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MIRA AND MAHAVIR
great forces, from the Sun downwards. They live for ever; they are so beautiful and strong; and there is no knowledge beside then. I thought God was believed to be a moral and spiritual Being, and I deny that altogether.
KRISHNA -You deny a God that seems so cruel, and you
deny one that may be good-or at least different. And so between the two you deny him altogether.
MAIJAVIR-You have it now. Didn't I tell you that is
the way to argue ? Won't you sit down? But who are you, and who is he by your side? I think I have scen you both somewhere.
KRISHNA-This is my friend; his name is Arjuna. But
let us pursue the point. It is so interesting. You say you belicve in yourself. Now tell me something about yourself. Are you happy?
MAHAVIR-(After a little pausc) How can you ask? How
can I be? I suppose no one is. The more I learn and the more I think, the less I seem to know. I lost my father. My mother lives, but she is old and helpless, and I feel so sad to think of her. This is my sister Mira. She believes in God, I do not; but we love each other. I have few prospects in life, and feel so lonely, "Tis thinking doth make cowards of us all”. Well, I must not grumblc, or I may have to stumble on God after all.
