EPILOGUE

MY OATH TO BHARAT MATA

 

As I reach the end of this book, I do not feel that I have “completed” anything. I feel that I have begun something — a journey, a mission, a responsibility that will continue until my last breath.

This epilogue is not a chapter. It is my oath.

My Oath

I bow to Bharat Mata, the mother who nurtured me, who shaped me, who protected me, and who awakened in my heart the purpose of my life.

I pledge my life to truth, to dharma, to the revival of our civilizational heritage, to the protection of Prakriti, to the awakening of our youth, to the restoration of our history, and to the service of my motherland.

I pledge to speak truth, even when it is inconvenient. Even when it is costly. Even when it invites criticism. I will not bend before falsehood. I will not bow before intellectual colonization.

I pledge to write as long as my mind can think and my hands can move. I will continue to research, to travel, to document, to share, to awaken, to spread the light of Bharat’s forgotten memory.

I pledge to stand for every river, every tree, every bird, every forest, every mountain, every sacred land of my mother.

I pledge to protect Prakriti, to honour her as divine, to promote the Prakriti Path, to build Ma Prakriti Mandirs, to awaken ecological consciousness as a spiritual duty for every citizen.

I pledge to guide the youth, to help them rediscover their roots, their identity, their genius, their confidence, so that they rise as warriors of knowledge and torchbearers of a new Bharat.

I pledge to be fearless, for fear serves no purpose in the service of one’s motherland.

I pledge to keep this mission pure, without self-interest, without desire for fame, without expectation of reward, without attachment to recognition.

I pledge to remember that civilization is not rebuilt by governments alone, but by awakened citizens, mothers, teachers, thinkers, writers, farmers, students, and seekers of truth.

My Final Words to Bharat Mata

O Mother, I offer

you, my life. Whatever I have, I place at your feet. May I remain worthy of your grace. May I walk your path with courage. May your truth guide me. May your love protect me. May your blessings strengthen me.

And may this book be a small flame that ignites thousands of other flames until the whole nation awakens to the glory of its heritage.

This is my oath. My promise. My duty. My devotion.

जय हिन्द। वन्दे मातरम्।

— Dinesh Chandra Rawat