HE STROVE HARD FOR COUNTRY, COMMUNITY, RELIGION AND CULTURE AND HENCE HAD TO FACE ENEMIES LIKE AURANGZEB AND AFZALKHAN. IT WAS HIS BRAVERY WHICH ALLOWED THE PEOPLE TO DREAM OF ‘SWARAJ’ WHILE IN SLAVERY. THE DREAM SEEN BY JIJAU AND BRAVE SHAHAJIRAJE WAS FULFILLED BY SHIVAJI RAJE, THE CHHATRAPATI. HIS PARENTS HAD WITNESSED THE TREACHERY OF MUSLIM’S RULE. THEY HAD SEEN THE DEGRADATION OF HINDU RELIGION, THE ATROCITIES THAT THE PEOPLE WERE SUFFERING. THEY HAD UNDERSTOOD THAT HAVING A MARATHA KINGDOM WAS ESSENTIAL. HENCE, THEY GAVE YOUNG SHIVAJI’S CHARGE TO DADAJI KONDADEV- A FIGHTER AND BRAVE MILITARY OFFICER. MAHARAJ USED WAR STRATEGIES, SHREWDNESS, VISION, FIGHTER SPIRIT, DUTIFUL NATURE, ALERTNESS AND GUERILLA WAR-STYLE TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY. SHAHAJI RAJE ALSO ENGAGED MANY OTHER EMINENT TEACHERS TO TRAIN YOUNG SHIVAJI. SOON, SHIVAJI RAJE BECAME A MASTER OF MANY SKILLS AND SCIENCES. THE ILLUSION WAS SUCH AN ART. KAVINDRA PARMANANDA SAYS, “MAHARAJ WAS TRAINED IN THE ART OF HYPNOTISM. THOUGH HIS ESCAPE FROM AGRA REMAINS A SECRET, HE MUST HAVE USED HIS SKILL WHILE ESCAPING THROUGH THE BOX.” SHIVRAI WAS CAPABLE ARMY PERSONNEL AND AN ALERT ADMINISTRATOR. HE BELIEVED THAT THE KING SHOULD BE THE MATURE REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS PEOPLE AND THAT NO OTHER MEDIATOR SHOULD COME IN BETWEEN. THIS IS HOW HE IMPARTED JUSTICE TO HIS PEOPLE. INJUSTICE HAPPENS AND JUSTICE HAS TO BE ACHIEVED. WITHOUT AN INDEPENDENT KINGDOM, A THRONE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED. THAT IS WHAT MAKES INDEPENDENCE SO IMPORTANT. THE PUBLIC RECEIVED FAITH, UNITY AND TREMENDOUS POWER FROM SHIVRAI’S WORK. THAT IS WHY, HISTORY RECOGNISES HIM AS “THE KING WHO KNEW EVERYTHING.” ‘SHIVACHHATRAPATINCHI SWARAJYACHI SANKALPANA` THE BOOK BY DR. JAISING PAWAR IS AN IGNITER BRINGING FORWARD HIS BRIGHT LIFE, HIS FREEDOM FIGHT, VALOUR, THE FORMATION OF HINDAVI SWARAJYA, HIS PATRIOTISM AND VARIOUS TALENTS. SHIVAJI MAHARAJ’S DEDICATION TO THE NATION, HIS WORK FOR SOCIETY AND HIS TEACHINGS ABOUT CULTURE WILL ACT AS A LIGHTHOUSE FOR MANY GENERATIONS TO COME.
शिवछत्रपतींची स्वराज्याची संकल्पना ही हिंदुत्वाला जाग आणणारी ठरली.शिवचरित्रातून सर्व विश्वालाच नवप्रेरणा मिळाली.मराठ्यांचे झेंडे अटकेपार गेले, ते शिवरायांच्या पराक्रमाने,द्रष्टेपणाने व समदर्शीवृत्तीमुळे.पारतंत्र्याच्या अंधारात अतोनात कष्ट घेऊन त्यांनी स्वातंत्र्याचे दीप उजळविले.शिवचरित्रातील जगदंबाशक्तीने तर अनेकांना प्रेरणा दिली व चकित केले.महाराजांची ‘भवानी तलवार’ त्यांच्या यशोगाथेच्या पराक्रमाची साक्ष देते.आजही ही तलवार लंडनच्या बंकिंगहॅम पॅलेसमध्ये आहे.इस्लामी सावट,अफझलखान वध,दुर्गनीति,जाणकारांची पारख शिवरायांना होती.दादाजी कोंडदेव,जिजाऊ व कुशल अध्यापकांच्या सहवासात महाराज घडले. धर्म,विचार,संस्कार,स्वयंप्रेरणा,सावधानता,अष्टावधानीवृत्ती व द्रष्टेपणाने या रयतेच्या राजाने हिंदवी स्वराज्य उभारलं.धूर्त ब्रिटिशही मग याकडे वाकड्या नजरेने पाहू शकले नाहीत.इतकं सुसज्ज महाराजांचे आरमार होतं. पुढील पिढ्यांनाही कायम शिवरायांचे कार्यकर्तृत्व प्रेरणा देणारे ठरले.