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and partition of India? In such a time, when he was an energetic
youth, he gave up his family and village. He sowed the seeds of
Sangh on the ideologically barren land. After that, he worked
hard to prepare the bed of flowers in the form of Shakhas; it is
no easy task to imagine all his hard work.

In the spiritual domain, the guru infuses energy into the
pupil. It is much talked about. Ramakrishna Paramhans infused
energy into Vivekananda. There are a number of such instances,
but one thing we find common in all these instances is the fact
that even the most capable spiritual soul infused energy at the
most once or twice. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
possesses a unique viewpoint so far as spiritual ritual is
concerned in devotion to society and nation. I myself felt the
great Madhukarrao infusing this energy into me as a tradition.
Thousands of people like me have benefited from this energy.
We have had the opportunity to listen about the working style
and lifestyle of Madhukarrao when I was very young, but I got
an opportunity to come before him when I was twenty years
old. That first meeting is still alive within me. He was moving
in me the sensations of devotion to the society as if the bells in
the temple were ringing. He met me as if he knew me for years.

He seems to know everything quite well – who is the person
who has come to meet him? What is he? What has he come for?
What is his purpose? Which way has he to go? What is his
destination? What is his goal? And the like. His style of working
was such that it did not make anyone feel however long the
journey was. It always appeared to him that he was just one
step short of the destination and was about to reach the goal,
and in this way, people after people joined him. How far he had
travelled, nobody knew it, but the destination was closer, he
knew it well.

During the third year Shikshan of the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh, I got an opportunity to live with him in
Nagpur. This fine opportunity turned into energy for life.
Narayanrao Bhagwat, father of Madhukarrao, was born at
Chandrapur, near Nagpur in Maharashtra, and was a well-
known advocate. He became a Swayamsevak at Chandrapur in