A History of the Mahrattas v2.c32.104

v2.c32.104

After Rugonath Rao had avowed his having so far participated in the fall of his nephew, he asked Ram Shastree what atonement he could make. ‘The sacrifice of your own life,’ replied the undaunted and virtuous Shastree, ‘for your future life cannot be passed in amendment; neither you nor your government can prosper; and for my own part I will neither accept of employment nor enter Poona, whilst you preside in the administration.’ He kept his word, and retired to a sequestered village near Waee.