Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s7.t5.22

v2.c27.s7.t5.22

Thus, owing to a scurrilous couplet of a bard, and to the jealousy of a contemptible court-faction, did the valiant Rathors lose their independence—if it can be called lost—since each of these brave men still deems himself a host, when " his hour should come " to play the hero. Their spirit is not one jot diminished since the days of Tonga and Merta.¹