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

Maharana Sāngā. Soon after nightfall, Prithviraj paid a visit to his uncle Suraj Mal, and the meet- ing between the rival uncle and the nephew is described by Colonel Tod as “unique in the details of strife, perhaps since the origin of man.” Prithviraj found his uncle in a small tent reclining on a pallet, having just had the barber (surgeon) to sew up his wounds. He rose and met his nephew and heir to the throne of Mewar with the customary respect, as if nothing unusual had occurred ; but the exertion caused some of the wounds to open afresh, when the following dia- logue ensued :— “ PRITHVIRAJ. ‘ Well, uncle, how are your wounds ? ’ SURAJ MAL. ‘ Quite healed, my child, since I have the pleasure of seeing you.’ PRITHVIRAJ. ‘ But, uncle (kaka), I have not yet seen the Dewanji.¹ I first ran to see you, and I am very hungry ; have you anything to eat ? ’ ” ¹ The Maharana is called Diwanji, owing to his being the chief priest of the famous temple of Eklingji. 36