In the second year Rao Maldev started touring in his kingdom and while roaming reached Ajmer. There he lived for a few days in the fort, which was once adorned with the golden throne of majestic maharajas like Bisaldev and Prithviraj. Rao ji was very proud to rule this fort. One day, he started saying to his Chauhani queens- "Look at this very well. This is the capital of your elders."
The Chauhan queens felt very bad about this sarcastic sentence. Rao was Rathore. Why could Chauhan confiscate the tax after hearing such a thing from the mouth of a Rathore? Marriages used to take place in both the families, but that old enmity was not cleared in the hearts. Therefore, in Mian- Bibi too many times there used to be tough talk amongst themselves.
The queens replied- "You are our master, we cannot touch your face. But like our elders, they must have known you very well.
This answer hit like an arrow in Rao's chest, because it was pointing towards the Swayamvara of Queen Sanyogita and Prithviraj. He came out of the ranivas filled with anger. At that time there were dark clouds, some drops were falling. As soon as he came out, he gave a voice, who is present?
Ishwardas Charan went ahead and did Mujra and said - "Huzur Khairandesh is present."
Rao - "Are you awake now? I could not sleep inside, just tell a story. I'll lie here, it's a cool breeze, maybe sleep."
Ishwardas - "Whatever order. have a seat.''
Rao ji sat down and Ishwardas started telling the story. In the middle of the story he read this couplet:
Marwar Male Female Jaisalmer
Tori to Sidhan Niran Karmal Bikaner.
That is, men in Marwar, women in Jaisalmer, horses in Sindh and camels in Bikaner are good.
After listening to this couplet, Rao ji said - "Charan ji, of course the women of Jaisalmer are very nice, but I did not like them at all."
Ishwardas - "What do these people say? Umade a good woman of Jaisalmer…"
Rao ji- (cutting out) "Aw, she has been sitting idle since the night of seven rounds."
Ishwar Das - "Sorry, you must have considered her a modest woman as well. Well, let's get the mail done now."
Rao ji also thought that it is the man who made this talk. What a strange thing, by putting the queen in the talks, she brought it on a pedestal. Walk with him towards the palace of the Umaid. Suddenly he stopped walking and said to Ishwar Das - "You walk but she will not even speak."
Ishwar Das - "Huzoor, I am the bard, if the bard wants, once can wake up the dead. She still lives."
Arriving at the door, Ishwardas ji made Rao ji sit behind him and sent to the Umaid saying that I have appeared to say something to Rao ji. Umaid sat behind the curtain. Said to Ishwardas with great respect - "Bai ji, accept the salute."
Umaid didn't answer anything. Ishwardas did not say again - "Accept my mujra." When he did not get an answer, Rao ji said softly in Ishwardas's ear - "Look, I did not say that she would not speak. If the dead speak, they speak but it is impossible for them to speak.
Ishwardas- "Baiji, I too belong to your own family. That's why, Baiji, Baiji, I do. If it was not so, you would see how he would have embarrassed your family. What is the humanity that I earn Mujra and shame? What is the humanity that I ask for Mujra and you don't even answer?"
The Umaid did not give any answer to this either.
Ishwar Das said again - "Baiji, you must have heard that there was a Rawat medicine in your forefathers. He had come in handy in the fight with the Muslims. His queen told Charan Hopan ji that Baba ji, if I bring Rawat ji's head, then I will become sati. Hopan ji went to the battlefield but Rawat's head was unrecognizable in the pile of severed heads. At that time Hopan ji started praising Rawal ji by employing great intelligence and on hearing that Rawal ji laughed. Hopan ji recognized him and brought him to the queen. There is a famous couplet about him-
charan hope sevyo sahib durjan sal
Bardatan Sir Bolyau Geeta Dohan Kal
That is, Hopan Charan had served his master Dawaji. That's why the head of Dawaji laughed after hearing his praise from his faithful servant. This thing is famous in songs and couplets. So Baiji, you too belong to the same Rawal Dawaji's family. He said after dying, you do not speak even when you live, do not the blood of elders run in your veins?
Umade- (excitedly) "Baba ji, I also wanted to see how much power is in your tongue. Tell me, what do you say and why did you come?"
Ishwardas- "Your sisters say that even if she was born in the Chandravansh, she herself is illuminated like the moon, but the dirt on her face is still there. I have come here to ask how is that scum and why is it there?"
Umaid - "Why didn't you ask him?"
