भारतीय इतिहास के ६ स्वर्णिम पृष्ठ (वीर सावरकर - विदेशी आक्रान्ताओं पर विजय गाथा)

situation with a view to discerning if possible a point, which may yet serve as a position of vantage to start anew the movement, with means ever changing to suit changed circumstances but with the ideal full in view, Ramdas is sure to lay his unerring finger on thee, oh Nepal, as he did on Maharashtra then, and exclaim in prophetic accents anew. या भूमंडळाचे ठायीं। हिंदु ऐसा उरला नाहीं। हिंदु राष्ट्र उरहें काहीं।। तुम्हा कारणें।। Amidst this general wreck of Hindu crowns and coronets of Hindu aspirations and ambitions, I still discern enthroned and living in thee, oh, Nepal, the seed of Hindu hope! God has not spared thee in vain. Through thee, the Hindu race and the Hindu Nation may yet scale the Himalayan heights of its ancient glory. Destiny at times loves to conceal mighty meanings in ciphers that seem but trifling. Can it be then that, if what tradition tells be true and that gerua kerchief handed over by Ramdas to Shivaji has through strange vicissitudes receded to the strongholds of Nepal and is being preserved and worshipped along with the gadi of Peshwas in a temple at Khatmandu. Can it be that emblem and insignia that once authorised the Marathas to lead the cause of the Hindu race and religion have now been handed over to thee, Oh Nepal, to invest thee with the same rights and responsibilities to champion the cause of Hindudom under changed circumstances with means necessarily changed? If the tradition is true, the Marathas are glad to find that these relics of their past should have been spared the humiliation of being exposed to the impudent and vulgar foreign gaze in one of the museums in the capital of their conquerors and should have found a safe and honourable asylum in Nepal where the standard of Hindu independence is still holding its own. Our drooping hands hand over to thee, Oh Nepal, the standard of Hindu cause. Hold it aloft! Awake to thy new and mighty responsibilities! Lead the Sanghatan! We will follow thee! May the guardian Deities of our Hindu race inspire thee with mighty aspirations and high designs, add ever increasing strength to thy arms and may glory follow thee till Hindudom is restored to its rightful place in the commonwealth of man and shines once more, even as it did in the days of Shri Ram or Ashok the Priya Darshin.

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