Shivaji and His Times c5.s4.17

c5.s4.17

“He planted a garden of fruit trees, named it after Shahji, and gave strict orders that if any one plucked even a leaf from the trees, he would be punished. One day Dadaji with his own hand plucked a mango from a tree. For this offence he was about to cut off the hand when the other people prevented him. To show his respect for the rules, however, he wore an iron chain round his neck” (T. S. 9b), or according to another account, “kept the offending arm confined in a long glove!” (Malkare, 20.)