Muntakhab al-tawarikh 22.4.4
Muntakhabu-t-tawārīkh (Ranking, Lowe, Haig) 22.4.4
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22.4.4
Oh thou, whose order is like the decree of fate, thou from whose dignity the Emperor like Fate overcomes the rhinoceros, the wolf, the lion and the elephant.
Skin, and horn, and hair, and tear, of wolf, rhinoceros, lion and elephant will be of use in the way of life, and heart, and nature, and speech.
to adhere any longer, and does not coagulate milk. Whilst it is extracting the poison its colour changes, and when it is thrown into milk it returns to its original condition.
Another test is, when you rub it upon black or blue woollen cloth the cloth becomes white, if rubbed very hard for a long time the cloth becomes black and all whiteness disappears.
Another test: When it is placed in a porcelain vessel in lemon juice, it begins to move in a circular fashion. This test is not peculiar to this stone, but most shells and snails too, shew the same phenomenon. (Ma'zanu-l-Adwiyah).
The Bahru-l-Jawahir says only —
Hajaru-l-Haiyyah. The stone Padzahr (Bezoar stone,) some kinds are heavy and black, some are ashen-grey, and some have three stripes.
For your armour and shoes, when did the wolf-natured sky select tears and skin from the elephant and lion and rhinoceros?
For that purpose again and again, this old wolf from the elephant and lion and the rhinoceros, brings as an offering its hide and skin and teeth as a present of rare value.
The she-wolf drives away the lion as a good omen, if in hunting it comes in sight of your rhinoceros-conquering elephant.