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Atharvana eda3 5riting on :B#ARATA 7ATA< in his uarterly, i!erty , %u6lished 8rom +rescott, 3$3,he says

9 erse .1 eH%resses the total devotion o8 a #indu to Bharat 7ata :333 I am the son o8 Carth, Carth is my7other3<9Study o8 this hymn reveals that "hile the edic doctrine res%ects all gods, it attaches the greatestim%ortance to the land o8 Bharat 6ecause it is the 7other o8 all those "ho d"ell in her 6osom3 #o"ever,the 8ollo"ing t"o %oints ought to 6e noted in this res%ect9a3 >ne can live in India and 6elieve in any god he likes 6ecause so vast is the edic conce%t o8 *ivinitythat there is no !ealousy among gods3 This li6erality is 6ased on the advanced edic thinking, "hichrealiDes that as the "heel o8 time moves 8or"ard, changes o8 all sorts must take %lace, thus religiousdoctrines may not 8orm the cause o8 social discord3963 This edic ?i6erality is, ho"ever, restricted 6y the once%t o8 Bharat 7ata, that is, a d"eller o8 thisland must con8ess :I am the son o8 Bharat 7ata, and Bharat is my 7other3<9It goes "ithout saying that !ust con8ession o8 love is not a convincing %roo8 o8 one s a88ection2 it must 6erein8orced 6y sustained action3 There8ore, a d"eller o8 India does not ackno"ledge her as his 7otherlandi8 he hates $aashi and loves $aa6a3 All his civic rights de%end on this %oint3=

Sri An"ar Shaikh, dedicated the article to Sadhu Rangara!an a6out "hom he "rote under the title, 9ASadhu 5ith a *i88erence= and said

9Finally, I salute Sri Rangara!an, the hero o8 this article and stress that a %atriotic sadhu dedicated to serveBharat 7ata is not an ascetic 6ut a saint, "ho seeks 7ukti through national glory3 #e re%resents ?ordShiva, "ho is 6oth a "arrior and lover3 It is high time that the #indus "ere taught the edic virtues o8 8ighting evil to u%hold the cause o8 righteousness3 To a virtuous #indu, nothing is more righteous thanserving Bharat 7ata3 She is the 8ountain o8 li8e 8or all those "ho live on her soil3 There8ore, her dignityand honour must 6e the %riority o8 all her sons and daughters3 It is essential that consciousness o8 thedignity o8 Bharat 7ata is %reached "ith utmost Deal and sincerity3 This goal is 6est achieved i8 everysadhu learns to girdle himsel8 "ith a s"ord to lead the "ay 8or *harma Yudh3 ?et every #indu tem%le 6eadorned "ith a statue o8 Bharat 7ata and have 8acilities 8or training the devotees in martial arts and

%atriotism3 This is a !o6 8or the great Sadhu Rangara!an, the creator o8 ande 7ataram3 Singing %atriotichymns is great 6ut making %eo%le true %atriots, eager to serve the cause o8 Bharat 7ata, is immenselygreater3 In Cngland, they say :An ounce o8 %ractice is 6etter than a tonne o8 theorycean is #industhan3 It is also kno"n as Bharatavarsha3 The 'ishnupurana says, J (ttaram

yat samudrasya himaadres&hai$a dakshinam) $arsham tad !haaratam naama !haaratee yatra santatih JEthat land "hich is to the north o8 the ocean and south o8 the #imalayas is Bharata and the %eo%le o8 the land are Bharatiyas3 hanakya, "ho "as instrumental in the 6uilding u% o8 the mighty7aurya Cm%ire 6y handragu%ta 7aurya, declared J *rithi$yaa samudra paryanataayaa eka raat+, the

entire land stretching u% to the seas is one nation3 ?ord Ramachandra declared Jananee janma!h%%mis&ha Swargaadapi gareeyasi-- 97other and 7otherland are more sacred than #eavensK=

