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वीरेश्वराय विद्महे विवेकानन्दाय
धीमहि । तन्नो वीर: प्रचोदयात् ।
Swamiji had been staying
during the last two days at Balaram Babu's residence at
Baghbazar. He was taking a short stroll on the roof of the
house, and the disciple with four or five others was in
attendance. While walking to and fro, Swamiji took up the story
of Guru Govind Singh and with his great eloquence
touched upon the various points in his life — how the revival of
the Sikh sect was brought about by his great renunciation,
austerities, fortitude, and life-consecrating labours — how by
his initiation he re-Hinduised Mohammedan converts and took them
back into the Sikh community — and how on the banks of the
Narmada he brought his wonderful life to a close. Speaking of
the great power that used to be infused in those days into the
initiates of Guru Govind, Swamiji recited a popular Dohâ
(couplet) of the Sikhs:
"सवा लाख पर एक चढाऊं।
जब गुरुगोविन्द नाम सुनाउं॥"
The meaning is: "When Guru Govind gives the Name, i.e. the initiation, a single man becomes strong enough to triumph over a lakh and a quarter of his foes." Each disciple, deriving from his inspiration a real spiritual devotion, had his soul filled with such wonderful heroism! While holding forth thus on the glories of religion, Swamiji's eyes dilating with enthusiasm seemed to be emitting fire, and his hearers, dumb-stricken and looking at his face, kept watching the wonderful sight.
After a while the disciple said: "Sir, it was very remarkable
that Guru Govind could unite both Hindus and Mussulmans within
the fold of his religion and lead them both towards the same
end. In Indian history, no other example of this can be
found."
Swamiji: Men can never be united unless there is a bond of common interest. You can never unite people merely by getting up meetings, societies, and lectures if their interests be not one and the same. Guru Govind made it understood everywhere that the men of his age, be they Hindus or Mussulmans, were living under a regime of profound injustice and oppression. He did not create any common interest, he only pointed it out to the masses. And so both Hindus and Mussulmans followed him. He was a great worshipper of Shakti. Yet, in Indian history, such an example is indeed very rare.
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