The Daredevil

Shashista Khan the Sipahsalar with

Large army had been ordered

By the emperor Aurangjeb

To destroy the most threatening Shivaji

Roaring like thunder he came

Camped in Lal Mahal at Pune

A daring plot was shrewdly

Hatched by Shivaji who had

Invented guerrilla strategy

To fight against mighty enemy

In critical, disastrous situations

Was successful in many battles,

Shivaji himself led armed

Group in disguise of a wedding

Procession members, knowing

All the compartment in palace,

Slaying the guards in dark entered

The hall where Khan was resting,

The commotion woke him up,

While he was jumping down

Through a window, Shivaji’s great

Sword cut off his fingers

The victorious worriers fled away

In darkness, confusion, compelling

Shahista Khan run to save life,

Foiling his aggression, shocking the emperor

The successful guerrilla war tactics

Was adopted by the contemporaries