by M K Gandhi
M1 In the morning I first talked over the matter
M2 whether they were white or black
M3 in the wilderness, and whether all would agree to withdraw an equal amount sufficient for food and clothing was the other question
M4 poured his soul
M5 a nephew of mine
M6 partnered
M1 was that of a daily. This place did not have the facility to repair a large machine immediately. That also would have stopped the publication. The size therefore was changed to that of an ordinary weekly.
M2 we
M3 pleading
M4 how are we to be considered human
M1 we desire something and what happens is something else altogether.
M2 created family
M3 Simplicity was in his bones, far from feeling the life at Phoenix in any way strange or hard, it seemed natural and to his liking.
M1 The children came. My third son, Ramdas, was among them. He had become quite friendly with the steamer’s captain while on board, and broke his arm while playing with the captain.
M2 What else could I do for Ramdas?
M3 ‘Would you be afraid if I were to dress your wound?’
M4 he allowed me to conduct the experiment
M5 experimenting
M6 I made it my business to get
M7 or procreation
M1 Changes in the Home and Children’s Education
M2 Sarvodaya
M3 The real simplicity, that of the mind, increased.
M4 have always done for me tremendous work
M5 education of letters
M6 an education of letters
M7 walking with me. In the office they would talk with the clients and clerks, read whatever was put in their hands, run errands or do shopping for the house.
M8 education of letters
M9 did not insist on its adherence
M10 I do not regret this lack
M11 education of letters
M1 It has been my lot never to settle down to a steady life after setting up a home.
M2 was beneficial to the world. My loyalty was heartfelt. I did not desire the withering of the Empire. The consideration of morality and immorality of the use of force
M3 patients
M1 it was an imperative for service
M2 I could not ride two horses.
M3 this service
M4 The absence of brahmacharya would result in the enlargement of the family, which would run contrary to one’s endeavour for uplift of society. The observance of brahmacharya in marriage would enable one to render service to the family in a form consistent with the service to society.
M5 rumour
M6 rebellion had been quelled
M7 The humanity of man lies in voluntary self-restraint.
M8 so long as the desire persists in dreams, consider that brahmacharya imperfect
M9 Great men
M10 which guide our path. They are not perfect.
M11 most subtle
M12 In concluding this chapter I would only say that
M1 Before the word ‘satyagraha’ was invented, the thing itself had come into being.
M1 from the point of view of health
M2 have been able to take some work from it
M3 functions for the body and through the body to come face-to-face with the soul
M4 many
M5 In order that the experiments in dietetics that I propose to discuss at length are understood, it was necessary to set forth their object and the train of thought that was followed.
M1 Wife’s Determination
M2 I was wonderstruck by her forbearance.
M3 conduct
M4 I will give her the necessary meat or anything else that is required
M5 She was very weak. To ask her anything was painful.
M6 lap
M7 We had a ‘hammock’ at Phoenix. Hammock means a bed made of rope mesh or canvas, supported by bamboos on all ends, a patient can rest easily in it. West was asked to meet us at the Phoenix station.
M8 our obstinacy
M9 What was she, poor woman, to know of the authority of the scriptural texts? To her the traditions of her forefathers was religion.
M10 , saying thus, ‘Swamiji, whatever
M11 I would be grateful if you do not give me a headache.
M12 the father of my sons
M1 but solely from the point of view of self-restraint, both were desirable
M2 both these things.
M3 was not averse to them either. There was no insistence upon getting other medical treatment.
M4 vaidya
M5 She was filled with deep remorse. She exclaimed: ‘Pray forgive me. Despite knowing you, I said this somehow. I will not eat pulses and salt henceforth. But, please take back your words. This punishment is harsh for me.’
M6 from the view of self-restraint, the exclusion of both these articles is beneficial
M1 from the perspective of brahmacharya
M2 An unclean mind is not purified by fasting.
M3 meditation on
M1 In this too Mr. Kallenbach
M2 mortification of the body
M3 beneficial effects of such vows
M4 Generally people
M5 the Muslim youngsters
M6 generosity and the feeling of love among them increased
M7 from the perspective of health as well as control over desires
M8 That is, fasting can have beneficial effect only if accompanied by an incessant desire for self-restraint and control over the palate. It is a folly to believe that a bodily fast done without a purpose and involvement of the mind would result in the control of passions.
M1 birth
M2 boys and girls
M3 cultivation
M4 farming
M5 farms
M6 while doing
M7 elementary literacy
M1 hours
M2 mother-tongue
M3 My helpers knew even less than I.
