महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sāngā.
up and demanded Sāngā to be surrendered,
threatening death to Bida in case of
refusal. The chivalrous Bida, like a true
Rajput, refused to give up Sāngā. He
sent him away to Marwar with an escort
of his own followers, himself preparing
to die in defence of his guest, and in the
performance of his duty as a true Kshatriya.
Like the celebrated Raja Hammīr of
Ranthambhore, who braved the wrath
of Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi, and
gave up his life and his kingdom rather
than give up Mir Muhammad Shah, the
Moghul general of the Sultan, who had
taken refuge with him, the high-souled Bida
and his two sons gave up their own lives
to save that of Sāngā, leaving to the
world an example¹ of chivalrous devotion to
duty and of self-sacrifice which will continue
to shed lustre on his line, now represented
by the Thakur of Kelwa in Mewar.
Sāngā passed a few days with a
goatherd in Marwar and was dismissed
¹ The 3 sati pillars in the Rupnarain temple com-
memorate the event.
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