Since times immemorial, s%iritualism has 6een the 6edrock on "hich the edi8ice o8 our gloriousnationhood has 6een 6uilt u%3 The edic Rishi %rays in a s%%kta in the .thar$ana 'eda 9>h 7other,those "ho hate us, those "ho march "ith armies to over%o"er us, those "ho think evil o8 us in their minds, and those "ho desire our death and destruction, may you crush them to %ieces2 it is this my7otherland on "hose la% my 8ore8athers, the great Rishis, %er8ormed sacri8ices, %enances and sang songsin the seven seasons3= The Mahaa!haarata %roclaims 9Bharat is the greatest land on earth, and it alone


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is the ?and o8 Action, "hile the rest are ?ands o8 +leasure3 It is only a8ter great ac uisition o8 merit that a %erson gets the %rivilege o8 6eing 6orn a human 6eing in this country3= It is our glorious tradition toinvoke the Bharata BhavaniE7other IndiaEin all the 1 Shakti +eethas o8 our land and o88er our "orshi% to the /esha Maatrikaa Ethe 7other in the 8orm o8 7otherland3

S"ami ivekananda, in his clarion call to the #indu nation, %roclaimed 9For the neHt 8i8ty years thisalone shall 6e our keynote E this, our great 7other India3 ?et all other vain gods disa%%ear 8or the time8rom our minds3 This is the only god that is a"ake, our o"n race E :every"here his hands,every"here his 8eet, every"here his ears, he covers everything3< All other gods are slee%ing3 5hat vaingods shall "e go a8ter and yet cannot "orshi% the god that "e see all round us, the iraat 5hen "e have"orshi%%ed this, "e shall 6e a6le to "orshi% all other gods3= #is illustrious disci%le, Sister Nivedita, gaveus 9>ur National +rayer=

9I 6elieve that India is one, indissolu6le, indivisi6le3 National nity is 6uilt on the common home, thecommon interest, and the common love39I 6elieve that the strength "hich s%oke in the 'edas and (panishads , in the making o8 religions andem%ires, in the learning o8 scholars and the meditation o8 the saints, is 6orn once more amongst us, and itsname today is Nationality39I 6elieve that the %resent o8 India is dee%/rooted in her %ast, and that 6e8ore her shines a glorious 8uture3> Nationality, come thou to me as !oy or sorro", as honour or as shameK 7ake me thine o"nK=

S"ami Rama Tirtha %ro%ounded %atriotism as %ractical edanta3 #e roared 9The land o8 India is my o"n 6ody3 The omorin is my 8eet, the #imalayas my head3 From my hair 8lo"s the Ganges, 8rom my headcome the Brahma%utra and the Indus3 The indhyachalas are girt round my loins3 The oromondal is myle8t and the 7ala6ar my right leg3 I am the "hole o8 India and its east and "est are my arms3= The greatTamil %oet/%hiloso%her, 7ahakavi 3 Su6ramania Bharati, addressing the little kids o8 his 7otherland,sang // 0hedami##aata Hindusthaanam) .tai dei$amenru kum!idadi paappaa, J>h little child, adore and"orshi% the ndivided #industanEAkhanda BharatEas your Goddess3J

Sir ;ohn 5oodro88e, the reno"ned 5estern eH%onent o8 Tantra , re8erring to the children o8 the sacred

Bharata$arsha , says 9They "ill gain %o"er L Shakti M to u%hold their race and "ill receive all their desires,i8 they serve their country in the 6elie8 that service L se$a M o8Shri Bharata is "orshi% L se$a M o8 the

Mahashakti1 Shri Bhaga$ati) "ho though a%%earing in one o8 #er 8orms as Bharata Shakti) is not merelya *evi o8 the #indus, 6ut their name 8or the one 7other o8 the 5orld=3

