466. We said thathwamasi, as the second Mahaavakya which is from Yajurveda.
468. It is the essence of Hindu philosophy which tells you that, (like me) you are also the manifestation of the divine power.
469. Thus came the athithi devo bhava, who is the person entering to my home with respect.
470. We invited known and unknown persons to our family, nation and society because he is also like us and our children.
471. Unfortunately this created problem for us. Many times the Christians and Muslims invaded India exclusively because we kept in our mind athithi devo bhava principles of Vedas.
472. These athithies / guests are also the manifestation of god, hence they are to be welcome like god. We followed that without rational thinking.
473. India became slave because of our copying these Vedic messages blindly without judicious and rational analyses or estimation of the invaders.
474. We could not distinguish between the guests and invaders. Thus Mohammed Gazni invaded India 17 times, each time our own people gave him food and water considering the invaders as guests.
475. Even when we knew that Gazni looted Somanath temple, we gave them food and water during their return. If they were not given these two they would not have returned to their country. We would have got our property back. Any good message should be used to good (not to bad) people only. This lesson we have not learned even today.
IN THE SERVICE OF THE MOTHERLAND AND DHARMA
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