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

Maharana Kumbha.
Jodhá thus equipped went to enlist the
support of Harbá Sánkhlá, the celebrated
cavalier of Rajputana, whose deeds of chivalry
are sung everywhere in the country. This
great man, a Bála Brahmachári (he who
leads a life of celibacy from childhood), lived
a life of simplicity and asceticism, and was
ever ready to succour the distressed, help
the weak and champion the cause of the
oppressed. His generosity was proverbial,
his door was open to all who sought his aid,
his lance ever ready to go to the assistance of
a suppliant with a just grievance. His
house, a place of shelter to all who went
there, provided unbounded hospitality to
the stranger. He had been performing
the rite of Sadāvrat, at which everyone
is shown hospitality and granted his request.
Jodhá, with a hundred and twenty followers,
arrived when the “strangers’ fare” had been
distributed. Harbá had a hurried meal of
mujd boiled with flour, sugar and spices
prepared and set before the Ráo and his
followers, who enjoyed the pottage and went
to sleep
On waking, they stared at one another,
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