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॥