अज्ञानहृदयग्रन्थेर्निःशेषविलयस्तदा । समाधिना विकल्पेन यदाद्वैतात्मदर्शनम् ॥
अत्रात्मत्वं दृढीकुर्वन्नहमादिषु संत्यजन् । उदासीनतया तेषु तिष्ठेद्घटपटादिवत् ॥ Sometimes we all forget that the world itself is paradise, and there has been much of late to enourage that amnesia. Narayana Rao Savarkar and his family were pelted with stones, as they tried to escape from their residence. He was gravely injured and eventually succumbed to his injuries on 19 Oct, 1949.
Estimates were that15000 Brahmins were killed, with no record or estimate of how many were forced to flee.