Sakshi Maharaj Quote

The sadhu has always ruled the society. We sanyasis have come forward today to purify politics, just as Lord Shiva stepped forward to drink the poison which sprang from the churning of the cosmic oceans.

On the role of sadhus in Indian politics, as quoted in "Vishva Hindu Parishad and Indian Politics" (2003) by Manjari Katju, p. 78.