Favours of the Gracious God — Page 2
2 age of darkness — when Christian missionaries and the Aryas have spared no effort to defame it and to treat it with contempt and, on account of them being bereft of vision, have advanced all such attacks against this light that any extremely ignorant and excessively prejudiced person can advance — this eternal light has itself furnished every kind of proof of its divine origin. One of its grand characteristics is that it sets out claims about its guidance and excellent qualities, and then furnishes the proof of such claims as well. This grand characteristic is not found in any other book. Out of the arguments and proofs that it has set out in support of its divine origin and its lofty excellence, one magnificent argument is such that, for the explanation and detailed exposition, I have compiled this book which is a product of the holy spring of the mother of all languages, whose water shines like the stars, satiates everyone who is thirsty for cognisance with the water of certainty, and cleanses such people from the dirt of doubt and suspicion. No previous book has presented this particular proof in support of its truth. If the Vedas or any other book has provided such proof, then it is incumbent upon its followers to present, at the outset of their contention, the reference to such text. The meaning of this argument in summary