Shivaji Maharaj · Sanskrit Story
The Birth at Shivneri Fort
शिवनेरीदुर्गे जन्म
सभासद बखर · Sabhāsad Bakhar (c. 1694) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
माता प्रथमा गुरुः।
mātā prathamā guruḥ.
“The mother is the first teacher.”
Jijabai at Shivneri Fort
शिवनेरीदुर्गे जिजाबाई वसति स्म। तस्याः पतिः शाहजी युद्धे आसीत्। सा प्रतिदिनं शिवाईदेव्याः मन्दिरे पूजां करोति स्म। सा प्रार्थयते स्म — "देवि, मह्यं शूरं पुत्रं देहि।"
Jijabai lived at Shivneri fort. Her husband Shahaji was away at war. Every day she performed worship at the Shivai Devi temple. She prayed: "Goddess, grant me a brave son."
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