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intense love for the cow cannot be described in words but his mission of
banning cow slaughter was cut short by his death which needs to be
accomplished.
Western Indologists, Swami Dayanand and the Vedas
Regarding Western Indologists, a revealing document entitled
"Western Indologists: A study in motives" was written by an eminent Vedic
scholar Shri Bhagavad Datta and published by Itihasa Prakashana Mandala
in 1954. While quoting their designs at the behest of their masters, Shri
Bhagvad Datta states as follows:
"They received enormous financial aid from their Governments and
also from the British Government in India, which they freely used in writing
articles, pamphlets and books propagating their reactionary views in a very
subtle and disguised manner. It was their careful endeavour not to give
themselves away and to mislead the world and the people of Bharatavarsha
under the cloak of scholarship and impartiality. They might have pretty well
succeeded in their work had not their applecart been upset by Svami
Dayananda Sarasvati, who ruthlessly exposed their nefarious designs.
Svamiji was man of unique personality, indomitable courage, keen intellect
and far-reaching vision and imagination. He had come in contact with many
European scholars of his time. He had met George Buhler, Monier Williams,
Rudolf Hoernle, Thibaut and others who had worked with Christian zeal in
the field of Sanskrit research. He was the first man whose penetrating eye
could not fail to see through the ulterior motives of their research work,
although the common run of people in Bharatavarsha and even most of the
learned men in the employ of the Government here had permitted themselves
to be deluded by their so-called profound scholarship, strict impartiality,
scientific and liberal outlook. He gave a timely warning to the people of his
country and to a great extent succeeded in saving them from the clutches
of these pseudo-scholars and clandestine missionaries".
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya on Albert Weber, another German
Indologist
"The celebrated Weber was no doubt a scholar but I am inclined to
think that it was an unfortunate moment for India when he began the study
of Sanskrit. The descendants of the German savages of yesterday could
not reconcile themselves to the ancient glory of India. It was therefore, their
earnest effort to prove that the civilization of India was comparatively of
recent origin. They could not persuade themselves to believe that the
Mahabharata was composed centuries before Christ was born".[English
translation of Hindi version of his work entitled "Krishan Charitra,3rd
parichhed"]
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