[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Shivaji and His Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919) › c8.s30.6 # Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.6 Shivaji and His Times c8.s30.6 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.6) ∗ In this connection Khafi Khan (ii. 219-220) writes :—"When I was at the port of Surat, a Brahman physician named Nabha \[or Babha\] used to tell the following tale: 'I had been serving one of the Benares Brahmans as his pupil, but he stinted me in food. At last, one morning when it was still dark, I went to the river-side as usual; a man seized my hand, thrust into it a quantity of jewels, \*ashrafis\* and \*huns\*, and said, 'Don't open your fist, but quickly finish the bathing rites for me.' I immediately hastened to shave and bathe him, but had not done ministering to him, when a hue and cry was raised and the news spread that sergeants at the mace had arrived \[from the Court\] in search of Shiva. When I became attentive I found that the man to whom I had been ministering had slipped away. I \[then\] knew that it was Shivaji. He had given me 9 gems, 9 \*ashrafis\* and 9 \*huns\*. Then without going to my preceptor I returned to my country and reached Surat. The grand house that I have here was bought with that money.'" - [Previous: c8.s30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.5) - [Next: c8.s30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.7) - [Up: c8.s30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1919.c8.s30.6) · Pramāṇa