The Military System of the Marathas, with a Brief Account of Their Maritime Activities c5.75

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² When Chhatrasal the Bundela chief waited on Shivaji, the Maratha King urged him, in an inspiring speech, to return to his own principality and fight the Mughals there. Lal Kavi, who must have heard an account of this meeting from Chhatrasal himself, says that Shivaji addressed the Bundela prince thus: 'Does not the Chuttree faith consist in protecting the cow and the Brahmuns, in guarding the Veda, in showing skill and valor in battle? and if you lose your ltife, will you not hrough the solar orb enter the mansion of bliss, enjoying plentitude of happiness and repose?' W. R. Pogson, A History of the Boondelas, pp. 52-3.