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

Maharana Sanga. an idol was injured and a part of it knocked off, it ceased to be a fit object of worship, and another one was installed in its place. Similarly, the royal throne being a place of worship for the people, its occupant should also be a person who is entire and who is able to render full service to the State; that he had lost one arm and the full use of a leg, in addition to an eye, and was therefore, in his own opinion, no longer fit to occupy the throne to which all did homage. He consequently requested the whole assembly to elect as their sovereign one whom they considered a fit person to fill that exalted position, and to bestow upon him (Sāngā) suitable maintenance, so that he might continue, like other sāmants (warrior nobles) to serve the State for the rest of his life. On hearing this, the assembled kings and chiefs submitted that the heroic Maha- rana had received injuries on a field of battle, where he had, by heroism and valour, defeated the enemy and won victory for Mewar, and that he had, therefore, not lost 59