Every Hindu, every Mahratta must rejoice at this spectacle, for we too are all striving to regain our lost independence, and it is only by combination that we can throw off the yoke.
Tilak himself was even more outspoken:-- It is needless to make further researches as to the killing of Afzul Khan.

Let us even assume that Shivaji deliberately planned and executed the murder.

Was the act good or evil?
This question cannot be answered from the standpoint of the Penal Code or of the laws of Manu or according to the principles of morality laid down in the systems of the West or of the East.

The laws which bind society are for common folk like you and me.

No one seeks to trace the genealogy of a Rishi or to fasten guilt upon a Maharaj.