SAMBHAJI RAJE
THE BRAVE AND LION HEARTED
Dr K Prabhakar Rao
Hail Sambhaji
Maharaj the bravest of brave
Who refused to be a Mughals’s
slave
His rule was however
not a long one
Wielding sword he
made fighting look like a mere fun
He differed with his
father@ in his younger days
While the father was
worried at his wayward ways
Sambhaji even went over to Mughals for a while
And in
many battles he took part with a smile
At a strong fort he
was confined by royal will
And the fort was
built on a mighty hill
Sambhaji had no way
to get out and be free
While his step mother
at Raigad# was happy and full of glee
Shivaji Maharaj was a worried man in his last days
He was not at all happy with Sambhajis ways
Chatrapathi in
capital soon fell ill
End however came soon as gods will
Nursery rhymes Rajaram his step brother could sing
While his mother declared him as the new Maratha king
Some chiefs were however
ket issue on hold
While they wanted the
king to be strong and bold
Sambhaji gathered his faithful men at the jail soon
And many nobles too sided that came as a big boon
His ranks soon swell
into a strong military force
And Samhaji entered Raigad without any remorse
Raigad was thrown
open for the young lion and his band
And Sambhaji took reigns of the kingdom into his strong hand
Soon he became the Chatrapathi of Maratha land
And took a vow that he
would drive Mughals into desert sand
Palace conspiracies were at peak to kill the new king
But none of these plans
could succeed and sting
Sambhaji came out alive from
the deadly and evil plan
He soon proved to be a very strong and daring
man
Sambhaji took care of
young Raja Ram the lad
As a king he did not prove to be bad
However he had strong dislikes and likes
Yet some men harbored
grouse , hate and dislike
Ganoji shirke was one among these evil men to sting
And he lost his fief in the reforms of the king
He was the brother in law of Sambhaji Rage the scion
And he dreamt of a revenge against the Maratha lion
Sambhaji ruled with iron hand throughout his reign
And the Mughals waged many wars but were invain
Alas! Sambhaji was captured at sangameswar by ill fate
Ganoji Shirke did the dirty deed owing to his hate
Mararhas that day fought tooth and nail to free him
Luck however did not favor and became dim.
Maratha lion was atlast put in prison in Mughals den
And was tortured and the ways he suffered one can not even
pen
Sambhaji refused to change his faith although facing death
He refused to reveal the
hidden places of his wealth
Preferring death to dishonor in that hour
among evil men
Sambhaji gave up his life at a scaffold in Mughals’ den
Sambhaji became the Dharmaveer the great
He however could not overcome the cruel fate
Marathas became more powerful after his martyrdom
As every Maratha became a lion and saved the kingdom
@ Father..Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj
# Raigad..Capital
