Samtah
Vivekananda linked Samata directly to this social principle
Service (Seva)
HEAR KABIR LEDGE WASH
Hint: Before founding RSS in 1925, he was involved with revolutionary networks linked to the Bengal underground movement.
Keshav Baliram Hedgewar?
This mountain was carried by Hanuman to save Lakshmana.
Dronagiri (or Sanjeevani Parvat)
The illusion that veils ultimate reality.
Maya
The annual training camp is traditionally called this.
Sangh Shiksha Varg
The Sanskrit word meaning equality or equanimity.
Samata
LOG WAVES HARD RAKI
Hint: He led the Sangh during the 1948 ban and reorganized it under severe political pressure.
Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar
The rakshasa Maricha disguised himself as this creature.
Golden Deer
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says one who sees all beings equally possesses this quality.
Sama Darshana
The saffron flag symbolizes this historical Hindu ideal of renunciation and sacrifice.
Tyaga
This Upanishadic phrase asserts unity of the self and absolute reality.
Tat Tvam Asi
BALRAM LIKES KHAKI
Hint: She founded the Rashtra Sevika Samiti in 1936 after asking why women were not formally included in RSS activities.
Lakshmibai Kelkar
Arjuna received the Pasupatastra from this deity.
Bhagwan Shiva
This principle emphasizes seeing the divine in all beings.
Atma-bhava (or seeing Atman in all)
Sangh was founded on this Hindu festival in 1925.
Vijayadashami (Dussehra)
The Gita verse “Vidya-vinaya-sampanne…” describes this vision of equality.
Sama-darshana
MORAL IRON AHA
Hint: He advocated the “Sapta Kranti”, seven revolutions, for social transformation.
Ram Manohar Lohia
This warrior killed Abhimanyu inside the Chakravyuha.
Jayadratha
In Sankhya, reality is composed of Purusha and this other principle.
Prakriti
The second Sarsanghchalak, often called “Guruji,” was this leader.
Madhav Sadashivrao Golwalkar
The philosophical foundation of Samata in Advaita rests on this doctrine
Unity of Atman and Brahman
A MAN WAVES DIVINE
Hint: Introduced Vedanta and Yoga to the West
wami Vivekananda
X was a son of Dhritarashtra who chose to fight on the side of the Pandavas during the Kurukshetra war, defying his own brothers.
Yuyutsu
In Advaita Vedanta, this doctrine explains the mistaken superimposition of the non-self onto the self, such as mistaking a rope for a snake.
Adhyāsa
This 1939 text by Golwalkar laid out early ideological articulation of the Sangh.
We, or Our Nationhood Defined