he approached his father with hands clasped humbly under his chin, prostrated himself at full length and laid his forehead upon his father’s feet. Bursting into tears Shahaji raised his son and embraced him. Shivaji had ordered a palanquin of princely magnificence for his father but he himself walked barefoot beside the palanquin. He led his father to a great pavilion where a banquet was prepared; but he refused to sit at meat with his father, contenting himself with standing meekly before him with arms crossed upon his breast.
Humility. Respect for father who was indifferent to him mostly.
