Shivaji Maharaj · Sanskrit Story
Shivaji Captures Torna Fort
शिवाजी तोरणदुर्गं जयति
सभासद बखर — Krishnaji Sabhasad (c. 1694 CE), primary court chronicle · जेधे शकावली (17th c.) · Portuguese Goa administrative records (1646 CE) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
स्वराज्यम् अस्माकं जन्मसिद्धम् अधिकारः।
svarājyam asmākaṃ janmasiddham adhikāraḥ.
“Swarajya — self-rule — is our birth-given right”
The Young Warrior Eyes a Fort
शिवाजी षोडशवर्षीयः आसीत्। सः तोरणदुर्गं पश्यति। दुर्गः बीजापुरराज्यस्य अधीने। शिवाजी मनसि चिन्तयति — स्वराज्यम् आवश्यकम्।
Shivaji was sixteen years old. He looked at Torna Fort. The fort was under the Bijapur Sultanate. Shivaji thought in his heart: "Swarajya — our own kingdom — is necessary."
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