CulogiDing Bankim handra as Jone among the Rishis o8 the later ageJEthe seer o8 the mantra) 2'ande Mataram2) "hich is creating a ne" India, 7ahayogi Sri Auro6indo says JIt is not till the 7otherlandreveals hersel8 to the eye o8 the mind as something more than a stretch o8 earth or a mass o8 individuals, itis not till she takes sha%e as a great *ivine and 7aternal +o"er in a 8orm o8 6eauty that can dominate themind and seiDe the heart that these %etty 8ears and ho%es vanish in the all/em6racing %assion 8or the7other and her service, and the %atriotism that "orks miracles and saves a doomed nation is 6orn3 Tosome men it is given to have that vision and reveal it to others3J

9I8 I "ere to look over the "hole "orld to 8ind out the country most richly endo"ed "ith all the "ealth, %o"er and 6eauty that nature can 6esto", in some %arts a very %aradise on earth, I should %oint toIndia 33=, says 7aH 7uller in India 3 4hat It 0an Tea&h (s 3 Romain Rolland also echoes the samesentiment, 9I8 there is one %lace on the earth "here all the dreams o8 living men have 8ound a home 8romthe very earliest days "hen man 6egan the dream o8 eHistence, it is India3= ?in Yutang in his 4isd%m %5

India) adores India as 9"orld


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shrines3 The vast ma!ority o8 %eo%le including the so called dharma&haryas Esadhus, sants, s%iritualmasters and heads o8 religious institutionsEdeserve the title o8 m#e&&has1

In a recent congregation o8 dharma&haryas held under the aus%ices o8 *harma ;agaran o8 ish"a #indu+arishad, this sadhu asked some %lain and 6lunt uestions

.3 There are thousands o8 tem%les, mutts and %rayer houses o8 the so called #indus throughout the lengthand 6readth o8 Bharatavarsha3 In ho" many o8 them one could 8ind an imageEan idol or at least a %ictureo8 Bharatamata13 #indus are su%%osed to 6e the ma!ority o8 the %o%ulation in our country3 In ho" many #indu homesyou 8ind a %icture or idol o8 Bharatamata in their shrines)3 #o" many o8 the #indu Acharyas say :Bharat 7ata $i ;ai< and : ande 7ataram< in their congregations and s%eak a6out adoration and "orshi% o8 BharatamataO3 In ho" many cities, to"ns and villages o8 our country "e have tem%les o8 Bharatamata

3 The in!unction o8 the shastras is that "hen a #indu gets u% 8rom the 6ed in the early morning, the 8irstthing that he has to do is to look into his hands and chant, karaagre $asate #akshmi) karamadhye

saraswati) karam%%#e tu gauri) syaat pra!hate kara darsanam, ?akshmi resides in the 8inger ti%,Saras"ati in the %alm, and Gauri in the "ristEand samudra $asane de$i par$atasthana manda#e)'ishnupatni namastu!hyam) paadasparsam kshamaswa me, >h 7other Carth, the consort o8 ishnu, Isalute you2 I am getting u% 8rom my 6ed and I have to %lace my 8eet on your 6ody, %lease 8orgive me3=Are the Acharyas ignorant o8 this #o" many o8 them have taught their disci%les and laity to %ractice thisevery day'3 Bankim handra sang in his immortal song, 'ande Mataram , “Twam hi /ugaa dasapraharanadhaarini) Kama#a kama#a da#a 'ihaarini) 'aani $idyaa daayini) namami twam) ama#aam) atu#aam)

suja#aam) supha#aam maataram6”, 9Thou art *urga, ?ady and Pueen2 5ith her hands that strike and her s"ords o8 sheen3 Thou art ?akshmi lotus/throned, And the muse a hundred/toned3 +ure and %er8ect"ithout %eer, 7other, lend thine ear3 Rich "ith thy hurrying streams, Bright "ith thy orchard gleams3=#o" could they 6e #indus "ho "orshi% all these 7others, 6ut could not see them in Bharatamata Inho" many o8 the #indu congregations one could hear this immortal song sung

Acharya is one "ho %ractices "hat he %reaches and sets eHam%le 6e8ore his disci%les3 I8 our so calledAcharyas are not doing all the a6ove things, ho" could they claim themselves that they are #induAcharyas

