entrepreneurs who are a power by themselves. Gandhiji put the idea of trusteeship for such people .They should not consider themselves as owners of wealth but as trustees of the wealth for society.
The fifth finger is called “Anamika" in Sanskrit. It means ‘nameless’. That is the role of Danda-Sakti or Government. By itself, it does nothing, but it co-ordinates all the other fingers. Its tole is to bring together all these powers in society. That is the role of Government. Today, it may have assumed supremacy of power, but its real role is that of anamika. It should occupy less and less importance and should remain power in name only. Hence Vinoba compared it with anamika.
All these five fingers make a hand a complete power. It can move mountains, provided it works like a hand as a united whole. Each finger is a power in itself but effective only when they are together.
Vinoba called this Pancha (five) Jana-Sakti (peoples’ power). Jana, Sevakjana or Sajjana (social workers), Vidvat- jana (Acharyas), Mabajana (tich people) and the government. Together they make a Pancha-jana-sakti.
More in my next letter.
With love,
Yours, L.N. Godbole
20th January, 1991 My dear Pranav,
All said and done, the name of Vinoba is linked in the minds of people with bboodan. His other contributions, which are mainly in the field of ideas did not get adequate exposure. Even bhoodan was treated as a Gandhian fad. Nobody could understand what it meant.
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