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

Maharana Kumbha.
The Dowager Queen Hansbai spoke
to her brother. Ran Mal's reply did not
allay her anxiety, which had been first caused
by the assassination of Rághavadeva, the
brother of Chondá. An incident which is
said to have occurred about this time made
the queen more anxious.
A fair maid of the Queenmother Sobhagya-
devi, named Bhārmali, with whom Rao Ran Mal
was in love, was one evening detained
a little longer in the palace and went to him
later than usual. He asked the cause of the
delay, whereupon she said that she was not
her own mistress, and that as soon as those
whose servant she was, gave her leave she
went to him. The answer annoyed the Ráo,
who was drunk. He told her that she would
soon cease to be a servant, and that those
who cared to live in Chitor would have to
live as her servants.¹ And, yielding to her
seductive charms and female art, Ran Mal,
intoxicated with liquor as he was, confessed
to her his designs. The loyal maid, next day,
related the whole incident to the Queen,
¹ Vir Vinod, Vol. I, p. 321.
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