Although king Prithivi Narayan Shah got victory over the valley but it was not possible in his first attempt. The first sttempt to succeed over the valley was very horrible. He faced the big defeat in that war. However, he survived in the war because of the tradition of the malla’s soldiers. Malla soldier refused to kill the king because he was just "an ordinary soldier and ordinary soldiers should not kill kings" was the thinking prevalent that time says historician Dahal, Dr. Peshar.
After that defeat, Prithvi Narayan Shah made a narrow escape and stayed over at an old lady's house. There he got an inspiration to succeed over the valley. She gave him rice (traditional Nepalese food) to eat and Prithivi jumped right into the center of it and tried eating it. Unfortunately, since rice is hotter in the center, he was burnt. The lady laughed and unknowingly mocked him saying "Why did you do like that Prithivi Narayan Shah? Everyone knows that you should conquer the outside states first, paralyzing the land-locked state, and then proudly walk over to the throne."
Prithivi Narayan Shah carefully took the advice to heart and moved on to his next campaigns leading him into victory.
Ref: http://en.allexperts.com/e/p/pr/prithvi_narayan_shah.htm
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