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greatness. He was extremely humble, but a large number of
intellectuals of India could not recognize him during his lifetime.
He adopted the Sangh’s dress and discipline. Due to the Sangh’s
tradition of keeping away from propaganda and engaging itself
in the service of Motherland, there were scores of people who
spread all kinds of rumours about the Sangh and Guruji. One
such rumour too spread that Guruji possessed a personality just
like that of Hitler, Lenin or Mussolini. Many writers never knew
Guruji well, they never met him, and still they wrote lengthy
articles on him without having to mention the true aspects of
his personality. They characterized Guruji with a prejudiced
mind and kept themselves busy in false propaganda. It became
difficult to know about humility and virtue of Guruji. The
people, who projected him as the autocrat, could know him
correctly only after his death.

In the final moments of his life, Guruji wrote three letters.
All these three letters are a source of inspiration for every
Swayamsevak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as well
those who wish Mother India to progress. Guruji writes in these
letters: “Working with me for the past thirty-three years, due to
strangeness of my nature, due to defects in my personality, there
might have been some instances when I could have disrespected
you, I could have hurt you, I could have made you feel pain;
however, dear Swayamsevak friends, I entreat you all in all
earnestness to pardon me. I beg pardon of you all, I bind my
hands to beg pardon of you.”

Just imagine of a man who ruled the hearts of millions of
Swayamsevaks, on every command of whose millions of
Swayamsevaks were ever ready to sacrifice their lives, and in
the final moments of his life he begs pardon of all the
Swayamsevaks, all the people of the country, and all the people
he had met in life. His spirit of being a Swayamsevak was
conscious at every moment of life; how humble that seer was,
how authentic his life was!

The most venerable Guruji turned away from fame. He
never allowed anybody to photograph him. At that time, we
felt that it might be quite ordinary when he did not allow