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

Maharana Sāngā. nephew: the latter saying he would not let him retain "as much land of Mewar as would cover a needle's point": and Suraj Mal retorting, that "he would allow his nephew to redeem only as much as would suffice for him to lie upon." Driven from place to place, the rebels came to the wilds of Bāturro (Batarda), where they formed a stockaded retreat of the dho tree, which abounds in the forest; and one day while Suraj Mal and his companion Sarangdeva, were communing by the night fire on their desperate plight, their cogitations were checked by the rush and neigh of horses. Scarcely had the pretender exclaimed, "this must be my nephew!" when Prithviraj dashed his steed through the barricade and entered with his troops. All was confusion, and the sword showered its blows indiscriminately. The young prince reached his uncle and dealt him a blow which would have levelled him but for the support of Sarangdeva, who upbraided him, adding "a buffet now was more than a score of wounds in former days:" to which Suraj Mal 38