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confidence and for devotion towards his goal. There is ample
evidence of this when we see at every square in the country the
statue of Rana Pratap, mounted on a horse, with a spear in one
hand, and the memorial of Chetak in Haldi Ghati. They are the
souls who sacrificed their lives for freedom. When noble people
initiate a task, they don’t abandon it midway:

‘Pr°rabhyatÆ Na Khalu Vighnabhayaina N¢cai:
Pr°rambhavighnavihit° Viramanti Madhy°:..
Vighnai: Puna:Punarapi Pratihanyam°n°
Pr°rabhya C∞ttamajan°: Na Parityajanti..’

Ordinary people do not initiate a noble task thinking it
would result into great pain. Medium people abandon a task
whenever they are faced with an obstacle. Noble people
continue to strike at the rocks, just like the Ganga water, in order
to create a new path. Mediocre people hinder themselves, they
don’t even initiate the work, while noble people carry out their
task to its ultimate goal.

The work of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been
progressing continuously. A large number of people have
contributed in taking ahead this task. A large number of noble
people have taken birth on the land of Gujarat, who have scarce
thought of their own lives in order to carry forward this task.
They all received inspiration from the Param Pujya Guruji. I
shall not speak about Guruji, because everybody already know
him.

All those people who have worked in Gujarat, we shall have
to keep in our memory Vakil Saheb. I too got an opportunity to
be with him on two-three occasions. One of my programmes in
the Town Hall of Ahmedabad was planned by him. He had
urged me to come, and I went too. We all cannot forget about
Vakil Saheb. As was his name – Lakshmana – he was just like
that. He worshipped India as if his greatest task was to establish
Ramrajya. In this way, he was not limited to guide only the Sangh
in Gujarat, rather he took with him many other people in order
to accomplish a great task in the state.

Dr. Keshavrao Deshmukh, Vanikar was a simple man. Once
I got an opportunity to stay at his house. He achieved his masters