There was a young man in Indian history, whose name was Shivaji, and whose story is an example of this first aspect of ideal. He began his life by living on robbery, and one day he came into the presence of a sage, to ask his blessing for success in his robbery. The sage saw in his face, in his eyes, in his voice that here was a real jewel, that there was an ideal in him, although not yet awakened. The sage asked him, "How many men have you in your gang?" He said, "No one. I work alone." The sage said, "It is a pity. You must form a small band and keep together."

He was glad to take this advice, and he formed a small band of robbers, and continued in his pursuit. He was more successful, and when he visited the sage again the latter said, "How many are there now in your gang?" He said, "Only four or five." The sage told him that this was too few, that he should have at least fifty or a hundred men to do something really worth while.

And then Shivaji, by the charm of his personality, gathered some more robbers to accompany him, and they did many really daring things. They attacked caravans, and they risked their lives, and were very successful. And one day the sage said to him, "Do you not think that it is a great pity that you, such a hero, who are willing to risk your life and who have won all these friends and made them your companions, do not try to throw out the Moguls [who were occupying the country at that time] at least from our district?" Shivaji agreed. He was prepared, he had drilled, this was something for him to think about. The first attack brought him victory. Then he made a second attack and a third, till he was the chief of the whole province.

And he went to the sage to express his gratitude. "Yes," the sage said, "be thankful but not contented, for what you have done is not enough." And one reads in the history of India that this man nourished the desire to form an Indian empire, but he did not live long enough to achieve it, although during his life he became a wonderful king and a splendid hero whom India will always remember.