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

Maharana Sāngā. up and demanded Sāngā to be surrendered, threatening death to Bida in case of refusal. The chivalrous Bida, like a true Rajput, refused to give up Sāngā. He sent him away to Marwar with an escort of his own followers, himself preparing to die in defence of his guest, and in the performance of his duty as a true Kshatriya. Like the celebrated Raja Hammīr of Ranthambhore, who braved the wrath of Sultan Alauddin Khilji of Delhi, and gave up his life and his kingdom rather than give up Mir Muhammad Shah, the Moghul general of the Sultan, who had taken refuge with him, the high-souled Bida and his two sons gave up their own lives to save that of Sāngā, leaving to the world an example¹ of chivalrous devotion to duty and of self-sacrifice which will continue to shed lustre on his line, now represented by the Thakur of Kelwa in Mewar. Sāngā passed a few days with a goatherd in Marwar and was dismissed ¹ The 3 sati pillars in the Rupnarain temple com- memorate the event. 17