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

Maharana Sāngā.
added, “only when dealt by my nephew’s
hand.” Suraj Mal demanded a parley ; and
calling on the prince to stop the combat, he
continued : “If I am killed, it matters not—
my children are Rajputs, they will run the
country to find support ; but if you are slain,
what will become of Chitor ? My face will
be blackened and my name everlastingly
reprobated.
“The sword was sheathed, and as the
uncle and nephew embraced, the latter asked
the former, ‘What were you about uncle,
when I came ?’—‘Only talking nonsense,
child, after dinner.’—‘But with me over
your head, uncle, as a foe, how could you be
so negligent ?’—‘What could I do ? You
had left me no resource, and I must have
some place to rest my head.’ ”
There was a small temple near the
stockade, to which in the morning Prithvi-
raj requested his uncle to accompany him
to sacrifice to the mother (Kali), but the
blow of the preceding night prevented him
from going. Sarangdeva was his proxy,
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