हम्मीर महाकाव्यम् (रणथम्भौर चौहान वीरगाथा एवं इतिहास)

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Ratipâla was thus gained over by 'Alâ'u'd dîn Therefore,
when he saw the king, he did not give him a true account of what
he had seen in the Muhammadan camp, and of what 'Alâ'u'd dîn
had said to him. Instead of representing Alâ ud dîn's power
as fairly broken by the repeated and vigorous attacks of the
Râjputs, and he himself as willing to retire upon a nominal
surrender of the fort, he represented him as not only bent upon
exacting the most humiliating marks of submission on the part of
the king, but as having it in his power to make good his threats
'Alâ'u'd dîn confessed, said Ratipâla, that the Râjputs had
succeeded in killing some of his soldiers, but that mattered little,
for no one could look upon the centipede as lame for the loss of a
foot or two Under these circumstances he advised Hammîra
to call upon Ranamalla in person that night, and persuade him
to do his best in repelling the assailants, for Ranamalla, said
the traitor Ratipâla, was an uncommon warrior but that he did
not, it appeared, use his utmost endeavours in chastising the enemy
as he was offended with the king for something or other. The
king's visit, alleged Ratipâla, would make matters all right
again.
After this interview with the king Ratipâla hastened to see
Ranamalla, and there, as if to oblige and save from utter
destruction an old comrade and associate, informed him that, for
some unknown reason, the king's mind was greatly prejudiced
against him, and he advised him to go over to the enemy on the
first alarm, for he said Hammîra had resolved to make him a
prisoner that very night He also told him the hour at which he
might expect to be visited by the king for this purpose Having
done this, Ratipâla quietly waited to see the issue of the
mischief he had so industriously sown
the door of his wife's room is a sign well understood by a husband in this tribe,
at sight of which he immediately takes care to retire from the house. See Tod
vol I p. 56