#ear the voice o8 the great %atriot saint, S"ami hidananda, 8ormer 5orld +resident o8 the *ivine ?i8eSociety and head o8 Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, "ho lived in our midst in the recent %eriod and "hocalled himsel8 9A 5orshi%%er at the altar o8 the Great 7other=

97y 6eloved countrymenK There is a great and urgent need 8or counteracting these negative tendencies"ithout taking recourse to violent means 6ut, through sagacity, socio/%olitical acumen and 8riendly andloving %ersuasion3 The citiDens o8 our nation 8rom the #imalayas to Ramesh"aram and a%e omorin arechildren, are citiDens o8 one great national 8amily under our 7atru6humi, 7other India3 >ur 7otherland

looks to you 8or this great and uni8ying movement3 Right from ver hi"dhood and oung age thehi"dren have to #e en ouraged to deve"o$ "ove for the ountr # their $arent%, a"" over India.

Throughout the length and 6readth o8 our entire country, this great uni8ying movement must 6e taken u%and carried out "ith such 8ervour that gradually the entire %o%ulation o8 India, each and every man,"oman and child "ill rise in res%onse to your loving call and enthusiastically !oin this uni8yingmovement "ith all their heart, mind and soul3 There is great need to encourage the emergence o8 a Ne"Generation that "ill regard %atriotism as one o8 the 8oremost and highest virtues and values3 Be au%e, the

hi"d of toda i% the iti&en of tomorro'! India(% future i% in their hand% a% mu h a% it i% in our


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hand% toda . )o thi% dut of our%. Through it %erve our Mother"and, our I*)IA, that i% Bharat.7ay God grant you all success and 6less you throughout your li8eK9Be8ore closing, I 'i"" %et at re%t a +uer a% to 'h a mona%ti and a Sann a%i %hou"d #other a#outthe%e matter% $ertaining to the ountr 7y ans"er to their uns%oken uery is t"o8old3 Firstly, I amnot a Sannyasin3 Because, in our shastras there is acce%tance o8 a 8i8th state transcending the 8our orderso8 an individual s li8e3 This is kno"n as J .ti-'arnashrama J3 Secondly, even if ou regard me a% aSann a%in, neverthe"e%% I am a"%o a %on of India, a %on of Bharat-Mata 'ho i% m Mother"and. ;ai#indK ande 7ataramK=

?auding the "ork o8 this hum6le sadhu, S"ami hidananda, in his s%eech, 8ollo"ing Sadhu Rangara!an saddress in S"argashram, Rishikesh, on >cto6er 1', .-0@, remarked JI "ill take this o%%ortunity 8or saying a 8e" "ords a6out +ro8essor 3 Rangara!an3 #e has shared his lo8ty ideas and ins%iring thoughts"ith us all in a very very dynamic and thrilling manner3 You all kno" Brahma$it !rahmai$a !ha$atiL$no"er o8 Brahman 6ecomes BrahmanM2 and you also kno" :As a man thinketh so he 6ecometh3<

onstantly thinking a6out S"ami ivekananda!i, constantly thinking a6out such no6le %atriotic souls likeBankim handra hatter!ee, Auro6indo Ghosh and Su6rahmanya Bharatiyar, "ho sa" in India a verita6le*ivine Shakti, a verita6le deity, not merely a land, not merely a nation, 6ut a living 8orce o8 all our herats,a dynamic, a %otential 8orce to trans8orm humanity into divinity // thus, in their inner intuitive vision they

