaad prose which las tecomela cynosure of all intelligent I

mended bY ratioaalist thin'ikers of the world. It is onei

ol the woaders of this earthhqil tJre sa.ints oi Bharatcoi:id keep to tJreir ratioua-lisuu wbile aPPlauding dredoctrine of Bbakti,

Arxd the literature oI Iiam-. dasr, in this resPect, is a rictrlegacy worttr coveting and

studying in these d.ays lsFenmankind is standing oh the

verge of collapse-losing faittji in rri-msett and between maa

and man; between East allci

r West.Arnongst his various

writings, the Dasbotlh ismost important. lt is bsovereign volume. It isprose both in style anilsentiment. It deals withworldly a,ffaits. It showsthe rigorrous logie of hisintelleet. In short, it is aspiritual autobiography ofRamtlas. IIe Presents us inthis book a true cosmolo-gical argument ior theexistence of God.

'"IIe indeed, may be caU-

eil Gorf', says Bamdas,.rwho iS the sUBremeagent. The true God is'in-deed, he who liw- befdrecreating, iust as a Pdtterliveel hefore the Pot. Hewho ereates the worlilmust uecessarilY exist be-fore the worlil. IIe is chan-geless. IIe 1g immaculate.God protlueeat birth auildeath and ls ilifrerentfrom either of them."What uiraculous words I

ltedge.

Striking FeatureThe most characteristic fea-

ture of his teacling is acti-visrn-that is to be active.tr'irstly he tells men to be-lieve in God; secondlY he teils]

therr to do t,h ir duty tothems€lves and., la;t1Y, hetel1s them to do their duty tothe nation. A.bove all he tellstheml tbat wlre-n their efforts

are f,hqss, as if: they arerotating lihe a Planet in.the space unseen save the.

souatt of worils audible.Ramdas exPgunds the Prac-

trcal, social Philosophy inDasbodtrr. Amongst other to-pics in this'volume he has vi-vidly to-u.ched upon,r whatlsroyledge is, what knowledgeis ngt; tJre Power of uritruth;tle relation of;podY ahd SouI

and God;. Power. & khowledge;mystiq realitY as a solace oltife.'aJxd the dlrties of sai:rtsIife'alxd the dlrties of saurtsl

and gurus etc. Dasbodh i"s al

; persBicacious stream of know-1

are backed, up:bY alevotion'

they are suxe to succeed,- :

Besides Dasboth, Ramdasihas writteh Pathetic Versesi(Karupashataka) whrich showi

that iris 'heart was fuIl oJ;

highest devotion and emollon'iIIis verses atldressed to the'mind (Manactre Shloka) are;also very trenchant 'boxsimots'-frrll of observations ofltJle world alrdr fuIl also of the,highest spiritual advice of do'siand don't's. I

By far his marveltous "i'lsion is to be tound irr tfslbody of verses called' "Anand.-l,ui Bho.rut'' or the negionlof Bliss ih which he Cive.llree vent to his Politica.l senti-lments. i

To Ramclas goes the creditiof turning the corner of ourlhistory towards emancination

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ahd that too uElder unsur-Fmountable obstacles. Under,\'instability and unrest; in daYsi

of anxiety and chahge. It wasttris great saint who rightlY,inittated the men a.rrd. $romenof our beloved motlrerlanci innationalism. His was a, rnostlrealistic approaeh tiren to theinatioaal problems. To rejuve-'nate the countrl was his Ufe

missiolr. .,'

Deningi,, irr his book "Reli-'grous Life of India''', says:'iEttics of pamdas and Etrr-icsi

of Jesus were absolutelY 'o1!par., for like Ramdas, Jesus'

spoke of purity, unselfishness,itruthfulness., symnathY; Pa-ltiehce, humility, the forgivinglspirit and other motives ofltlearts-tPits wtrlPt{ l$de]

Hamttas., Jesus actuatly Ps-sonified in his own lite" Irlifact ;both the proPhets Prac-tise{ the virtues theY Preachedia'nd preached them onlY atter'!

they had Practised them'- iI.P.$,1

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The sixth centnry B C wasa period of revolt against the

, then prer"ailing religious in-I fluences in India, at least, inrNorthern India ' Some tu,othousand five hundred andsixtysix years ago in Bcsalh,near modern Patna in Bjharin the warrior clags 6f V2!;-lai, a man w-as born, vtho rvasto be the great hero amongthe trading classcs. I{e na.ieone of the strongest proteststhe worid has ever knownagainst acco.unting luxurywealth or comfort. the mainthings in iife. Almost parad-oxical, it seems, that .,he ,var_rior caste should produce thegreatest apostie of ahimsa ornon-violence or non-klJi-ngand of peace and lcr,.e andtruth. He ia-as later cn knownfrom his erpioits as Maha-,rira

-the great hero- but his

earlist naryte he derived from'his birthp:ace, being knownas Vaisaliya - ihe man ofVaisali.

tahqairq - Apo,Non-Viole:nce

(By Ya.maa If panitit)

2566tb Birth Anniver-sary of Loril Maharira is.being celebrated aII overthe c,.gp11, on April 22,1967. Hu wus the frstgreatest aposfls of non_violence. iruth, Iove andpeace in this worlrl. It ishoperl this story rvilt beread with great interestby our readers on thisauspicious oceasiorr

, At Iast in the year bg9 B Cf of Christian era, or to'",rardsI the end of the Dusam' Su-lsaara period, as'ih.e Jai ra re-lckon time, on the thirteenthiday of the bright half of the

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moon in the month of Chai-.!ra, the time when Tri-saia herself perfecfly heal-thy gave birth-to a perfecilyhealthy child.

GREAT EVENT

given to alr the mothers "rl,"lr*".n:":1.rJ:" #t'j-t*,]$ithe great Jalna saints to seeIa"ri"ir"., ";;;;;;;;*;";;irr_lthem. r witl quo'e here rhe:;;t;;;'r.j"eao_ '

first and the tast dream I Wh;; -i-ir""-.rrila

was threelrvhich has a bearing on Lordla"rr-"fa."'iiMahavirais stor;1--'' lc,,- .-,{' -*^ H^:hoI" :l:-'':'* "'' D :turJ,

l sun and the moon oh the ,

_ First the happy princess l.i"irr-a-r" --iri,

il*rirr" "u="""I

tTrisala dreamed qt a mightyl"a ir.," ,"riil;r-;;;,;.,.r;;,elephant whose c:lour ,waslbatheJ o" ifr. tenth day, andwhiter than a cloud, -a heap [3n tfr. i".uirtfr, af ier the us_of pearts, the spray of rvater,i.-*r i"".,lr-i"L;"'^il;- ;; I

or rr,.oonbeams, and the sound I *", ,r"*"a o.iit Ji- .;;lt"*n*u

voice was tike thun- f ana cirumsd.;=.

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I . l. T.lre parents of the ciriid: Ano ner last alream was of lehose the namg of l\tahavirarhe chier or one the-ce. \1a-ra crear *" ;qffil-d;,,ffi1#Hi,rJ"i,"l:ii"";J:::";:::rrior cians named SiddharthjU"ttu", *lt-or" uu""tir,,i n i:llil*u in the wornh of Tris_S,:i""#i?"?.r,i,1,::1.:,**:l:: ,T,*ud armoJ .-1" ..*"r,lli", ,n" ramily,s treasurc oriJ,L:' Jffi [.'i,, ii "-g;

I rh. ;;; ; i ;*i,,";.q I iili,,ti,i;li;",,,::?ili"J:

of this State. a pious and he- ^r.;r,r -"^ ---^ln: rvhite-soledieis, pearls, shelLs, preciousof this state, a pious and oe- crriiJ ruu *".-io b;;;;;;i;l;r,;"3":::,;,i:i,r., ,fl::.:r""X:autiful girl of the warrior , illumine the univ:rso U., ii.. I ;;:-^,^_^ rL ^ __:_ - -Iautirul girl 'or the warrior ,,,,*i"""r;"";:,;# ;;';1:iihlX!i";] #Tl;...,1;;,1'"otf

l;lt=".1;t1 ",Iiilh "If i*il"d -"'

I li,.o vardhamana ri e rhe r

i.urr, io"g.a--,"-i.#',r'ir'i;;l u ,, said that rrrsara " ollncreasing). I

jm the least aware of rvhatIthey were doing.I

| ln his tours, it is sairl, he

|never stayed for l"rnger ihan

-la

singie night in a village or,f tur more than flr'e nighls in

its trunk, and rnountiy,,ll

"ir:"xJ;_fft'Jffi,

rl3.".ffi;on it, escaped being -tlaagn ;";;-;;;n Mahavira, likeby its feet by ridrng on its,iir""""'.,.,is'"'qrent foll.wers,back' l*"a" "-J...tr." of remalning

IIIAHAYIRA'S INITIATION four months at thc same pla-The thought ot Mahavira, 1ce, lest he shoulC inlure iny

as he grey,' up, turned *nat-lot'the young life that spr:ngsurally to the or.ier of pars-lso suddenty and abundanrtyvantha-an aseetic who had lrnro being, once t}.e monsconlived soms two hundrecl and ]oursts urrd th" rains on whichfifty years before him beca- I rr,Oi",, prosperity depends,use he belonged to liayafnegin toial]. All alcng theseelan-a body of rncnks -who

I cweive years he rneiitated onfollowed the teaching3 of pa-

lnrmself, on the Atnra, andrsavanath. At Vaisali ,his birth I walked sinless and crrci:ms_place - these monks lived in lpect in thought, rvard. andthe centre of a park rvhereloeedgrew one of those evergreen I aOout a year after gainingAsoka or 'sorrorvless' trees, I umniscience rVlahavira beca-cihose leaves are suppcsed i -e a Tirthankara, one oluever to kncn either grief or I Chose who shcw ti:e true vraypain. Mahavira sat under thel"cros the troublccl ocean r:fshade of one of them analUte.took the vow of renunciltion I fVe come now to the clo_and entered upon ascetic iife, lsrng scene of Mahavira,s life.whos-e- austerities rver.e to a.ylu"-Al.a in his seventy scconciup ajl the fcunts of Ki.rmalr"u", .o-. flfty years beforejand free<iom frorn the cyctel;;;ahr, ;is tast rarny sea_,of,rebirth. lson was spcnt in papa, the.^YiiI tales.are told of I\[a-f modern pavapuri, a smatjnavtra's absolute absorption I village in the patna districtin meditation anci of his un- f wfricf, is still held sacreC byconsciousness of orrtward cir- lthe Jaina. Sitting in the Sam_cumstances during the trvclvelOarVank position, he dliiver_years of iris countrywide jo-led the fifty-five lectures thaturneys. Not only was this lexplain the results of Karmagreat ascetic unconscioL:s ofland recited the thirty-six un_the whereabouts of his ear- lasked questions anrl havingthlJr, possessions, he was also lnrrirfr.a t ir- sruut ]ecture onabsolutely indifferent tolularudeva he oied ail al.ne,

, C lo s in g Scen e-Of-tTfe-lr"in, l:l instance, one day-. he

J and cut asunder the ties uIlwas sitting in deep mcdjta_[ot.it,

"lJ""S. anc] deatn.__orl!1on o1*io.e a virtage rvrrenl;;;rJ;'lsome -herdsmen, in rorrgh Isport, lit a firc between hrs Ifeet and drove nails into his I

,ears, without the saint beingf

i ,9*,Y,r,T*N*opu&iffi skila of Hght, i are iinetr- r,.:otrien i,r X*u.=Iiililll By lr'AMAi'l"H' PANDIT' j P::!::.ll), nr his tiiffitrtu as.

, I healtit_r. before the.; (uutd Lillll_ i ;,1'',. ':'.li ,r'1t luu,tlrdlrurl r iii'rrailc llr'i'tcciloll clf , hulnan i

; ll;ii:'i'"i[rJtiii*?';,,r#rjit ;iiti: i ii:i,'r'' li;.11.,i,:.'t'1...ij1"'si;l r [;i:";;;;ur,ii" '';i:1?;:r,l',,*i]f i

celf irr tlrp.lerr 'ilro hi.tnr.r.,,t ir.^i,'" ,.' "'I t' : :.r'?\r L' :ri' ^ 'ic:':' :-'o t'lluici o[ soori or'

; i ,,1'iq":ff'1itr8:,,"1,r"I'"u"L'i1!1.1:r Bv vAMAi.l"H. PANDIT' iprese ior. nr hls tir#errrs assu,:es

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Seli in tlte Jap. 'Ilre tristot.t. gj tltc i ,.,,11., .:,,' ..' '1.]' r,L 1r' 'rru:\t ui iii.jI'. !c:il1 llo circice .of gooci Or'siliii ii-rjits"ioiitifiu"io"ir1.""r'il;ii,llll,. i.;.'-^'t "rt'trrr: oil i'r.tc '{j're"il i€1lt io nian'-trJ.,iouia-iia1}elhat rh"e curuls labour" 1:a. b'..,r' '''1, '',' i1,.Y,, ,r.rrrrr.;: {}r,,i -r ,,... ii:,t:r it ltj3t'(: automa.ion and hissucccss{ul beyond tneasu,r. : iri,,tr,.r ,,,,,r., ',,,t,i i,,Xt'*',.,:"o,-,:." ,i.ic ;.touigl iurtc.an unprog''essile'!!rdi Ltrt,u -Yurq D lduuu!- tjcL UCCII I .l ii,: filt.I .i ,,,.. rl ) - , -:,succcssiul be:oird rpr'i,suic .1. r.. :, . ''... ll ;,:.t',',-:t"...i rrr '::u ',:1';lf i'.ir6 An L,nnl'nr,'.{ci'!'.

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-lures bdCause tjre thi.rueilts rol- I ltc,a: rrir_ irltriiia,.ou i:nd r1.us e.ll- i "'aio,:i is -salJ

to ie -ilsiOrlg intained in it arc i, the lH:Yl.c-:i i t^-*

-t'-].'.lli {9-r-,.]t.rje, ltc ii .,to D., i tiie iicari ()i i,'.irr ancr i. ilrerefectile contemptalion. T.he3" tue j coltriartl,v .rtel:li,ei 1r'r a i.ile ,rJ I ii.ork: oi na.iLlt.e. fut "#u "Jirieec and compact. and att brcii* i selt-su::-reilder. Ri:1rrg .tr-, tribiirrre , :eal.i;e Hilr iu 11,. t'llougLr peopler:ai;' rnan f;nd them riiftilult loi lir.igrrl [rc. s:rrt lil,: jir<] lr.ld Lr=' r,ljo]lorr'. Thc sty.e is elllpiir.al rr:.1 : r, lr:.rr. !,. urca:rr. '':-t.''.ti,t iii"?r:iT , ;'i trrtki:rg rhi: Itterrl]r1- ilave

easy rLr'--irioi'aiiiatioii. "- '- - *

i c.,iirr;i,o'i,iJ'iuni-",, ir,u ;i;Ti,irj- it#l],13;i"T'i.3iij'.'l',r',IjfiIt r31L: order to undelstand tl:r:se jhoorJ oi religiorrs.. TJe .;,:ig t:io I ji.i.-s antl eacl: eruality i'r-'ii.Ti"sones olre must be acqr:raiitted i (iospel oil Lo',:. .iIe culteii nrel iii.r.'j;[ia: iJ; iis-Udurrr.r. lte,ui+h -cii$erent sy.steni: rf ihought. i ltar:i io r,,,or=Li,.i f-incl a: 'l'Lrrilr. i ilar e l-iteu .li'i:rg ot.i His g,iItgand difTer'ent rt:ligjotr'. Uur :rrurl "'lrr *.lru Li,;lirrrr rrz''., he-:aici. "i. , ..-", :incc .1e i:,.uritt bc,-gr!,, ,1;11do ihis i:efore t-.r1e can unrier- l tire 'i'r'ue cie su .lrr bor'c, r.lt- j iiii'rio#"i -tjruijul"'br:"'.ty goodstar:d the, logic ot Gur:u lianait's I r:r:s. to 1i;.. g'rat -ii*a, tha', tt:e I i',11io,f

-i,i., o,,r- irrijt p-oslesses thcarAument x'ith ryhiclr bruslies I 'I rLi'Llr. i'thr,

e ic; nci lrciii).,'' i; I lg,ret oi ete'rir],. on the jieelillgaside tho soDjtistries arr iorljc: u{ r l), jurLrraair,-lrr..rJ r,: c,rsrr-l;(- c'.u- i "*ii."""Y.1 ,ll'),liil',,,Y^' "'*ft;: fi;{ i:ril":t'r";? "'i.,'-i,.--r-i.ii i.iiroi',.'. ir. ,,,",*"i,*.,r n'iji.'ito,i,iI.l *:l;:il',YjriH,",l..!1,,,,e

,r.,ci.,. rhetauglrt Inrlians_. to^ l:ave dirrcl l1l, pirr(:ti,r;rl' ,eligirn-a' I'eligiou, Cri" i";r'i'f.;t"ii;;"i,lor,]r ",.#:.c"9'=,].,i,'1i9]].11]I]"-.c9.q".19-,.,,,t1!!..ijof--!Ur.iiice-alrd'io.-c..q'.i",at tlteir ria'Li1e Iiirtguage u'3i. 'l ir.. lteclirutr,.,,rr !i Cirr"u JIa- 1 ifl e Oest rerlresctltatile. .;-l" ilr;Blessed are tl:cre ri hrr aie sin- j ne,\-. Itrr,.i-*, . ,r:- ,i L',]jg" i-trs I p""p6,-i.riiaii ";il;"&

el.owdcere: mere rvords dci not possr:islpr'lises'ancl cjerotiou .,,,or:1tl belirot'Uec;rusL CJA'ni*---ippririi.Esanciitv"- .,-..,. ..- i.,I''J-to,'Lti ,na -I--]Lr'roilJ*'i.'orlJ

i iii,r, as I-Iis repr.eseotative, Iti::The Guru {ouglli agai:Lst ilre I corrre. lirele is no crthei r,ta" -,:i i ei""r, but because the.,, irar:em.eciranjca! repebitiorr ot tire test- i i..ilninq itii ir,re. f..-e ceniiot s6ili"oi.Lea"ifr"niJi.lj"uo"iiirtr"tiiof Japji. ln this proce:is attefltlol'] lrr,r His'iiko ;,, inr;.rpo* l";-.;-,;.^;i;i---jir^*l,-,*^ .-,^^"-ot Japlr. rn tllls proce:is,.aitert-lor i tU)---His like ur inr;ri:s._ isame rirater;lat-iuOitui"me ct"ran-is diverte<i irorn outward .forms | 'Vjlr"r: ihe Cut u it.i.;u 19epfq I .lu ,"-o.n", pJ,.rpti'-iroui:cl ttrern.to lnner meaning. \lftat is the I ar tl:e u,orr,Je,.-rro.."xin3 r. itt -o1

I iua trrr. s,:qr-r;-ccJ .o",r..irnOin'3use o! coryPleting frftyone read" i ti,,: I*,:r,i. arr irrte:rse ?'eetina oi i ie"qor,r'iti*c ,t'jrov *T!6 l.rrharuse o! completing frftvone read"itirr. iiro. irl-lut€iisa'?eeii;€ qiip.""*'rl?tiii*i-"ir;iIi ;;;"'H;itih8s of Japji everv morning I acir-rr;raiion iills: i:is.ni;na. ei'suctr I n:er of ilre r,,oricl- r,.,oi:hii:g tirern-without caring to t-: ler. artd thalrno,,.rrts ,ti. currtenrDlatii,r, -it]i"ijj'.';,..:J jlo'-'rir."''tr.j,ijrgr. ,,,.iiruler meanill* sg the slokas?- It j his sr;bjr ct trr:rscc:i{ls- aii. ilnriij j i"rr. ,., r u:; I:r,:ictjcirl exanrples tois, tlrerefore, uecessary to rdad jil of ,-rr:*1rriir:Cu:g. anC Ute et:l iie ,".t oI 1.lajlliilld

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"Greatest of tl:e sons of Suddhodan's father was aIndia" 5s acclaimed, Shri Ja- rdesc,endant of ono of the Iour J

waharlil l,Tehru al-r,:,,-rt the jbrothers anil tol'.irrany ;ea.s I

holy-enlightened onc * Lordlhe luied happily over 4 1'tos- |

Buddha. Tocily tne dislracted lp"rnu. staie, rnainl). of brave I

humanity neecls hi5 rlressale lwairlors. 'He 'was, however, l'

oJ love, peace ancl non-vio- lSreatly distressr:d that no son I

lencc. The vrliter pcints out lhad been born to hinr- al- |

herc the condilior. cbtainable;lhough lor sevural ycar'* hetar the time oI Lord Buddlrir's ihad been marrir:d to two sis- Io1 the time of Loid. Buddtr.'t lnua leen marrir-'ci to

"twc"sis- l

birth. lter. - luaya ani- Pajapati, I

Once upon a time there rvas lthe daughters of thc king o,a king who rei.gned over a lKoli. His trappiness \\,a; &c

land callecl Forala. He {ett inlcomc.love with,

" beautiful prince:. iIVOIIRY

He asked her harrcl in mar- I During the ull moon festival

for you. Please 1e11 ine u'hat ltook her 16 tbe Manosila tab-sacrifice I shor,rld de t,,r rvin llelancl and tlten rnoved aside.

Xour hand," the king asl<ecl . lTherr qr-reens tc<rk their piacet"I would :xarry you urless land bathed her in the Anotal-

you promi5u me to appcint It* Lui.u, arr4 prit her on a di'your successor your youngest lrin" .or.n with her head 1q i

h:mbly to thg lvlun!. DREAM..'Don't go any further. ,' the l The dream came true, for

g boon, the plince, repiied. lShe dreamt that lour great"I am ready 1r-, d6 anythrng lking5 raised he.' and her h'ed'

Sage wa5 over-whelnred rvith lnot long sfterrvarcl, Mayatheir courte., ancl said. ,,he lrealisecl that she *.i* t ,- nu_

and not the. c1(les1 s()lr.', the ithe cast. A 'wirilo clcpl'antr !

princes5 askecl thi.. Lt.r,rr. lbearing in its trunk a rvhitc I

"I promise yorr to r'lo 5o,"iiotus, appearecl in tlte rt'cmreplied the liing thor-rgh he]and after walking round the'was taken aba:k to accept this;bed threg time5. smots her r

eurious c,onclition. 'side with its trun6 and ente-The royal suitor, horvevcr', lle61 her womb upon the sight

wa5 tos much in lr:vc to oh- iikc a star ilo.nr heaven. 4nd'ieci He mariiecl the princes,'over half lhe earth a luml-wir6 borg hinr five sons. V./ltr-'rlrniou5 triangls Irglrtcd thelthe tims caine for spp,Jintingfearth before thl su,1r'jsc. A i

an heir ts th. th:'o;1e, ttre king ltencler u.hisper olewent inlo,boun4 by his pionrisc, iramedrth" sky "Oh ye," it announ-lthe Xarn€est sorl as hi. suc- ced, "Ths deaC thal are ro,eessor, llive, the live wlr6 die. uprisel

The king Irutrishe.l hi. {c,ur,alt(l hear'. and hoPcl Burjclha I

eldest son5 frcm the Sl;ile lis come!" i

a.nd bade them to seel< tireir I Ncxl clay l\{aya tolcl tter I

fortune elsetvhe;re. ldream t6 the king whs 5ent !

