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

Maharana Sanga.
an idol was injured and a part of it
knocked off, it ceased to be a fit object of
worship, and another one was installed in its
place. Similarly, the royal throne being
a place of worship for the people, its
occupant should also be a person who is
entire and who is able to render full service
to the State; that he had lost one arm and
the full use of a leg, in addition to an eye,
and was therefore, in his own opinion, no
longer fit to occupy the throne to which all
did homage. He consequently requested the
whole assembly to elect as their sovereign
one whom they considered a fit person to
fill that exalted position, and to bestow
upon him (Sāngā) suitable maintenance, so
that he might continue, like other sāmants
(warrior nobles) to serve the State for the
rest of his life.
On hearing this, the assembled kings
and chiefs submitted that the heroic Maha-
rana had received injuries on a field of
battle, where he had, by heroism and valour,
defeated the enemy and won victory for
Mewar, and that he had, therefore, not lost
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