“But, he was a bhakt not of Ram in his totality, that is of Ram the warrior also, but of Ram as Purushottam Purusha, that is, of Ram who set the ideal for ethical life.”

—  Girilal Jain

Page 152, The Hindu Phenomenon, ISBN 81-86112-32-4.
On Peoples, On Mahatma Gandhi

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