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Saheb too, such an instance occurred when he had to work like
Ramakrishna, when he redirected Guruji from the path of
spiritual world for the purpose of attainment of self-realization,
to the path of social well-being.
It was through the Ramakrishna Mission that Vivekananda
had devoted his life for the service of the poor. To accomplish
this task, he took a resolve to empower his race. He sought the
blessings from Mother Sharada and said to his pupil-brothers:
“I shall not return until I acquire such realizations that my very
touch will transform a man.”
We can find his spirit and devotion for a common man in
these words. In the same sense, he uttered once: “I am going
away; but I shall never come back until I can burst on society
like a bomb, and make it follow me like a dog.”
In these words, we can see his anguish against the lack of
order in the society as well as responsibility towards the society.
In the life of Dr. Hedgewar too, the sole goal for him was to
build man through the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He had
dedicated all his life to build man through the Shakha who could
be capable of serving the society and nation. It was no easy task
for him to leave everything and devote his life towards building
of man. For this specified task, he was ready to devote every
particle of his body and every moment of his life, and with such
ambition, he set himself in this great task. Vivekananda too set
out to tour with the purpose of welfare of the nation. Wherever
he went in the Himalayas – Almora or Alaknanda, Tehri or
Rajpur, Haridwar or Rishkesh – he sought the company of the
saints and seers and homemakers, and spoke for only one thing –
that was the national welfare.
Right since childhood, both Vivekananda and Doctor Saheb
continuously struggled for their respective goals. Vivekananda
made effort to know the truth for which he went after religious
scholars, professors, social workers, saints and seers. Doctor Saheb
too made several endeavours in order to do something for the
country’s independence – he kept visiting Tilak at one time and
revolutionaries at another, Subhash at one time and Aurobindo at
another – all this to discover the truth and accomplish the goal.