History documented
Legend ballad / poetic / popular
Context narrative, not a fixed quote
Debated genuine era, disputed detail
Layer 1 — the episode lines
The lines that ride on a single scene — the ones a child will shout back at you.
| The line | What it means | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|
| हे राज्य व्हावे ही श्रींची इच्छाHe rājya vhāve hī shrīnchī icchhā | "May this kingdom come to be — it is God's own wish." The boyhood oath. | Day 5 | Legend |
| आधी लगीन कोंढाण्याचं, मग रायबाचंĀdhī lagīn Kondhāṇyāchã, mag Rāybāchã | "First the wedding of Kondhana, then my son Rayba's." Tanaji puts the fort before his own son's wedding. | Day 17 | Legend |
| गड आला, पण सिंह गेलाGaḍ ālā, paṇ sinh gelā | "The fort is won, but the lion is gone." Shivaji's lament for the fallen Tanaji. | Day 17 | Legend |
| होता जिवा म्हणून वाचला शिवाHotā Jivā mhaṇūn vāchlā Shivā | "Because there was Jiva, Shiva was saved." Jiva Mahala's blade saves the king at Pratapgad. | Day 10 | Legend |
| The cannon-signal at VishalgadBaji Prabhu holds Ghod Khind until the guns boom | "Hold the pass until you hear the cannon." A remembered scene, not a fixed quotation. | Day 12 | Context |
| वेडात मराठे वीर दौडले सातVeḍāt Marāṭhe vīr dauḍle sāt | "In a fury the seven brave Marathas rode out." Prataprao's charge — a 20th-c. poem by Kusumagraj, not a period quote. | Day 19 | Legend |
| रयतेच्या भाजीच्या देठालाही हात लावू नकाRayatechyā bhājīchyā deṭhālāhī hāt lāvū nakā | "Do not touch even the stalk of a farmer's vegetable." A popular summary of his 1673 Chiplun letter, not an exact quotation. | Day 26 | Context |
| भूतां परस्परे जडो मैत्र जीवांचेBhūtā paraspare jaḍo maitra jīvānche | "May all living beings be joined in friendship." From Dnyaneshwar's Pasaydan (13th c.). | Day 27 | History |
| वृक्षवल्ली आम्हां सोयरी वनचरेVṛkshavallī āmhā soyarī vanachare | "Trees, creepers and forest creatures are our kin." Sant Tukaram. | Day 27 | History |
| मना सज्जना भक्तिपंथेचि जावेManā sajjanā bhaktipanthechi jāve | "O good mind, walk the path of devotion." A famous line from Ramdas's Manache Shlok (the second verse). | Day 27 | History |
| पाण्यात संताजी-धनाजी दिसतात का?Pāṇyāt Santājī-Dhanājī distāt kā? | "Can you see Santaji and Dhanaji in the water?" — said of Mughal horses too frightened to drink. Popular saying. | Day 29 | Tradition |
Layer 2 — the lines of who he was
Not battle-cries but identity — the seal on his letters and the names people gave him.
| The line | What it means | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|
| प्रतिपच्चंद्रलेखेव वर्धिष्णुर्विश्ववंदिता, शाहसूनोः शिवस्यैषा मुद्रा भद्राय राजतेThe Rajmudra — his royal seal, in Sanskrit, genuinely of his time | "Like the waxing first-day moon, the seal of Shahaji's son Shivaji grows, honoured by the world, shining for the people's good." Kid-version: swarajya starts thin as a crescent and grows. | Day 3 · 6 | History |
| मर्यादेयं विराजतेMaryādeyaṃ virājate | The closing seal on his letters: "here the writing's limit rests." | Day 26 | History |
| श्रीमंत योगी · जाणता राजा · शिवकल्याण राजाShrīmant Yogī · Jāṇtā Rājā · Shivkalyāṇ Rājā | "The wealthy hermit-king," "the king who understands," "the king of the people's welfare" — epithets from a praise-poem traditionally attributed to Samarth Ramdas. | Day 26 · 27 | Debated |
| …क्षत्रियकुलावतंस, सिंहासनाधीश्वर, महाराजाधिराज छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज की जय!…Kshatriya-kulāvataṃs, Sinhāsanādhīshwar, Mahārājādhirāj Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj kī jai! | The coronation jaykara (proclamation of titles): "…jewel of the warrior line, lord of the throne, great king of kings — victory to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj!" Largely ceremonial / later-elaborated. | Day 22 | Debated |
On the epithets: whether Ramdas was formally Shivaji's guru is debated by historians — and the praise-poem is traditionally accepted as his, though its authenticity is also discussed. See the Ramdas story.
Layer 3 — the war-cries & big words
The words the whole army — and the whole idea — rode on.
| The word | What it means | Home | |
|---|---|---|---|
| हर हर महादेवHar Har Mahādev | The traditional battle cry, invoking Shiva. | many | History |
| जय भवानी, जय शिवाजीJai Bhavānī, Jai Shivājī | "Victory to Bhavani, victory to Shivaji." Popular / later, but beloved. | many | Legend |
| गनिमी कावाGanimī kāvā | Guerrilla warfare — hit fast, melt into the hills. His signature tactic. | Day 20 | History |
| हिंदवी स्वराज्यHindavī Swarājya | "Self-rule of this land" — the fuller name of the dream from Day 1. | Day 20 | History |
| रयतेचं राज्यRayatechã rājya | "A kingdom of the common people (the raiyat)" — what his rule was for. | Day 26 | History |
⚠ Do NOT teach these as his words
“स्वराज्य हा माझा जन्मसिद्ध हक्क आहे” — "Swarajya is my birthright." This is Lokmanya Tilak, around the 1900s — not Shivaji. Keep it where it belongs.
“शिवाजी न होते तो…” ("Had there been no Shivaji…"). A later Hindi couplet of tribute, not a documented quotation of or by him.