6eheld the eternal, living reality, the true saviour, Bharatavarsha, and the redeemer i8 not today at leasttomorro" o8 the 8uture o8 mankind2 they adored, they eulogiDed in their intuitive vision their s%iritualidentity o8 their sel8 "ith the soul o8 India, Bharata Shakti // and +ro8essor 3 Rangara!an, "ho is amongstus, in constantly thinking a6out these lo8ty souls, their su6lime ideas and their inner s%iritual intuition o8 their *ivine 7other, 6eloved 7otherland, 7Matru!h%%mi) Bharata$arsha8 , he has im6i6ed verily their 8ervour // their %atriotic 8ervour // and love 8or India, and the great s%irit o8 adoration o8 India so that,"hen he s%eaks, their o"n "ords come through him3 onstantly thinking o8 ivekananda, he has himsel8

6ecome an ins%ired oratorJ3

onsecrating Sri Bharatamata 7andir at $rishnara!a%uram, Bangalore, in the %resence o8 Sri #3 3Seshadri, 8ormer Sarkaryavah o8 Rashtriya S"ayamsevak Sangh, on Friday, *ecem6er 1O, 1((O, #3#3S"ami ish"esha Teertha, ;agatguru o8 du%i +e!a"ar 7utt, %roclaimed 9Sadhu Rangara!an has done

the good "ork o8 setting u% Sri Bharatamata 7andir and the idol o8 Sri Bharatamata has 6een installedhere in order to revive and revitaliDe our age/old national values3 5e need to kee% #er ha%%y, not merely

6y taking aarati , 6ut 6y totally dedicating ourselves at her service3 The situation today "arrants that "eact 6eyond our hands, 6eyond our shakti to make #er ha%%y3=

A6out a century ago, the %atriot/saint, S"ami Rama Tirtha said, 9The Sadhu


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9I had many glo"ing tri6utes %aid to you received 6y me in many letters 8rom Reunion and 7auritius3 Ihad a very clear %icture o8 "hat you are accom%lishing395e need such cham%ions o8 #induism, "ho scream into the ears o8 the slee%ing #indus, reviving andrevitaliDing them in their hearty consciousness o8 their %roud %ast3 This alone can make them livedynamically and carve out 8or themselves a 6rilliant 8uture "hich they so eminently deserve3

Today "e 8eel the task 6e8ore us is to scream into the ears o8 our slee%ing dharmaa&haryaas to a"akenthem and a%%eal to them to go to every nook and corner o8 the country s%reading the cult o8 "orshi% o8 the 7otherland Bharatavarsha, "ho is the 7other o8 all our gods, goddesses, saints, sages, sannyasins ando8 our sam%radayas and consecrating tem%les dedicated to #er3

Sri Bharatamata 7andir in Bangalore, "hich is com%leting t"elve years a8ter consecration on *ecem6er 0, 1((O, is going to cele6rate the Mahakum!haa!hishekam on *ecem6er 1O, 1(.'3 Right 8rom the

aishaki *ay, A%ril .O, 1(.', 5e have commenced a aghu Bharata&handi H%ma %er8ormed every day,to invoke the Bharatashakti through /eshamatrika *%%ja to destroy all the evil and anti/national 8orces"hich are trying to destroy the integrity and sovereignty o8 this nation3 The homas "ill continue till$um6ha6hisheka and "e a%%eal to all #indu *harmaachaaryas and #indu 6rethren inside the countryand a6road to eHtend their hel%ing hand and %artici%ation in our hum6le e88orts and congregate on theaus%icious occasion3 Bharat Mata Ki Jai6 'ande Mataram6

/RSHIP SRI BHARATAMATA /* AKSHA0A TRIT110A!

+roud, %atriotic and sel8/res%ecting #indus should cele6rate .kshaya Triteeya,'aishaka Shuk#aTriteeya E8alling on 7ay -, 1(.', "hich is the aus%icious day 8or the "orshi% o8 SriBharatamata3 In every #indu home, tem%le, mutt and religious, cultural, social or s%iritualinstitution, this day should 6e o6served "ith %rayers to Sri Bharatamata 8or the %lenty and

%ros%erity o8 the country and 8or the ascendance o8 our 7otherland as the S%iritual +rece%tor o8 the "hole "orldE %ka 9uru 3

E Sadhu Rangarajan

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