Favours of the Gracious God — Page 22
22 pay and no one shall receive, rather I announce that such a person may satisfy himself about this in every way he so pleases; if he desires, this money can be deposited in a government bank or, if he so desires, it can be deposited with an Arya notable. If I fail to deposit this money in a manner requested by a contender, and if I fail to deposit it within one month after the publication of his request, and my receiving the request through registered post, then I will undoubtedly be deemed to be a false pretender and boastful, and my entire endeavour will fall from the level of credibility. However, it will be essential for such person who requests this deposit to also appoint, in his request, the time-limit within which he will discharge this task. Furthermore, he should affirm that if he does not complete this task within such time and is not able to compete, then he will pay, without making any excuses or resorting to any tricks, an amount of indemnity, as determined by the judges or the recommendation of the court, estimated to be equal to [the loss incurred by] withholding commercial funds for the specified time. Let this be known that I have prepared this book after effort and diligence lasting a month and a half; this task began a few days into the month of April 1895 and the month of May 1895 was not yet over when it was