Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s3.96

v1.c20.s3.96

Prithiraj having thus restored order in Godwar, and appointed Ojha and the Solanki to the government thereof, regained the confidence of his father; and his brother Jaimall being slain at this time, accelerated his forgiveness and recall. Ere he rejoins Raemall we will relate the manner of this event. Jaimall was desirous to obtain the hand of Tara Bai, daughter of Rao Surthan,² who had been expelled Toda by the Pathans. The price of her hand was the recovery of this domain: but Jaimall, willing to anticipate the reward, and rudely attempting access to the fair, was slain by the indignant father. The quibbling remark of the bard upon this event is that “ Tara was not the star (tara) of his destiny.” At the period of this occurrence Sanga was in concealment, Prithiraj banished, and Jaimall consequently looked to as the heir of Mewar. The Rana, when incited to revenge, replied with a magnanimity which deserves to be recorded, “ that he who had thus dared to insult the honour of a [296] father, and that father in distress, richly merited his fate ”; and in proof of his disavowal of such a son he conferred on the Solanki the district of Badnor.