Ishwardas - "She does not tell anything clearly."
Umaid - "May I tell you clearly?"
Ishwardas - "What can be more than this."
Umaid - "This is the scum in me. I want Rao ji to keep the identity of Biwi and Bandi."
Ishwardas - "It will be like this now. The queen will remain the queen and the bandi will remain."
Umaid - "Can you give a sure call for this?"
Umaid - "Okay, raise your hand."
Ishwardas held Rao ji's hand and put it on the screen.
Uma looked at him and said – "Ah, it is the same hard hand that tied my bracelet."
Ishwardas - "Then where does the other hand come from."
Hearing this, Umade left and Rao ji also got up with a broken heart. But Ishwardas remained there like a stone. The whole night passed, the day came, the hot rays of the sun began to wave on his forehead. Drops of sweat started pouring down from his forehead, but his posture remained there. Umade served the food in a plate and sent it for him. He did not even look at her by raising his eyes, but sent inside saying – "Bai ji did not give me any consideration at all. I had great faith in her that she would not avoid my talk at all, that is why I had brought Rao ji with her. Now I have to die here. Didn't Bai ji ever hear the incident of silver being used by the barons? When the bards enter into a quarrel and the Rajputs do not listen to them, they commit suicide in order to maintain their dignity and honor." On hearing this, the Umaid came to him in a panic and asked- "Are you on me? Will you do silver?
Ishwardas - "I will definitely, otherwise which face will I show Rao ji."
Umaid- "Then why didn't you promise me?"
Ishwardas- "There are quarrels between the king and queen, how would I take responsibility? The job of the one who falls in the middle is only to get the mail done. So I had brought Rao ji to you.
Umaid - "What is the use of bringing them?"
Ishwardas - "There was no use otherwise, yes, I lost my life."
Umaid - "Well, these things will happen again, eat food at this time."
Ishwardas - "I will eat food now in the second life."
Umaid is gone. After a while, Bhairali came and said in a nervous tone - "Charan ji, what a wonderful thing you are doing, Bai ji has not eaten anything till now."
Ishwardas - "Let them eat with passion, who has stopped them?"
Bhaarili - "Well it is also possible that the bard remains hungry at the door and a Rajput woman herself eats food."
Ishwardas- "If Bai ji respects the Charans so much, why doesn't she listen to them?"
Heavily - "What do you say?"
Ishwardas - "I only say that Baiji remove this tension from Rao Ji."
In this, Uma also came out - "Rao ji will also do anything or not?"
Ishwardas - "Whatever you tell you will do. If you will ask to join hands, you will ask to join hands, you will ask to fall legs, as if you will celebrate, I have decided all this.
Uma- "Baba ji, how do you, being intelligent, remove such things from your mouth? Is this the custom of my family and this is my religion? Rao ji is my master, I am his maidservant. Well I can tell them that you do this, do that. Even when I get angry, there is no filth in my heart from his side and he also respects me as he wants. My pride, my pride is being fulfilled by performing them. If he wanted, he could have crushed my pride in a single breath. It is his grace that I am still alive. I cannot survive by losing my self respect."
Ishwardas - "Well done, Baiji, well done, these are the symptoms of sati women."
Umaid- "Babaji, don't do a slap from now on. When this religion lasts till the last breath, then it will be said well.
Ishwardas - "Well then what do you want?"
Uma- "Nothing, you eat, then I should also eat something."
Ishwardas - "You go, eat food, I will eat only when you will obey my words."
Uma- "Say well, what are you saying?"
Ishwardas - "Stop grumbling with Rao ji."
Uma- "If Rao ji asks for my life, I can give it, but my heart will not get from him now."
Ishwardas - "I will have to mix at my behest."
For a while, the Umaid thought, then said - "My soul does not want to break whatever I have decided. This is totally against my habit. But I am helpless with your stubbornness. Well, you agree."
Ishwardas- (happily) "Baiji, you have taken my shame. Believe me, Rao ji is not out of you. Whatever you tell you will do."
Uma- "I can't say anything to him. They have control over everything. But if I see anything against my habit, I will not stay with them at once.
Ishwardas - "Very good, that's right. Tell me to bring Rao ji. Or if you accept to walk, then I should arrange for Sukhpal.
Uma- "Not now, I will go at night. You eat now."
Ishwardas - "Let me first congratulate Rao ji."
Ishwardas happily attended the service of Rao ji and the Umaid again prepared food and sent it to his tent.