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

Maharana Sāngā.
band of five hundred cavaliers, and,
accompanied by his bride, the fair Tara,
who insisted on partaking of his glory
and his danger, he reached Toda at the
moment the tazzia or bier containing the
martyr-brothers was placed in the centre
of the "chauk" or square. The prince,
Tara Bai, and the faithful Senger Chief,
the inseparable companion of Prithviraj,
left their cavalcade and joined the procession
as it passed under the balcony of the place
in which the Afghan was putting on his
dress preparatory to descending. Just as
he had asked who the strange horsemen
were that had joined the throng, the lance
of Prithviraj and an arrow from the bow of
his Amazon bride stretched him on the
floor.¹ Before the crowd recovered from the
panic, the three had reached the gate of
the town, where their exit was obstructed
¹ The following old couplet extant in Rajputana
sums up the popular view of the incident:—
भाग लल्ला प्रथिराज आयो
सिहं कै सांथरे स्वाल आयो ।
Run away, Lalla, Prithviraj has arrived. A jackal
has been born in a lion’s den (it cannot stay there).
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