New History of the Marathas v1.c17.52

v1.c17.52

Lacking the towering self-confidence and resourcefulness of his father, Sambhaji searched in vain for overcoming his tremendous difficulties, both domestic and foreign, and clutched at such vain remedies, to which usually a weak and distracted mind is so prone and which certainly proved his ultimate ruin. We have no means of ascertaining how far Kalusha was responsible for introducing Sambhaji into the vices and drug habits, with which report credits him. An excitable temperament like Sambhaji's hardly needs extraneous causes to foster such evil propensities in him. Kalusha's official title was Chhandogamatya, i.e. the minister of Vedic learning.