Shivaji and His Times c13.s3.3

c13.s3.3

At this he resigned his post, took leave of his master on the pretext of making a pious pilgrimage to Benares, and left Tanjore with his younger brother Janardan and all their family and property. But power and wealth were still the gods adored by the aged ex-minister. His pilgrimage was made to the holy shrine of Adil Shah, where his reputation and personal cleverness so impressed the Government that he was pressed to enter its service as a high minister. But he could not have failed to see that the Adil-Shahi monarchy was tottering to its fall, and he was therefore glad to accept Shivaji’s invitation to come to his Court instead of joining a Muslim master. Raghunath went to the Maratha capital and was received with the highest honours.