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જીવન ચરિત્રમાંથી આપણને આજે પણ આપણા સ્વરાજ્ય સંગ્રામ માટે અનેક બોધપાઠ મળી શકે તેમ છે. શિવાજી મહારાજના માર્ગમાં મુશ્કેલીઓના પર્વત પથરાયેલા હતા. શિવાજીના શત્રુઓએ તેને હંફાવવા માટે કશીજ બાકી રાખી ન હતી. આવી સ્થિતિ હોવા છતાં મહારાજ કદી નિરાશ થયા નહતા અને તેમણે યુદ્ધના કેસરિયાં વસ્ત્રો કદી ઉતાર્યા જ નહિ. એ વીર ઝો-મરણની ઘડી સુધી
ઝયો અને આખરે વિજયી થયે. સકાઓ સુધી ન ભૂલાય એ શિવાજી મહારાજનો જીવન્ત જીવનસંદેશ છે. શિવાજીની માફક અડગ નિશ્ચય ઘડીને ભારતવાસીઓ સ્વરાજ્ય સંગ્રામ ચલાવે અને હું ખાતરી આપું છું કે વિજય તમારો જ છે.
લાલા લજપતરાય.
The life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bears eloquent testimony to the persistent vitality of the Hindu race. It is an infallible cure for national despondency.
Babu Ramananda Chaterjee.
Editor Modern Review'
I have been following the progress of your work on Shivaji ever since you first spoke of it to me. And knowing as I do the time, labour and meticulous care that you have beon bestowing upon it all along, I cannot but heartily congratulate you on the choice as well as the successful execution of the project mainly while in prison. That you are publishing your book in Gujarathi is in itself a matter for great satisfaction. To the intelligent Gujarathi such a book as yours, which offers a Maharashtrian's view about one of the greatest names in Indian History in his own mother tongue ought certainly to be welcome. To a Maharashtrian or to a student of research in Maratha History the prospect of a comprehensive life of Shivaji to be published in a sister language appears particularly gratifying. And as you have made use of all the latest material on your subject, as far at least as it was made available to you, I have no doubt that your work will occupy a very high position not only in Gujrathi literature, but also in the general Historical literature of our country. It is such precious studies like your "Life of Shivaji" which lay the foundation of a common cultural tie between provinces and pile up the treasures of respectable heritage for the prosperity.
Shivaji's is a name to conjure with in Maharashtra. It is one of the articles of faith, as it were, of every Maharashtrian. Shivaji holds &. very conspicuous place in the consciousness of a Maharatta
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara Surat
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