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to destroy the wrongdoer, and to establish righteousness."

In the _Dwapara-Yuga_ [the era which preceded the present
_Kali-Yuga_, or era of darkness] when righteousness was on
the wane and unrighteousness was springing up in the sacred
land of India under the hands of Duryyodhana and other
miscreants engaged in wickedness, then God, by becoming
incarnate again and awakening his favourite disciple Arjuna
to duty, re-established the kingdom of righteousness in India.
At the present time righteousness is declining and unrighteousness
is springing up in India. A handful of alien robbers is
ruining the crores of the people of India by robbing the wealth
of India. Through the hard grinding of their servitude,
the ribs of this countless people are being broken to pieces.
Endless endeavours are being made in order that this great
nation by losing, as an inevitable result of this subjection,
its moral, intellectual and physical power, its wealth, its
self-reliance, and all other qualities, may be turned into the
condition of the beasts of burden or be wholly extinguished.
Why, oh Indians, are you losing heart, at the sight of many
obstacles in your path, to make a stand against this unrighteousness?
Fear not, oh Indians. God will not remain
inactive at the sight of such unrighteousness in His kingdom.
He will keep His word. Placing firm reliance on the promise
of God, invoke His power, and He will descend in your midst
to destroy unrighteousness. Do not be afraid. "When the
lightning of heaven flashes in their hearts, men perform
impossible deeds."

The article closes with a lyrical vision of the India of the future,
with "the independent flag of righteousness" unfurled, her virtues
restored, plague and famine banished, her industries brought to the
highest pitch of scientific development, her armies and fleets going
forth "to use the unlimited strength, knowledge, and righteousness of
India for the benefit of the whole world."

The _Yugantar_ at the same time set forth in a series of articles the
scheme by which the enfranchisement of India was to be achieved--a
scheme which was little more than a reasoned exposition of the methods
already adopted in the previous decade by Tilak in the Deccan. These
articles form a manual of directions for "the army of young men which is
the _Nrisinha_ and the _Varaha_ and the _Kalki_ incarnation of God,
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