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A Quote Immemorial: What Guru Tegh Bahadur ji told Aurangzeb on Hindu Dharma
When Guru Teg Bahadur was asked to become a Muslim, then he had replied
thus to Aurangzeb:
utra bhandyo dharma hum Hindu | aati priya ko kim kare nikandu ||
lok parlok ubhay sukh dani | aanan paayiyat yahi samaani ||
mati maleen moorakh mati jey-yi | isko tyagey paamar soi ||
Hindu dharma rakhey jag mahi | tumre karey vinsai yeh nahi ||
[translation - "My answer is that I am a Hindu and I love Hindu Dharma.
How can anybody destroy it? It provides happiness both in this world as
well as in the other world. There is no other religion like it. Only a
deranged person or a fool would leave it to become vile. Hindu dharma
would remain in the world for ever. It is not going to be destroyed by
your efforts."]
regards,
Rajiv Varma
