Tadhkirah — Page 516
516 [Urdu/Hindi] O Ruddar Gop a l, 539 your praise is set out in the G i t a. I understood therefrom that the whole world whether Hindu, Muslim or Christian, is waiting for a Ruddar Gop a l, but he has been described in different words and languages; and all are agreed that this is the time of his advent. All have set out two qualities for him: slayer of swine, and protector of cows. I am the one [possessing both these qualities]. Among the Hindus it has been proclaimed from ancient times that the subject of these prophecies would appear in the A ry a vart , that is to say, in this country India. Those prophecies also set out names of places of his habitat but they are all metaphoric, subject to interpretation. [Tu h fah-e-Golarhviyyah, pp. 130 footnote, R uha n i Khaz a ’in, vol. 17, pp. 317–318 footnote] (B) God Almighty has disclosed to me repeatedly in my visions that a person of the name of Krishan, who appeared among the A ryas, was a chosen one of God and was a Prophet of his time. The expression Avatar which is current among the Hindus is in its essence synonymous with Prophet. There is a prophecy in Hindu scriptures that in the latter days an Avatar would appear, who will possess the qualities of Krishna and will be his reflection. It has been conveyed to me that I am that person. Krishan had two qualities; one, that he was Ruddar i. e. the slayer of wild beasts and swine, [evil characters] that is to say by reasoning and Signs; and, two, that he was Gop a l i. e. the nourisher of cows, that is to say he was a helper of the virtuous through his spirit. Both 539 Ruddar in Sanskrit means terrible or wrathful. Its import here is ‘He who annihilates the evil beings’ and Gop a l means a cowherd. Here it signifies ‘He who nourishes and protects the righteous beings. ’ [Munawar Ahmed Saeed]