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Kavi Eaj SLjamal Das —On the Frithi lidj Bdsd. [No. 1, 
Translation. 
(1.) 0! Akbar, O ! Turk, to tliy glory, all tlie Eajas yielded, except 
the Dana (of Udaipur). 
(2) Akbar resembles a deep darkness ; all other Hindus felt their 
eyes heavy with slumber; whereas Rand Pratap Singh* was on the 
watch, who was a great benefactor of the universe. 
[The poets stamp a stain of disgrace on those Hindu Rajas who 
offered service, and gave away daughters in marriage, to the Moslem 
kings.] 
From the six epithets quoted above, it is easily inferred that the 
‘ Rasa ’ was composed after Mahd Rand Sangrdm Singh had defeated the 
king of Mdlwd in S. 1574 (= A. D. 1518^ ; and the presence of Persian 
words in the ‘ Poem ’ indicates that it was composed after S. 1640 
(= A. D. 1583), when the first intercourse of the poets of Rajputdnd 
with the Imperial Court was opened, and they allowed Persian expres¬ 
sions to adulterate their style. 
(B.) 
Having shown the ‘ Rdsd * to have been written after S. 1640 
(= A. D. 1583), I shall now prove that it was composed before S. 1670 
(= A. D. 1613). 
In the Dilli-ki-kathd ^ sp^) Prastdv we find the couplet:— 
fr* I t ^ffrr I 
Ht III. 31. 
= In S. 1677 (= A. D. 1620) of Vikram’s era, the lord of Chitor 
would conquer Delhi. 
Here the poet delivers a prophecy that the kings of Chitor would 
take Delhi. 
Therefore, it is quite evident that the couplet and hence the poem 
was written some time before S. 1677. 
It was probably written before S. 1671 (= A. D. 1614)—because in 
that year a treaty was concluded between Mahd Rdnd Amar Singh I., 
and the Sultdn Jahdngir, through the mediation of Prince Khurram. 
Therefore the above-mentioned prophecy could not have been deli¬ 
vered after S. 1671, when the treaty was concluded, because then all 
thought of ever conquering Delhi on the part of the Rdnds had vanished. 
They had left off shaving (the head), eating out of a metallic plate, 
* Eeigned from S. 1628—1653 (= A. D. 1671—1596). 
t [Col. Tod’s MS. has for —Eo.] 
