The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c14.s9.t7.49

c14.s9.t7.49

When Rāmdās exhorts Sambhāji to propagate and expand the *mahārāṣṭradharma*, we are to understand that the great saint of Mahārāṣṭra wants Śivāji’s son to hold forth as the champion, embodiment and missionary of this Hindu *dharma*, protect this culture of the Hindus from non-Hindu and anti-Hindu attacks, nay, march on conquering and to conquer in regions where Hindu culture is being menaced by non-Hindu and anti-Hindu aggressions. Rāmdās is not preaching anything short of the aggressive nationalism of Fichte for the Prussians.