And then Shivaji, by the charm of his personality, gathered some more robbers to accompany him, and they did many really daring things. They attacked caravans, and they risked their lives, and were very successful. And one day the sage said to him, "Do you not think that it is a great pity that you, such a hero, who are willing to risk your life and who have won all these friends and made them your companions, do not try to throw out the Moguls [who were occupying the country at that time] at least from our district?" Shivaji agreed. He was prepared, he had drilled, this was something for him to think about. The first attack brought him victory. Then he made a second attack and a third, till he was the chief of the whole province.