rAjArAm

second son of shivAjI, who continued the struggle for svarAjya from Ginjee after Sambhaji’s murder, escaped to jinjI through keladi ruled by channamma, under whose reign the AjJNApatra was created.

  • See his proclamation to general Hindus to harrass the mogul army.

The Chitnis Bakhar mentions Rajaram as saying:

Time and again we have grappled with thc Mogul armies. The Emperor is camped at Aurangabad, in our homeland, and there I intend to lead the attack in person; bring home to the Emperor that the army that Shivaji built still exists and that Rajaram is a part of it. Prove to him that the Maratha spirit is not extinct.

धर्म-प्रद्यौतिताऽशेष-
वर्णा दाशरथेर् इव।
राजारामस्य मुद्रेयं
विश्व-वन्द्या विराजते॥