AnandMath

by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

“Yes, Satvik, rajasik and tamasik – these are the three qualities.” Satyanand, “Right, the way one worships God in these three qualities will be different from each other. Satv ic quality gives rise to kindness, such people worship through devotion. The order of Chatanaya is of this type. Rajasik quality gives rise to power. Fighting battles and destroying the people who hate gods is the way of worship for these people. That is what we do. God acquires forms such as four armed and many other different forms and comes on to this earth because of the tamasik quality. Usually we worship that quality by offering saffron and sandal paste etc. Have you understood now?” Mahendra, “Understood, the community of children are worshippers only.” Satyanand, “Right, we don’t want to acquire kingdoms. We want to annihilate Muslims who oppose our God.”