Great Warrior Of Ahimsa

Author(s): Pratap J Tolia
Publisher: Vardhaman Bharati International Foundation

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[Loiters getting new thoughts and feeling inspired.......now and then looks out of the window at the stars and trees] IF GANDHI COULD REMAIN A TRUTH-SEEKER AND A WARRIOR AS WELL, WHY CAN'T I.....? IF BABA TRIED TO PREVENT WARS THE WHOLE OF HIS LIFE, WH CAN'T I...?...AND IF GANDHI'S GUIDE COULD INFLUENCE THE FIERCE TIGERS THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE & LOVE AND IF GANDHI COULD SHAKE THE GREATEST EMPIRE AND ACQUIRE INDEPENDENCE THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE, WHY COULD NOT I DO SO FOR MY COUNTRY FOR THE SUFFERING HUMANITY, THE WORLD PEACE ?
[Looks out of the window. and far away finds the light of a new dawn arising which is symbolic of his new direction.........with the growing of the dawn he gets changed and resolved....effect of instrumental music: Har followed by notes of the Flute. He listens the notes and looks at the light of the dawn and then-] I CAN. I CAN... I WILL... IT WILL BE MY MISSION NOW ONWARDS TO LAUNCH SPACE CAMPAIGNS NOT FOR WARS, BUT FOR WORLD PEACE AS INSPIRED BY GANDHI AND BABA...I'LL BECOME A NEW WARRIOR FROM TODAY-A TOTALLY NEW WARRIOR FROM TODAY..."
[He looks at the photos of Rajchandra and Gandhi and arranges the books. Starts the tape-recorder and while listening gets finishing his morning duties.......]
RECORDED MUSIC RABINDRA SANGEET-TAGORE'S BENGALI SONG:
"Hirshay unmatta prithvi, nitta nithura dwanda,
Ghor kutil pantha tar, lobha jatila Bandha...." (*7)
[Recorded commentary]: THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD AND THE MERCILESS WARS ARE IN PROGRESS DAY BY DAY... THE BLOODSHEDS OF THE INNOCENTS FLOW EVERYWHERE... O BUDDHA, THE GOD OF MERCY! TAKE BIRTH AGAIN AND MAKE THE EARTH SPOTLESS, SINLESS & WORTH-LIVING...[Effect Sitar]...GANDHI UNEXPECTEDLY CAME ACROSS THE STORM OF VIOLENCE & HATRED AND HE SAW THE PAINING BLOODSHEDS WITH THE COMING OF INDEPENDENCE AND HE WENT ON PRAYING IN THESE WORDS TO LORD BUDDHA IN COURSE OF HIS PILGRIMAGE OF PEACE IN NOAKHALI, BENGAL, PUNJAB & DELHI... [Effect: Cries of dying women, children & grown ups... tragic notes of violin..]
INTERNALLY HE GOT BROKEN-HEARTED..AND ONE DAY....ON THE EVENING OF 30TH JANUARY, 1948, EXACTLY BEFORE 100 YEARS FROM TO-DAY, [i.e., in 2048 A.D.]. THIS NON-VIOLENT WARRIOR OF TRUTH, LOVE & PEACE, FELL PREY TO THE BULLETS OF ONE OF HIS OWN BROTHEREN..... [Tragic Effects of violin.....] THE LAST WORDS ON HIS LIPS WERE [In voice of Gandhij: "HE RAM.....HE RAM......" AND THE FEELINGS REGARDING THE MURDERER IN HIS HEART WERE RESEMBLING HIS GUIDE'S TEACHINGS: [Gandhi's voice]: "HE HAS TAUGHT ME THE RELIGION OF MERCY TO LOVE EVEN THE MURDERER....!" (*8)
(*7) Rabindranath Tagore : "Geet-Panchashati"
(*8) How exactly this became true about which Gandhiji himself, as if foreseeingly forecasted to Lady Mountbatten who had congratulated him on being saved in a bomb explosion in one of his last days' prayer meeting just somedays before he being hit by Godse's Bullet, "I CAN ONLY BE CONSIDERED FIT FOR YOUR CONGRATULATIONS WHEN 'RAM-NAM' IS ON MY LIPS WHEN A BULLET HITS ME IN THE CHEST AND I HAVE LOVE FOR ONE WHO HAS KILLED ME".
What a compassionate Great Heart! Could there be such a forgiving Non-violent warrior, who could put the teachings of his Guide into action in Letter & Spirit, showing mercy upon his murderer also? [Based on reference in "GANDHI FOR THE NEW GENERATION"; GUNVANT SHAH, P.P.58]