महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha. sway in Mewar. Rathods were to be seen everywhere in the kingdom, and all positions of confidence and trust as well as those of political and military importance, were bestow- ed on them. This naturally excited the apprehensions of the nobles and Sardárs of Mewar. One day, Mahpá plainly told the Maharana that the Rathods were aiming at the throne of Mewar; but the Maharana, aware of his enmity towards Ráo Ran Mal, gave no heed to this warning. Ekká, Cháchá's son, a few days later, while shampooing the Maha- rana, who was asleep, began to weep. His tears falling hot on the feet of the Maharana woke him, and on being asked the cause of his distress, he repeated the tale Mahpá had told.¹ The Maharana now began to be a little suspicious of Ran Mal. The Maharana's dhaya ² (wet nurse) became fearful of the future, and bursting with indignation at the ascendency of the Rathods, demanded of the Rana's grandmother, " if her kin was to defraud her own grandchild of his inheritance." ¹ Vir Vinod, Vol. I, p. 321. Nainsi's Khyat, p. 28. ² The dhaya is an important person in a Rajput household. 59