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

Maharana Kumbha. The Dowager Queen Hansbai spoke to her brother. Ran Mal's reply did not allay her anxiety, which had been first caused by the assassination of Rághavadeva, the brother of Chondá. An incident which is said to have occurred about this time made the queen more anxious. A fair maid of the Queenmother Sobhagya- devi, named Bhārmali, with whom Rao Ran Mal was in love, was one evening detained a little longer in the palace and went to him later than usual. He asked the cause of the delay, whereupon she said that she was not her own mistress, and that as soon as those whose servant she was, gave her leave she went to him. The answer annoyed the Ráo, who was drunk. He told her that she would soon cease to be a servant, and that those who cared to live in Chitor would have to live as her servants.¹ And, yielding to her seductive charms and female art, Ran Mal, intoxicated with liquor as he was, confessed to her his designs. The loyal maid, next day, related the whole incident to the Queen, ¹ Vir Vinod, Vol. I, p. 321. 60