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GAZETTEER GLEANINGS IN CENTRAL INDIA.
JUNE, 1910.]
Jaitpur men hot hain milap humka humki se Jang ke umang juren man ke masaodā 10 men.
Yeken sank alchhären yeken hath paliti jhäden
Yeken tir tarkas det gubbe mel raodā men.13 Kahat hain Raja, Mahārāja Chhatrasal, "Yesi Pati rakhau jaisi rakhi kachhu Maudha meu.13
Uchak ken hathi se hamak Hanuman yesau Dabke Nabab ko Hirdesha bethe haudā men.
Baun hajar aswar sang ati umang koti jang Jiten jahan nek nā sakānau hai.14
Bade bade tile khurtaran murchhär15 hot Dhaunsa ki dhakar sunen saba akulānau hai.
Pancham16 prachand Hirdesha Hanuman bhayao
Jākao prākram dekh Bangas bhūlānon hai. Panyaya pratap Mahäräj Chhatrasal Jū ke Yetau bado suba än welà men bilanau hai,17
Pilkar pasar kinhi Bir Arjun Sinh ade aye Chittar Sinh arijit ke bheje se.18
Golan ki warsha duhun aorse honan lägi Dal billane manon aye je majeje se.19 Bhale ghale prabal Parmiran uṭhāye ghoḍe Loha men bhare dopop hath rangreje se.
Sengar ade je än khetmen lareje tinke Phor ken kareje neje nisse bareje se,20
14 Sakānaushanka karna.
16 Panoham Bundela was the ancestor of the clan.
(Thus) with eagerness they entered the lists at Jaitpur; the excitement of the struggle urging them on (lit: caused to form new plans). Some are hurling spears, others were firing volleys, others again were adjusting arrows from their quivers to the bow.
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'Keep, Oh Lord (of battles)!" exclaims Chha tarsal, "our honour (bright) as you did at Maudha."
(Hearing him) Hirdesha sprang from his elephant ardently, like Hanuman, seized the Nawab (Bangash) and sat in his howdah. Fifty-two thousand horsemen accompanied (Bangash), all eager for the fray ready to win a crore of battles; but (Hirdesha) was no wit dismayed.
Whole hills were reduced to dust by the trampling of hoofs, and the Subah (Bangash) was unnerved by the beating of the drums. Fierce as Hanuman was Hirdesha, descendant of Pancham, and seeing his power the Bangash was afraid.
Only through the virtues and glory of Maharaja Chhatarsal was it that so mighty a Suba thus vanished from the field.
Breaking through, brave Arjun Sinh met Chittar Sinh, sont by the enemy.
This fight took place at Jaitpur.
10 Per: masavadah,sketch, plan.
11 Per: palita, a match of a matchlock. Hence paliti jharen, to fan matches, idiom, to fire a volley.
13 raoda-gut, a bow-string.
18 Maudha scene of a previous fight. 16 Murchhar bona make dust of.
Cannon balls rained from both sides; and the army which had come in pride vanished. The brave Parmars struck home with their spears, and driving on their steeds, both hands were (soon) red like those of a dyer. The Sengar Rajputs who joined in the fight, spears pierced their hearts and came out behind like bamboo spikes in a betel house.
17 This may be "an Bela men bilanon hai," i.e., vanished into the Bela tank (at Jaitpur), or Bela is used as a synonym for Jaitpur.
18 arijit, or arjit: uncertain, it may be an epithet of Chattar Sinh," conqueror of the enemy." He was a Sengar on Bangash's side.
19 majoje=mizaj.
20 neje mesa, spear. nisse nikse from nikama.
