Page 6 - Chhatrapati Shivaji and His Work

SHIVAJI

I gave up all to Him and did not keep even

the dharma. His will was my religion; for He

was my captain and I his soldier. That was

my loyalty,—not to Aurangzebe, not to a

code of morals, but to God who sent me.

JAYSINGH

He sends us all, but for different purposes,

and according to the purpose He moulds the

ideal and the character. I am not grieved

that the Mogul has fallen. Had he deserved

to retain sovereignty, he could not have lost

it; but even when he ceased to deserve, I kept

my faith, my service, my loyalty. It was not

for me to dispute the will of my emperor.

God who appointed him might judge him; it

was not my office.