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

Maharana Kumbha.
to dinner. She asked them what they would
do to Ran Mal if he should come to their
house. The young men exclaimed, “Do what!
we will kill him.” The eldest, however, said
“Mother, if he comes to our house, we will
say nothing to him.” The lady praised her
son’s noble sentiments and called to Ran Mal
to come out. Ran Mal came out. The
Bhils received him courteously and asked
him why he had come there to be killed. He
replied : “My dear nephews I have taken a
vow not to eat bread till I have killed Cháchá
and Maira ; but with you to assist them, I
cannot get at them.” The Bhils¹ thus
appealed to, promised to abstain from render-
ing any further assistance to Cháchá and
Mairá, and to assist Ran Mal in achieving
his object. Ran Mal returned to his camp
and started next day with 1,140 Guhilots
and Rathods to take the fort. On arriving
at the foot of the hill, the Bhils advised Ran
Mal to wait a few days, as the bypath leading
to the fort had been blocked by a lioness who
¹ For an account of the Bhils, see Gazetteer of Udaipur
p. 227, by Major K. D. Erskine, 1908 A. D.
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