History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v4.c63.s20.37

v4.c63.s20.37

Shivaji tried hard to conciliate and reason with Shambhuji. He appealed to all the nobler instincts of the prince as well as to his self-interest, read him many a lecture, showed him his treasury, revenue returns, list of forts and muster-rolls of troops and horses, and urged him to be worthy of such a splendid heritage and to be true to all the high hopes which his own reign had raised in the Hindu world. But a born judge of character like Shivaji must have soon perceived that his sermons were falling on deaf cars, and hence his last days were clouded by despair.