Death With Honor

“Queen Padmini was like glass doll” legend says The king was brave too and so called They fought bravely against Mogul Emperor As they were spreading kingdom with terror One such General came to know about queen He became restless and keen It became his desire to have queen He expressed desire for queen to be seen He sent war ultimatum to king or surrender The queen and other females prepared funeral pyre It was their tradition to fight to last with the invaders Where as female folks burnt live before they entered The king was clever so he sent proposal The queen will show face in mirror upon arrival The general agreed to for the compromise In turn he withdrew war threat and promised He became speech after seeing queen He decided to break the promise even The queen was clever so he agreed to go But proposed that she be carried by courtesans The warriors in guise of courtesans accompanied When they reached near general they all attacked The general was killed along with soldiers Thus the honor of queen was saved