[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 132.2.6 # The Institutes of Akbar 132.2.6 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 132.2.6 - **Language:** English ### [132.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.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. - [Previous: 132.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.2.5) - [Next: 132.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.2.7) - [Up: 132.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.132.2.6) · Pramāṇa