The exiled prince,. se.1 cut lfor hi5 most Iearned clream- !

and sf :cr 3 iong and tiresome lleaders. They all sgreed thatljourney, they came to s fertile lthe queen r.vould havs 6 la- :

land wherc live6 arr anclent lmotr5 son. 11 lre stayetl in ihe,sage called Kapiia. They 1'o- lroyal palace he w-oulcl l^ecome i

wed with utmost i'evcrcllce lola mighty conq.'l'jfor. If ire re-ithe lWuni and said. ,,Goodlnounced the srorld he rvould\Sile, we have been harrishedlb"co*e one cf i1.' rvonders. Iby our father. Plcase guidelHe wcuid Lre a great sage,.ur what rve shouirl do. Welwho woul6 guicle all peopleslare wearv vrith rxraltinr Ilo tho ooPl nr lr..,fl, ^-.t i,,. Iare . w'eary vrith walking, lto the goal of tt.,uth 2nd jus-

|"spoke thu. one of thc =ons ftice.

riage. "i woulci accept yourlof Ashad (June-itrly) queenMajesty," if 1ou promir.1.. n-"elMava dreamt a str6.ng2 dream.

from ignorance, He wiil be pihvastu.the S,avio;ur of tho world.'r Unfortunately sh" either I

!"tgl -t!u four sons built a delayed her jo.urney t66 iongeity which lir the tage,s hd.ifor reasons that have ncm;nour, they named it lgspiiwas- ldown to us cr she misc,alcr:lat_

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pleased to live her',:, beside m,J.,comg a moilr:r. F.,llou,ing56 all the r:xi1c,1. fonr strnslwirat i5 5till a commun pr&c-settled in hj5 tclnritage. ltice of Indja, Ma-va deciiied_ The sage said, 'tYou arelrvilh the king's perrnissjon toSakya5

- braue ones. A great lgive birth 1o hei baby in hergrandson of your family u'ill mother. hou5s in Devadaha, adeliver men of flri5 world small town nDt far {ronr Ka_

nour, they named it lgspiiwas- to us cr she mjsc,alcuiat-tu er Abiding place o1 (apila. ,ed the date of hsr conception.

o* the wuy *jre {elr the L:iidhpgill5 ccrrg un. Ii was rmpos.siblc eithcr 1$ raturn sr l?g0r11,ir1ue ih6 iuurRey for lheparty lri.ere ltalf-wly b*tt!"*entbe capit*: *nd &er'*d*lra.

?h6 Q::etn', party bultedncar a !r{}$d k:]rrgl$, a5 lrum-h,iei tir'*ve; f*r lrr:r' tlays wrreIulfill*d; bul belor* llre p**rqtgen had tinre to tie dcwn*she l,!'ar delir.arrad a1 h*r rhiirlr"tantling under Pal*a lre0.ll'he tree benl. dorvt: !!.1 bcwstg rnake a hrwct, abo.:t, QLrs.*nlvlay*'s m*jesry, Yhc crirl.h l

put forth x thorrsand fi,rwms Iio make a so(tr beri 1,.rr the Ineu,ly-Lorn t'ah,', ancr thc Irnother and llre ntar"by t*rdlrcrcks oozed fr"rllh a crlrtal Iulear stream lor :hr' batlr *lLurd Buddh3 w'r.; rltiirercrl rI I

Quee11 Maya w'it,lou. ;in, pain I

aod having (rn hi". psrfect i

lnrrr ths thirtlr\r;o r:rarks gI '

blcsse4 birth.$:tch wcrc tlru pr'rt'rdlng 1s-

,lcntirre r,&n$alioa$ cr ilc s*ul.l{ore:. n,lriqh trirr;J rcpxiductdI,irtcr irl th* lifn *i ea$1.f,]r.e, .

'f irir:r. ii 1va$ lxicsible 1r hicl i

t6 ser. siriruilu;ruo.,-rsJy fhe I

u.'hcrl* wurid irrl lhs lrari I

&s,I{}rerFtiIt i* scid al1 tlr. r]&li.rl"? rt'

joiced, the e((.'1 Llr.a..e! t'k:ivnverywher6 ar:d tital a brr$htlighl +l iadi{ul {,}ir}ur llr;cdedlire wtr6:y **rr!r. thcse djuineautpicious so*r,tJ* and sc*:lfiirYere c8li$bt hY a sre!"iijiredsuinl named 3!5it4 xhe6 he$a$ pfaying heel:ath a FffPlctree in his herndtag,e. Hi:;]lreitisn gutd{:d hL'n lhat

,il:esc wf,re $tg c::rcn5 uf iO:':c;diYine birth. H,: c:}Jid rclr,g-lrrize thal the G+d.s of llcatrrt,and thg Det*5 a; thg r.?rldl,.''crc eelebratl*g th* Budril:a'lbirth -* ol the Iniightent;t.

Artrong:i th6 l-rrangerg iame Iisilgcr'.hurrerl sarn! A.sit6. The I

'*rg. ttr- tlcatiiY'deat. t" I

cars havrllg h,t'c.n closed lo the J

earthi) :o*nCs uuirc 6 loug I

tinre ag,o. 't'l:.' trirrg "lrlrvlfl lhlrlr dus rtsPCct ir;rLl Qucln !

T*e r:retx of :he Lcrd'i

l!Ia3'a placed her clrrld at hls{eet. But '*}tep !:tc :-'an' thebatr* * Lhe Frince tils 0l*

,s*1n1 cried, "AIr, Queen nottso:', anC ti:ere:Y.rn he *oltfh',erl erghl time. the rlu-'t- laid'hiq rvasls r,isa(6 there. r:€yint."Cl Eabel 1 rrorlhipl fts,rar1 }ie! Tbou ari Euddl*a. atlilL\c*.t n,ill prea.h tht the l**r'tlough I rha1l nesrr b*ar,dylag lca snor:. who Ie*lYlarrged 6 die. firr.'l.eit I lnveiletrr Thce.'' And tirrrring to'tlrn krng 11c s€irl. 'Kt:t'$', Ottu:gl Thiq ie ihat Bl*irom *tll{}ur &.u1.t1an trse t'hirh ope.ng

inncc ln' many nrj'riad Years.

lWhnr, lg. rrpen,:. it fili. theIw,,rlrl wrti: V,'r:'u,,rr, , an(liLrt',, * iropnerJ 'lror:e1': irr:nr

ithis r,:5 a) l'')li. a Hea' tr:lY

lLo!u. sprrr.;s: A'r. yodr: I a

ihanur and B)exrd }*ruel'I m.u. the .rluer-h.aired eaiatispake ;rhe. Sr"mcon the PrDfnhot anrl rr.llrheisa., OB tu-Iturs gffat&se d tt* tets aadlaeent*d th*1 thL birth hightbrrngh Ut{le plea:ure to iQrten Haya. The sai:t dcs-l

{Co[t4 (}a Er lr -- I. -.,!:

' (Scatd" Fr*m Fage Il) ...l;rred; "$,.r'ee! Queelll Dr,ar l*.al) gr:ds and rrren {1t r ltisgrea{. birlh, hen*forth artSrsqrn tr"rc saered tar ftrr*w0e; and lile is rlrae. theref*reln teve[ tia.1'* palniesq :hnushalt a{lain L}rc cltxe oi pein,'.

The prnoplrely proved irue.{or on ijtc sevenlh dav euttnl$nys smiling $lep1 aird lr,aa{-ad no mor* 8ut lor rtr* ts*bethe King fq':rtd a i.ster-nu::i{r,Fr*rcexg &dairapr*japari * l€rbreast nourklred with lrcbl€ ,

nrill t-he lips s1 Hinr rr hgsellp* har6 rr)trllori*d tlre rr,-u:.ldf,:r rtr:turi*s pait and rvillcomfort for cenlurip. io cr:n:e, :

birth $-a5 f,?nr'elc{. 16 1}r*

kin{, hi$ la''i:tr:. tlts itYkn€rr r:$ lx'rn<is. ll* ':r'rl*r*d t&at tb'e tapil*l should

.treep Hlgh Ft;t:r"al , The

lr',acls u'ere gwept rose^oJour$Itvet'. sPrinkled in tire 5lreet'

ith. t.."" were de(orat€'l t*ith I

llr*1,t .,r4 fiaqs, u'hilu man] jlerou'd. EiPld ot' lhe srrnrd- t

ptaSc;'l un* P$sturer' fh*,ltlggls!.:. ehdrtnerl, s$/l*g*r6r

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ProfileOfWhat made Jesus to enter. up-

on a prophe,tic career.? We h:rveno clear answer on this grint forthe history oI the period rvhenthc grcat prophet livecl is ratherobscure, of scatterecl narrativesand rvithout exact chronology.

Je:;us was born itt Nazareth, asniall clclightful tou'n in Calilce.It i.s in a holl*v opening broaJlyat the surnrnit of the group ofrrrorrntains wlrir'h clost, thc plain

l ,rf E'dlar Ion on thc north. Tht,lirllce wus sunounrlt,d wilh vincsand fig trees ancl its garclcns werefrcsh anci grccn. It has a healthy-clirnate with sharp cold wintcr.I\lost churrrrirrg \\.(,re tlrc environsof this tou,n an<l no placc inrvorld rvas.srr vvcll adapatt:cl for<lrt'unr. oI p,.rfcct h,rppin,,ss.Norv this lx:tutjfrrl country is inlrrins unrl sacl ancl gloorny.

During thtr two months oftr4arch anrl Ap:.il thc countryforrrr.s a vcritable carpe t of tlcrrvcrs of irn incornparable vrrrictyof colours rvherc the extrcrnr:lygcntlc and dclicttc rvild life q,ithi1!s rnl,r'iacl tongucs r:chocs anclrccchoes in tht: rvilicrncss. flreIively turtlc, doves, 'blut:

birds soIight than tht:y rcst on a lrladcof gra.ss without bcnciing it,crea.stet] larks venture to grcettht, visitors, littlc rivcr tortoiscsrvith rnild ancl livcly t,yes wcl-come any onc smilingly, storksu'ith grave and mo<lest mienrvithout timidity allow human be-ings to come neilr them and themagic the mountains is still invi-tingly alluring.

THE CLIITE'flre high mountains, in all

agcs aud climos, have inspircdncn to higher througirts andJesus hacl a pcculiar love forthem. NIost significant thoughtsof divinc origin have thcir sourceoftt:n on the heights, clo.seagainst the. .sky, like the rnight-icst rivcrs. Ancl frorn thcnce t}regifted man scans l;encath himrrnlollecl thc plain.s from thernount of *'isclom, the processionof sullering humanity passing by,imrlersed in error, .sin and tvoe,It rvas lhere that J,'srrs rvas in,-pir:d rvhers he held silent com-rrtunion u,ith ancient prophctsanrl it rvas there that his disci-ples u'itnessecl his transflguration.And flom this mount he surveyedthe wonderous world fille<i rvithdivine glow. Thus the externalnahrre tended to imprint on tle

f;u n s Pr o p het 6fN dz sr eTFBY.: VAMAN H, PANDIT

King<lom oI Go<|, saici

Jesus of Nazareth "is rvitlruryou.' Arrd hcrc is une vlewof how Jesus found thatKingdom within, 'fhe u,rit-er's viervs nlay contlrct wrtrlaccepted versiorrs an<I doc-trincs, but no lnalice ismeant aud the writer's revc-rencre for the ltophet of Na-zareth with r.vhose biith thefestival of Christmas is link-ed, is not Iess but [rore.Christmas will be celebratedall over the world lhis week.

ra!ar_raaattrtaralaraatat_aataiattatataaatmat

young rnind t_rf Jesus tlie drcarnswhosc ccntre was Nazarcth andraclius infinite, so granrl, .sr_r

cotrntless.lSuch lvas the splen<lid liori-

zon of Jesus - the craclle of theKirrgtlorrr of God. For yclrs thisrvus lris rr"orkl. Much it inJlucrr-t'etl Irirrr rrtlrling lry dt.grur.s tolris clevclopnrt:rrt. Fitlcst p)acurvas this; not only for philoso-phcrs to .speculate but for all tolingcr arvhilc nn the coruss r;fhuman aflairs. Nitture has fre -rlut:ntly takcn 'l>y

surprisc all lifc-aninratc irnd inanirnatc.

What rvere the domestic anclsocial surroundings in the devc-lopnr<:nt of tht: curt,er of Je.sus?Fir.st cornt,s thc Mothr:r in ordcrof merit, for, it is saicl, that thr_,hand that r<.rcks thc cradle rulesthe world.

IIis fathcr ]o.seph and his rno-ther Maly were very humblcpeople. They u,cre artisans livinghy their labour, neither in easenor in pt.rverity. Joslrred q,as thr:cradle name given to him andJesus is an alteration of it. Hchacl brotlir:rs and sisters brrt hest:ems to have been the eldr:st.Nearly all his historians havestated that his family u,as littleinclinccl tolvards him. Ilis fami'lywere strongly oppo*rd to himand plainly rcfuserl to believe inhis mission.

The Nazarenes u'ished, it i.s

said, to kill him by throwin.; rrmfrom a ster:p rock, J"sus abtlyrer.narkr:d that this hcatment wasthe fate of all great men, andapplied to himself flre proverbs,"No one is a prophet in his owncounhy." He dicl not like thememlx,,rs of his family and them,,rnl)€rs ol thc fnmily tlid notlike him. tle only recognisecl

-the bond of thought. "Behold my

rr.rother and brothern," .said he tohis [riencls, "ire lrdro cloes thcrvill o[ rnv father, he is mY bro-thcr ancl sister." The sirnple pco-p1e dicl not understirnd the mirtterthus, ancl one cltry a woman Pirs-sing noar him cried out, "Blessed

is the rvourb barg thec, and PaPsri'hich gave thee' suckl" But he

replicd, "Yel, rather blcssed are

thcy that hear the *'ord of Codanci ket'p it."

Jesrts nevt'r rnutriecl. Al1 his

pou,er of love centred uPon thatu'hich he regarcled as his ceiestialvocntion. tle had exclr:sive devo-tion fol hi-s rnission. He treatedthr. rvonrcn as his sisters but theylovccl hirn more thnn the work'IIe rvas no <loulrt, more bolovedthan l,oving, It is the case withelevate cl nature.s that they arogiftcd with rrnivcrsal charm.

The province of Calilec had -a

mixccl population thcn consistirrgof Phoenicians, SYrians, Arabsarrd Grr:t:ks ancl nrany tverc notl, rr-s. II i. difHtrrlt to [:nt,' g'hrtt

blood llorvcd in his veins w'ho

has contri'lntt:cl so much to cfiac-e

thc distinctions of blood in hr.r-

manity. Thc prt'cise date of hisbirth is not kno*,n. It took .place,

as the Litest historical investiga-tions revcitl, under the reign ofArrgustus, about the Roman yeat

750, plobal>ly somc years btrfore

thc yciir 1 of that era on rvhichhc u'as lrorn.

Joseph, his father, died l>r'fore

his son grorv to nranhood and tobe a rvell knorvn thilrker. Mary,his rnothcr', in a mann':r remain.t:d the hcad of the family andpeople frcclrrently c,rlltd him the"son of \farv" in orcler to dis-tinguish him frorn .,"' '-s. Thereal mother tongue of llrstttt."n.stht' Swian ,,'u]"., t i*"i] "::lhIlcbtow. rvhich was snoken thenin Prrlt'siine. IIe follo'"ved thetradc of his father, rvhich tvas

that of a carpenter. It means

these rlomestic ancl socinl .sur-

rounrlings helpecl little in rnoul-cling his career.

Who taught hirir? It is, indeed,a mystery, We do not.know.any-thing from his story about hisedupatlon, No light has boenthrown by the writers of his iifbas to:who were his teachers.'Didhe join any school? In fact, t\erewas no school in the town wherehe lived as an infant. Some saythat Johanan or John, about Seyear 28 of Christian era, a youngascetic full of zeal and enthu-siasm, lived and must have in-fluenced the cateer of:Jesus. Butthe career of this young prophetwas soon cut short and tLere isvety littls evidence that John hedgiverr him lessons. It is highlydoubtful.

The only edueation he ,knowthat God exists, for he felt himdirectly in himself. FIow l<nowwe the prophetP What is hismark who has come to elevatemankind? How knorv

. vre .his

speechP Jesds was essential-ly a man of action. His wholeIife was action and he lived upto it till the end - equatrlo ingood or evil - this equabilitv isYog, is piety and it is peace.Hs always sought refuge in Na-trrre. It was his heaven. It wasfor him' the highest seat .of blissand there on the peaks of rnorrntshe sat ffxed in calrns of loi,tvcontemplation. He was ste.qdfgitin his purpose.

_ He had a hieh couception of i

Divinity ancl it was the 'souro,e of ,

his careers as n great teacher of_ -.,nanity. It was certain thai he

t had' no visions but God was inI t i*. U" felt himself with Gn{-and he drr'w from his heart all

; he saicl of his Fattrer Nevgr |re' said thnt he was God. IIt' believ-

I ed himself to hc the Son of God.

, He regarded his relationship wi$i God as that of a son with hisfather. This was a beautiful theo-logy of love, Quite an originalidea.

He proelaimecl the siipremeconsolation - the recourse to theFather - and the hue Kingdom,,of Gorl. which eaeh one bears inhis heart.

The highest consciousness 9fGod which has existed in tfuebosom of humanity was that of,Jems. Thus he helongs to the g3-laxy of enlightened ones of thehue son.s of God.

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O{ten Jesus sat on the surnrnitoI the mountai4 of Nazareth,untrqubled by a doubt, Freetrorn. seltishness - that sources

of our troubles which makes us

lseek with eagerness a reward loxuiltue beyond ttre tomb - rre

thought only of his work, of his

race, aod of humarritY. Thosernountains, that 'sea; that azure

sky,. thoso high Plains in the ho-rizon, wete for him uot the me-tancholony vision oI a'soul whichqucstions Nature upon her fate,Dut the certain sYmbol, the trans-parent shadow 'ot ao invisibleworld and o{ a new heeven.

Did he travel m,treh? No, rar.-ly he moved. He visited solr':villages near by within tne.r;,'Jius of some 30 to 40 miles. -itrwen! annually to the feas[ i.,Jclusi.ricl]l .along rvith. his parent'.tlis teaching.were all oral. IIet.luil,t'd irls docEi:ru t-n cotrcise

aphorisms, at tjrnes enigmaticaiarici trtmgc. lle preachcd all dre! rrtucs ul huur;Liil', lur'lli, ('nLss)

chariiy, ubnegatiun and self-de-riirLl. llhose wcre thi 'iilst .sayings

ui jc.sus as a youllg propire."

\\',:rlt more c4n I say, an rx-Lluisite syrnpathy with natu'e fur'-uished hun each moment witil( \prEssive inrmages. Arrri tlruworlcl has prociaimed tl1rr,r.rg6 u,1

.he ages that among Lhe suns utruen there is qone born rvno i:greatur than Jesus.

SHRI GOSWAMI TI"'LSIPA5

gron.Oqe nigbt what haPPened

two men broxe into tire rent-,ple to steal tlre vesse,s anui<lesired, thetu to earrY awaY'

'r'rre ui.ieves saw two liverc'rlunkres standurg ot lhe uoor'

by wluch uirey lrad enlereuaud, wanted to exlt' i)Y trlesame. !-rour door to door LileY

tied to get out but theY saw

at each qoor tne 1,wo iotrtts oI

ed Rama anq i,aksi:'mao rvithbows i]f, banci. 'I'rembiilg, wruttear tbe thteves ieft the ves-sers and tried to go lvrtiioutthe spoi.I. Still outside everY

road. So tJreY had to Pass thewhole lrrgi.Ii rn trle t€lrl;lie.

Next morning 'at dawn 1'u1-

sidas passed through the tem-ple on his way to the riverGanges and saw two men hid-ing from him' He called outto tJrem, the thieves eaffre andfeII prostrate at his feet a'ndl

told him all that had haPPen-ed the previous night.

Poet Devotee \trho CreatedThe Epic Of $"f aynna.*

hy , vnEaA,'.l H. PAtdDtT -- .--,

Indians and ParticularlYIliudus owe a debt ol gratr-tuae to the memory ot SrurGoswa,mi I'ulsid,as. Youngergeneratron iD Not l.rerrr inururs alwaYs aurseri 'on the ure-

lody of 'Iui'sidas. rlii ls a

great mind lvarclr Produces cx-uaordbary effects uPon thewoud of readers.

capr,ivatgs our heart and wes'er t& fly olr etltereal wingsatrq lroat ovel' lrle lrcavtjllJtrades rn raprur-e ano woltlieaaS We XeaLr !.IS lrnpel'rsrt.,()1c

lrrowpaecs aud r,ohas. Tnered lIOt a SUlgrC uOUSe Willuir liBot ecltolDg trre laruous rlllesor hrs ptarraYana.

1'se Sreau puet wl'ote iorl1Llllseu 4urt ui u.orng )u lvlulqlOI !u.e au efefLa.t !tle!ic. Eirworcrs ,ale just ulie .salr to apal.clleo larrlr. 1.'o(fay lve Lreeu

oarrty !.is rue-Brvrrig PodilYwnerr tue worro ls sianci$r8, uJttre verge or u[!el cuUause ue-

str)rte ure Illarvellous wonl:}eis

4'ru aovances of an atorar\] aB,e

wtrrcJa Eas rnaqe liie cUeer-Iess.

lle ls Illore 116119113661 than,any Poet ro llurul rilerauuletor i:us sprrllual PoeuY w'ir.c,'lrs turt 9r uu,lver)al sJulPatrlr'iaoq noral PurrLY. rlts ex!'res-lsrou ul sr-mple coupiet lolnll

?army i)ays Ot flinO

as to how be rnust nave b.e.llecelve\r anu. hououle., oy t,ellumperor. rt was a go^de'r aoel

I oI ltter'al,ure all over' tuc wt,r,*l&nct ArrDar wuo was so tee-l1og Iearaed assellodes ruqr.l

^ ursllras r1v e(r \tl!'[ts ttc

Paln\Y udys oi rll-ra sleJo-&trl'e. I'lIe SUiteelruJ celrlu-Jwab a Pcuo\r ur.Ylugllc. s-lElrqallrJ aIlU frrtudl' Lrc.irarl(l rruglrSl-rQJ-co i,,t l)erdi,Aehce OUI POeI WaS -a souLenl-pOIaIY oI Ule furen ljriBrrteruronai'clr oI Asha w1ru rvss apatron of arts anlJ letters, aIIuIro proor is requrre* a() sho\v

aave extelrded oi.e leslject alruihonour to hls great Poel. I

i caDnot resrst the lempla-tion ot repeaung tqe mosl ia-milia.r story about this Poet oI}

his birto &nurversary uEtY. 'tu, some, perhalr5 the story mignr

appear as a legend but ir rs a

tact proved historicallY.Once Tulsidas went 'about

ths streets ol Benares or Va'ranasi beggiag for lunds tobuild a temPle for Lord Ranr'chandra. SwiftIY and slowlY

,. the money came in tiil at lastid there was enough for the teEl-

ple to build.Ia this lsmple Tulsicias ai-

ways sat singing beautitulsongs about tJrs Greai' God.Most devoutly he sang and,

the men ,and women lloeredlround him and honoured him'Silver a'nd gold floweti in thetemple which was turned intovessels for worshiPPing the,

Great One-who is both a to-icus and focus bf Hindu reli-l

j'igrliLrle+ jaiUu Lu irp;reCtOtu!W.tlrl ucutdtrrll,Jr OLil.Oo.' U. J-e.lDeaUlJ tt li Or'teri.a]. . L i5 ..

