అభిప్రాయములు.
The book has duly been presented to His Highness, the "Maharana" Sahib Bahadur and I am desired to Convey to you His Highness's thanks for the same.
Yours faithfully,
TEJ.SIMHA,
Private Secretary
The poet has far excelled his original Todd. The central character, the hero of heroes is Rana Pratap. He is depicted as the truest Rajayogin. With no kingdom, no forts, no army, no shelter, no food, except edible grass, he raises the banner of freedom aloft, holds it high for twenty five years against Akber, the greatest emperor of the day, declining to whisper into the ears of Raja Man Singh one word of submission to the Mogul Padushah. His stern simplicity, his intrepid valour, his resolve to defy fate and worship at the shrine of liberty, his unyielding pride in his Solar descent, his patriotic attachment to the barren wilds of the Aravalli Hills, his chivalrous courtesy even unto the enemy are all so painted in words that the written word appears to transcend the best colouring effect on the convass. No sense of despair mars the effect of his marvellous courage. The series of his [Pratap's] valourous deeds constitute a reading that is rivalled in Telugu literature only by the deeds of Bhishma and Abhimanyu in Thikkana's Bharata. The portraiture of the opposite camp is no less elevating. One can easily find modern parallels for Akbar and Man Singh. There does not however appear to be a parallel to "Abdur Rahiman" the chif minister of Akber. He is the noblest of the noble, the flower of Islam, the truest devotee of true* Virtue... ... ... ... ... The nationalistic outlook of the work is really a pleasure to ponder over....…..….... The poet's style is classic. It is what moderns in Telugu call "Grandhic." However the flow is so natural, the language is so idiomatic, the illustrations are so familiar, the expression is so homely and pithy that the most modern pedant would have very little quarrel with the poet for the style employed.In two cantos does the poet show his partiality for Sanskritic metre. The rest of the work abounds in the quick mellifluous cadence of the native metre.
."THE HINDU."
The production of this beautiful book marks an epoch in the modern Telugu literature. The author takes us back to those glorious days of India when Freedom's battles were fought in the great theatre of the Indo-Gangstic plain. It is highly Miltonic in conception and the reader's attention is sustained throughout by the rich mental imagery contained in verse after verse. There is a superb touch
