“Why Shivaji is the True Shakti-Putra”, The Dharma Dispatch, January 28, 2026
“IN ANY UNAMBIGUOUS interpretation of the history of Bharatavarsha, Shivaji’s place establishes itself naturally and inevitably. His position in our history is the same as that of Chandragupta Maurya, of Senapati Pushyamitra Shunga, of Shatru-shatru Vikramaditya, and of Emperor Skandagupta. Just like these supremely valiant great kings, Shivaji too turned the struggle of his own people towards victory and thereby reversed the course of history. He was the incarnation of Skanda who made the divine army, which had been retreating before the Muslim mleccha forces, once again surged forward with valor. That is why we have called him ‘Shakti-putra’ and thereby given his true introduction.
Shivaji was called Shakti-putra because, in his era, by combining stratagem and armed might against the most natural and strongest adversary of Hindu Dharma, he completely terrified the enemy. In terms of military power and cunning policy, Aurangzeb holds the foremost place among Muslim emperors. Shivaji made the teeth of that very Muslim emperor grate and thereby issued a call to the Hindu race. Had Shivaji not been Shakti-putra, the great deeds he accomplished with effortless ease would not have been possible for him.
Many Hindu warriors such as Prithviraj Chauhan, Maharana Sanga, Maharana Pratap and others had displayed tremendous valor, but because they did not resort to cunning against a deceitful enemy, the great valor of those great men came to naught. Shivaji remedied this flaw in Hindu valor. He was the very incarnation of discernment. Strength becomes possible only where military power is combined with wisdom……”
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