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GANDHIJI |
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| The Great Force
of Religion Gandhi was married to Kastur Ba in his thirteenth year. Kastur Ba was also a girl of the same age. It was a case of child- marriage, and child-marriage was acustom of those days. It was a marriage of two persons, who did not understand anything about it. The immediate result of this was that a year's studies were spoiled. By the time Gandhi's High School education ended, a child was born, and died, and another was born. A boy of fifteen or sixteen years had already become a father. By that time Gandhi's father also had passed away. A Gujarati poem, by Shyamlal Bhat, that Gandhi read in deep impression on his mind. The lines were: For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For simple penny pay thou back with gold; If thy life were rescued, life does not withhold. Thus the words and actions of the wise regard; Every little service tenfold they reward. But the truly noble know all men as one, And return with gladness good for evil done. This became the ideal of Gandhi's life. He understood that revenge was not true religion. He understood what the 'Religion of Humanity' was. He understood the great force of religion. |
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