Shivaji Maharaj spent his entire life with singleminded determination to achieve not only freedom, but also establish a State with good governance. With the good of his subjects constantly on his mind, he could not devote sufficient time to address the conflicts and resentment within his family. He could groom an exceptional cadre of men who were all ready to lay down their lives for him; but he could not nurture the mind of his impetuous, intense son Shambhu Maharaj who grew up deprived of a mother’s love. All his life Shivaji Maharaj nurtured the dream of seeing total rout of Aurangzeb in Delhi, and the Hindu flag of sovereignty flying high. But God had something else in mind –