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

Maharana Sāngā. the spear of Sānsla Ratan Singh. The Rana, when incited to revenge, replied “that he who had thus dared to insult the honour of a father and that father in distress, richly merited his fate.” Prithviraj, the brother of the deceased, was then an exile in Marwar; he had just signalized his valour and ensured his father’s forgiveness, by the redemption of Godwar. The catastrophe at Badnor determined him to accept the gage thrown down to Jai Mal. Fame and the bard had carried the renown of Prithviraj far beyond the bounds of Mewar; the name alone was attractive to the fair, and when thereto he who bore it added all the chivalrous ardour of his Chauhān namesake and pro- totype, Tara Bai, with the sanction of her father, consented to be his, on his simple asseveration that “he would restore to them Toda or he was no true Rajput.” The anniversary of the martyrdom of the sons of Ali was the season chosen for the exploit. Prithviraj formed a select 26