SAMBHAJI RAJE THE BRAVE AND LION HEARTED

  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