New History of the Marathas v1.c5.106

v1.c5.106

19. For instance I may quote a few lines— देवदेव रिपवो वसुंधरां। पीडयन्ति यवना भृशातुरं । तत्कुरुष्व जगतीसमीहितं । म्लेच्छवर्गमधुना शृणीहि तं ॥ त्वं शाहपृथ्वीपतिवीरपत्न्यां । अस्यां समासाय मनुष्यजन्म । म्लेच्छापहत्या सुखमारचय्य । भूमेः पुनः स्थापय वर्णधर्मान् ॥ औरंगजेबयवनाधिपभीत- विप्रत्राणाय यः परिगृहीतनवावतारः ॥ Trans.—Sire, these Muslims, the enemies of the gods, are severely oppressing the Earth; therefore you must rescue her from her agony by killing them at once, You must take your birth in a human form from this lady (Jija Bai), the wife of the brave Shahji, and bring about the happiness of the earth, by killing the Mlechhas and restoring the spiritual bliss of the people. So the god Vishnu took a fresh incarnation in order to protect the Brahmans who had been terrorized by the Yavan Emperor Aurangzeb.
20. *Oriental Experience*, p. 339.