What are the Shivaji's ideas of Swaraj?
What are the Shivaji's ideas of Swaraj?
Ideas of swaraj as understood by Shivaji
1. Remember, your duty is to serve us in our struggle to establish a swaraj, a state not ruled by external powers.
2. In the name of God Shiva, I want to tell you that I dream of a raj, a swaraj – our own state that is ruled by us. I want our own military bases, manned by our armed garrisons, in places that will be inaccessible to the Adilshahi or Mughal armies, and we will never have to bow to any of them.
3. I follow the principles of humanity. I neither attack helpless civilians, nor do I take them as slaves.
4. Our goal Swaraj, a country for our people, is not easily attainable. All our missions are potentially fatal! Death is invariable but time-of-death is a variable. We shall make our mission as infallible as possible but we shall leave the variables to Him. Do not forget that Swaraj is His wish.
5. Without freedom, we cannot do what we want to and what we aspire to. Without freedom, we die not knowing the very purpose of life.
Ideas of swaraj as understood by Shivaji
1. Remember, your duty is to serve us in our struggle to establish a swaraj, a state not ruled by external powers.
2. In the name of God Shiva, I want to tell you that I dream of a raj, a swaraj – our own state that is ruled by us. I want our own military bases, manned by our armed garrisons, in places that will be inaccessible to the Adilshahi or Mughal armies, and we will never have to bow to any of them.
3. I follow the principles of humanity. I neither attack helpless civilians, nor do I take them as slaves.
4. Our goal Swaraj, a country for our people, is not easily attainable. All our missions are potentially fatal! Death is invariable but time-of-death is a variable. We shall make our mission as infallible as possible but we shall leave the variables to Him. Do not forget that Swaraj is His wish.
5. Without freedom, we cannot do what we want to and what we aspire to. Without freedom, we die not knowing the very purpose of life.
