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

Maharana Sāngā.
deeds of valour and "die a glorious
death," not to win a battle by skill,
strategy or scheming. A true khshtriya
(Hindu warrior) never hits below the belt or
behind the back, and he warns the enemy
before he attacks him. The ideals that
nurture his soul are spiritual, not material;
not "of the earth, earthy"; they are
higher, nobler than those which animate
other races or nations. They produce men
of sublime character but not successful
men of business. "To spare a prostrate
foe is the creed of the Hindu cavalier,"
says Colonel Tod, "and he carries all such
maxims to excess." He recks not of the
grave consequences which follow an act
of political indiscretion. He displays when-
ever occasion occurs, generosity, magna-
nimity and charity to match his heroism
in war, exhibiting an utter disregard
of self, hoping thereby to leave an example
of a life nobly ended, to be admired by
posterity.
Generosity towards a foe whose enmity
is implacable, whose hatred is unquenchable,
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