M4 orally
M5 when I myself, through fatigue or some other reason, was not dull or uninteresting
M1 students
M2 acquire knowledge of God and of the Self. And children need a great deal of help in acquiring this knowledge.
M3 experience
M4 watchful
M5 how is a debauched teacher to impart self-restraint?
M6 alarmed
M7 pupils
M8 beating him with a ruler
M9 I have doubts regarding the propriety of this punishment
M10 think further about
M11 quality
M1 Among them were three of my sons. There were other children too, similarly raised. But Mr. Kallenbach’s attention was on how those loafers and my sons could live together.
M2 There is no rule that our children locked up in iron safes remain pure and are contaminated when brought out.
M1 After putting the remaining Ashramites of the Tolstoy Ashram at Phoenix, I went to Johannesburg. I had been in Johannesburg a few days when I received the news of the terrible fall of two persons. News of an apparent failure in the great satyagraha struggle never shocked me, but this incident came upon me like a thunderbolt. I was wounded.
M2 as it was he who had told me about the fall
M3 finally
M4 I hold, however, that under certain circumstances such fasts as penance have a definite place. But it requires discernment and fitness.
M5 bereft of meaning
M6 The seven-day fast and subsequent one-meal-a-day fast did not prove difficult for any one of us.
M7 fourteen-day
M8 fourteen-day fast
M9 fourteen-day fast
M10 etc.
M1 this third-class and our third-class.
M2 and no nuts at all
M3 this
M4 led to a pungent argument
M5 ‘Rather than quarrel, will it not be good if we were to throw the binoculars into the sea and not talk about it
at all?’
M6 inauspicious
M1 would refuse to help
M2 civil
M3 deliberations
M4 England
M5 as many of them as possible
M1 ‘Is your action not inconsistent with your profession of ahimsa?’
M2 how could I
M3 is not false
M4 sin
M5 untouched by
M6 committed by society
M7 that is,
M8 certain views regarding the British Empire
M9 not obstinately hold on to his opinion
M1 Just as the ways of a son can be seen even while he is in the cradle, we discerned a different look in the eyes of the officer on the first day.
M2 what Sorabji had told me
M3 honeyed
M4 and so bring us all to grief
M5 our work is certain to break down
M6 leader of our group of volunteers
M7 accepted
M8 I had come to be well acquainted with Mr. Roberts. He came to see me and insisted on me sending the others as well.
M9 , grinding my teeth
M1 At the time of this illness Gokhale had already returned to England.
M2 at the tip of his tongue
M3 The complaint was taken to Gokhale.
M4 search the inner voice
M5 in all other matters
M6 cruel practice perpetrated on cows and buffaloes in Calcutta
M7 therein lies my duty
M1 What Was Done for the Disease?
M2 I showed him my body.
M3 dry
M4 We were well acquainted.
M1 Departure
M2 beautiful
M3 tried to secure
M4 I returned after ten years to a country that I had hoped to return to in 1905, which gave me great joy.
M5 I had reached Bombay in the ardent hope of meeting him, merging with his life and of freeing myself of all burden.
M1 has become
M2 lawyers might learn something from it
M3 what I had earned for my work
M4 acquired
M5 appealed for the arbitrator’s award to be set aside
M6 verification of the error
M1 But the judges were not inclined to set aside the award of the arbitrators on account of such an evident slip
M1 despite the difference between an advocate and an attorney, both could appear before all courts without any distinction. While in the Transvaal, they were distinct like in Bombay. There an advocate may deal with his client only through an attorney.
M2 strange circumstances
M3 did not know
M1 theft was caught. He
M2 sin
M3 Parsi’s face withered
M4 my head is in your lap
M5 satisfied
M6 love of truth
M7 he gave me the testimonial
M8 Parsi Rustomji was not prosecuted.
M9 that this was not true contrition. It was the detachment of the one in a crematorium. I do not know how far they were right.
M1 but I stayed back in London on account of the war.
M2 praising these three. Of the many memories of our loving companionship in South Africa, what is vivid before my eyes is how the names of these three great men were always in his heart and on his lips.
M3 my children
M4 my
M5 sons and daughter
M6 this family
M7 In Bombay, while accepting the honours I had to offer a little satyagraha.
M1 went to meet him
M2 a promise
M3 abide by the ideals of others and work in harmony with them
M4 But how would his love let him be?
