The Institutes of Akbar 132.2.6

132.2.6

160, note 2), like an Indian camel. He talked privately to His Majesty; no one dared to draw near them, but I sometimes heard from a distance the word ’ilm (knowledge) because he spoke pretty loud. He called his own views ‘the truth of truths,’ or ‘the groundwork of things.’ A fellow, ignorant of things external and internal, From silliness indulging idle talk. He is immersed in heresies infernal, And prattles—God forbid!—of truth eternal.