The Emperor Defeated

Aurangzeb had been winning

War after war, couldn’t

Win battle against chhatrapati

Shivaji Maharaj’s small kingdom,

Spread across in hilly region,

Having five lakhs strong

Army for twenty years

In one such battle, with

Gruella war, Maratha army

Trapped. Taken to captive

Emperor’s five thousand soldiers,

Wanted to kill them, but

Queen Tarabai demanded five

Lakh rupees in lieu of captives,

Adamant, mighty emperor denied

However, on his beloved

Princess’s persuasion, after

Due hesitation had to bow down

Thus, the emperor of Hindustan

Was diplomatically defeated

At the royal hands

Of Maharajas’ daughter-in-law