human
Not thus, son, she continued after a pause--
gpt
she continued simply, but reverently,
human
Surely she hath heard already, replied her son after another pause,
gpt
Now, a thousand blessings on thee, Sivaji Bhóslay, for those words, cried his mother, passing her hands over his head.
human
I have no fear now--none. Go to the Kutha--tell them all that their time is come; and when you cry 'Hur, Hur, Mahadeo!' each shout of theirs in reply will echo the death-cry of a thousand infidels. Now, let me depart, my son; it is well for me to go to the Mother, and sit before her; haply she may come to me. Better to be there, than that a woman should be near thee, when the woman's spirit has passed out of thee.
gpt
Bless me, then, my mother, and go; nor will I stay here long, he replied.
human
The shadows are even now lengthening in the valleys, and I should have the people collected ere it is dark.
gpt
Thus do I bless thee, my son--more fervently, more resignedly than ever. Go, as she will lead thee in her own time. To all thy people thou wilt not alter, but, to the Moslems, be stone and steel. Trust no one--ask of no one what is to be done, not even of me. Do what is needful, and what thy heart tells thee. Show no mercy, but cut out thine own path with the sword. If thou wilt be great, do these things; if not----: but no, thou wilt be great, my son. She hath told me so; and thou wilt reckon the true beginning of it from that silent watch there, by the window. I go now, but stay not thou here. See, there are none ascending, and even those descending the hill are fewer. Go to them.
human
She said I must act for myself, he cried aloud.
gpt
Yes, mother, I will act for thee first, and then for the people; and there shall be no idle words again--only 'Hur, Hur, Mahadeo!' when the fire is on the hills.