१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

CONCLUSION
rate ; and, therefore, they cannot be blamed. It was
at their call that Mother India woke up from her deep
sleep and ran forth to smite slavery down. But while
one of her sons gave a terrific blow on the head of Tyran-
ny, alas ! her other son thrust a dagger in her own heart !
And the wounded Mother was thrown down on the
ground again ! Now, which of these two sons was wicked,
cruel, treacherous, and accursed ?
Emperor Bahadur Shah was a poet. During the heat of
the Revolution he composed a Gazal. Some one asked
him :
Dumdumaymen dam nahin khair mângo jânki
Ai Zafar thandi hui shamsher Hindusthanki.
“ Now that, every moment, you are becoming weaker,
pray for your life (to the English) : for, Oh ! Emperor,
the sword of India is now broken for ever ! ”
There is a tradition that the Emperor replied :
Ghazionmen bû rahegi jabtalak îmanki
Tabto Londontak chalegi têg Hindusthanki.
“ As long as there remains the least trace of love of faith
in the hearts of our heroes, so long, the sword of Hindu-
sthan shall be sharp, and one day shall flash even at the
gates of London.”
VANDÊ MÂTARAM
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