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There is no artificiality in the writings. I have not seen him writing a single line, just to impress somebody”. 20 Gandhiji was in close contact with him for over a decade and was a great admirer of his spiriutal thoughts, and hence his remarks are so pertinent. :: ::
4. Srimad's Personality (His Svādhyāya, Research, his Thesis, Admirers and Devotees). ... .
Śrīmad's was a special type of personality in many respects. It seems that after 20th year he was totally after his spiritual development, even while living like a householder. His early writings reflect that he advocated social reforms. They show that he was a votary of education for women as also for children. He advocated performing marriage and other social functions in a simple and economical way, and using goods made only In India and such other matters. A few of his writings advocating social reform are "Svadesīone vinatī' (request for the fellow countrymen), 'Ārya Prajāni Padati '(the fall of Ārya people). To write on such subjects in the last century, definitely shows that he was interested not only in social reforms, but also in national uplift. However, after 20th year, he fully concentrated on studies of various systems of faiths (darśanas) prevalent in India. As a result of his studies,
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