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

Maharana Sāngā.
Owing to some disagreement between the
husband and the wife, Mandlik began to
illtreat his Queen. Prithviraj heard of
this, and with a chosen band of his
veterans started to punish King Mandlik.
Traversing the long distance by rapid
marches, Prithviraj surprised Mandlik
in his palace. In his helplessness, he
appealed to Prithviraj's clemency. Prith-
viraj spared his life, but as a mark of
punishment cut a little piece off his right
ear and returned with his aunt Ramā Bai, to
to pare the nails of her daughter-in-law, the Padmini.
Struck by her surpassing beauty, he repaired to Mandlik
and spoke to him about her. Mandlik resolved to go and
see her. His queen, Ramā Bai, expostulated with him
and tried her best to dissuade him. Mandlik persisted
in his nefarious design and went to the village where
Nagdevi lived. Nagdevi supplied the entire following
of the Raja with provisions from a small kotri (cell)
of hers. Surprised at this supernatural feat, the king's
attendants told him that she was a goddess and nothing
should be done to displease her. The king, mad with
desire, did not listen to them. The bar tree under
which he sat began to shoot jets of blood, but the king
did not take the warning. He asked Nagdevi to
show him the Padmini. The Devi brought her out
properly decked, but her feet did not touch the ground.
Mandlik thrust forward his hand to catch hold of her.
She, however, assumed the form of a goddess and pro-
nounced a curse upon him, that he would lose his fortress,
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