I

c^r;-.*^.1 ;rrG IeurrlrA UO.I-{I,at}t-lIy UcVeI!!r.,"S, r-I LrrG t,r'c" u.i

I

lnE 5a.l]]1i ur .bua,l'irL e]ro trlel I

?ernpXe Thrown Open?o xAX

'"Yp* have been grea.Lrl'

biessr.r' *ut.>id.as )aro, ' ruqreyes nave seen lrre ufeai ililler'1LO quit uhrs g1i';e alrai live 111

}Jsilcu" I e11] riOOu!rf/ lu P.r.lrl--.. 'J r, rviicrl tr^rs LJf ea! lrLaIdC

.riab UjcSSLiJ yUU \vtt.r ,,is ,u. -saarr." rlince Utat tlme uie.r. ts ! e> llc;c*. LU SeI'\ e r LUir-oil';> and irom furat day Lnc

uurri > iJI ti-c L€^ftll)itr We.'utiirolvI1 ol,eli i,0 all, uay aijuiugrrt. ijrif, lLo one car-ie rl] -LJre

-Eu}g.e lO sLedl. uperr r,ri+e.opeu wicie 'trre Llooi;i oI ,i.cqr1,!J^!.rc lul Liltr ure)Suq srI{lJ.J

Lel1o.|,tr ]run.-lj-auveu(}u$ trutrl the Stol'y

deprcis ioo uilrcult for an eu-

flave 'i,-ovei] triis clrarml$giveil oI Satr Sita--nrole pe-witchiirg Loiili trre veii ol *U.r-

aerva.Tursidas 'riras a tsrahmh-

Sharyupa,ri. IIis motiier'snanre wa.s iii;lsi. "Had tirere5g6n ns Huisi; there woulitll.oL have uce-l I u-ist' is a ,a-ri.:cus rjoha ir1 :Iinoi. He wasliorn in 1659 at RaJapur in tileUttar .Pradesb, According totiic generai traclitioi:L r:i tirei:.djaa poels a lrig web orlip-taies iras been woven rounrlthe persora of this poci-writera:id controversies have r:anger-l

over his birth clate and death<late. Historiarts of Bnarathave task ahead to dial,the e rrurrlbers accurately.

His masterpiecs is Ram-charit hanas or Ramay,an, &

monumeatal and i:naortalwork of art and religion. FIe

, retells the story o-[ Ranra ancl

I Srta jn a ve.rse {orm an: in aIntost fasci[ating lauguage' itilown ar -rl alLii-tr. '-.u1s .i41r-I gua!;e is .tus! hke }{lerrctr Ij1or:esuited rul poetical wolks. -rcItas a slee! intonation, a c!e-

, jigntiul r:telodyn pleasing ro

f ,iire ear and easy to cjunt u,.itil.tuut tlie ar,1 of any musical in-strumeEt,

1i4s4,v411 of Tulsidas is asacled book. Jt is a BibLe oithe u:asses irr ille HindJ speak-irig at'eas oi tite eou:rtrJ. It isthe on" book \r-iticn LrslJirtrsthi; n:r-.iutr> J.t-] &h L,teII >v-.-

I IOI,VS an'!r .roys II1 Ehal-at, Ttle] Writel ul Lrrt j ar tie ltr usLel-trJ

I aauy au suarise tne versesI tronr this irooi; being. ch,ante-by a sadhu an,l at ur-nes Jurr-ed him ln recitrng non-slopf,Akhaad Pattr) ot the whorevolutne.

"ulsidas was a mystie poet.

Ilis worus have got a divureurge. His phiiosoph;u is sr_rb-l-Ims 1iK* mos[ oI the Laslexnpoets w.bich g:oe$ !o pr"opel anLrieeet tne entue Hindu irre. tllscouplets are ultense,y re_Li-gious and, belong to Bhakrucuit. It rs a oerriuatiori 01 oire,sown seil at .he leet of the "Su-prerne i3eing" His Ines havegot the power to show tne wayout sf the gloerm. The coir-Stanf lsaqulg oi tne tlama-Yan ts iike .a magnetic neecijeever pointrng to the Pole Starof !-aitie ur Hi!l. It is to beexpeuenceci and tested by oiit:sei.. It rs belonJ irre poiver orwords to teli whar ir isl u-rr-doublecljy ari his vJririnBs arelncessAllt endeavour to unlockr-.ou's rllyslertei anct woitLtcrs,

tuffiT-\iLqel IovL. wa. i.i.rtrias,

I

His tlJ" is Iuil oi thriiiing tromarreu. dc was ne&o over

I

])cei-i 1r: -{,ve '* 1!r1 ntr tJ[ro i

wirr: Eud.qoir,-d-i1. Drle rri.i noi i

iihe tiirs jl asslollate lc ve eln

Lne pa'].t of --er r-L.sba.icl a",('onc day severeiy rePlimancle.lIirm. j.-r is a lr'equency Ll tireljves al rnanY a Paet else their.hves rn'oulo be unpoetr.c andciuil rniihot-ii" any urnel. coil-flicts. Vrsiorr of sensualbearity leads one to Prlgi':mageto rreaveE"

T0 Tulsidas everytning isillusion q1 Mala. We at'e on

ihis interesting plaaei Jor a

snort time; everS'thir:g is onIYJcr a time-IiIe is oniy 1or ashsrt tin:e, Tilis ennoblingphrlosophy develcPeil in himrelatively quicF.ry towards thepatti of renuncratiotr-the $'aYuitimaie. He uved a l.ife o! a

rrue poet J:ke thE lotus or a

rainy season rvrlich lles sub'merge{ in waier. 'lBeauty is lnthe eye of ttre beholder; like-wisq faith is in the heart of a

devotee," he said.

caualcade of ldeat fferoes'*^.1

,r1 *,,' *.-,.-,-:'.]i- fu].unquestronably the immortal , Durinc T)r,cooo^ ,,,^^r- ^^_--v,qucsttorlaDly tne immortal , During Dussera week com- , uadutifurness to remain behind,;l,J;l;"T}ffif ;:JJ,#[J I 1r"&r",r,1* g;,b;*i;; 11J,,,,,*u tu €njoy the preasures

rature, It is a vision af fo^,,Ir_l ^---^r^r,_- .over -lhe.*!rrt y, lof the puiu"r, whrt*'f,er.-bAouea.fi,,H!: lH h:"ffi;',f-:l}I I i'ffi;1', J, .*,*

"ffi'; I iii: i.il"ft#',.,X"; 3;'";i:

and for centuries nasf. * he. heo- I ha,i.- ^_ , l,ll b:

. staged in I and prir"u""r: lrr

-Ii. remotcand for cenruries pasr it has.been I nr"." * ,ri,. "r, ,."'""iLoT

I llt*.*ffi:"i:r*o1rt: ;:T"Il*#*f"*j;JJtf-**:}=l ll"q"-:"T"^s-.&JJlil lX'",*r,.*-,*-raw c,r kings, broughtsacred hare-upon the domian or | [r: -;j*"-r^:+rffi.1tr

I ffi:,TE:-'iliT ii*]ji?ro'"],-i:The theme of rhe o,o.r -^^+,_ I _article about &e I ttre soft mLst aUons

'-of ,h.r"rhe theme or the great poet,s | ;";;;; ,;ffi"T}:"T; l;l;,*: [fr':::i,fr ,r"l *;'":il::",Lff ffi.:LT,iT.",.,-*_ I _:,, u* *"a J,n-1,"i*i.*." lt.,,"n"ra" sita," rhe idor oftween gsod and evil; it is a phe- | -----.--

-*'_:' '""tot' J nousehold" . Sita' the idol of

;ffil1#y:",#".1.j,{,j"-",1 | ,:,: -* -o* ""*" *i "u*r* I i,lTlf}i#:iJ."i3, 1H::1,i,1.;

HX ,fH:*::lS ",oo

","o_ l ;;il;,i'io",li."t""LT:il[ l ilu:,]"f,*..:?:1? jT:.$,,H:

to go on til the end * r1,jji* l:i,* TI'":, th;-'...i";*;#I | ,l" r,"t*r",,". to remainins into go on till the end of humanity, lgri", "-"a^"r-+::.:'::"6

vutueslrn preterence to remaining inlsometimes seemingly

"odiog i, lil;?#;- .oe previous aame ollDasharatha's residetrce berelt oli

:T"f:"'J"":r^F:,j.,lt: ,;,I['-rh;T;. devoted Huo,,*,o[il,l""o*nu", or her arost deari

:ll":*,*:i :l^*1,:I.: vitarr I ur,li,r*' * *1",".lln",ilill*liand spiritualty results in &";t".1fr;;;i'".:,::_".11r"]:i1r1 ,fl , lDEAr. LADY

il:,*il.Ti;::*T# "iii l*::i:,f.,"T.:riTi flfTi,,::l _"*,;,,t1,ilX%tX1li:"i:T j1

iliJT?;:tory and nnar con.l::#;n*Ti:i:,il'";::T:l[::iffi:;: ,i:,,f,H1ffi1,,,,"11

yu..or v. BUvu. lest and loftiest.conception ; *l*"otuu_;",eru;J;i, fi;;H; ."*shri Rama' the hero u tn" lr-irtr.lJ;;;;;", that it is ;;;;lirL *iru sacri6cial fire of inspira-lf._,.:.:.:c,belongstoalong""alrrr"Jl"Jiir,".u*". lri^-_ ^ *^AA*,^ j- ^rr L^_ _^-:illustrious ancestry ot ,or".Iieor I '";:";ffi:,:1::*Y:'

| !ign--a goddess in all her mani- i

ff," i*3,f:j;,.:,^*:_ .{,:10"""'ii"'i'ilJil,*nlij *J?r?oHi I,*,,Xi:H:J"j"*T,*n"ff:,,":,gent lumrnaries "*o"c1t, tr,.i"r ar"Ji,;;;"#';#"rffi-;ffiIiiriiffi?!;r#li"rrm: df;::heroes of the wortd the titie "tl,h"'j;;ili."r.'r"irlT,fil:#:1lnwhom this pr"o"i-*trirrever tre-t*h^ --^.*^-.'oi t"

multitude atf bcome the idol of Hiodo womenhold, He was bora wht -.- | ru! srurpccr or nama.s eorana- | of purity, chastity and wifelyand injustice *"," ."*rX,ll-HII:#;-:-":i:,:: Il. lo*:*q' L"|ra"utv. "to deriver bumanity i.,; ;;l ;ffil,"?Jff,[ii,Xlr$"i]:_Tl ^-yTJ:.r.rq::,"h:r1.,:

are iflseto deriver bumanitv rrom ther ;;;;'6';,ffir:o]i":ff"ffl *yffi.::u"T,T:f'r# *"j;chastising and repressing influen- | dru-ml *r; ;ces typiffng ia his own rl.r... rh"l-j^^r :,--r - navas and other nnu-f Portr,ayed by Valmiki to tbe full-ces typiffng ia his own person ttrel;;'",;";:,,"j:."_'" T" otner mu-iportrraved by valmiki to tbe full-spirit. of good and riglteousnessl;ffi ;:'1T"'^1'^t^-Tt

souadiaglsi"e; all of them have a Prome-that is rarity in this riorld. I ;":; ;^""'p:_t"',t annonnce-, the,an spar( end occupy most un-

Lakshmana, ,ir" ,o*lll, o*-1.1!Ll ,ln: -^:'1X',,.1'o',"hot-a,ireettabte -psitions * *""riJrl

ther of Rama shuns ;h" ';L;;;lili'"r-I,,]-t11 ot,,bliss sursins;lworld of Rarn Rajya-bror,ght into'

an-d pomp of the princelr ru", toi;;r';;;T" un- au sides' De. lbeing bv a highly gifted, intellec-follow hii beloved aa"" u*ir'"" 1 ;::::!" '::1

']ov. move abour. arrd l tual wizard *hor. }u*r is vat-

into the roresr cl,oo.r,,,,,: Il:.r.l"jltzugh and-'talk under ,rr"-""*ill .,1*r, . iinto the forest, cheerfull; - I ---o- q.s rcr\ uluur ule

rhere a u,n,l.r ^r _*^,,. ^lroT_Ilnelof Dashratha and Kausalyrl.

:l#: :"x!:i "ir*:fli#nlr*l* f,*i$i,H,tl": uo "..f "-t: ,1' .l'"-H,,"--1ffi."1tI:watch and *"rd o""r-Rama andjthe midst *ti"*:l

-bursts inl of administrati""'p..r."uo*-tu"his spouse in the hermitage. l;;;";;;""'r;:-#*T],.",t$ng. arrd{jdeal ruler or 'the ldeal of mon-

cXuarcTrin".iff"ii'ifltrr l:::li:"^,u:].i_s111 invr ;G il;l;;r. Rererenee is tuequentry

And Bhaiata, stoutly and o". li#"i'^,.?.:::F"ttt . and hilhritrf 'made by our congress rulers toAnd. Bharata, stoutly and per-l;il';";;;;F"'.' and hilhrityl'made by our congress ruLers tosistently dechnine, a";pra" the ex-lissuins ,"^- f-l]i' lamerMationsf tnir,tyn. of Ram Rajya and t]e

$,'i,?::i'J:":i'-",f 1u::H:hTH,?#:"ifl ,?*H#:f ii*:#,lif t,*,:rL'iff Ikingdom ilil R;";" absenee|rnr $n,,.+^^- --1"u ttg the woodsfiraoa must be given to Mahatmakingdom durirrg Rarnat abs"nc"l;"";^;^::":j1to tt9 the woods[]ana must be given io Mahatma

::#",i"r1".',?" "il: ,T'txlr*; I i;n'i:"lI:T;"r":#.,"Ji:H J .",:f1';,,[T* ffi'1:1#:! :l:sandals, are personiffcation of ," iI" "'Ljr"'^]it '" consonance withll:eople and not that individualsandals, are personiffcation of "" irjr

"'tiiJ,'j' '"*-:1T"nance withll:eople and not that individuall

i:H,-"iIl"":,';"ix:I,1".::,::t *"n1"_i,;:;.,,,:,;fr;:{#:1.-i!,Tif iJ,:ffii:::rEi.ffi i

consummate and perfect ideals of ;. "^, "^--" '"". Iruf, come lLcrossf .Ravana is remernbcred nolonly

their kind, I ,.rn,,.' 'i'r'i:. '^t'-.i,,". \'orld of_ Jite- | in consequence of the rit-o-i"""t

The righteous Bibhishana, *to '*'i-.i .:;.1: :1" o.t iis oYn krnd. lpart he plays in th" Ra*ay"r", I

for Rama's snke forsook his royal tnr],^i ro aDout the heroinePl but also on accourt of his famoui

I

brother and set ,*"tiri*" by the,rha ,^t. ^, ^ ra"r,, forth clad inf advice to Rama :**,*aiut.fv

-i._ |

:rJ.:*fl,i ::":,r:It^+:.1 ["* ;:;";,..# ;,ffi,"T";,*._,::f / ::::..*- _^"I=d..y f+ .* Iinq earthry cousiderarion$ tq i,te,tiil;;r*;_#1TlJd: ffi._r,r..S;Jl**',,,fto;f*.":l H#:B,shourdi

Jifl..I3. CflTIONTCT,E

Valmihi AndRamayana(Contd From PaSe 4)

be deferred, but that good ones

should be promptly executed-avery sage couneel doubtless, ans-wering partially to Macbeth's sb-servation on hearing of Macdufflsescapel

".........From this momentThe very fustlings of my

heart shall beThe firstlings of my hand......"Valmiki's Ramayan is a grand

exhibition of various characters.They are the perennial fountainsof joy and soirow,.never sufieringthe good and the beautiful todegenerate into cant and com-mon place in ow minds. It isonly his genius that could callforth those superhuman men, wo-men and animals. It may be saidthat these characters wield a: tre.mendous influence on the ttroirghtsand senliments of people. It is a

most beautiful,privilege and rarityof a creative genius wherein allaspects of humanity are reflectedand its vision and sentiments stilloperate within an -unlimited ra-dirrs, It is hurnanity magnifie{obviously Ramayan .has rbecomethe classic seed-bed of our Bha-ratiya culture.

Cinsequently, the Ramayana hasbecome ari omnibus householdvolume of Hindu society. Itswords pass current expression indaily chanting oJ all ranks of thepeople. The book exercise im-mense influence upon the prole-tariats in all ages and climes.Tte rhemories and lncideats cele-brated in the epie poem i5 aliketo the surpassing and matchlessexcellence both in its dramaticand lyric eharacter, hence, it at-tracts high and low, prince andpeasant, mahatmas and diplomatsand men of lettesl Such abso-lute and all-cemmanding and com-prehensive sway and influence ofliterature is perhaps unknown inthe world.

yana are the cosmo-gony and theogomy and the gene.alogies of kinds and princes--ofhuman and extra-human beings;folklote and anecdoptes and leg-eads and storles haU.mythical andhalf-historical; descniption of' citiesexisting at a period long anteriotto the age of Troy and Mernphis,and the chronicles of kings tlatreigned before Priam and Basirie

-all these atrd others'too numer-ous to note he,re have been woveninto the splendid web and woofof the magic &apery composedby the marvellous poedc art ofValmiki-the most sumlime poet

-inded a MAHAKAVI.Subsequently, Ramayana has

become all along a Reserve Bankof Literafurer upon which writershave &awn valuable cheques.

Kalidasa, Bhabhuti- and Tulsi.das have ,.dipped their pens inValmikis foeasrire.

The great boqk is a repositeryof wisdom and learr.ring; tle man-ners and customs of ancient Bha-rat are clearly mimered. It hasbeen translated. into all the re-gional languages honoured by ourpresent constitntion"

I know no'other force for in-tegrating and unifying our coun-try than the intensive study ofour epics. lt is a living culfurepossessing extra-ordinary eduea-tional value. That whieh existsis one. You may call it by vari-ous names. It is this iEfiniteteaching and the renunciation ofthe interest of the self are theoying needs of the hour. Our'epics have illumiaed the path ofmany a lives in the past and Ihope thev have the power of illu"mined the path ,of many a livesin the past aud I hope they havethe power of illuminating our fu-fur€ too. Let us sfudy those in-tendvely by inclrtding them tntoour school and univergity curi-aulu&,

L1h0 \at

o{:,!Jffi&Uq!,"-l'^i: forN, Vaxatan m. pamdit i

ous and wicked Rakshasar.*s ;,i-d ;;;;"..^ff?"#l3 :f;l.J':f'd;"PflX",T K f;r; #i,i"tfj"*,S,*tt%"HflTi3l:a very symbol of unright- il;k-;. rJr, ** none in *ir ponaelet fi"""-tt",li"ition foreousness and terror. against wild animals or birds iome time. He thought so long

Feople of this mortal earth lived orl serpents. How, then, can as there were forces of gooclin constani fear of ihis mighty fear ai all afflict us proceed- and evil in the world peace '

I?.akshasa, His form l,nit l"g from the king's son Rama was impossible. There can beshape rvas gigantic and he traO -who is a mortal being?' no lasting peaee

-- between the '

ten head,s ano zo irana" -and was 'O Frahasta, what you speak God and the Devil He thought i

, known in the wortd as the .Ten- shall not prove true,' Vibhi- the way_ of peaceful settle-' necked One'. shana replied, 'Rama, Dasha- ment and negotiations was out. At that time Rama, the eldest ratha's son. is a mighty car- of guqsliop - with the migfty

on of King Dashrattra of A3zq6fr- warrior and of a iompetent lord of Rakshasas, and. in order'ya, waq wand.ering in the iorest chara.cter in action, righteous- to rescue Sita*war was the "fulfiliing the mandate of his late ness is his principal quality only way.father. of 14, yelf:' exile. with hirn and v/eapon.gn! gven.!he gods fhe g,reat gmeourrterwere his rvife Sita and brother become sioiid before the cove-

i,1T,HT,.,',"i.,:i:.{"iffi';)#$ 1-i?,1":f,,:i'll't};;.1 ot, "tr.re

RY*,#i"*}" "*';P.u*

ffiSita from the thaiched hermitage $g*orE, promptly retorted _to o".r, and sent a word toin the midst of darksome forest him:_ 'Why. are you, 0 uncle, R;;;"

-_ {frrouel,, his spies,

and brought her tc Lanka. Il,ama speaking these useless words *lro* tfr" nakihasa king -had

eame to know of the rx,hereabouis like one teirified? Why are yo" i.i,lii.*'6;;r{;i; ihe-exaetof sita through his fa,ithful ser- afraid of Rama sinee any. o"" [65iiio" ""a rt"""gili of Rama,svant Hanuman*the mighty mon- of our ftal<shasas is capable of ir*V i1r"r--,On tfri morning ofkey-god. After many adventures slaying - those two prin-ces- the morrow' behold the citf of

he rnarched towards the istand'ny human beings as they are? Am ia"ti *lif, tur walls -and.

crossing the occan and tanded I not gifted -with excellent pro- g"G; ,r *itf ,i tt e hosts ofhimself on the norther"o shores r /ess, capable of killing. -Rama frakiilaias, destroyed by me:rrth the powerful army of mon- and takshman_very ordinary with mv ihafts., zkey-s. mortais as they are?'. when Ravana learnt the new.s The spies returned to Lankathat two lnortal beings *R.ama Ravana, on his part, enra.ged and warned Ravana of Rama'sand Lakshman-with their mon- by - Viblishana's plea-dings, strenith, fut ttre Rakshasa kingkey hosts. hart besieged his king- spoke in harsh _accenis: 'It

-is made a wicked laugh

"rdr dom his lvrath knelr no bounds better to live with open enemies fhundered: ,Wha{ foe 6f mirr"and he immediately summoned his or angry serpents than those is tlrere.who can eorrquer me-war cabinet..One by one tlre s2,1 urho- pos-e as friends but are in in war? Even if the godi attaekIords came Prahast, the Com- reality- foes. Our own kinsmen me, Sita will I not

*part withmander-in€hief Kumbhakarna, have become hypocrites and fioin fear of death,'-

Indrajit anci Vibhishana. rfley s1j enernies. Th.ey take delight jn - _-- - - --

- _promised their lord of sueeess and one another's calarnity. -As an Ravan? d-eeided his entire lthe hand of Vaidehi-Sita, the elephant after being

