A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

"O"The"The""582 AN APPEAL TO INDIANS.iti ; forget not that the God thcu wor-<-is the great Ascetic of ascetics, the allrenouncingSankara, the Lord of Uma; forget notthat thy marriage, thy wealth, thylife are not for sensepleasure,are not for thy individual personal happiness ;forget not that thou art born as a sacrifice to the Mother saltar; forget not that thy social order is but the refltx <5fthe Infinite Universal Motherhood ; forget not th,\fc thelower classes, the ignorant, the poor, the illiterate, thecobbler, the sweeper, are thy flesh and blood, thy feiotners.Thou brave one, be bold, take courage, be proud that thouart an Indian, and proudly proclaim, I am Indian,every Indian is my brother." Say, The ignorant Indian,the poor and -destitute Indian, the Brahman Indian, theParian Indian, is mybrother."Thou too clad with but arag round thy loins proudly proclaim at the top of thyIndian is my brother, the Indian is my life,voice,India s God and Goddess are my God, India s society is thecradle of my infancy, the pleasure-garden of my youth, thesacred haven, the Baranasi, of my old age," Say, brother,soil of India is my highest heaven, the good ofIndia is my good,"and repeat and pray day and night,Thou Lord of Gouri, Thou Mother of the Universe,vouchsafe manliness unto me! Thou Mother of Strength,take away my weakness, take away my unmanliness, andMAKE ME A MAiN T !"