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

Maharana Kumbha.
Jodhá, and eventually reaching the village
Bhādang, in the jungles of Padává, in the
sandy desert of Marwar, he found him with
his fifty horsemen and some foot followers in
the act of satisfying their hunger with the
bájri growing in the fields. The message
from Hansbai, the Dowager Queen of Mewar,¹
acted like a powerful tonic on him, and he
set about collecting means to effect his purpose.
He went straight to Ráwat Lunkaran of Sat-
ráwa, who had got 500 horses in his stables,
and appealed to his patriotism, and reminded
him of his duty to his kindred and asked for
200 horses. Lunkaran declined to give the
horses, saying that he held his fief from
the Maharana, who would deprive him
of the land if he should give him assistance.
Disappointed by the Ráwat, Jodhá went
to the Thakuráni, who was a sister of
Jodhá's mother. She was a Bhatyáni
lady, a class well known amongst the
Rajputs for wisdom and foresight. Seeing
Jodhá dejected, she enquired the cause.
He told her that the Ráwat had refused
him horses of which he was in sore need.

¹ Vir Vinod, Vol. I, p. 324.
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