M1 a cable letter
M2 you can summon us to join your army and we shall enlist
M3 the educated and puts us to shame
M4 men considered big
M5 akin to animals
M6 experienced
M7 custom
M8 victory as fundamental to
M9 A people who seek freedom must possess the means to their ultimate defence.
M1 and with whom I was well acquainted
M2 He liked this very much.
M3 all at once
M4 dragged me away forcefully
M5 for one year
M6 I will speak on a question only when it is important for me to do so.
M1 At Burdwan we had to secure third-class tickets. We faced hardships in doing so.
M2 but who would let me approach him?
M3 At last I got the tickets.
M4 here too the strong ones forced themselves in
M5 We the civilized have not cared for it.
M6 But the husband’s attachment in the form of the golden lid hid the truth.
M1 My Effort
M2 I had a large burden to bear.
M3 effort
M4 I could see the love of both for me
M5 another meeting
M6 They were saved from a moral dilemma
M7 sourness
M1 The place for bathing was so dirty that one could hardly stand there
M2 I
M3 The passengers through their filth made the deck worse.
M4 The Phoenix party
M5 being squeezed between two stones of a quern
M6 as a third-class passenger. When I alighted, the love of darshan-seekers troubled me.
M7 eat malpua and kheer
M8 Kumbh
M9 It was a blessed day for me.
M10 been enamoured
M11 in the kingdom of God
M12 If there was no sin in coming here and staying on the day of Kumbh, I must take a difficult vow and atone for the sin prevalent here and seek self-purification. My life is based on vows, hence I decided to take some difficult vows.
M13 prolonged
M1 who resembled a mountain
M2 teachers
M3 Hrishikesh
M4 had a strong religious inclination
M5 body
M6 Brahmins in Porbandar
M7 my infatuation had gone or not
M8 external practice not customary in our family
M9 nephew
M10 to adopt the sacred thread is to be born again
M11 Today Hinduism and India are in a fallen state. Do we have the right to wear the sacred thread?
M12 got rid of the irreligion and fraud that have made home in it. I therefore cannot swallow your argument
M13 Discarding the shikha was a matter of shame for me, and
M14 But human creations did not give peace to the mind.
M15 At Lakshman Jhula I saw an iron suspension bridge.
M16 Of the rope-bridge I have no idea
M17 Nor did those who were in the main building produce a favourable impression on me.
M18 a great deal
M1 My eyes had come to rest on Ahmedabad.
M2 work related to the spinning-wheel
M3 settle down
M4 it was decided to hire the Kochrab Bungalow of Sjt. Jivanlal Desai, a barrister of Ahmedabad, who was the principal man in persuading me to settle in Ahmedabad.
M5 Tapovan could not be chosen as a name because though tapas was dear to us, the name seemed pretentious. We wished to worship truth, seek truth and insist upon it.
M1 who still crawled and was fed at the breast
M2 The Ashram’s limits were clearly drawn
M3 those who consider themselves Sanatani
M4 cheerfully faced
M1 Indenture System
M2 the system of indenture
M3 In 1914
M4 But the system had not yet been abolished.
M5 The Emperor
M6 I clearly felt that a decision should be taken for the immediate abolition of the system.
M7 that people had been sufficiently awakened for the system to be abolished
M8 taken an opportunity to explain
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M10 crowd in our trains
M11 I remembered the saying: ‘Sweet are the fruits of patience.’
M12 but say that behind this was pure satyagraha
M1 we were a pair, both looked like peasants.
M2 From Patna I took the reins in my own hands.
M1 Simple
M2 and took me there
M3 take up
M4 By taking such cases
M5 The argument being that
M6 thousands
M7 remedy
M8 acumen
M9 acquire fitness for
M1 in a moment
M2 to the court
M3 But they also understood that from that day their authority had vanished.
M4 and yet the power of the Congress became evident
M5 fitness
M6 life. It was a day of festivity for the peasants and me.
M1 not anticipated this result
M2 Not just that, but
M3 I knew that the planters were very angry; I also knew that the officials could not be pleased with this.
M4 made their arrows futile
M5 encourage in the least the reporters to come nor did I
M1 and the translation brought out by the ‘Yugadharma’ Press.
M2 five hundred to a thousand
M3 mode of life
M4 and it helped me understand their feelings
M5 hold
M6 This had a beneficial effect; people became more fearless.
M7 The fear that if they were to lie, the officials would entrap them, made them cautious in their statements.