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

Maharana Sāngā.
nephew: the latter saying he would not let
him retain "as much land of Mewar as
would cover a needle's point": and Suraj
Mal retorting, that "he would allow his
nephew to redeem only as much as would
suffice for him to lie upon."
Driven from place to place, the rebels
came to the wilds of Bāturro (Batarda),
where they formed a stockaded retreat of the
dho tree, which abounds in the forest; and
one day while Suraj Mal and his companion
Sarangdeva, were communing by the night
fire on their desperate plight, their
cogitations were checked by the rush and
neigh of horses. Scarcely had the pretender
exclaimed, "this must be my nephew!" when
Prithviraj dashed his steed through the
barricade and entered with his troops. All
was confusion, and the sword showered its
blows indiscriminately. The young prince
reached his uncle and dealt him a blow which
would have levelled him but for the support
of Sarangdeva, who upbraided him, adding
"a buffet now was more than a score of
wounds in former days:" to which Suraj Mal
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