To stop Shivaji they arrested his father ,That is why Shivaji did not attack Adilshah directly for the next seven years.However he was getting 'Deshmukh' and other influential peoples support and crushing rivals hook or by crook.Slowly he built a huge army. Commanded by Netaji Plamar infantry by Yeshaji Kank and had 40 forts under his dominant 1657 AD. To nip in the bud, in 1659 Badi Shaiba of Bijapur anAfghan general with an army of 10,000 soldiers to destroy Shivaji.

To fight in open he disgraced Hindu places of worship and killed and hid in Pratap Garh fort covered with dense jungle．