भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)
Six Glorious Epochs of Indian History by Veer Savarkar
स्वातंत्र्यवीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर द्वारा
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पृष्ठ 101, कुल 494 में से
संदर्भ में पढ़ेंपृष्ठ 101
- And in order to avenge the numerous atrocities that Huns in general and Mihirgula in particular, had so far perpetrated against the Indian population, King Yashodharma forthwith ordered the hanging of Mihirgula. Baladitya’s Anti-National Generosity
- But as soon as Baladitya, the Emperor of Magadha, learnt of this death sentence passed on Mihirgula by king Yashodharma, he, as a member of the Combined Front, insisted that the Hun be spared and be handed over to him alive. Yashodharma did so only to avoid displeasing Baladitya. Whether according to a secret treaty with Mihirgula to serve some selfish end of his, or under some disastrous delusion of the so-called superhuman generosity consisting in the release of the deadliest enemy, who deserved nothing but hanging, a delusion that seems almost permeated through the very veins of the Indian people, Baladitya spared not only Mihirgula’s life but even allowed him to go honourably to the remnant of the Hunnish territory to the north-west. A great many years after him, Prithviraj allowed another inveterate enemy, Mohammed Ghori, to go scot-free! Milk offered to the Snakes Brings Venom only (Payah-panam Bhujanganam Kevalam Vishwardhan)
- Thanking his good stars, Mihirgula hurried straight to Kashmir, where he secretly organized the Huns and killed the king, annexed Gandhar, persecuted the people of the land, and especially liquidated the pockets of Buddhist influence after slaughtering wholesale thousands of Buddhist monks and nuns.
- It is very difficult to say if fate had brought to life this Mihirgula, only to give a practical lesson to the Indian Buddhists who were intoxicated by the delirious idea, viz. ‘Religious victory was greater than armed victory’ and to show that without one’s own armed support, even religion cannot survive the onslaughts of the barbarous enemy’s fire and sword.
- Nevertheless, these milkshops of the Buddhists who were sorely distressed at these persecutions, did not fail to use the only weapon they had to avenge themselves on Mihirgula. Only when Mihirgula died a perfectly natural death, these Buddhists recorded his death in their myths, sending him forthwith to hell. “When this demon of a Hun, Mihirgula, died”, they wrote, “he went to eternal hell to atone for his hatred towards Lord Buddha and to suffer inhuman pangs, the Earth broke into two by the very shock. It rained as heavily as the Deluge of Manu, and the birds and beasts ran helter-skelter, crying horribly. Many other upheavals also took place.”