महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.
at every encounter he lost horses and men
without gaining his object. And thou, too,
my brother, added the lady, lacketh sense
inasmuch as thou putteth thy hand straight
into the centre of the porridge and burneth thy
fingers. If thou wouldst but begin with the
porridge near the edge which is not so
hot, thou shouldst have by and by the
porridge in the centre of the plate too, as it
is not going to run away.¹
Jodhá took this advice to heart and gave
up going towards Mandor and began to
raid the country around. This brought
him plunder, and he got around him a body of
horsemen. His brothers also grew up and
began to assist him. With the help of the
Bhátis of Kelhan, where he had married, he
began to raise disturbances in the country.
He was, however, seriously handicapped by
want of horses and lack of money. There was
famine, too, in the land and grain was scarce.
While Jodhá was thus roaming homeless in
Marwar, his country being in the Maharana's
possession, an incident occurred which roused
¹ Marwar khyat, Vol. I, pp. 41-42.
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