- bathed, course of aetion in consultation

daughter o! King Janak, exeept covers its body with*dust again with his- expert_ advisers andVibhishana who opposed tfr" prL and again, so"is the friendihip then ad-dressinghiswar cabinet'posid of war and addressed 'ttre of unworthv persons. Fie upoii sai4: .Iffe

_are strong- We arewar council, -urging Ravana: You.' well armed. We shall kilI the'o King,

"etu"" rvriiiiii1i

--to-11!p - I{aving failed in his mission whole wo-rld. Beat t}1e {ryms,husband_Dasharatha,s ion R.a,ma.' of peace Vibhishana reached 4ry-alge the army on the battle-

The other war.lords eenouncee the northern shore where 33*[ ffeld.'his speesh a,s. timid nut fi.- urdt aiong with Lakshman -a"*. gt And the terribie war beganon pLeadipg for peaee ana t: rna\e first *,.here

"^,as sorne eir*.rior, ffiri_#f.r"5i5-rfl*1 :H"S* 1#:ilffi#*f;liflJ?f-'.Rama,s ina i",,i"i";-{ffi; ;d;_;&: rcounless

golden sates and

$,#s:lj*e;f'*irp*,"']#:,",H'J-;:,t.H-q;1le$",_FiX#:;r;#*it**,fur#j;heads of ti"*" r6"i,**1,,f;i$

ry,,fi,""il*r:J,1,:t *;$rlt$# ff;y"i11h-J%;x#.h,"r";Rakshasas. Neither Kumbha- .o ;-;r;;;"r.o,*.,,":"hil'h;:;;; Luor** wet with and-sore.',:'ternaa.'nor, Intirajit, _:reither ir{"ufrJ;;d "'fi;"i";^-t&;fi{' 't R"**

"rrd Lakshma* wi6rf# Hi,""J_# #?**3*ilTf: it;"{rl};fl$ r"oir,*%r.n"J;ii ,r,ot. res-embling , venomousneio, iii","r'"iq i"Iii|1,r[+H ""-ifli*:,ffi#.5"1& n"** ffffit""t#rutt-Jli,rr_",::;of psace'you shoutd surrender ,"d';,;;i;ffi4-n$ rdrfl#ffiff iloth those that were seen andsita:to'her husband"' to him:'rlrn xavana,s younger those that were not. And the"Uibhishana's i,;lir;l _l",n3y i7"gi 4g"pry dusr of the earth arising from

l"sulted by.him. _I have, tlr.".i- tir"-.,iioiire"?&frT#rts and' ' warHEnqtr fore, co*"" to .""ri vo""'*[JiJ" ho* the hoofs of horses and.-=:-..=-- ^^,- ---^-ra r*riurr"irrg 1lan6";; il;is ihe wheels of ehariots choked,Hu#*1";"yiT]tfi:ff",Eii: ;*9";lt;1.::.1*: # #i;,#

|x;""ffi ir""k?fi:"8""r,"ii!t ,

. {e1i9-chief gt lbu Ainty ' iater \ribhishana acquainted. Lair stand. on end. #ent ori and i'of Rakshasas said: 'Fear know Rama of the_ stren}rr-'";T -11,";""il;;""'i[;#rii'ri.i;ili]

we none rvhatever from the Havana'r ,"*i.-R",i". #riii rrJ,i i;i";}. *'ffi

i.,irTii*'ot kettte-

A, ffiaye Bashmi&ay featture

itto &P"itl*.tiil;f hia-6e'-wure idouble<I and , assailed with;showers of shafts of Raghava, I

the' Ten.necked. One fblt his t

The [eader tllmhlVheart rundergoing a iwolution.

Through the stupefaction ofhis inner self, he could not dis:drarge any weapon or draw his

vaious arms discharged by ,-ffi m*,?"l"HIff*"'#i"1"# ivas mingled with those 9f end his charloteers, driving his

1

conehes - and clrariot-wheels car, perceiv,lg thid last scene, i

were wonderfully deafening to silently took the_ car aw_ty,hear. frorri- the, field- of battle. H"

isaw his lord shorn of Prowess

, Ravana received the news and he strrrck witli fear, i

one bv one of his war-lords swifUy turned away theberng"slain in battle and w-as chariot to save his master.

bow, or put forth his prowess.Rama did not persist in smit-ing him. And ttre shafts andvaious arms discharged by

, :I:y*:'ftf S*.#q,i,!*$i p"v tif,,'Yretory. aird tis face somewhat fatlCn, :--- _-=*-------and his face somewflatr xauen,

- - |

"."a"ii"q and reflecting for a ftAeOUef.f-y Ravana regain- '

wtrile, fr6 went round the city u ed his senses and getting I

of Lanka for inspecting his into furious passion,' wlth hisarmy positions. To his utter

"r'.r gonr with anger he re-

dismay he beheld his eapital f.,Lf<e6i-f-rii eharioteer and order-city beseieed and all the gates .a tim: 'Drive the ear swiftlysealed off by. Having surveyed towaids Rama. Without slayingthe bcene of carnage, he decid- mv foe I turn not away fromed himself to fight to the 16i batilefleld'.finish and leaped into his war - fferring these words of his

ffifil".navana duet 1ffi",1]fnn""fff tiT"" *il;q'"?,t

,TIIIE earth reverberated. with shasa Chirit agaln appeared be'I U"" noise of his war-c;hariot. fore Ram-a'

hr"t# ilG;;ia,id*ifi; --t;k;,i Then' there ensuecl a mishtv

*iirr''ur'r.f - A;c*t-'anh en- and dreadful encounter..creat-

at*LJ *iii, h"t"E splendour. ing terror. for the people of;'"ii;#il; i" ti," dft-;;"t; tl'" world' Ti?re charioteersairpl#ir6-Trr,i--gi"*

^;:f-ila;;t drorie -th-e .ears. on' displavjng;;;;;;;hi""aeiuott ""a sr.v: |heir. s!!u in diverse wavs' Thebolti iesembling rain-charg6d heroic-Rama showered on his;1or;4..-R-am;-rl* if,is stupEn- e-nemv's chariot shafts bv hun-aous

- chariot ]ike a morring dreds and thousands, - Ravana,*".r oi- mountain an6 Ravana too, attacked Rama with terri'iort up the bow of Indra gn- ble. w-eapons' This terrible con-ao*ea witn undreamt of powers flict shook the earth' The sunof alitruction and readv with was strorn of its resplendenee'shafts like ih" burning lieat of And the crowd of 'Gandharvas

. the sun assailed Rama. and Apsaras: beholding that- AnA as--ciouOvpour d6vIn wonderful eneounter betweeni

from the skv on a plool. navana Rama and Ravana, said-'Ttre Ishowered thousands oi arrows ocean resembles the sky and I

on Raghava. Rama stooil er* srg sky Lerembleg -the- ocean. I

' ,shake an inch and with his these- two heroes befits themire aroused by the blows he re- oilY.'ceived, took up arrows resenl- .. Ttre- dreadful combat eon-blnE the sun iisen at the time tinued for seven days andot ihe universal dissolution. lights. To finish ttre fight once

." And in the darloness caused for all. Rama took out fromrvihJlirJti""eda-roi's,-nami lis quivel -a -!uge shaft-theaird Ravana - both ffre4 with foremost of all in the world-wrath. eould not espy eae.h and set it on his bow. And thatr' other- - excellent arrow being mounteil

Thin Dasharatha's son_ on his bow by Rama, the earthRama_seized with wrath ad- was strrrck with fear. Ramadressed Ravana, laughing,'in a !3ki-ne aim discharged thatharsh speech. savine_,O' ,611 Brahma-weapon's shaft at Ra-vilest oi Raksliasis. as lou tfana. And that shaft capablehave carried off my #ite trom of. bringing death and giteaJanasthana and brousht her Iyift velocity, when discharged.under your subiectioi. .ro, cleft the breast of the vicious.have be6n depr'ived oi vi,ur souled Ravana and that body-prowess. Do you think youisell endip6 arrow, bathed in blood,a.hero for having foreiblv car.- srcalrng away the life ofried awsy Vaid;hi stavinE i' R-avana, entered the earth andthat foreit, forlorn ana' *itfr- a.tter -having been cleaned byout me?. . . . Today by means tnts fair earth again enteredof strarp shafts, I shail brinq eqga's quiver humbly.you to death's hoor.' - The celestial bugle was- Having spoken thus- that sounde-d in the slry an-d there

{.slayer of foes_Rama_ihower- blew the Sagrant air and flow_,red arrow$ on the lord.of the ere were showered on RdmatsTLalrshnsns Arr{}}ra h?Nr,-da--; c8f alld tha' wirr"ld -lsarc.'1,.ii'

like ilountain and .did ns1 I{xis terrible combat between

Bakshasas. Andthe p"owessahA ;il#*d1*org_{lru sang his I

rIAI\T]N{AI\[IBy, VAMAN H. P,,INDIT.wTII,;;ffilJil:

the'ten-necked one, Rama and'takshman nanileretl through a

region in South Initia which

"was then'tnown as Kishkinilha.

Thete 'was a great

Kingdom of MonkeYs in

the epic days and theY

dwelt on the summits ofIdahendra, Himawat, Vin-dhya aod I(ailash; also on

Ilandara, the peaks ofPandu and the five hills.

They lived on mountains

weating the hue of the

infant sun, and wele evef

bright. Dreadful monkeYs

resembling collYsium-like.clouds and having the

:streogth of mightY eleP-

hant dwelt in the mansions

high on the mountains.

Some of thern lived on

the golden hiils of Anian4

Ilahashila and Metu shin-

-ing like the evening sky.

, The pleasant citY ofKishkindha situated in the

"ceflEe of caves sas the

,capital of the monkey

kings. These caves, huge

and picturesquer adorned

with jewels and "flowerYgardens were their dwel-

lings and wished-for-fruitswere ptoduced at all times.

It was filled with Palatialbuildings. It was beautiful

with good looking monkeY

children of the celestials and

-.'Gandharbas-weariog cele-

:stial gatlands and clothes

and assuming shaPes at

will.

iii Binw:""niuiriiiy oi ioi"*t'n-Ttrc' Great Monkev

God-known- all over the country as" " Hanumqn Jayanti"

fell on April 5th tltis year, and watr observed by all. the^-Hindus

is a dry of festivity. The foli'owing story will be of

interest in this connection. i

Sturled DianronrliThe capital city of Kish

kindha was always fragrantwith the sweet smell ofsandalwood, aguru and

lotuses and its highwayswere equally fragrant withthe smell of hooey; and thepeaks of the neighboutingmounts looked like studdeddiamonds in the ring ofthe city. There q/ere riversof clear water which addedtheir natural notes to thedaily routine. Aud tfretelived the great monkey-lords like Angada, Mainda,Divida, Haouman, Veer-b4hu, Subahu, Kumuda,Sushena, Tan, Jambabao,Neela, Suneta and Supa-tala weil known for theirprovress. These monkey-lords looked like sable

clouds adoroed with excel-

lent gatlands, filled withdce and iewels along withthe fair damsels of theregico.

' Among them Sugriva

was the :owetful lord otthe F.rnperor of that King-dom. The turrets and sPires

of his palace,covered withdense folsets and cool and

snowy shades' resembled

the peaks of Kailash.

Thete s/ere gfeat aqatt'

rnents furnished with manY

a gold and .silver

bedsteads

with embroidered coverlets

and comfortable seats' Nosoonef had one eotered

the apartment thaa one

heatcl the musical sounds

on sttinged instruments.

And Sugtiva used to sit

on a maiestic thtone sut-

rounded by many a fair'

damsel proud of theityouth and beautY who

often delighted him withtheir thinking and iinglingnoise of gidles afld naPuras

(an otnament of their feetand toeg.)

One day Sugriva sum-

moned Haauman-the Chieflvlinister of the Kingdom-and told him , that twoascetics with'bows, arrows

and daggers were traver-

sing his dominions. He

thought the men mighthave been despatched byVali with whom he was

not on good terms. Andhe then ordered Hanuman,

"O Maruti, go and ask

them why they have enteredhis fotest.l'

1

I

i-- s6ir C.ueiirg":- *

' Lord Hanuman lost no, time ia approaching Rama

and Lakshman who wel-comed ind greetid himwith soft words. Theyfound Surgiva's ministeraffectionate and skilled inspeech, well versed inRigveda, Yajur-veda and tho-roughly acquaint:d withSham-veda; and a learnedgrammarian, who did not

use a single inelegant word."\Whose heart is oot

moved by these words ?"Rama said to Lakshman,

"indeed whose emissaries

are so accomplished, thatall his missions are ful-filled onlv by virtue oftheir words."

I{earing these words,

the son of Pavana, delight-

ed and revolving withinhimself the mearis of Su-

griva's tegaioing his lost

honout, proposed- to btingabout a friendly unionbetween them and thoughthis lotd would be able toobtain the monarchy withthe help of Rama. Con- i

[ "\[e shall quit this fotestI .-I at once if vou so desire,t'

O best of monkeys, as com-

manded by your King,l''repiied Lakshman with the

consent of his eldet bro-ther.

sequently in a combat bet-

ween Vali and Sugriva,

Vali was slain by a mightY

shaft cf Rama. Sugriva

was installed as the

King. As a reward forthe service .rendered to

the kingdom of monkeYs,

particulady to'Sugriva, he

ordeted his molkeY host

to help Rama find out

Sita, who was cattied awaY

by the fierce-looking Raka-shasa.

Thereupon Powetfulmonkeys were sent in all

ditections by Sugriva to

find out Sita. Jambavan,the fr:tmost of monkeYs,

in otder to encourage

Hanuman, who was rather

crest-fallen, addressed him

in vigorous tones.

" O powetful \find-god; neither on eatth, not

in the sky, aor in the

ethereal regions, not Yet in

watef, see I any obstacle

in thy course. ThY motion,

vehemence, eflefgJr . and

fleetness ate like those ofthy sire and there exists

no creatufe on eafth that

is like unto ttree. Thou

art alike io eriergy and

strength, equal to Sugriva,

monarch of monkeYs, and

to Rama and Lakshman.

Thou art well vetsed inreligious lore and Politicaleconomy; wit and courage

and policy and conduct inconsooance with season

.and place. Therefore do

. thou bethink thyself how

Sita may be tecoveted.Monkey SPonse,

" O son of Nlaruta "the forerqost of Apsaras

SUNDAY GLOBE

(nymph) Pujikathala' more i

fr*.j uader thi name of l

Anjana, is the sPouse ofthe mookey I'resarin. Fa-

mous in the three wotlds,

and incomparable oa earth

by vittue of hei beautY, i

by an imprecatioo, mY son,

she was born in the mon' l

key-race, capable of weat-

ing shapes at het will.

" Ooce uPoo a time,

that daughtet of the high-souled monkeYs, Kuniata,

endued with Youth aad

beauty, decked in a delight-

ful gadand' and clad in

siik, assuming a humao

fotm, was tanging on the

summit of a mountaio,

resembliag a mass of clouds

in the rainy season. And

it came t'o' Pass that as

that one 'of . expensive

eyes was standing oo the

summit of the mount, the

!7ind gently stole awayher elegant yellow clothrvith crimson"skitts. Andhe had a slight of herfair and fine -face.

" And as soon as theWind saw that illustriousone of auspicious hip andslender waist,, and whoseevery,.limb was lovely, hewas amair overcome bydesire. And all his framepossessed by Maamatha( Cupid ) and deprived ofself, the Wind embracedthat blameless one bymeans of his long arms.Thereat" influenced by fear,that one of excellent vowssaid-Who is that desirethto l^y violent handsqpon my chastity ? Hea-ring Aajana's words, theWind answered,-I do notwroog thee, I have men-tally entered into theywomb. Let not fear enterthr heart. Thou shalt beara son, intelligent andendued with prowess and

gifted with great strengthand possessing exceeding

energy, and having vastvigour, he shall equal mein bounding and leaping,

"Thus addressed,' Omighty monkay, 'thymother, gave birth to thee

in a cave. In that mightyforest, thou a chiid, desir-

ous of eating. seeing the

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Sun riseo, and taking himto be a frait, sprang upand leaped into the sky"And O mighty monkey,,going there thousand yo-janas, thou struck by hisenergy, didst not feelpoverty of spirit.,'

"And seeing rhee rush_ing through the heavens,O mighty Hanumac, Indragrr:wirg wroth hurled histhuoderbolt at thee. Thereatbreaking thy lefr jrw,thou didst fall oo themountain top. ( Hanu_m_eao7s ja*, Flanumanmeans-he with the fua_ctured jaw).

" Standsti[ Life. "Ffom these circum_

stances, thy oame hathbeea known as Hanurlan.Witnessing thee beatenback, that bearer of per-fumes himself the wind,that breaketh everythiogbefo?e him, in wrath diJnot blow through the threeq/orlds. Life came to astandstill. Therear, ajl thegods-lords of the universe

-influenced by {eat inconsequence of the triuneworld waxing agitated,began to pacifv the wrath-ful wind.-

"And on rhe wind beingmollified, Brahman confer-ted on him a boon, say-ing,-'O child, O thouof ttue prowessl Thy soashall be incapable of beingslain in battle by meaoso_f weapons.' And seeingHanuman sustain oo seri-ous iojury consequent onthe impact of thunderbolt,He of a thousand eyes(Indta) pleased ia his soulalso conferred on Hanu-

9a! a?- excellent booo,'9 lor{' saying, Thy dlatIshail rake..place aciordingto thy will.

*O mighty and glori-ous.Hanuman; thou, endo_yed wtrh rhe dreadful1ligour, att the son ofKesari by his wife, ,oJresembling the Wind inenefgl,- thou hast sDfunsfrom his loins. Th<iu ar?the" son of the wind, rnvchild, equal to him iri ;h;poy:r of . Ieaping. Sorlothrng

_ rs impossible for

thee anci I trust within notJ5ne tlou shalt find out5rta. I beseech thee tohasten at ooce.,,

_ - Such was the wonder_ful tale narrated by J;_bavan about the Uirtii

"fHanumao, the mishtvlord of the _monk.t;_;;mcarnate God of strength.

qrfiliI

known in lndia to thil Aly-,tn"ii"e- iitu.;,

rature. is to compreh.end the

tl"re Perfect Woman. And Sitl I t""" i" iitu.

'olds a place in the hearts *

I ii"ii", chu*a.te*

oman oo

Aecording to the Epic, Dash-, women in India which no other lreasorrinq ran )re seen ftotn herrath, King of the Kosalas, hadlcreation of a poet's imagina- lrvords when both of tltem gotfour sons, the eldest of rvhom Ition holcis in an;, other nation | 'eady to clepart f}.om Ayocihya.was ltama. the hero of the I on ealth. the Iidian \\'oman's I She 'lvas puzzled at her hus-poem, And Janak, I(ing r,f tir^ learliest and tenrlel.est recollec-l licnd's garb as arl ascetic au(lVjdehas. had a daughtei narnerl I rions ,re centred l'ound rhr,I his conduct aq a miiit'rr'irt. ]tSita, who tvas milac,lously I storv of Sita's sacliflcc,s sn,1 | is obvious flom her a(lmol)rtionhornof fleldfut'row,slreistlteltaithfulness. Her suffelings inf tohim.She.sa5's: "I-do,notlikohorn of fleld fut'row, Slre is tlte I taithfulne.s. Her suffelings in lto hin. She sa5's: "I (lo not lik(rheroine of the Epic. ! the clesolate for.est antl iu a I the exterminatlon of tire Eak-

!t,,xtilo Dt'ison all(l her deVt,- l'has ll.ho heal' no nlilli(H to-Janak orrlaine<l a sevcre tes[|tir:n to ilutr. :n the storm arrti I ward; ;'ou. Tiri'. int*ntion ,,i

forithe haDd of his rlarrgitter. ( stress of liie replesellt vil'tu'r I v,tr"rrs to co1Tll'nil r-iolence in tlri-'alld manv a prince antl rvar'r'i,rr'I ot Ar!an ivornairho0,l. lirtrsence of pPr':oIl:rl Fnmrt]' ij4arne and l.vent a\.vay , dil: i ',lllr mother often taught Jpe.& ,':er'tainly reprehensible. ^It

he-aupointed. Rama succeecrerr anrl | ..sii.'

"i"n.i;";;r;"..ila,e-'- uir.i I ti"* xorir pious ufl:ul1l_.:.. j:o:r:

rFHE epic of Rama. prince of India, relates tor the ancient tradition.s of two pow'erflrl races.the Kosalas and Videhas who 1iv6d in northernIndia between the twellth and tenth eenturiesbefore Christ.

rr-ott Sita in the pr'ime of trer I nrrl"|rff";';1i.-ir;"k;-inr, iii, lcrvoi. my clear, rhi i \\'r:'irorr.,-rrlife, al thr: a3e of eightcen. l,i;ii"-fr"-L 6i

--r"iOa"A -w.,-.n l).ours; Ior. its yer,y posses:ri.rr

O\-er thir'i-y centrrriei nave I i. -rf,"?"..'U"".tO"' f,;i- f',,;;ir;il. I iras a stranBe {.ffect o11 rr'rii1L1.

passed since rhe ase of thil;";ii;i;*i;;;ii;.;;;i;:;lrt tnrns a man urto a brut.:. lfKoselas and tlre Videhas lms, | -|- t" "h|;j-.d '"ir';lr;-;';,.hiul I vo" say as a Ii:ha.rila it i:

ili},,i;:iL 'iii 11,,i3i":.!i ":iiij I m:t,:l; ,1,1"';J;;"li:"i ,.,i,t | ;:x,. otx'i.n'",n1'".l.!li..i':" , 'lli

anrl is annrrally trar-ersed rly Ithousands of clevoted pilgnns.r The ideal of lt:e tn ancieni"[ (Conrinr-ied on Page '1)

'l'he p:st is not rlead ano I Inclia rvl,s l)ietf . endul.ance andhuried in our (ountry it I,.lerotion. 'tihr. ialc ol Helen in

By YAMAN H. EANDIT

Iives - iivts in the hralts I utcien., Creece was a tale ol

as.similatecl by the peoples u I same trust and devotion to herrhelr daily lives as tlrose of tht 116p6 as belore. anrl she retur.nqRamavau and llahahharat.. lon"

-moro ,nh sinks into t5t,

Rama and Sita are the Hinch I m.om of her Mother Ear.tir;ideals of the Perfect Man anri I i"ro ln death as she had beer

I eannot conceive a loftiesand holier character than Sita;thr. literature of the world tillnor+ has not produced a highL.rirleal of u.omanly love, r'oman-ly truth, and u,omanlv devotion.Here Valmiki, the writer of thcfamous Epic, surpasses all thslvrlters in creative imaginationI-Inlversallv of idea and indivi-duality of character ttas madetle poet immortal.

