[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [General histories](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general) › [Muntakhab al-tawārīkh](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh) › [Muntakhabu-t-tawarikh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig) › 22.4.3 # Muntakhab al-tawarikh 22.4.3 Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 22.4.3 - **Language:** English ### [22.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.4.3) The reflection of thy elephant-coloured sword if it falls upon lion and wolf makes their eyes which are like the jujubes of Gurgan to become like the pomegranate. If the breeze of your lion-standard blows upon the dust of the world the maddened rhinoceros will seek shelter from the elephant, wolf from the sheep. When thou brandishest thy elephantine mace, the lion casts away its teeth, the wolf its claws, the rhinoceros its gall-bladder, and the snake its head-stone. Rhinoceros-like in attack, wolf-like in gait, lion-like in bravery, elephant-like in body is thy steed, Oh hero! hundreds of thousands like Rustam are thy slaves. Oh King! In thy praise I have become more powerful than wolf and rhinoceros, lion and elephant, the order of the Lord who rules the sky. Thou art elephant-bodied, lion-conquering, thy mace if it so wishes, can place the rhinoceros firmly on the head of the sky like the tail of the wolf. That Wazir who to the punishment of the wolf of the sky has given his heart, like the rhinoceros and the elephant and the lion, instead of being confused. Without the craft of the wolf, and the power of the rhinoceros, his determination strikes the head of the elephants with the driving hook and brings sparks to the eyes of the lions. In thy kingdom, Oh King! from the strategy of thy caution the lion has laid aside its oppression, the wolf its deceit, and the rhinoceros its disorder through fear of thee. - [Previous: 22.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.4.2) - [Next: 22.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.4.4) - [Up: 22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.general.muntakhab-al-tawarikh~en-ranking-lowe-haig.22.4.3) · Pramāṇa