The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s6.56

c14.s6.56

Hail! Motherland!
*Vande Mātaram!*
> Thou art my muse, Thyself my creed;
> In Thee my heart and soul;
> And in my limbs the spirit Thou!
In mine arm Thou art strength (*śakti*);
Thyself heart's devotion (*bhakti*);
Thine the images bodied forth
In temples one and all, Mother!