New History of the Marathas v2.c31.27

v2.c31.27

Ramchandra Jadhav whom R’rao had induced to desert the Mughal service, proved rather a clog than a help. This Jadhav like his father bore an inveterate enmity to the Peshwa; and now as the Maratha forces were camping near Aurangabad, he made a secret attempt on R’rao’s life, which fortunately failed of effect. He had before this plundered the territory of Satara and desecrated the shrine of Pandharpur, an act which made him more odious than a real Muslim. R’rao at once arrested Jadhav and kept him closely confined during the period of hostility.²