{"id":67,"date":"2013-07-13T01:25:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=67"},"modified":"2013-07-13T01:25:39","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T01:25:39","slug":"71-shivaji-jai-singh-vol-03-the-harmony-of-virtue-volume-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worksofthemotherandsriaurobindo.org\/index.php\/01-works-of-sri-aurobindo\/01-sabcl\/03-the-harmony-of-virtue-volume-03\/71-shivaji-jai-singh-vol-03-the-harmony-of-virtue-volume-03","title":{"rendered":"-71_Shivaji – Jai Singh.htm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n
\nFOUR<\/b><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nShivaji – Jai Singh<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\t\t       JAI <\/font>SINGH<\/font><\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

\n\t\t <\/p>\n

 
\n            <\/font>
\nN<\/font>either of us have prevailed. A third force has entered into the
\nland and takes the fruits of your work and as for mine, it is
\nbroken and the ideal I have cherished has gone down into the
\ndust.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nFor the fruit I did not work and I am not amazed by the failure
\nnor discouraged.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nJ<\/font>AI <\/font><\/p>\n

S<\/font>INGH<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nI too did not work for my reward, but to uphold the ideal of the
\nRajput. Unflinching courage in honourable warfare, chivalry
\nto friend and foe, a noble loyalty to the sovereign of our choice,
\nthis seemed to me the true Indian tradition, preferable even to
\nthe unity and predominance of the Hindu races. Therefore, I
\ncould not accept your overtures. But I gave you the opportunity
\nto accept my own tradition and when faith was not kept with me
\nand with you, I saved my honour and assisted your escape.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nGod extended to me His protection and moved the heart of a
\nwoman to give me love and aid. Traditions change. The ideal
\nof the Rajput has its future, but the mould had to be broken in
\norder that what was temporary in it might pass. Loyalty to the
\nsovereign of my choice is good, but loyalty to the sovereign of
\nmy nation’s choice, that is better. The monarch is divine by the
\npower of God expressed within him, but he has it because he is
\nthe elect of the people. God in the nation is the deity of which
\nthe monarch is the servant. Vithova<\/i>, virāṭ<\/i> of the Marhattas \u2014
\nBhavāni<\/i> incarnate as India \u2014 in their<\/i> strength I conquered.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPage <\/font>
\n\u2013 483<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\n
\nJ<\/font>AI <\/font><\/p>\n

S<\/font>INGH<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nYour political ideal was great but your standard of means was
\nabhorrent to our morality. Ruse, treachery, pillage, assassination, these were not excluded from your action!<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nNot for myself I fought and ruled, but for
\nGod and the Maharashtra dharma<\/i>, the religion of Hindu Nationality, which
\nRamdas enunciated. I offered my head to Bhavāni<\/i> and She
\nbade me keep it to scheme and plot for the welfare of the nation.
\nI gave my kingdom to Ramdas and he made me take it back as
\na gift from God and the Marhattas. Both commands I obeyed.
\nI slew when God commanded, I plundered because He pointed
\nout that as the means He had given me. Treacherous I was not,
\nbut I helped my weakness in resource and numbers by ruse and
\nstratagem, conquered physical force by keenness of wit and brain-force. The world has accepted ruse in war and politics and the
\nchivalrous openness of the Rajput is not owned either by the
\nEuropean or the Asiatic nations.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nJ<\/font>AI <\/font><\/p>\n

S<\/font>INGH<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nI held the dharma<\/i> as supreme and even the voice of God could
\nnot persuade me to abandon it.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nI gave up all to Him and did not keep even the
\ndharma<\/i>. His will
\nwas my religion; for He was my Captain and I his soldier. That
\nwas my loyalty, not to Aurangzebe, not to a code of morals,
\nbut to God who sent me.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nJ<\/font>AI
\nSINGH<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nHe sends us all, but for different purposes and according to the
\npurpose he moulds the ideal and the character. I am not grieved
\nthat the Mogul has fallen. Had he deserved to retain sovereignty
\nhe could not have lost it, but even when he ceased to deserve, I
\nkept my faith, my service, my loyalty. It was not for me to dispute the will of my emperor. God who appointed him might
\njudge him; it was not my office.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPage <\/font>
\n\u2013 484<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nGod also appoints the man, who rebels and refuses to prolong
\nunjust authority by acquiescence. He is not always on the side of
\npower; sometimes He manifests as the deliverer.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nJAI <\/font>SINGH<\/font><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nLet Him come down Himself then as He promised. Then alone
\nwould rebellion be justified.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nBut whence will He come down, when He is here already, in our
\nhearts ? Because I saw Him there, therefore was I strong enough
\nto carry out my mission.<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nJ<\/font>AI <\/font><\/p>\n

S<\/font>INGH<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nWhere is the seal upon your work, the pledge of His authority?<\/font><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nS<\/font>HIVAJI<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\nI undermined an empire and it has not been rebuilt. I created a
\nnation and it has not yet perished.<\/font><\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\nPage <\/font>
\n\u2013 485<\/font><\/p>\n

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