Bama was unwilling to takeSita with him to the foredt. IIethought Sita would be a dragon hirn. IIe, therefore, wishedher tq stay hehl+d" But shs pe.

ence of her on lhe ife altd civi- I r'arctitated the eastetn u'or.ld:

of miiiions of men and u'omerr | .r,6rnan1y beauty and lovelir:ess.rnd shall iive for ever, I w5ich ".hrrmud tl-r" lvestern

Tu study the character nf Sita I r.orirl. .l'he tale of Sita $'as :"

is to understand Indian womall- | talc of l,vomanly faith and self.hood. And to trace the _influ- labnega[ion which charmed anc

lization of tlre nation. and on I vet Sita Nas more beautifr,r]the development of Indian lite- | than beaut)' itself.

real history of the people during | . More often the trials of Sitrthe Epic age. I br:ng out in. bright relief aut'

r ha.r'e not eome across anylffiTJt:H"fl,.t"rtt*u3t 1',:tlnt"ii,Epic poems of the tor'ld rvhose I racrcr- she soes into hanisir-characters have buen so closel;'l husLand and" retu|ns with tt)e

fueed---to remain ln Al'odhya.She argued with her husbancl,{IIow ean a $'oman live rvith-out hel' husband? 1'he trtomentyotl part fi'om me. life rviil de-part from my body;"

Ultimatelv Rama had to agreeo take her with hlm to tire

woods. Htxv torcef lu lvas her '

iFl-'-. srrathat this dur.v' does not beingto a KshatriYa who has chosento lead a iife of rc'nunciationil nd Dietv. You ma.v claim itas voir tltrtY r 'llcn You goback to the worlcl andhold thesceotre in hand. Be true tovorirself. mY rlear, and let Youli,""i""i'didss rre the i:adge ofIni"it,,if elevation and not the

"iuuX of bluo(l-thirst)' ambitioo"

Be true. mY daar, to the vo\l'ni renunciaiion You have taken'ijiew all with ah imPartial eYe

,".f int"n,f no evii to those whomeun Yolt no harm' Tc turn anl'".r.r"fit" and meditate blood-snea is, mY (lear. a stal'k hYPo*;;;i i; tlie u'orld and hold thetiott Urt surelY Paves the waY

1 to Prediction'

I oo*o oot"Rama says after his returrlrrom-ianti, "Sita is the apple

the light ?f *.Y_6f r6Y eYe, tlle rllatlL ur ruJ

ilL.i.t. d.'"tything about n:I i=I"ruiitr"r &cePi seParation,wtriErr is intolerable to me evenin thotrght."

Larse and sincere was herhcartl Pr.tr'e and caihoiic. wet'eher st'mPathies; rvishing vio-lence to none; lnspiritrg con-flrience in all and diffLlsing }ove

, e""rv*f-r""", lier mttsical sortl'l.avsl Bhavbhuti, drerv the anl-I mirJ ot the forest around !."rI i,ke tt-tu harP of ot Pheus' stre'lli""a-uv irrc'gtor-t" oi tluth ancl' love of humanlty.

i rinallY the cnd ot' such atwonJe.tiri \\'oman I lwotlrl(ls-our-- ft"ott. Stre lvas tc'd

I "n wittr this rr orld whcreLiloi. could be so thoughl-I i..r'- u. to sllspec! thati iiiu o""gt-tter of Janalia cottldturn a fli|t at the'age of fortY-tour anci eloPe *'lth Rrvana'Suat, a worltl cotrltl never giveri"t tft" Peai:e and ha PPiness.r'r.,nnLoio. Hertr'e she cut .otf';;-o;; iroke all the ties that't,Lr.,O t,"r' to lile; she shot ar

ii*i.n uL- nr*" and soarecltr'rlovuntuot',]o out of sight, nt'verto meet her lord again in tul$lvorld,

In orrler to Prove her virtuebefore the asserublY of metl'.ir"-r"i,i, i'rr from the daY. of*, r:itt , I ltave Iivetl unstain-',d

in -u.iio,

and thorrglit, ]lo-ttrer-- narttr ! receive th)"jriigrrt"", sPare her shame anct

arguish..,If in rluty and devotion un-

oenrca I have laboui'etl \{otheri:o"ttrt yo,t bore me, qrrce agaiaIeceive thY child.

"If ln truth. uRto husbancl X

hare Provet-l a taiLhf trl wif e,

rttitht'i Earlv,! t'elieve the)' Sitai"om tiie T,urden of this life""

No lvoman couid have citedu t n"" einrior.'* Plonf of hel'

'iirtue th"an Sital IIer last ora-i"i""i"i""u tlre masscs of AYo-

it"""tttiir-ti,rg': like tlre temt)lebelis of 4msYnath'

,Then the earrh was rent anC

r,""t-ea and I\lother llarih ern -;;;;A hcr spotless, sinless';i';;i; and giot'ious child' Sitai*'iiin

"to.rnlng gLory of Indian

ir#r"r,*a'j"IYright: Pub-llcetion SYndicatel'

ilordKmsHffi$tr$ry utilazBy: Vaman trtr. Fantlit, fndore

nate anyhow this vicious dic-lator. I{ow this forecast cameout true is a wonderlul storytravelJ.ing down the ages anclthis tale has never been rejeet-ed by sober historians becauseit is embroidered with rnythand fiction.'Devaki was the sister of

Kamsa rvhom he loved much.I He married her to his most in-I timate friencj Vasudeva. Wheni the rvedding was over Kamsai drove them bcth in his chariottc the home of Vasudeva. On

j the waf he heard a vcice

dark corrld be, There \tas no-thrng 1., be seen. The iain beatcinwrr in flood_s. The 11.3fs-5 s+thc "i',rn-in;r rosc in te:rible[ic1,rj sp1] gave {orth a }rorribicsr;r:uC hke an aiarm beli. Eothhusband and rvife v"'ere ill ateese for thel. thcusht rvitlr the0;r; alssr', of the morring sltnK,amsa u,ould ccne to kiil ttrerer',, babe r.vith his o-*,n hand.s.O Fleavens, tvhat rvill happen?r5ix chilclren itarre a1read5. beenki1lec1 l" So sa1-ing the rnothcrtelt scrry. Tears rvelled up inber eyes. She sank upon herbeC. She was verji s'eak, whiletlte sto;m rnoaned without andin her heart the hor:e anc{ loveqf mother bur;rt iike a fiicl<er-ing taper lvitl: saclness ,.,, I

rea-r.

midnight. hour, the eyes of Va_ i

, tion of l'ala)'en-\-:s:r:ii-Sav:. jour of the t,or.ld. But ilrls uaslthe visio:r presenrlrc b-,. thc ILcld likc a ligirl:,in,1 .tis. I

chulgc in t ir .' sk1.-, TIrc halrl ivr.ithdrcr,.' ih:. il.-.s.._ . , - _,I:..a I

i:er 1ap, ti'.y-E'.ru his fo"urAlins. I ne-)' \', ire asluundc(i

i be1-onrl description. Iit the trvoie.;'t ha:.its lhe bihe helci;i

'hear.:tiful lolrrs-stenr ar.d th.e

1 Sha:k-tho Irrtlie tiu:rp:i anC

j in the t',',o r.i-ht h::.,:s a dis.lcus and E r.r,3cr l.e-sl.r;ciir-tl.r..I Vasudeva anC D+,.-:,I:^ \i.3rcpleased to behold the r::ca::na- j

anC appeared Lrc;:;: t:_:::: ,:: agelrtle huma:: fc:::: cj a nor!rnel babe. ,iusi ih... i h.,healcl clearll. rf-r" *r..1.;.,,."".-in3 from some reinc:3 , ,Jr.:e:-."Get up I late the cir:- j a:rlcave him ir the h-,use c-Nanda. Chiel cf thc c....r.i.ea::-..in the viliage of Gc.xcll ai:c:-=the river anci brin3 hcre thcgirl-child r,.'hc has jusi beenborn there."

Vasudeva ObeysVasr,tcleva l;ke a:: h'-i,;._::isei

man cce;,'ed the o::le:-s c.::itaunknot'n arC inr-,s-:le ',.1.^c:H" got up. liited the babe ardcovered him t.ith his c*,n gar-rnent anci staff in hand. r.,,entforr'vard to the Cungeon-en.trance. Lo I the i:.:;:-ticorso:rened like a magic cajl. Thes,raris and seJi ie:.s .;,-=re s.eeD,rng soundll- ar.d r:cne. r.oncrvoke u,n nor anl.- one noticedhim carli.ing the Babc_?ir.i.shna hiddee under his r-cireinto the npen {oad.

IIe camc at thr hanks cf the.

Awaited'The Day -lSo long they had been rvail.l

ing for this aus!,icious Aa-, I

that it sccmed to both ot' thcm I

that time was not morine, itlstrod still and it u.as still ever: I

on that rlly. In lar.t iL l.as I.,rtc I

e;zenin!: and the unfortunatc I

c()up1e's rnemorics rvere over. I

laicl b1' the cxpcricnce r,f six ichildren alreacly sl:in. Outsirlelil^e p:isorr it r,vas as dark as

I

ing his trvelflh tr'ear shal1 slay

ther rvith his o'.'.'n hands "At. these rvords ari his love]

for hi.s sister ancl her hrisiiand ]

v:nished at once. IIe ihoughtlit rvas a serious walning. it is.netural Jor dictators to hced I

the sUghtest rvarning like aweather-cock ihat endangers

I

their life and ruie and Kainsa''rvas airaid because he hacirr.surped the ro)'al power rn ,

I li{athura.I Kamsa threiv Vasude\ra e-nrlDevaki in a ce11 underneathhis palace at Mathura rvith avlew that it wou.ld go easierfor him to sia;z each chil.rl c/theirs at the very birth. a..eordingiy seven times he ki1.

I

ied when a child had heen i

l-.orn to ihis unlucky couple cx. Icapt once. A child--- the bo.v I

| .'-r,i.ii-"^i;;- -'':r;"'.,e;;; I

I child bo:n frcm this couple Ishall be a bo3-, rvho on attain.i

Ba1rama, was carried alvaysecretly out of the dun.qeorarrcl iater it tvas reported tohim that the boy pas alreadyd.ead.

To them, it a1:peared, that I

the great personalitl- of Timeis iin!cring a litt.e 'longer

thanthe usual. But just at the dearlof night whcn the palace-gu:rrd .

braI his dnrnr to signify ihc,

sudeva and Devaki lightecl upwith joy for a short time ior.the babe had corne in her.crrns, It was a mosi e:<citiirx'noment for them. They forsoithe terrible doom that arvaiteciqt the hands of Kamsa. -IIermothe:'l.v love reflecterl a feel_ing rvhich u,as akin to the dee-pest expression of gratitudeanci the blessings of a souL forthe Almighty Lorcl, rvho issung in many a song the rvorldcver,

As tha 6xhe 11,as 1;.ino

Norv rvhen the turn of thcerghth came Devaki and Vasu- I

, deva waited for the truth c., l

thn p:cphec5'. Eoth of ihsrr: I

I kncrv that tonight u,culri l, I

I born ihe slal'er of Kanrsa. De- j

I vaki rvas rvrapped in ilrcushts I

l-thoughts about the chitd ancl

I how to save him. She we,rt and Itrembled and pra.ved heaven I

for protcction.

ln.

changed the children- 'Then

without a word he went backby the way he had cor.ne to theprison of Kamsa and'handedover the girl-child to his own

wife-devaki. :

ire. Sil"nilv and softly he ex'

desiruction-of the evil-doers;

rvas with power and utterlv;L'llnd to the consequences I

about the human welfare, he I

lost his memory. I

He was hot within himself to I

see the babY. He seized the sirl I

by the left foot.and'wanted todash her to plecqs against ihes!.one-walls of the prison. As !eioucherl her,'to the astorii.sh'ment of a1I present, the'babeslipped {rom his hand, roseIike a flaming meteor and flew

Next morning great rejoic'ings were held 'in Gokciol atNanda's house: Thouisands of

' ,.".r* *a. altqgether different''No sooner Kamsa heard thenews that a child had been

born at midnight to De'''akiand Va.sudeva , than he rbndown in person to slaY thechitd with his own hands-whowas his destroYer as he hadlheard it before. I

The t:'rant-King was asto'|unded, however, to learn that

i

the child was not a boY but a I

girl. This unexpectedness of a I

girl-child so dumbfounded him I

that he could not move aD

inch further, He thousht. a I

girl at the age of trvelve could l

hardly destroY him. But evil'iminded persons are alwaYs

I

overpo'wered by greed and see i

no guilt in the destruction of a I

famiiy or a nation. Such a de'|mon was Kamsa. He visualisedl

i adverse omens. Drunk as hel

away childingly saying, "Heiwho shall destroy you, O wick'ed diqtator, is growing to man'hood'in the'village of' Gokoolacross the Jumna" and vanisb'ed in the blue sk1'.

Frequently the Divine birthof Lorcl Krishna iS celebratedannually in our land for theprotection dj* Soocl,,fol the(

for the sake of establishingrighteousness, He is born from

perity, victory. and'haBpinessSo the writer thinks

i age to age. This is the mighty.I bond of faith that has unifledI this sacred land for centuries.

I As a matter of fact our con-

I ception of integration had a

{ firm foundation oI Faith orlDhaima. And wherever. is Kri-l'shna; assured. are thete pros-

Mirabai Belonged To llighAnd Noble Womanhood

,)o{#

MOST POPULAR FIGURE OF

INDIAN HI5TORYBy: PROF VAMAN

IIIRAB-A,I, tho mosL PoPular'

guis in the Indian history an:-!

-omrccted in rvortrklly bon6l5 rvith

-r clynasty r.rf vaiorous deeds claims

-r0l only tire att€ntion of Rajas-

.,an 'but of tire rvhole o1 Indis

.rt once as Poetess, martyr an'l,aint, She belongs6 to that high

.nd noble 11'qmanhood which is

.ne glol'y of Upanishads.

She rv:as born in a vilhge\udki itr 1403 A D. Shs was a

.rrincqss of a rogal iine of the

.,athod Rajputs of Marrval. She

"vas the daughter of Ratansingh'

ine lost her mother early in lile.vVheu she canls of ags she was

married to the eldest son

,f llana Sang+ bY name Ehoi l

.{aj the Sisodia Rajput Chiefs of

,r,lew1ad. Thu5 she behnged bV

,irth and bY wedlock to the main

cock of lunay an4 Solar dYnas-

ies respectively. She q4as well

ducated, an4 accomPlished in

rts and craft, of her day. Later

..re was sent to Chittor where

-iy: IVAN. M. KHARTECHENG

-" was her Parents ambition to

,ee her crowned a5 the Queer:' of

.rlelvar after ths death of Sanga.jnfortunately she Iost her hus-

.land in the prime of life and

"iras r.endered a widow.

BHOPAL, SATURDAY OCTOBER 27, t962.

-

H PANDIT

,or1 of life she becarne firmlY

attachscl to the Supereme Lord-

,ort of ]ife she became firmlY NIr

-rrishna, and her. lovs 'ry45 trans-

iormed into love-dovotio'n or Di,,ins Love. She took wrth when

she left her Parant's homs 1s gtl

.nto the fo16 of her husband's

,ramiXy her ewn tubary deitY to

wl:om she owe6 a'll genuine love;

-ind rvorshippe4 him with all the

"olemrrity of customary rites'

*hich we,re all enhance6 in fsrce

rnd grace aftel her widowhood'

.1 tu,.,*r; th" lurm of Shri Krishla

'nat is ProperlY styled GIRDHA'

RILALJI rvhom Mira adored

an4 worshiPPed; and this form is

generally rePresented in a 1ic11eIs standing with the head slightlY

:ent the lleft hand: balancing-.the

well knor"'n mountain Goverdhan

and the riglrt hand Plaf ino Di-

noie, oI celestial sYmphcny on

he favourite {trute.

ne.eivii of the Youthful con-

Miru'5 homs after marriage

rroved for her a life-longi source

r{ grief and alistress. She never

.ikect to ibe gaY or cheerful exeePt

rr the grave adoration 9f her ce'

iestial husband Lord Shri Krishna

,vho r.vas her everlasting solace

lnd lvho5s devotion alone was

capable of saving her from PhYsi-

ra1 troubles and secular grief ancl

nisery. It '"vas this iovae rvhicl

.p.ened h,er eyes to spiritual bea-

Lty and heavenlY mYsteries'

LOVE FOR KRISHNA

. The fervencY of her love

::r Shri Krishna heeame so great

ncl overPowering that it allowed

no intermission, It was a state

;f mind r'vherein the ttste of God

was so great so Pnr';, unblended

and uninterruPted that it drew

and absorbed the Polvr:r of thesoul into a profor-rnd recolleclton,a state of con{idi,rrg and efiertir.r-

nate rest in the Lord Sulxeme.She excluded everYi.hing evelythought o{ wotdly exrstuncc in or-

lder to love with grt:art:r PuritYIrnd energy her s,riritrtrl lover

-a{)

or spiritual guide, who initia-ted her into Shakti cuit' Her

'Rag Govindr is a Poetic worhof hish merit. Her verses

steeped as it were, in the fer-ver ol her heart's devotion,are frequentlY Q;oted and, re-cit.ld to this ciay with Sreat

i

dehght. These "sPiritual tor- i

rents" of Pure love and 'Iix-ed state" r,r'hich consirt in the t

compler.e iclentificati'on oJ hu- i

man rvill with trc w-ill ol i

God wtre and are an un{ail-ling storc of slrength anci

1

unity of culturc fol aII times' I

They still r,evelberate our ur- I

ban hal}s and rural dales' I

These songsthave outlived the i

"Tower oi viclorY" at Chit-r

Like Kabir and Nanak, Mi-rabai rn'as onlY a devotrt wor-,shipPer b;t unlike them. shc

I

could not found a religious I

sect nor had she any clcer i

conception to do so. It is said

in.t. nor,ia"s was her" Guru

torgarh. I

Mirabai's PoetrY is a foun- |

tain flowing with the watcrs I

of wisdom and d:Iieht andIshe, "Iike a Poet hidden, sin-

|

ging hYmns unbidderr till thc I

world is wrought," sPontane- 1

ously burst into song$ of I

acloration and worshiP I

Mira's devotional son3S are I

sung with delight in most I

Hindu houses' As a Pioneerpoetess of India, she deselves

PR.HNCESS-OS'mfe PR&MIER 'September 8, 1975 Pagg- 5

,, ..i".i,1

VIDAtrtsH&

RUKMINH

:.'i

lhe v.ery man whom theyRukmini, the youn!

daughter of King ' Bhisma[of Vidarbha. was verv muclwas very mucht rr sa v9tJ uqvlpertutbed for she was to be

- Univereally acknowteaE.ed fact it is that a younggirl troves but once and whenshe sets her heart upon ?maD she does so whateverthe risk.

The story I am going totell you bappened longIong ago. Io those days,the maids of India married

By Varnqo H. pandit

In vain did Rukmini trybest to persuade her eldesibrother, the Crown Princeof Vidarbha. .No brother',cried'she,'I love Lord Kri-shna, Prince of Dwarka.I 'have given him my loveand it can never be give toanother.'

Rukmi was hot-headedand adamant like a rock.He flrmly and in high wor-ds told her, 'f strongly ob-ject to your proposal. I donot like that notorious Prin-ce of Dwarka. Prince Si-shupal is a better suiterthan Krishna.

Rukmini knew that allthe odds were against herand that she must find herown way to winthe -man

she loved. She remembe-red an aged Brahmin wlowas in her father's court.[Ie might be able to hclpher. She thought and soshe sent for him.'

"Most lovely Princess,?'the Brahmin said, "I amready to help ,oii. --Please

command."

''I want You to take a

letter from lre to PrinceKrishna of Dwarka'"

'l he Princes thereuPonhanded fhe letter to theBrahmin who Promised:ii ltill be in Dwaiaka with'in no time."

for an audience with LordKrishna After having showndue hospitality and courtesyto the Brahmin, Knshnaasked him, "Reverend sire,sire, may I request you toIet me know the mission ofyour visit?"

The Brahmin replied:.'I have brought a letter foryou from Princess Rukmini,the only daughter of KingBhishmak of Vidarbha(modern Berar ) but he hasbetrothed his daughter toPnnce Sishupal, son of theKing of Chedis, whom shedislikes very much.

He took out the letterfrom one of the folds ofhis garment aod handed itto Krishna. It read asfollows:

'My Lord, I have listen-ed to the tales of your sp-lendour and prowess. ,Myconduct might seem to Youunmaidenly in approachingyou in this Banner butmost worthy Prince, youare the cause of it. I amsure you would never deny -

to a girl who brings herheart to you. It is a rightof a girl to choose herownhusband as a husband cho-oses his own girl to wedwith. I pray you not todeny this right to a girl wholoves you ardently.

'tnafried to Prince Sishupal,son of the King of Chedrs,whom she did not love atall, for she had fallen inIove with Krishna, Princeof Dwarke

Frcquently she had heardmany a glorious deed ofbiavery and gallantry frompeisons who visited herfather's court. Never didshe see him,but she likedto listen to the stories cur-sentjn the town about him.She, therefotc, made upher mind te marry him.She thought he was

- the

only prince. in the land wor-thy ofher hand.

i s -She

hadn{five brothers.She sought their help towin Krishna as her

- husba.

nd. Rukmi, the eldest bro-ther, did not like her cho-ice tLough the rest of thefour brothers agreed. [Ieadvised, the king, theirfather, to marry his Eirterto another young wooer,

The faithful BrahminB de as fast as he could.The

I wav was long and not free

I fro-m danger. when he re'I ached the-rc hc requested

namely Prlnce Sishupal, sonof the king of Chedii.

-The

kiog agrecd.

'I can thiqk of rothingbut you. I PraY to accePt

-" eise I shail become thei'ir.'--o1 sithuPal whom Ia'Joot wish to- wed. It is

settled. Do not ask mY

iainer ror mY hcnd. Come

Gii, o unittainable Lord,Gisi. the aPPointed day

for my wedding and carrY

,i ut uy in yoirr arms' Adav ori6r to mY weddtngiihitt go to worshiP. at the

Snfo. 5f goddess Ambika,t-in"t tifre, come and seize

me. If vou will not come,I shall die of sorrow.'

Krishna read the lellerover and over again' He're'r/as a strange lequest tosave a maiden from an un-*uot"a matoh. But he hadalreadv fallen in love with-out s.ding her, for the fa'me and form of this beau'iirut girt had reached his

"ri, ito* the citizens ofOwarka. At last he saidio tne Brahmin;'I shall-ggio Viaartna and carry -herawaY like a leaf wanted bY

the wind.',The dav of her wedding

is close at liand'; the Brah'min remarked.

rWe muet start immedi-atelv,'Krishna said and so

i"viog he bade his charioterio'ui-reaAv with the swift-'lit or .tttitt. He also took*ith nirn a strong bodY- ofiuaara knrghts. Along*itn tU" Bra[min, this co:

fifl "i[,u',1llB:t,.H.if'lpu-r just in time.

From the oPPosite -dite'ction Prince ShishuPal ac:

companied bY his royati;thil;tit.6 near the walls;f th; titv. King Phismakwent out in a grand Proce'

ssion to receive and 'do

honoor to his would-be son-in-larv.

