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6 Dayanada and Arya
Samaj
methods of the age before Budha, and to
disseminate the truth.
Dayananda immediately began to preach in
Northern India, but unlike the benign men of God
who open all heaven before the eyes of their hearers,
he was a hero of the Iliad or of the Gita with the
athletic strength of Hercules,' who thundered against
all forms of thought other than his own, the only
true one. He was so successful that in five years
Northern India was completely changed. During
these five years his life was attempted four or five
times—sometimes by poison.
Once a fanatic threw a cobra at his face in the
name of Shiva, but he caught it and crushed it. It
was impossible to get the better of him; for he
possessed an unrivalled knowledge of Sanskrit and
' His exploits have become legendary. He stopped
with one
hand a
carriage with two
runaway
horses.
He took the naked sword out of
an
adversary's hand
and
broke it in two etc. His thunderous voice could
make itself heard above any tumult.
It means he possessed
a
meritorious, convincible and
impressive clear voice which could force others
to its audibility (Editor).