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not rooted in adequate causes? No, a continuous consciousness
awakening effort has been made for building the Swayamsevaks,
due attention has been paid to this factor. The venerable Guruji
was very careful regarding the fact how Swayamsevaks should
be cultivated. Due attention was given on even insignificant
details.

Once in a programme, a song was being sung. A poet had
emerged with a new song, and our Swayamsevaks were singing
it. The song started with a beautiful line: Tum Karo Rashtra
Aradhan (You worship the Nation). Before the first line was
complete, the Param Pujya Guruji intervened and said: “O
brother, keep standing. It should be ‘Ham Karen Rashtra Aradhan’
and not ‘Tum Karo Rashtra Aradhan’. Guruji laid emphasis on
the word ‘Ham’ (we). The poet had used very fantastic words,
but he had not thought about the traits that it would cultivate.
However, Guruji imagined about the traits that it could cultivate,
so he changed the words from ‘you do’ to ‘we do’. He
conceptualized the idea of ‘we’. He discussed that something
was not for ‘the government’ to do, but for ‘I’ to do. Whose is
the responsibility of building Motherland, for progress of
Motherland, for development of Motherland, for
revolutionizing Motherland, that our Mother India once again
occupies the high seat of world leadership? This responsibility
lies with the Swayamsevaks.

It should not be ‘you do’, rather it should be ‘we do’.
Once the Param Pujya Guruji visited a small Shakha. The
Swayamsevaks were seated in a group after the games. The
Param Pujya Guruji enquired, “Which games did you play
today?” The Swayamsevaks informed that they had played
‘Deepak Bujhana’ (extinguishing lamps). Guruji immediately
retorted, “In Hindu culture, ‘Deep Bujhana’ cannot be
acceptable, we are the inheritors of the tradition in which the
lamp of learning is lighted.” He instructed that ‘Deep Bujhana’
should not be the name of a game. He immediately suggested a
change in its name to ‘Ahwan’. How aware he was!
Once in Jabalpur town, there was a meeting of the Mukhya
Shikshaks and higher officials of the Mahakaushal Prant. It was