Rukmini sat in her Pa'lace in desPair. It was theLr.

"f her

'wedding daY.All kinds of thoughts crow-ed in her mind. She tho-,nnt about the old Brah-*'io rrt the old man hadnot ccrme back. She feltdoubtlul whether PrinceKristina had got the letteroioot. If-h;had receivedir ni,-rt would he thinkaboul her request ? Perha-ps he mignt reject her !and-''ui ir.ri, tfoughi what a floodof tears she let loose.

All at once her left eye

besau to throb. It was a

haip. omen. Just then a

*il'at servant announcedthat x Brahmin had come6ad v;as seeking her audien'ce. :At once he was shown

'Did You meet Pfince

'LovelvPrincess' rePli'ed the Brihmin. 'Krishnais already here. He is nowin the city.' He thereafternarrated all that had takenplace at Dwarka.

Krishna too announcedhis arrival to Ktng Bhismakwho save him a rrght roYalrec"oiion. He aiong wrthhis Yadav knights entercdthe citY which was gailY-de-corated with ar:hes, flags

and banners for the wedd-iog "t."rooY.

Earlier Pri'.r"i Krisnna- stressed hisown noint indirectlY in ashort dialogue the viows henitO auout the rights ofwomen to choose their ownhusband. TheY too oughtto ttuvu equal rigUts andopportuniies along with.meo.

Krishna'?eagerly.

she enquired

As she had told Krishnain her letter Rukmini wentout that day at sundown to-worship at the shrine ofGoddess Ambika. She wassscompanied by well-armedmen'and her palanquin waswetl guarded and many of

oung friends went with

'r Devi Ambika,' she

frr.ed thou knowest howI lfave loved thee and if Ihavedone aoything to winthy favour, please. grant methe boon that Prince Krish.na whom I love . intemely"be my husbaand.'

She came out of thoinner temple and went out-side with her two friqnds,.Coming down thc steps shesuddenly espied a goldenchariot carrying, high g flag ,

with ao eagle on it. . .-r :

The chariot ,came- ploqe :

to her just near thc temple-steps. Krishna looked ather for a moment. He wasbewitched by her beauty.Iheir eyes'met for a while.She blushed deeply throw-ing sidelong glances at him.He looked and looked atthe sunmest and warmestsmile which played upon herface. Immediately he liftedthe most beautiful maidenof Vidarbha into his chari--..at and eatried her away.

Again and again he lo-oked at her when they sattogether in the chariot. Hethought her beaty most en-chauting. It was, he thou.ght,:the loviliest feoalefigugeand form that he hadev€r seen, Bolh of themsilently gazed anJ gazedat pach other. -"- At tastKiiqflnri broke th,i sl:snceand.said, I loved you b. foreI could see vou.'

'Dearesf lore' she said'We are not strtpgers, Per'

haps we have met some-where though I do not rem-e-mber the place might be inthc births gone by'

Sishupal was furiouswhen he came to know aboutthe development. He sawfrom a distance that hiswould be bride was . beingcarried away before hrs owneyes. He pursued the cou-ple at full speed with hispicked armed men and over-took them. Instantlv thbYadav knights of Krishnacharged them. Tbev wereslaughtered and defeated erethey could reach Krishna'seharlot.

Rukmini's brother Rukmiflew in rage and raced furio-u-sly after the fugitiver-hissister and her captor. Kris-hna challenged him to asingle combat. Rukmi acc-epted it He jumped fromhis chariot and drew hiss.wold. It was a dazz'ingduel. Swords clashed wit[

a thundering noise. Ruknrini prayed Krrshna not r.,kill her brother. At lengr6Krishna struck him sofiiyon the h-ad with his swordThen and there he feli downon the ground uncorcious.Krishna- tied him rvrth a ropoand let hirn go. It is saiilRukrni lelt so crest fallenthat he did not so back tobis father's kingdom butwent away somewhere elieto an unknown destinatianHe.was ndver seen again,perhaps he died of s[octiand shame.

Krishna oltered Dwarakatriumph-antly. He was gree-ted by the citizens with iho-uts.of joy. His weddingwith Rukmini was celebratido-n an auspi;ious day. Thrcethousands year have passedsrnce the story of Krishnaaud Rukmini is still listenedwith joy by young and old-socs and daughters of India.

KT.. P. CtrKONNCLE

By Vam,an H. Pandit, IndoreLong long ago, Karnal a Mus

lim r,veaver, rvho was carrYingon his daily business; came to

the banks of tlie Ganges to rvash

his thread. As he looked Cou'n

he happened to see a shell. ll':waded in the water, oPened iheshell and looked in' There, hiseyes beheld a babe and his heartwas full of joy like a rnan withoutmaking any efforts finds a niddenstore o{ wealth.

He wrapped the babe rrP ;'n

his garment and hastened 't'o hishome. With heart over'{lowirrgwith ioy he said to his wi[e., "Ihave founcl a babe in the Gangcs

of pelfect beauty and enclowcdwith thirtytwo qualities. My rlcartake cirre of it.' Hearing this his

wife's lrreast swellecl with miik.She nursecl the child. A great

Vaishnava was brought uP n ltreIt{uhammadan family therefctethe name of Krrbir was given to

hirn. His father ancl mother lov;clhim intenselv. Even while a batre

he astonished eveyone by i'iskeen intelligence and devotion toGoC.

As he grew uP in stature hisparents married him, The motherand father taught Kabir irow tocarry on his h'ade but he wotldnot take it to heart. He vzorrid

give no attention to a btrsiness

life. His mental mnke-uP rvas cfa singular type and so his l:usi'ness declined, As thele is Peroe'tual enmity between Poison aud

nectar, so there is alwaYs a riren-

tal opposition betrveen r','rrdlyriches ancl the supreme spiritrrnl

riches.Kabir was always engtosscd irt

deep thinking about God l'rhilehis business prosperity grew less

The people Iaughed at him' "Youhave taken God io youl heart and

so has come about this conditiorrof self-neglect. It cloes not air'pear how you will continue tocarry on your household allaits.Having overheard this talk ofneighbours his parents rubbedpaste on the threads and ire was

made to sit at the loom but he

I was not able to think of himseif'fle was entirely lost in the '"vcr'

' ship of his favorrrite Cod SLar)

Rama and Shri Krishnn nnd ShLi

Ganeshrt.

- BHOPALi SEPTEMtsEn I 1962.

Shri Ganesha & Kobir's ScarfBringing the irnages oI there

gods before his mind he clo,;edboth his eyes. His mother cameto him and triecl to awaken hirn,She said, "Kabil I clo not knowwhat has hapnened to vou no.,v.'He thouqht his mothel worrldrvhip him he came to self-ttns-ciousness and began to rveave a

hand-breadth of cloth But a11ain

he lost himself in deep thought.[Iis God Shri Rama said to him-self "My devotee has lost trim-self in contemplating Me. jIerequestecl Shri Krishna rnd ShriGanesha to sit at his loom and t Iweave a scarf of gold. So Kabir'sfavourite Gocis Shri Rama andShri Krishna ancl Shri Ganr:shasit clown turn by turn to weavetho garment.

During the weaving lr.o-eess Kabil lost himself nlrri:),titles and at every tiincthe Gods sat down to lv,.;avetrt Kabir's loom. Thus Kabir andShli Rama and Shri Krishna anclShri Canesha toqetlrer wove liregarment. Kabir hkl,.:cl it up,came into tho house ancl ;ave it[o his mother.

The mother said to him, "Conorv into the market and quicklvsell the scarf trnd come back rvitirmoner.,'

J "I will go the nrarket,' K.rbirI replied. He went and sat ,n theI cloth-rnarket. Hc closcd !r is cyes

I and brought to his nrind tht,I forms of Shri Ililrnir i1n(l SIui

I Krishna and ShLi Ganr sha. IIrIost sclf-consciousnr.ss ancl ronlirr.rred singing irnd chanting th.:

I names of the Lords with his liDri.Hc forgot entirely that he nlAcome to sell the scarf. But nocustomer came for the ;lurDojeof buying the scarf.

The reason was it seemecl tcthe- would be purchasers ls theylooked at it from a distance asheing too costly for tJrem. Itseemed of a very high value an"lcustomers glanced at it with atl_miration. The customers l.eg,rnto look at one anothe, ard mtjie-red, "Kabir weaves very lostlygarments.' When many ,ttrsr,:aiinstruments are being lourlly pia.yed spacs seems to take thcirvery form; so Kirbir's cloth seenr-ed of a diflerent nature to everyone looking at it. When unflotletlit appeared thrit the eye is pa:;s.ing through twinkling stars. Itborder was of blue shinging rirrgsas the earth Iooks to a astronautdespite thi5 ungsrnm.n beauty ithad no weight at all rvhen taien

Now it was evening. The baynrPeople began to dwindle, Kahirlooked about him and said .Allthe people have gone to thcirhomes and the scarf has no rus.tomcr, Jf a go back to rny honrt:,my mother rvill eive me a sounclwhipping.' So he continued sittin.lcaimly chanting the narne-s of SlrrrRama a.ud Shri Krishna .r.nd S,rriCanesha.

Just then a Brahman came anclspoke to him in a distressed voi:e'I am old helpless and poor. Ihave no clothes to rvearl. lt isvei'y, very cold. If you have arrygarments give me some.' So K,rbirtore his scarf iind Strv€ one preertto tle Brahman.

- Then a Fakir carrying irr hrshands a rosary came to him i.otest the huth. When goid s seento be dimmed in lustre. it is rub.bed on a testing stone. He saiclto Kabir, "Give me at once ilgarment. God is u'ithout for.m anclwithout qualities. you have fcr.gotten this. Why do vour llavehim and rvorship Shri Rama riillShr:i Krishna ancl Shri Ganesl.rKabir replied: "seated equ.rilv ilall beings is He. To be .,.itt,rutIorm and at the same time p,._rs-

sess qualities both can exist rvithout anv difference between therl.If the butter is hardened or raelt-ed it does not therby loss its I

character of being butter. So dreunmanifested Eternal Being hastaken for his rlevotees.'

To these u,ords Fakir said inreply, "If you have got iny g.lr.ment givs it to rne c1uickll,.' Ka.bir hartenecl to remove the halfof the scarf u,.hich remained rvithhim and gave it to the !.akir lnci/ho departeC.

Now Kabir sat down silerilvfor the concem which he ieitwhen no customer appeared forthe purchase of the scarf tlisap-peared from his mind. Now hewas in a joyful mood and satchanting the name of Shri Rarraancl Shri Krishna and Shri Gane-sha "May God Bless them whoneed the garment', he said tohimsel!.

The Brahaman went to l(abir"shouse. He called his mother andtold her wbut had happen:d. Hesaid, "Your son srlt in the bazaar

in hand.

i and cuslorner$ came and arked

him the price of the scalf lxrt t e fw,ould not reply to them accl r

kept mum. Whcn the bazaar rv.rsover for thg day he called oneBrahman, tore his scarf in lialftrnd gavs it to him. A F.akirthen called for the rest r:f thescarf and he at once gave h:rnthe other half. I sarv fr.;m :r dis.tance what was taking place :ru.,lhave come here to te1l you. Itis the earnest u'ish of mv h:artthat you may he orosperlerl butmother Kabir will not put irismind to worldly afiairs.'

Hearing lhese rvords o{Brahrnan Kabir's mothel. Ijlrewvely trngry. She said. "When hecomes home I will give him asound beating.'

"He rvill not conle horne ciurc-kly, the Brahman said, 'c.,rnealong with me, I u.ill show youwhere he is sitting. Then iakitrgthe old woman by the hand tireBrahman wolked with her. renrC-ly. Both of them canre to theplace where Kabir. was seated re-peating with his lips the songsuf God ]ost iu his self -conscrou-sness, The Brahman pointed Ka.bir out from a furloag. He th:nstood and saw tte amusing scele.

The mother said to him "Briirgthe scar{ if you do not bring iiat once, I shall punish you.' Hewas so deep in lhought that heclid not recognize the lact thathis mo,ther and a Brahman ka.larriverl.

[]re

r---- --.I ffr" Brahman 5aid, "Nsw tirLr:

the cane in your ha.od nnd punr;ryour son."I see nothinE wrthwhich to rvhip him.' the rnother"snicl. Tl-re Brahman g:rve her icane. She began to beat him nrr-qrily. The Brahrnan felt oity rrndsaid "Enough, enough. motr.1er.Please stop strikinq him.'

The Brahman then turned toKabir ancl said "You have stocdmy test. I shall never forget _v.ouas a mother never forgets herchilcl. Now, I wiil put you in thcdepths of my heart always look.ing on you with the sye of Ia-vour. So saying he cast aside irisBlahman guise and plesented be.fore the mother. and her son. -.-The Pervader of the Universe?andshowed them his three fo,rms oneby one as Shri Rama and ShriKrishna and Shri Ganesha respec.t rve ly,

"I am the Brahman, I am theFakil and Shri Rarra became theweaver and we togethel woveyour scarf when you were deeplyengrossed chanting ou1. llames.We wanted to test you and voiur

, mother,' said Shri Rarna rnd prc.sented them rvjth his full vicrr.as if it ivas a dazzling lustre o{ abillion of suns and in the mirl'rtof this ltqht anpetred the imag,,soI Shri Rama and Shri Krishnaand Shli Ganeshe alternr[r:iv.Kabil and his rnother seeing theSupreme Lord before them Lr,u-ched his feet. The Lord gal..jtl'rem both a loving embrace ar:,dsaid, ''Keen thoughts of .ne ir)your h-eart. "Thus speakine theLife of the World disaopeired.

SHRI RAIVIKRISHN^A, PA

A fflodern Saint lYho Saw

'The, Divine fflotherProf. Vaman H .Pandit

Often in our hearths andhomes and temPles we see a

Picture of a small brown manwith a short beard and beau-tiful eyes-long dark eYes, fullof lightr' obliquely set andslightly veiled-never verYwide open, but seeing half-closed a great distance bothoutwardlY and inwardlY. Hisrnouth half oPen oYgr hiswhite teeth in a bewitchingsmile, at once affectionate andmischievous. He is Shri Ram-krishna Paramahansa, a Bostfamiliar figure everYwhere inIndia.

At Kamarpukar, a village inBelrgal, set in the midst ofp,alrn trees, pools and rice.fields, lived a pious and poorold Brahmin cou.Ple. They,were the deeP devotees of

1

Lord Shri Rarnchandra. The.child whom the world was toknow as Ramkrishna was

r

born in this f.ami\r on Febru- i

ary 18t 1836. His cradle name I

was Gadadhar. As a child he'was IulI of fun and iife, mis- |

chievous and charming witha feminine grac,e which heInaintairred to the end of hislife.

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Stories AboutChildhooil

lVhat stories are told abouthis childhood? Gadadharw,as the fourth of five child-ren. His father died when hewas seven years old. As a

child of eight years old, hisbiographers tell us storiesabout his frequent ecstasieswhen he played diffbrent rolesin the village dramas with theboys of his own age, his be-ing was possessed bY theroles of gods and goddesses

and he lost himself in thegIory of God. He was trans-ported like GanYmede bY theEagle carrYing the thunder-bolt-he was thought to be

dead.

At school Gadadhar made afair progress except mathema-tics. It is said he did not liketo study but he took deiightin the rhapsodists who usedto go round the vilIage, lnthose days, reciting mytholu-gical stories fro'm the epicsand Puraaas. Sometimes heused to enact in the villagedramas without any stage-set-ting. It was his pastime torepeat such roles before hisfriends al$ost verbatim. Hehad a wonderful power ofgetting by heart what heheard only once. From thevillage potters he learnt theart of moulding images olgods and goddesses. From thepainters he le,arnt how topaint these fiSures, Constantstudy of these subjects madehim to concentrate his atten-

him into frequent trances.This is a psychic phenolne-non.

Inr, addition to this qualityGadadhar had man6r goodgifts. He had fair clear skin,beautiful flowing locks, attrac-tive smile, charming voice andindependent spirit. He alwaysplayed tri;ant from school andlived as free as ait and re-rnained ]ike a child to theend of his 1ife. He refused tolearn anything iu school. Hewas aclored and Petted bY thewomea and girls, perhaPs,they found something of theirown in liim, At the age ofthirteeq he Piayed the rolesof Lords for Himself*thehighest comedY of the uni-verse. It is alwaYs the sYm-bol of art and of love.

ffiehimlforgetful of the wortd ana I

threw him into deep thinking Iand later these thoughts threw,

Parents'Fear i

His father and rnother, aI- |

though accustomed to the visi- |

tation of Gods, regarded the I

child's traDsports with fear.,But apart from these strange

I

phenomenon, he was a Bormal I

child like others aad enjoyed'perfect health. His elever fin-

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gers {ashioned Gods fromclay; the heroic deeds of theheroes of Ramayan blossomedin his mind, he sang divinelythe pastoral airs of Lord ShriKrishna; aad sometrmes hetook part in the discussionsof learned Een and astonish-ed them by his wisdom. Hissoul was like a Proteus Pos-sessed of assuming the roleswhom he saw or i:nagined. Itwas this singular tact whiehmanifested later i:r his lifefor espousing all the souls inthe wor1d.

After the deattr of his fa-ther, his eldest brother R.am-kumar looked after him. Atthat ttme there was a richwoman, named :Raui Rasuani,She founded a temple to theGreat Goddess Kali, at Dak-shineshwgr, on the easternbank of Ganges, four milesoff from Calcutta Sire was ontJ:e lookout of a Brahuin toserve in the temple as ltspriest. She had considerabledifficulty in finding a Properu,an. His eldest brotber re-signed himseU to it and whenhe died, Ramkrishna took hisp1ace. At that tlme he wastwenty years oId. LitUe didthe young Priest knew ttrathe had elected to serve a ter'rible mistress, who alwaYssat on a trger and true to saY

that this Great Goddess PIaY-ed with him for-teu long en-chanted years. And thereflocked couniless Pilgrims ofall qastes and creeds aud

d" eye}dl-" : - of repulsi^. I

and tasffibtion --\--rhir 1;*pi; i stiu i. "*iJi tence with five domes crown_ I

j ed with spires and within it Idwells the sovereign deity_ Ithe Queen of the world ana I

:j-r*^"l"^t Tlg: gl basalt_fthe Goddess Kali-the Uni_ |versal Mother. To tJre west ot Ithe temple there is a beautifur igarden ,and two ponds on !north and the east. , Beyondthe garden thene are five sa-cred trees, 'planted by Ram.-krishna ealled panchvati. Onthis spot he spent ?ris Iive-long day in meditation andprayer to the Mother and be-low the waves of the Gangessang their intoxicating song.

Ramkrishna passed his daysand nights in the continualPrEsence of his Beloved-..MyMother". Their intercoursewas uninterrupted like theflow of the river. E\^entuallyhe was identified with herand gradually the radiance ofhis inner vision became out-wardly maniJest. He had thecomplete vision of the Motherbefore him. He listeued her.Ife saw her, As she walkedthe rings of her gDklets rang.He saw her with flowiag I

locks On the terrace of ttretemple, watching the Gangesflow thro.ugh the beautifulnight down to the distantIights of Calcutta.

Love-MadnessTo most people bis madness

of love was a crying scandal.For a short time he was sent i

back to his home at xamar- I

pukar. His mother wishedhirn to be married, hopingthat marriage would cure himof his divine achievehent Hewas maried (1859) to a girrof Mukhop,adhyaya f,amilynamed Saradamani. After-wards she was known bynalare of Saradadevi. ft was aurrion of souls and repainedunconsurnmated Later in lifeshe recognised hirn as herguide and put herself at hisservice. This marriage provedthe truth of the great Upani-shadic dictum that a wife isdear to the husbaad not aswife but as his own Atman,iand the husband is dear tothe wife not as husband butas her own Atman. Thus the,ultimate objective of a mar-ried Ufe was rgvealed anddemonstrated in this twinPersonality in a lnanner rin-precedented in the annals ofmankind. It is a wonderfulinstance of how the coniugaiIusqduue vl llvw LUE LwgJqEqr I

relation between the husband I

and the wife, wnen spifltua-'lized, can be the mear

Shri lRa,,rkrishna Pararnahansa(Contd: Frore page E Col. e)

krishna came in contact withtwo persons. One was a ladyknown as Bhqir'syi Bra-bmani

-the Brahrnin Nun and theother one was {fo{a puri,kaown as the Naked Man_aDiextraordiaary VedAatic asce-tic. Both of tlrem fieii to ini_tiate hirn iu their owrr way.The Nun made him to joback over the road to knoi_ledge whieh he had atreaAytraversed. She enlighteuea hismind. She recognised in him,an Incarnation of ,the Diviait]and insisted that the theolo-gists should give recogniliouto the new Avatar. Whilethe Naked Monlr hught himthe cardinal vrylues of abso-lute Non.Dualish (the aA_vaita), that is,. nothiug butone unique Reality exists tothe exclusion of ewery other.The doctrine of .See the Selfaad be the Self,,-Tat tvamasi (.Thou art that.) But forboth the Gurus in learningprocess the disciple far opt-stripped his masters. He fuilystood the trial of various Sa- I

madhis, particulariy the Nir- I

vikalpa bamadhi-a state of I

supercoasciousness. I

Fame SpreadsNow his fame spread {ar

and wide. People came to seethis wonderful man, who hadsucceeded, not only in oneSadhana, but in aLl. Mooks,sages, sadhus, visionaries-a1lcalBe to seek his advice. Noia few people spoke of the,fascination produced by theappearance of the tnatr, $/hohad taken birth with loldenradiance of his bod;r burutand purified in the fires ofecstasy.

What did Shri Rlamkrlshnateach his disciples? ,Or whatwas and is his swan song ?He told people in Bengali ofe homely kind with a slightbri -deughtful stanmer in so

rnany words which had thepower of enthralling men andwohen. I{is speeeh had thewealth of spiritual experience;the inexhaustible store of si-mitre and metaphor, the un-equalled powers of observa-tion; the bright and subtlehumour; the wonderful e,atho-licity of sympathy and theeeaseless flow of wisdom. Thefollowing were and are thewords of deliverance he ear-ried to tJre masses;

Religious Truths('A1I religions are true in

their essence and in the sin_cere faith of their believers,,,he said, rrThe three great or-ders of metaphysical thought*Dualisbx, (quaIified., Monismand absolute Monism, arE thestages on the way to supremetruth. For the ordinary peo_Ple, who are attracted thro-ugh the senses, a dualisticform of religion with ceremo_nies, music, images and. sym-bols is useful, One is like agood servaat who takes careof a house although he isaware that the house is nothis. Religion is a path whichleads to God, blt a path rsnot a house. By purity andlove,..step by step, salvafloncan be achieved."

And above aU he r,aught tothe world his word of truthcontaining all others. Theword was and is ,Llniversal,-the Union and Unity of al1the aspects of God; of all thetransports of love and know-]edge; of all forms of huma-nity. Until then nobody hadsought to realise, more thanone aspect of Being. Thatwas and is and in the daysahead the duty. lfho can denythis is not the duty of the nu-clear age?

