Ahilyabai Holkar · Sanskrit Story
The Last Durbar
अन्तिमः दरबारः
R.V. Ramdas — Ahilyabai Holkar; Holkar dynasty records; Marathi chronicles · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
धर्मः अमरः।
Dharmaḥ amaraḥ.
“Dharma is immortal.”
Seventy Summers
अहिल्यायाः वयः सप्ततिं वर्षाणि जाताः। शरीरं दुर्बलम् — मनः अद्यापि तीक्ष्णम्। प्रातःकाले नर्मदास्नानम् — यथापूर्वम्। दरबारः — यथापूर्वम्। जनाः वदन्ति स्म — "राज्ञी अद्यापि प्रतिभावती।"
Ahilya had lived seventy years. The body was weakened — but the mind was still sharp. Morning bathing in the Narmada — as always. The durbar — as always. People would say — "The queen is still brilliant."
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