Originally posted by: harshu27
@bold i too have heard abt dis bt dnt knw hw much truth lies here😕
that's right...actually, Saibai, Shivaji's first wife was his childhood friend, and the love of his life too... so till she was alive, Soyrabai never got same love from Shivaji...though Soyrabai got every right of a wife and respect of a queen, still the love and respect Saibai got from Shivaji, was stayed like that even after Saibai's death...and like Saibai, Shivaji's another wife Putlabai, was the one closer to Shivaji as his friend after Saibai's death... I think that can be the reason for Soyrabai's hatred , and then Sambhaji was close to Putlabai, so there was a chance that if Sambhaji gets the throne, then Putlabai will be queenmother...
so the ambitious Soyrabai did everything she coud to gain the power...
but this second wife of shivaji opted to take "Sati" root after Shivaji's death...