Sunday, August 15, 1886was the final day of his ecs-tasy. He said: "Itre had passeilfrom oae roou to the other.,'

Yictory to Bhagwan ShriRarnkrishna. His spirit haddeparted to travel along thepath of collective li{e in theveins of humanity. He 1ryas,indeed, messeng:er from Godarrlved and b5r hls own lifegave a treEendous impetusto fndia's future renaissance.Prophets like him supplernentbut they do not su,pplant. Bytheir own example they re-vive the forgotten spiritualtruths and agai:r proclairnthem before tJre worJ.d, ?ccor-ding to the aeeds of tirne,'(Devotion to one's own idealand sympathy for those ofothers," was the tnatchlessmessage delivered by himoften and often.

The Supreme SageHe was the supreme sage

of his day. The name of SbriRarnkrishna Paramahansa hasbeen carried as one of themagnificent beads in the ro-sary of saints of India flt tobe chanted and called for the,attainment of salvation. Hisname is like a FoIe Star toguide all oI us lrrespective otany faith or creed.

Right from the dawa ofhistory to the present 4ayrinspite of many changes thisaneient thread of religioncontinues to run oa and thecredit of upholding rhis mar-vellous continuity ln Eaith,from time to time, goes tothe saints of India and ShriRalnkrishna belongs to thatglorious galaxy. This I'aittnendures today and. is the basisof Indian Unity. lt"nis k our.divine inheritance. Is it notwonderful to think that weare the legatees of this sacred'Faith- 'Universal E aith ?rSueh was the great saint ofIndia whose teachings havebecoine immortal. We need:his word today for achlevingthe integration of our eorm-ffir - r*,*".r.--,....,.*-. .r.-**.i

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 16, 1963 ' phdtic eye that the young man ot

+1.-..-=-=.:-r:;; 123 had the necessary energy and. ,,, - , , - -;':. ,onstructive genius. "The dayllzhen- Naren comes in contact", he said.

Swami Yivekananda& EIis ;xlt;$:U.:.tl*l'ru;'*,{':, mtrod of infinite compassion." Af- ,

Diviure Message l1;sX[t$1i*#:f.'';;3;,Tffi: - his Mother India. in all her tagit i

Prof.'Yaman H. Pandit i""fffL*i;,.. his mission.tq g-".:r

flNE or the most remarkabre H;"f?":" #:ft';i,i'"#11,i1';\r/ things achieved during the . , defined ir for him. and among the

ciose of the nineteenth cen- r living, there was one Pavhari Ba-tury was the spiritual message of i ba. i.{aren went to find him duringthe Universal Gospel of humanityl the pcriod (1888) of uncercairrtS..delivered by a young Indian at the I , He .visited him daily and *-as onParliament of reiigion held at Chi- the verge of becoming his foiiowercagc (USA). "Never forget the and demanding initiaion of him.glory 9f human nature" he said. This torment of soul lasted for

li'We are the greatest Gods. Christsli'We are the greatest Gods. Christs I several v.'eeks. Naren \,vas torn be-i and Buddhas are but waves on the I tween the tu'o mystic appeals ofj borrndless ocean which I,am." Shri Ram-akrishna and. Pavhan Ba, I

i tfre young man had no credenti-'al with him from any group ci so-i The young man had no credenti- ba. The latter ri'ould have satis- i

ral with him from any group oi so- fied his passion for the Divinelciety in India. He was overwheim- Gulf, wherein the indiviCual souiI ed when he reached America. He renounces itself and is entirei-v ab-I cabied to his friends in India for r sorbed with<-rut anl' thcugbt of re-,ihelp and applied to an official reli- lturn. And he rvould have appeasedlI gious sociery that it might make to I the remorse, alwaJ's gaarling at Na-I him a grant. The chief of the so- | ren's heart, for turn:ng aw'a}' froml ciety replied, "Let the devit die of ithe world and social service: 1or.I cold". But Fate helped him as it he professed the faith that the spi-I has always helped thbse who know rit can help others s'ithout help of i

I how to helo rhemselves.i rire man whom we musr thank' 33,11;ilo*ilir'?f.T3!, llH::ilfoi rur -.rtri" ii i*"-i Viveka- ,ioncent.ation. What religious spi-ii nand. He wai a disciple of Shri I rit has not heard this roice rtith its' Ramakrishna Paramhansa-a great I deadly attractions? ti sase and saint of India- He was I

"ro-rrE ^r a{.r N I

' Ramakrishna Paramhansa-a great I deadly attractions? I

i sage and saint of India. He was I S6nVICE OF 1f{l'i II his master and he thought of trans- | Naren was for twenw-one davs.I lating his Master's thought into , within an ace of yielding. But tor'

livi-ng action.- It*Jniv-on. nighis the-vision ofi Vivekanand w-as not his name lshri ft.amkrishai came ro drax.I but his real name was Narendra- I him back. In the end after an in-nath Dutt. He belonged to a resp- I ner strussle of the urmost inrensi- i

ectable family of warrier caste. I tv. whoiJ vicissitudes he alwavs ,

, His master always called him Nar- lcbnsisrentlv refused ro reteal. ire I

I endra or more shortiy Naren. Shri I made his 6hoice forever. He choselRamakrishna never gaye mon- I the service of God in man,aqtic; names to his d i s ci- | During his whirlwing tour across j

ples. .He never initiated any I tf,ii lrii.ri- U"a. ti "t jrr;r;d'-; ibody in the formal ceremony I be the p.uest of the Maharaia of i

1of sannyqsa, _on-the other hand lKhetri -near jaipur (1891) and arlhe -said, "He who-feels a strong de-' !little charming 'dancer gave himj tachme-nt from life and an intense I all unwittinglf a Iesson irihumiliry.I thirst for God, can take the San- . When she XJneare,l to dance .iri

, When she appeared to dance lrtlcourt. the saftron robed monk rose

on the gve of ,his depa_rture to Am- i i*k-np";" mi- evil qualities! jerica, the Maharaia of Khetri sug- I 1',tv nade. O Lord ts same sigh- ierlca, the Mahara,.a ot Khetri sug- I I',ty name, O Lord ls same sigh- |

gested to him,. the name Vivekan- I tedness.,' - i

anda.. The Maharaia was his great I Naren was completely overwhei-;friend and the choice of the name i*,ii.-iji."*ria;;i-f;iii;ipr.ir"al

I i ; "t " Tl"-"uii' l".iie,i,? J'ir,i, fi ;;i;; I

ip.o:ver. .of discriminSJion' .pos.sess- | point in his life. -IIis mission was,, ed by him. It seems Narendra liked I ievJatea to him bv the dancer.j this name. He accepted it provi- iManv vears later he recalied itsionally, but he could never have I with- emotion and said to his fri-this

-name. He accepted it provi- liri*il i""rJ" fii.i "i."'i".rU.A-iiisionally, but he could never have I wlitr einotion and said to his fri- I

9h,alged it, even if he had Yqteq jends," sinners are.potential saints." ito, for within a,few months it had l--e*ottii .ueni ii, nis young age'jacquired a world wide celebrity. I haooened at Cape Comorin whichThe name given by the Maharaja onlired his evis. he viewed the lTlie name given by the Maharaja oolired his evEs. he viewed the I

lhas lived long and it will ever live niost enchantrni panorama of Sun-,long, The name has made a histo- fr.Jejf-UA*G inystery.. Soon herv. saw the vision of his mission and

he felt withia bimself. Tberealtel

I nyasa alone, even without formal i court. the siition robed monk rose r

I initiation. This was doubtless the I to so out. The Maharaia beeeed I

I case with Naren. But he gave Na- I f,itri to remain. The liitte aailer i

' rerl a cognomen of 'Karnalak-sha' i rirg l" iweii melodious tooes. Ilotus-eyed-. The.young man had an | -,.o Lord, Iook not upon my j

aversioh for this name and dropp- i evil qualitiej Thy namg, b Lorri, I

, ed it immediately. I is same-siehtcdness. One drop of I '

| . Thqle is an interesting qlory i *"i"i is Tn rhe sicred ;u-mna I

i about his !ame. During his preliTi- | and another is foul in the ditch Iauoul IllS nallle. uufurE, frLs plerlml- i and another iS IOUI in the ditcn I

nary travels across this country he I frn th" ioadside. But when thev i

appeared under difterent names in I lul into the Ganees both alikL iorder to conceal his identity. But I become holy. 56 Lord, do notl

he Vowed to dedicate his life'torhe unhappy muiTluuruo

Bur how could he helP the mas-

ses? He iifted rrP his eYes to tne

""""o to the land beyond -the-.seas'l;;;;;"i from Indii to the west-I ur" wbrld began to take sllape rnI t i. mind. At Porebander, whe.re ne

I U"e* to learn French a mendtcanr

' iii[iainl- to so to the west, iti',"." Ht. ii,olgh*t. "the Gaspel ofi vedanta" would be better unoer-| .tiif iitun in liit o*n countrv' Hei "")iJ tt.r"t bY hearing his remark'f und u.grn to turq the matter overi. ii. fi]"a. At Khandwa (M'P') ini'riJ'lriiv"rJtumn of- I892 he heardii-"-iuiriitn"nt of Religions to be

i held under the following Year atl't"rriu*i,-iusa i89l) and. Iis ftrst'thougLt was how he mrght taKe

l'ufi*:lrtt[. went to Khetri, whereI r.i" ]"tllna ine Maharaia listened. to-[im

and aPProved his view Potnt', ih" rrnrt i.-rja arranged everythingI for his western tour' EIe gave- n1m

;i,;; 'D;*;;-i; escort him tP B9S-ii;".;ii;;; he embarked the shiP'l-r''rr-t" iim" of dePartttre, fre Put

t tn tft" robe of red silk and ochre

l;r;d;; and- ttie name of Vivekan-I anda.i '"i,i'e*"ti.r, he never PassedI ,"i*t * unnoticed bui fascinat-!d'"r"*uoay even while he was

iir.it*ir. -11". visited Chicaco ald: w;i;';-a"lrmbiuo ExPosition' The. "*ooiitiot

exhibited man's mate-. .i"i-pr"gi.tt. His eyes were dazzl'i il'r;;i,t He thougtit what-me-ssageii ;rl8- he sive 10 thb West? He't?J ,otrli;'*ina to give to the

It csr-ihe sPiritual . message ot' I Vedanta PhilosoPhY.I ' ;;;;c;i ;ll th.- de,l.gut.'' thisi slrange young man. drew the gLa-

i ;;;";i itre a"ssembled thousands'His red robe, drawn in at the walsL

'bv an oiange cord, his great Yellow'turban. accentualed the raventii.ti bt his hair, his olive cornp'

I i""ioi iris' "aart.eyes his red,llpsi r"a rrii notle stature lent colour

- ,l to the Parliament of Religions' Iti *rs the first time that he had to;;;;k-b.6r; iuch an assemblY of

i learned men and women represen-I tine each and everY faith in the; woitd. Most of the delegates readiLtro;'. .rcclhes from written textil;.'viv;kil;da had prepared no-i,,,rle. gur thrn when he address-

"a-irr"-erilritine' his sPeech was

tiEC_qlSqgqg rmg. --

Hardlv had he Pronounied theveiy siniple openi"ng. world "Sisters,rrd tstoiners

- of America" thou-.r"'ar"irioi. in their sears and app-larrded.'Vivekananda was the hrstJ.i;;;;. ;;;;;i off the rorm-alitY;i-it; Consress and to sPeak ^toIr,.'

' *uti.. " in the langua3e for, *t-rich thev were thirsty. He greet-I

"i",q-"iiiu"s in lhe name of theI;;';;;i;t- ilonastic "ord91 iniiie-world the Vedic-order of "San-

"uisi"l'. He Presented Hinduism';:;; nl"in.i ol relisions. which

, hid taueht them the double Pre-

I ttflX....rr

and u-nderstaad one, anotherli' He quoted two beauti-i ioiou.iue.t from the sacred books'i'*:'Wrro."u.t comes to me. through' whatsoever forrn, I reach him" and';;eit--.n." - u." struggling qhro-ugh,paths which in the end leacl tYMtv'ir.t

rnunaa alone ,Pou" of ad'trh.i;'G;A;;A etnuru.ld them ail ,in Universal Being. I---liernendous

ovation he got fromthJ learned delegates and others ati'ti. *"tta religi6us congress. Vive-kananda the unknown, became weII[io*n

''uit ou"t the world ovei-nieht. tt was a most singular achi-

"u-"*"ni i" those daYs of slow

communication. He sPent t}.e ilexttwo vears in America, iraivellingacrosi the coniinent, teaching andoieicfrine and imPressing the Am-

".i..6 slouds with his message ort"ie ina the history of India. Thush. bJ.o*" the r,r-an of the hogr'tir. e*eri"unS calied his "the Ii-shrning orator."" Thui lived and died a greatsage of Modern India Swami Vive-[.]lina, a name tg 99qnt withandwhose message ot Untversat uos-,.i-:'it "quaiity

and divinitY ofLl""- i. itill ieverberating fromall the directt:"t'

vrll 0BA BHAVE.- THE H0vlt{c M0}lKBy VAMAN H. PANDIT

OF IHDIA

T HE sosDel o[ SarrodaYa Preach-I .a " rria practised by Vinoba

Bhave has flashei like the sPeed o[

linh*in* ,.rot, this sub-continent

,id far"off lands. Nercr bcfore' irr

,h. "nt

11, of our land such a saviour

oi* "pP."..d to arYaken one and

all.A white-bearded small man boro

i"'roo" with deeP dark hair on the

ir"ra]-*..ti"g a Sreen caP which

covers his ears and tinted spectactes.to

keep off the glare walks and watks

ou.r. the hills and dales'

During thc Past nine Years'. he has

been wJking and has coler€d a drs-

,** .f *o".o* miles' What an

,ti"uoaing'record it isl I dg t'r.ot

,t iot ,t "i any one would takc thc

["rlf.-.i b.,'ti"g this grand record

in this srviftest age o{-.trarrsport' }et

this man goes ol trodding the sacreo

earth in sun and ratn'

Ail round arvakening and dereloP-

ment of both the inditidual at'rd soct-

.* ir, ,tt its aspects, 1>olitrcal' soc.iai

and religious. is the l\{ission ot hts

irJui*',outs and that i' Vin.rba's

;;*" c{ Sa^'oda,va' To achiere

tfrir-Jra. he has foliotted in thc {oot-

,i;; ;i his \laster \lahatma Gandhi'

*lti.n enabled this ccuntn' to obtain

irrJ*na.n... He has [octrssed his

;;;;"t on the unlinished rvolk left

iy hit \{aster of social and economic

revolution.

San'cdava is a rvhoie . philosophy

of life. Ii is practicaf it is not utoP-

ian as some b.li.t. it to be' Sarva

*.rn, "ll and udaYa means growth'

The development of all irrespecttve ol

anv denominauion. It was cne or tne

b-"k. t.".hi"g= of Gandhiji' ,m:mantle has fallen on a wortlrler hano

of Bapuli's disciple and Satyagrahi :r*<'''

, "*

h. termed him in ig4o'

ReccntlY a Panel oi distinguished

ohvsicians' o[ indore medically exa-^-iired him. In a huntorous strain Vino

baii asked them "horv frres the horse-''

Unanimously all of thtrrr replicd' "ex-

celient". Fiis question hacl a cleep

siqnificance. tlils bodv is comparcrl

too a horre. It is kePt' undcr control

Iike the anirnal. . A1l human beings

possess the bloocl of wiid animals inih.t, ,o a greater or lesser degree and

this needs "to lt wcll ccntroiled end

disciolined. But the rvonder is Viltc'-

ba'.s lown horse. lives on curds onlr''

SEPTEIIBER

rvcrkers' Training Centre' It .is- go-

ing to be a nu.r6rY or seed-betl from

*,fii.h *iil devclop'the all round culti-

vation of SarvodaYa. A 3-man com-

mittee called a SOONYA Committee

iZero) has been formed to make

Iildori an ideal SarvodaYa Ntg*'This hermitage has already heighten-

ed the name ,'nd fa*. of this citY, and

oeoole hare begun to flock here from

iu.l,' .ort o o'i the land' The Pre-

*.r.1 of this great saint has influen-

ced the mornl"atmosphere s'hich- is

overflowing with the- joy of the love

oi God.

Impossible is the growth o[ all

ruiGolrt lrn,.l. Conse-qucntly Vincbr

touched the Problem cf Bhoodan tor

*iit otl. laod^ a P€asant could not be

haoov. He muii own it. He tnust

h"il' othcr clccupations centering

,ound hit village Eaving relationship

with agriculture such. as handlcratts'

In his'schcme of deveioPnrent hc

wants us to use newcst types of tmple-

rnents and scientific knowlcdge'

Vinobaii thinks that these are neces-

srrv to move wirh irr the modern

*oild ,nd to coPc with the Produc-tion levels attained by other countries'

In fact. he wants to create a balanced

er:onomv antl healthY communitY'

ift ut 'his PhilosoPhY of larious"DANS" ialls il ttrc scctor of land'

The torch of truth and non-violence

Iit bv his tnaster is bcing carried from.lno.'to cloor bv his iatourite follower

Vinobaii like a Zealot. The entire life

of this great sainr is tledicated to ser-

vice of -humanity. It is an unc€aslng

visil. He is like 'a

night-bird Chakor'-;ti"-.rr'r"1,,t tfie Plantt of hu'

[,aniiv. He-greets e]l wirh ")Af-

JAGAT" (Hail world;'

Marvellous w<.rrk i:; beitg done bv

-him at Indore. He is scattering his

nrecious icms ,rf ancicttt rnd modern

wisdom on the most congenial soil'

On August 15 last at clusk time'Vinobaii

.-pl""t"d a mango tt-o- P{

threw oPen his VISARJANA S H R A M. He namecl it visarian'

it ireans, divestment of all attach-

.*ltr*, of all rvorrie-s, of even body'

It is said that this Ashram is going

to be the l{ead Quarrers of Sarvodaya

Undoubtedly Vinoba 'has become

successful in propagating his concept

of voluntary rvillingly sharing what- '

crer one has got from society' For a1

in.livi.lual is t}e product of society and

such one o{ves a -d&t t, it. This Puts

to an end all idea o{ personal orvner-

ship. All this radical cha.nge is to

h.:'achieved in a non-violent waY'

He rvants to make Patent what is Ia-

tent-

Illuminatilg sernons of this great

oroohet of tf,e lwentieth ienrurv ai-

irayr begin before daY b'reak' He de-

livers on an average six lectures prdav. His worcls eviaendY are back-

cd'bv some hidden Power which caP-

ture the heart of the multitude' He

uniocks the treasure of the ancient

knowledge and goes on harping'overthe "Son"g of the Ages". It is, as if'orr ,rntu,i.k music of the lnfiniteThe more you listen the rnore Youere {arinated and awakened.

, Currently Vinoba tcld us here "I

"* oppo*d to the gcvcrnmcnt taking

mor"' and nrore reipcnsibiliry on it-self in its attemPt ai building a wel-

fare state. If the government tiiedto hold *rc entire rEsponsibility thc

oeoole would grrrlually loose theiri.rdi,..trious uatiLral lif6 and *'ouldbeccme duil and there rvould be no

xope for the develoPmenr of mind, no

.umparsion clrd lro chance for sharingthc .ornmon good in life".

He reiteratetl befee a camP ' ofSarvodaya workers rhe land problenrin thc iourrtry could be solved only

through Bhbodan. The legislative,n"*r,li"" to fix ceiling otr land hold-

ings could. never be compated *i!}.rhii ghoodan lnovelne&t. He appeal-

,{Contd. on Page 16) a,'11

-- n]-nn-(Contd. from pagelD , !-:y o" is this statemet

ed to the peopre to,if;.-*h',*I ffro'.[tgi,':";Tl[!;;JH:Bhoodan t6rough rvhich ntne lai(n :*" :-ir-"* the cudgel but the irres'

;;;'r*i r,?a alreadv been distri- f,i]i.;"-;; "i r'"'"',*a truth. Astobuted during the past nine Years to '":';t-gi

enough rhe world-powersIfi.'f.nai.r, i"r, l.''' or more'effe'tit" lll"l?rrt. of uuth.rhan legislation. -';

alone ro"'tr;?;;;ilvinol* seenr dissatis6ed The gift is given * -Tl:::

,"ith'ih. .ondition, pt."'iritil'"ir.,it u'utl-*Ith " pTt"t'nt radiance' Great-

,'ountry. Recenrly r-r.-'"**'rt3a";b"'; t" r'"'"" goi''o them for-,thev tried

thc welfare Pattern ,' ti"'l"it] -rr'i' t lrr"rnin"it the ways tt *:'^:""19:

results iri robbing *t"""f"iiJt *'"- V.inoba's name has been wcten rnto

hood. (purasharth) or ::#;il';;" [:-'-T:"'L:t "'lil'I ":f Hl"t';:Thood,..(pura;nxrtn) or

-IErrruvrrrE Lrr! 'r, -i;

ih. gul"*y 6{ 56615 rvhomp"*,rrid"7 rr expressing this man-

illit , cod had blcssed.rood.

M" P"BHOPAL,

CFITIiNIII#JAN. 31, 19?0.

TI. P. CIEAONICLE

MURDER OF IWANOF FEACE ''I

diaterv the rast i' "'iu"'*ru";.l*""T1*ti"ofilu*r*" I il'"J,"i'{.r:: 'Tfr"[T,']lI have been broodrng ovcr 1tl o" io Jrnr"#-c",,Jrriii ,"_i (oontd. in Col. ?) 'l

,his ears to it, lest it might b" 11,-r fast. _The nuort"-.nioi""a I l9ss, ou Friday, January

irn:^:::::-:t,!r.?n.-, , I:riu"", trr"'.ountry. wt,r,, hel 80, the rast and farat brow

trme Govef ttnt,ctl ,if ,i ""},s rrdt ine Wofst \r'as DVefrd been rvittr rr"i,r;n,- r and- that they rverg on theGovernm,rt of paki_ , road lo showrng thu lowliest

soventy- eianth bii.trrcrav o+, (Bv: vaman H. Pa'dit)

Gandhijr had come ana gor,"- I ,no wrifan

I Accordrng to the atl,zir:e, rof r.r*t-irrri;il;;';;;,r,;r:J i,"'r"'lrJfri..Tl#*i""r!r:decided to undertoke- .r,c lttoo ."pr"r"ntti,r" ;f ,rI;;;; j mornins that tlay 1e cleared'mo.c Iast. He said "trIv im- l ,,,ii"i'ur i, o,.irri r,",i .r*""i J tris mait-bag. H6 replied a,,portance has been gnawing atJa nat.t plcdging to pr:orecilhcl rrr.

-i-rriX";"r";Ij;. .,r

Jme of late. It will go inrryrc_ j Muslim^ ,,ioriu.- " ' 'l must reply to them. todar,,.

jto au p,.t,-"i i,li,l'.; #.:: i;i"ffi;"'"-T_,[;" #";,1i, o,- , u,",ii.lll"[1"fu[ '"ffi*.

