शेर सिवराज है

इन्द्र जिमि जंभपर ,
वाडव सुअंभपर
रावन सदंभपर ,
रघुकुल राज है 1
पौन बरिबाहपर ,
संभु रतिनाहपर
ज्यो सहसबाहपर ,
राम द्विजराज है 2
दावा द्रुमदंडपर ,
चीता मृगझुंडपर
भूषण वितुण्डपर ,
जैसे मृगराज है 3
तेजतम अंसपर ,
कन्हजिमि कंसपर
तो म्लेंच्छ बंसपर ,
शेर सिवराज है ४

Indra jimi jambha par,badav su-ambha par,ravana sadambha par raghu-kul-raj hai;paun baribaha par,Sambhu rati-nath par,jyaun sahasrabahu par ram dwijaraj hai;dava drum-danda par,cheeta mrig-jhunda par,bhusan vitunda par jaise mrigraj hai;tej tam ansa par,kanha jimi kansa par,tyon malechchha-vansha par Sher Shivaraj hai!!!-

Meaning :Like Indra on demons,like lord of the raghus on boastful ravana,like vamana on bali,like lord Siva on rati's husband,and like parasurama, the lord of brahmana-s, on sahasrabahu,like fire acts upon woods,and a Cheetha on a herd of deers ,like lion on hogs,says Bhusana, like a ray of light upon darkness,or like boy Krishna upon kansa,like that, upon the clan of mlechchha's, has descended king Shivaji ,the Tiger।


Bhushan's verse has immense historical value because the Kashi Vishwanath temple was razed in 1669 and thus lost its splendour, and the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple was destroyed and converted into a mosque in 1670. Bhushan came to Shivaji's kingdom from the Mughal capital in 1671, and within two years composed Shiv Bhooshan, a biography of Shivaji. It clearly states that Shivaji wanted to set up a Hindu Pad Padshahi.