التاريخ اليميني 46.27

46.27

وكانت في غابر الأيام بينه وبين بروچيبال مناوشات تجاحش عن خيوط الرقاب، فدامت حتى استلحمت رجالا، واصطلمت أبطالا فأبطالا. ثم قام دست الحرب بينهما، فاضطرا إلى التوادع والتكاف، حقنا للدماء وصونا للأطراف.

The Sultan, when he heard of the flight of Chandal, was sorely afflicted, and turned his horse's head towards Chand Rai, one of the greatest men in Hind, who resided in the fort of Sharwa, and in his pride and self-sufficiency thought the following verse applicable to himself: "I sneeze with expanded nostrils, and hold the Pleiades in my hand even while sitting." Between him and Puru Jaipal, there had been constant fights, in which many men and warriors had fallen in the field, and at last they consented to peace, in order to save further bloodshed and invasion of their respective borders. Puru Jaipal sought his old enemy's daughter, that he might give her in marriage to his son, Bhimpal, thus cementing the peace between them for ever, and preserving their swords within their sheaths. He sent his son to obtain the bride from Chand Rai, who imprisoned the son and demanded retribution for the losses which had been inflicted by the father. Jaipal was thus compelled to refrain from proceeding against Chand Rai's fort and country, being unable to release his son; but constant skirmishes occurred between them, until the arrival of Sultan Mahmud in those parts, who, through the kindness of God, had wish after wish gratified in a succession of conquests.