Shivaji and His Times c20.s5.2

c20.s5.2

The absurd flights of exaggeration which a venal poet can take in flattering his patron may be exemplified from the poem of Lal Kavi who alleges that during the invasion of Deogarh (1669) the entire Mughal army was defeated and put to flight, but the defeat was turned into a victory by the boy Chhatra Sal charging the enemy host single-handed and routing it without anybody's aid! A parallel to this is afforded by Paramanand's allegation that Malik Ambar's crushing defeat of the Mughal and Adil-Shahi armies at Bhatvadi (1624) was mainly due to Shahji and his Bhonsle contingent. (Shiva Bharat, canto 4.)