Indian Antiquary Vol 07

Author(s): Jas Burgess
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 19

ANANDAPURA IN SAURASHTRA.
JANUARY, 1878.]
नेम सताशीयोजी तमुलुतणा ॥ वराकर धरा मज भांक वलीयो ।। मीटवी चारणे तणी दश मालवा || मालवो धणी चोटील मलयो ||
संवछर सतासी घणा नर छेतरा || मीश्रण सारी जदी धान मागे ॥
नागहर नाग गेणाग भोडे नजर || थोभीआं वरण अढार at 11
"Affection had left the world when the rain ceased to come;
Then in opposition he prepared to give good grain,
And thus shouting he drove it (the famine)
away.
O Râmo, lord of the Panchâla,
Thou drovest away (the famine) straight through the fields.
Thus the son of Mulu conquered the (famine of) Samvat 1787;
By giving food to large numbers you performed incalculable good in the world.
The Chârans thought of fleeing away to Malwa, But in the lord of Chotila" they found Malwâ. In Samvat 1787 many men suffered misfortune; When the whole world was begging for food, The descendant of Nâga, like a Nâga, had a mind as lofty as the skies, and kept the eighteen castes in the Thângâs."
Râmâ Khachar was succeeded by his son Ebhal Khachar, regarding whom the following verses are said:
रूपक. लंक लागा जोर || मरते लोमो ||
कलजग वात छणाणी केक || पंडमां धडक घणाने पेठो || एभल धडक न लागो एक || शामत जेम वंको गढ सजीयो ||
काठी जाडा थाट कीया ॥ नमीओ नही बडो अणनमी ॥ गेमुकै पो घणा गीया ॥ हरमुल राज न छोडे हीमत || भडनी वातो न जाये भवे ॥ रामा तणी टकावी राखी || खाचर धरती तेज खवे ॥
"A great dispute arose at the death of Lomâ,"1 In the Kali Yuga different rumours were spread; Fear entered into the bodies of many,
But Ebhal felt no fear:
Like Sâmat, who prepared his strong fort, He assembled a vast army of Kathis;
28 This probably is the famine of A.D. 1718 S. 1774.
29 So called because he was a Kathi of the house of Chotila.
so The Thâng& range of hills, of which the Chotila hill is the highest.
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He, the great hero, who never bowed to any one, did not bow now.
Many other chiefs, leaving their pride, fled away,
But the grandson of Mularâja did not lose his courage.
The fame of the brave is never forgotten; You, Khâchar, son of Râmo, supported the earth on your shoulder."
हो.
तणरामा त्रातो नयी | भरशुं भफलते || अणनम काठीये | जो आनंद पर एभल ||
"Thou, the son of Râmâ, art never wearied Of fighting with the enemy;
An unbending Kathi
Art thou, O Ebhal of Ânandapura."
get.
ता रोजे रामा तणा || कोइ भी न झाले धींग ॥ आणंद पोर भरडींग || छो अजरायल एभला ॥ "Your powerful push,
O son of Râmâ, none can bear. At the unconquered Ânandapura,
Thou, O Ebhal, in the flower of thy youth, residest."
Ebhal Khâchar was succeeded by his son Râmo Khâchar, who had ine hundred horsemen under him and was called Râmo Melikar. 39 He used to ravage the surrounding country, but was once or twice defeated by Jasoji and Sartânji, two brave chiefs of Kot da Sângâni, who had also defeated other Kathi raiders. Râmo Khâchar, however, revenged himself on them by capturing the town of Sardhar3 from them and the Rajkot chieftain, and made it his capita, and thence contemplated the subjugation of Kotḍà Sângâni. .Both Rajkot and Kotdâ now united against him and endeavoured to recover Sardhâr, but in vain. They, however, gave him so much annoyance that eventually he agreed to surrender Sardhâr to them on condition of being paid the chauth (or fourth part of the revenue). The Jâdejâs, however, feeling insecure with so daring a neighbour, determined to crush him, and consequently, though they agreed to his terms and received
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31 Query-Is this the Loma alluded to in Ras Mala, vol. I. pp. 455, 456 ?
melikar, means 'a person in command of a
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large number of mounted men.'
33 Sardhar was the joint property of Rajkot and Kotda.
34 The Rajkot and Kotda chieftains are of the Jadeja clan.