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

Mahārāṇa Sāngā. to achieving as speedily as possible the common aim. Halting action, faltering attitude, waiting upon time to do the work of the sword are fatal, and entail certain defeat. If the Maharana had possessed the restless energy of his elder brother, the ever-memorable, the "winged" Prithviraj, or if he did possess it, had shown it in a speedy attack on the entrenched camp of Bābur; or if, with Rana Hammir’s energy, he had fallen on the dejected, panic- stricken followers of the brave adventurer from Samarkand, the Turk (Moghul) dy- nasty would probably never have occupied the throne of Delhi,¹ and the history of India would have run a different course from what it has done. The Maharana’s delay in coming to an action gave time to Bābur to instil some of his own courage of despair, some of his own heroic ardour into his dejected followers, as well as ¹ Mr. Elphinstone in his History of India, page 373, says: "Bābur’s advanced guard was immediately attacked; and though reinforced from the main body, was defeated with heavy loss. If the Raja had pressed on during the first panic, he would have obtained an easy victory. 140