बिमा-बिफानि सानैबो भनसलनि राजफोलेरनि,मोनसे माराथा हारि, बेनिखायनो सिबाजिआबो हारिखौ उनमोनदोंमोन आरो सिबाजि मुं दोनजादोंमोन।
Both the parents belonged to the royal clans of Bhonsle, a Maratha caste, so Shivaji also inherited the caste and was named Shivaji Bhonsle.