,Itnc plot:ctlon cf no escort lto them qs part of ..hr,ii"il lTrtt be tabooed. Strikes he llsavc God. He wourd go ih.r" l.;;-;;;",J"i."n" ;;;";;:;ldisapproved rhough h" ?,,;: i; as ths friend of l\Irtsltms a. I tnaia.

- rr,u

-oui"om" "';;i# llelt wa1

-responsibfe t* ,.1* Ilof others. His tife *orrJ ;; ifr;;';r.i'nl* ,n" Govcrnincnt lsuccessful-stiikes i,, tl'" prrt,ilat their. disposar. rrc wnrti.cl"r r"oi, o."ii"a ;';;";il;Jt1,. "t tul ii^"'ir**il1lcheerfullv die at the h.rnds cf lamount to FuiiJu"- J#,J;;:lneither independencu-io'. 1r",

leavc rheir homes. lrndia. h; ;";;;i;;";:i,r;,:l.To. *1"r. rhev '".." l, t",

i , Go?'l.ESCoRr lr."- rn" t"r.'#;'"lli'r;';'l[:rroad ro .r-,u*ine ii",=rJ*ri"rtI tn one of his graycr-ntcet- jstan certain subst,r:rtral .rr"l- :'f {he villagers that it mearrtl;: :,,':":?:o^i"-:Yjl:l-:1 1u.eo lof monev whidh the'r hr,t-o;;-" r,',r,1,1eedom

- &om eerirlom, ,

murders. He advised bo-th rhe lti"rud ;; ;;";;';;;^'il;; l*l .commuruties, Hindu ancl Mus- laaity at hi. ;;;*-;".,*;,;1, But they were entit.tercl to.inrs. rhat they sh.rru nor lAt ir,"l ri-" i;;:;;,:;;"'ll;f l,op" har thc *ri'rr."r'uu",

tion began between tire two j * 'ii,dr"iia#" lwe have handled;,iaop*i0.,-,."

domirrios of India a^cl pakjs- I rir" r,*i-ilri'^"i**,",r..d iT," ..""*_ro uu airili,,'rio"ea.,,

ffi.:l:?,;Hli::, ;:,,1i1,:i:,:,,1t *;l{r rsna.il;-;":rlfj,l:",,r "*, quu,ti;;; ",.

pie of Funjab and Bengaf ""-,hui'r.rill,.,l*"

tr rrc rn PuI'e'!donenclence Day., " ""r" *i*:cepted the partirion or their Eive rhan n,rT,lll il:j::l"': lo"ou.o,,. Day Gancthrji askrrd

ir:[Ul fio'"J;ti#;ixl l':lr,*l,l"irjt;irt;T iff:ti*,]'li,'"J:'i" :t:J ,:,".,I

1947, Gandhi .",,,rir"a"'io lro"'rn" tart .l r ' r'EY*s&*

lrlim ,r"r"r"j"Jo;r:; ;:, *'t

Derhr _rr"

- ,,,yJ""o1 ui,ru

I n,u "";;i,:[.;",,llui;,Jl: l:8,:l;i,f,Li :"#.;:,*: t" IHouse. He addressed daly ,rl"pon ;;;fi'l; ;;;^:1"1;:1,..I1',", * week rr'."'"?'tr,irl

h.is praS,er-meelings. TIre pco- , ,,,roor.'N; ,"'-

': ,rrrrnt s '"e I incident, ,n .r""r".r'ru" .,r"_pie of runlat ,na'-g*ngl ac- has "n.,ihi--T^"ll ll L,'i".f dcpenctence Dav., hr,,r, +L^

cept the congratuiations *l I i";;;" ri,i nr'"il*",1*n? i lT:1,,"* ,. .ivo oi" -riaf'

nurt.hatred and l<illing ctamasectl ;;;;;: struek trre Dran l ^,..:,rt , this rnciaen,'"i* ."_rhe almosphere. rn Ben-garl ;;;;-"r*;;;;"t';,T;i: i[:,:u:o ,,,"r ;;-;;" ,io,,roGandhijr trieci 1.o mainrainl il";;Hiil rasrpage. rrre l"dl.^l:*" ,po" tr,ir'1,,u'*i*r

lu"g but unhappity rn the I wrler ;h; -;;":r;r;;T

led youns man.. C)n the other Ip-urriab r,u "ouiJ''-.,,1t ao ,o.l ;;t#" ";'" *$!",:-llli::

ll::g .r,.-i"rJ t1^ffi;'#: j

"He was ready to die so rhat I rr-""J" ;il ;#''- .,i:H:

f Ge'erat of porice ir,ri;:il"

-;-i'1' :"F'i;"*il;- i ru: "

Tf ttr--]'' i ;:,:t }'"i*'i'1"' ?; nr

Liandlliir had come and gone. I 'rnn writer.. prcsents l:"lJ"o the first walnins rrrunfrhe'e was norhing rut Jgonyl r,"""'* ;r;;';*_rJT:l;: l:^.?:yl ,?. ii,."",""u, a,

::,1", ;;;::,";,#:lli;,* lj; i il;j.]1#'-1'- ",[1!iil :t:; l'^:H',,F I:" *",{ "::r,=,

i ilry: ;d:F:"'i? ilill',# l?;;.'"' to Pakistan irnn'tdia-

il*s''J, '?:*1ff;f"";":oli';l; ;

ilrfs Hg would then iravc done I This gesture on rhc uarf nf lhad now. ' Ilwhat hs was advtsirrg all tollndia was highly ,ppr".iri"o. 1.. He proceeded to hari: upon J

l, ou, ali nls pieadings to res_ lfakislan Gqvelnrnenr on jts jcommodrties which he fav_ i

il^1" llillnat_harmorrr,,f:llihonour and ouqhr t6 terid,,,iour=d, and upon the growingj111]: , l' rMas his Yow. 1{.) "dc,r: ian honourablc setllemcnl

"or lTil of corruption againsllu'nrcn alone kept him .fromlonly on the Kashmir eucstion. lwhich he begged his listener.sIldeath, " .tris matchless. rriend'rr"t o"'"ir j# ;i[:;:,i,1,r"ili" ir" u" u,".-r"iliili;';;a"Iffi::i.-the voice wrthin irinr-.trudf ,,rcln tfi iwo Dornintrrrrs.,. 1 lASf MAIL BAG""- IlhT ,fl11-nl;1":?l ,f,,i:ffi I,,:li;,Gi;;l.,ri ";;.''",""i

n', ] . .ody *nii-?,o""'i"r,.i' j

his ears to it, rest it mieht belhis f,.r .,.'-"i1'::1^n:^i:']:11 :H p:v:al:meeting adil-l

Folded [Iamds(Contd. from Col 5) rsomeone near and dea: to

may ncvcr be.,, lthem. Never was ilre.:re a milnA0 5.15 he came out of thelso intensely loved as the Fa-

Birla Bhavan, to 6ttend hrs Jther of the Nation. Over theuzual prayer-meeting. He ap- / etn tfre nervvs was repeatec]peared to be ',veak for he I intermittently.was leanrng on the shouldep I tfr" following clay Ganrihr-oI Manu Gandhi-his grand- lji,s boay was carrierl by hisnieee. lgrand daughter, A.ra Garrdhi

No sooner had he ascertded lanrl others from the Birla Bha-the steps of the prayer plat- lysrr io an army truck clothedform than suddenly a young. in white spun cloth .- as whi-man rushed through the tnui- I t" "r the clouds in rtr6 sl<y.titude and bent as if he wer:e lThen the funeral pl.ocessionbowing before him. He pushcd lstarted stretching over sevenaside Manu Gandht anrl start- lmiles long. the cortei{e of theed shooting. The first bullet I departecl Mahatmaii passedhit him in the abdomen. He ithrough the main route peopleuttered "Ram Ram" and then lfaltrng flower:s and fosqtwo more shots struek him, lpshls,IIe fell dor,r'n. His spectaclessuspended over hrs trr:d1' ,nUhis sandals were throvrn out.

Blood profusely rushed outoI his breast and abdomen.He raised his arms as a ges-turc of prayer t6 his audience.He was taken to the Birla

Oh! it was a ?eritablg car.pet strewn on the road, flow-ers, and flowers evcr1/where.At last the procession reachedRaj Ghat on the banks of thesacred Jumna.

A,AJ GHA1I

was ol nq d?ail. Till now rro ldrawn by units of India'sphrlosophar has solved sat;s-I Army, Navy ard Alr F,.;rce'iactorily ths knot of human lat tir" Raj Ghat Matratmaji'sDeath and Fate. Out side the I bodv was placed cn the san-Birla Bhavan it was announ- ldalwood pyre: Dakoias of theeed to the anxiously waiting lRoyal Indian Force, d.ippinglerowd: "Bapu is dead". lin salute, showered flowertd

ALL WEPT lon the bier. Leaders after'The whole or tl're ,sr,ercntl5ffiX. #lil*""r,,. tffl

: "ity "r Delhi, nay i,h.-- whole l"'i ii""_ I""U at rhc headJ country was pluntted, ,ll-11

l "t tlt " pier. n tightdeepest sorrow. A teri.tbls cry i:,;^" .--lia.t +^ th- hvrorwtrcnu Dvrrvw. A lcr^rLrts ]i, I was applied to the pyreof grilf went up from

]]1" li',]j n,riJ[---rou" ths {rames

ffi:#Tf 'T:-,ffi" :'"'i"#. I :::;*"*:" ::: s'*"1;;'Lor lnC coconuts

sands of men, wo)nen ""9lfflj"t'"ffito rhe flames.children wept, rvept, wept. |

' ;;^;^ :,,." cmnlr., q hisffi:f il-.:' ?*'},'#.10, Tili;

| ". ;5; ", :,T, J

*",fii,.; li5

shame and downeast hearts, l;, -----.^ '...l* .r^ ..;^.., E'rodd

Bharyan. He lost his consct- | Conche5 and trumpets wereousne$s. Efiorts to save hls I blown as the cortage passed.

life failed. AII medieal r;cience lThe militarv carriage wa3

,holy rivers of India tra3 carri-ied out. Leaders o1 the variousStates returned v,rith Kalash,of the ashes to their resPect-live S'tates. The writee 6longlwith the People of lladhyalPradesh returned to Indorewrth ths Glorious Dusi

I -'--" -- " l* ---- . : lcolumn oI clouo \\ llrcll trru

lshame and d-owneast he-ar:s, ltha scene from the view. Flsgs

ffi:H::: ffi 'Jil.Jif '.i,::' ; I ;*1.'#il:;"',;

*ill"AJ;I:

i'd:l:t"i#'n:X"'"#:li:.'i'3im,::,o";l;f i*;n"',i,",Yffi

| " :i'i i::.:' ::*"*,: _ :l-

p

":; I :* X;;U' "":,",1 ili." i: *,|ii

ftte tmked like. an ocean ?f i;#il"sirv. rriurrtus pour-

ihumaxlty -weeplng.. and r''ett'Ied rn from all cxver tle world.

I ll5.'i:,T [:T:':''l,ri il: :T :i

| :1"": u' T, - ";:ll1, ;:' *"

" u

Ineontu that they I'ave ltst l" ff;^,i;'Xiru, *u." perfor-II lmed on 12th Febrrrar.v, when

- lti'" ceremony of imurersir;n of

lMatratmeji's ashes in the

PAGE IIB@.--

toffe A,Ione fs"-(B.yr Vamxn H. pandit)

,,,ro*Xtt ,rirnt"',.11-^t'HlX;,11 tS' The. vri-e-r presen s here then, -rvhich soverns all life

an'-\'er :otne o[ the clucition, l-l l'tlt'1l i"in o"'ot'"thc is'God

:.i*{*fit":i** r:;;{i' fit;,, "{l#ilff"H1 # "ikff;,iF *:GOd. lll9 COfl'eSpOn({ -'" 'r^ vdrlurrr' rt t!.,rluws lne Ofr- ..*

sireo , ciarificarion""tf.Ili ginal a1 jgle only to the ex- cause I know so little a6ouiiGandlrrrr: '.1 rcat, 1::.": tent o[ hct,;n* rt* -ri, I.t .or I1i6. Et-cn as ttrv dc-i"rlolrhr(: rr\rnr^,' '^' \:YI lhought- i";; ; hi, it;;; nial or ie,o'a.irce of the exi-!e exl-

iililtr,'illllf ';,"."1*tr g'::::: .*,' jd#iti mi';,ff;.' i;ltlr ":.":;,l.l"lli,,,,ll,Ji il'iilot;";t il'i"'i[i*'l'"

dr]rlr'|r'+ 't" :l1l ';;-;;;"i";'''i

" oi c.,a. " ,_ -.. and I.lis Law iibcraie nrelyhereallelsebutGod,that*,froun-ir.,or,"iotlo],;:-;;},.';,j;|

is Truth' j5 rll utlc.l'lainty". ,wn Duu a nrrrnumelrr- 1u,'irumL.,rc and rnur.c' ircr.c,,[;;1gs rrhq f,llorvin* i:r., th: rrims"rt,"-'not in *il,[;i b;i .,t dlvi,e"-"tii[ii,i].'ri:il.:lquestion5 rn brtef ;':", ',"" htmself' not in marbal but oI Cllvlllc auihoritv makes j

the corresprxrrten,,-I*t1a,|l j.1.":.::':-llmorfrl. l-lts con- life iournev easier even asi15 nor., *.iio,n,v. ilnI .","-i ['"TJl-rll-iil1.,.,L,1,.:..yr,,:; l,l,'u3:T,?l'ffiu:j lltiliy,IIhe allow the *orlC tpurarcd uu u,,a-pJn;i. Tr'lli g'X,,,.y;,i,1,;:. 1,,ffi*.;,.i: *#,-,,0'0.1'#1i,,i,T..,:?.lll1l,shades? ::-:'"-.:'"--"-"_'il:- ", Llrc L1''" hi;";..- -::^'_l,"lil:_,:

wHy Alr.ow EvrL? l,ilj, r.lin"r';;;; urin* ,".-

!,f,,J"',ilil' ctransineffii

Shouid not GoC, k;ll wtck- rlr wrote thal the argu- lYine all tltat cl'rang.. x Iitingcdness by Hrs Dow€r lre.re rrlent was as old as Adam. powet' lltat rvas chanseless,and then nip aji rascailty in But he permiiteri hrmself to that held all logether. tha-tthe bud and not altow iv;ci- srate why ne believed.

* g" created, dissolvcs and lecre-ed people to floirisnl lwas prompted to do io ["- ated.. .That irrlornring po\verf

Why should GorJ be long-!cause of the knowledg,e that or.sprylt was (lotl. And siricei;sulfering and be patrent,, - ltherc were young mr'n *Uo nrlthint else he satv merciy'

IJ God ;rlloii-s ir' tvran[ 1s'wer€ interestcd in fris vicws thro-ugh the ieirses cc,uld ,oid1g nrs o\ryit S,.u"", *t y and doings. would persist, He alone is.should he nor weed out -; He went on and on citing BENEVOLENTtyrant before his tvranly his reasons about the cxr- And thar n/ri{,^r. r^r..op,pr€sses the ,uu,.7- stence or

'L#"# ,,il ;; ,#o o:#",u"1l]l;'rl-?ri:ii-Whv have failh in 11rr1 corl€sponoent thus:-. -. . - t.t. I{".r**-'ii ;;,..1" asGod rvho does not use Hrs "There is,an indefinsble tcnevotent. "fii ---1r" .o116polver5 to chanse the worlcl mysterious Power tharl per- r.. that' in iue ir-,out ,.land make it a rvolld of good vadcs. evervthinrr. I .feel i!. .t.utrr."""llf. ,., iiii.j,' ,n ,rr.and riehleous mcn I thoueh I do nof scc ir. It. i* ,-n-iOrt of uni'u,h ri.uih pcr-

E{nl1 :::#0,. :"i=H:iH fr*!'-",',::1, :"iiiJ ,,H1""1 ffi*r,,lijll,,,X'i':ilg;f;their vices?" refies all proof, because it iiJ gatfrei-ed rhat Coa # fii?The corr€gpi)ndrnt begged is.so urljke. rll that of t:er- iiuth, Light. l{e i, fuu."'i-f.of Mahatma to eniigliien ceive throuf TI senscs. It is'tne supreme God. r

hirq through .'YL)UNG IN- transcends thL, senses ^",."iI_ """.i:'i:- Y^"*;^.DrA" anti-io .rro,r-=I his <iis- 'BYt H."^.it no G.od rvho

'

n"jgi i1r19 f"r'*.^-" ',"' "''-l LIMITED ExrENr i??J"J3l'*'"',.tnil;t:lt-The foliowing was rhe a,s= But it is prssible to reason Gr,l--;:;;i;"irr"";;rr an,rwcr to the above qucsu-o.ns.rut the c.risrenc" oi"C;oa ;;;r-r;;;; i,l' it.'*or, ""_given by Mahrrtrna Gandhr.

" -'fi*itJ'^;;il. "'E;;; ; ;;." Himserf in even theIt olfcrs an or-ci-rvirr_'trniirs ,,,.iiniiv ,ii;i;; ' *; k";; irnoif"nr'' ,.:,

'"r "ilir" ro,urr.oroof of i.ris fuil faith in God. that p"opi. do noi know tfhis can onl,/ be done

li tl* l:::-1 ,.f: srciliness;;;; ,;r-t"'ol. '.i"*'"ii.r"'r,i* irrrou,rr, a dcrirrirc rcrrisaironL)t Jvlanattra ils an ollstirtid- he rules, Antl vel tliev knoiv rdore'real 'Lhan the five scn-ir'rq phil.osopirer Here n.. atli --ilL#

is a pou.er thal s6u cah . ever p:odrrce Sensethc .memorable rvorcls 'rvhich ."iiriji *r". Btrceptions c;lr1 be , c,ftenwcukl strike the ascs tc :riui ' iher., ;s orderrine'ss ;;;. -,frb;.,"

ol; jor"pur*.come. It would he u,or.th- in the Urdverse, there is u,, horo,av,er real therr nrav ap_

:"lll: {o.re,:ottcci rhe irrtei- ;;lrii;,;bi;' Lrrv qL)vcrnrns pear ro us. VVhe re thcre is:l:'!s. cllalo{rte on _Ea,puii's evcrvLhins .Jli:! svsr., uc;ng icatisalion-' ;rrri;-'rir"-r.":Bit thd.ir Cenrcn;rrv ccrr'hir- ir,o, .iirL or. rivci i,' ,r

-rri ;;' ii'i;'j"r.iini,l"'r,"j, ;;;ti,rns bv all o1 us. Long lre- i uiirj -'1"*, "

rorl i-r',, hird ".i 1ot Lv exlraneous evi-Il::' ll":::Il,,,q ih. *iir"' ,e,,,. q;" nlu"r* tr,"

"o,iJu"i a"i."'t"ut "il-, ,i"",'#;ir;,;_that 'Mahatmaii built b!,' tis ;i'ii"i* T;;;. "'i.r,rl:iii. Xi'1",;rH:[lr"l^it""*;1iT;?" i

Immousb{* Faithtl'rose who have {elt the real rilv' to reiect all that was

,r.rir.a .rf God within . cotrtrarY 1e Truth and Love'

Such testimonY is to D(

foin.i in the experiences o{ Gandhiii wroie that he

l"n-"*unt'ror."n iine of sages ha<1 no exact answer to the

""a p-pt att in all countrie:' gsvls5psndent's arqument'

;r; ";li;;t. ro reiect this He confessed to him that

i"ro"n.* is io denv rlnesel{' he had no arq'ilment to con-

Mahatmaii fur"thr:r er Yqlg . him through reason

o..,,,'oJ"iiio t*ri"i il.,.r.ii flJ':1Jffi",;fii:3 ffit; ttthat rcaliraii"n .1o ',^:,. rre \4rS ,ot to-iricrr',t tl',* i,r-cd bv an immt)\'ilhlc

:l:tJ ,,'_1: *i*;ii-. ""Hc coul.t not ac-

rvlrt.r would trt hi:; '

so,r lest thc. t"r ui"'c"J'; ::i"1""J",:n;r;I;Ti'li;,n"31orcscnce could Go ilr.i'f rirn To rvant to J,r so was to be1iti11q 1,1ith. At]('l slr

itsclf could nr-rt be pii'"d i.ly co-eq'ual rvith God' He rvas'

r\tr:lllc(rtls eviclcttcc' 'tf" * t l:crefot'e'

^-uttablc cttough to

i*ri .nu,.. *,. i9- !iJ;:I', i: i,'."Ji:?, t'Jo'i"}11'];t,-tltthe moral governrnenr- il iri- ,"0 piti.ni pre c.s,:iy becauservorld and therelotl,;,;;*.;;;1,r,.1 *";,ir;,1i; l,l,.,,,o"Tilt'1",,',1.',,lll li:the Law of Truth ;r

t\er.cisc o[ f:rrr.6 ,rorra L't !q:d] . llt "o evil tn Hint

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PAGS III

GOD IS LOVtr(Contd. from Page 2) Keep Thou my feet, I do not ing. He is patient but He rs

(Godl was the author oi it ask to 5gs aiso terrible. He is thc most

and yet rgrtouphed UV it. ' 'Ihe distant scene; one step exactitrf personage in the

\trRESTLING IYt'r11 EVII enough fttr rre' world and the world to

.Bapuii said that ;" i;:,;,,]l';, #{; !X?,:t'"1*:J: :;#; ,,,.f,-;,3'i5''.,n ff[ :l:that he should never kttow ;;;i?.d- l" fri, prayer_meet- mete out :)u,r neiehlloursGod il he did not wrestle t;;;-- ^'- '

-mer a1d Lrrut-s. \'y'iri1with and against evil even "^'"" Hinn ignorancc is no excitse.at the cost of li{e itself. lle {Jltimatelv, concluding his And withal Ile ir everwas ' foriified in tire beliei arguments, Gandhiii said fot'giving for He :rlwavsbV his own huntble and iimit- that to Him God was Truth sives us the chance to re-ed experience. The Durer he and Love; God lvas the pent. I{e is ltie greatesl c1e-

tried to beconte that nearer source of Light and I-ife and ru6s131 the world knoi,vs. forhe felt to be to God. Mean- vet He (God) was above and He llves us 'u8f,rttercd' t'f,while, he invited the corres- beyond all those. mai<'e our oit'n ciroir:e bet-oondent to pray v7itfi |r{ew- And sureiv conscience is ween evil and grrorl. He tsman who san{ from expe- but a por 3nd labourious the, greatest tyrallt everrience: paraphrase of the simple known, {or I{e often clashesLead, kindly Li,{ht' amid tire cornbination of three letters the cup fronl our lips artd

encircltng sloom' called G O D. He cannot under cover of free rvillLead Thou me on; cease to be because hideous leaves us a mat:F,in so lvliolly

The night is .l:rrk and I am immoralidies or inhurnan inadequate rs to providefar from home, brutalities are committed in onlv mirth for hirn s:lf at

Lead Thou ,me on; His name. He is long-suf{er- our expense.