[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Mughals (1526–1857)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal) › [Akbar (1556–1605)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar) › [The Book of Akbar](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › 1.217-241 # The Book of Akbar 1.217-241 Akbarnāma 1.217-241 - **Language:** Persian ### [1.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.217) در میدان جرأت سیف مسلول، در جولان جلادت رمح مصقول، دریای موج انگیز عالم عطا، سحاب آتشبار نیسان وغا، انفاسش مجمره گردان بزم روح، الطافش مروحه جنبان صبح فتوح، عدلش بر اعتدال فروردین از طبع خوردهانگیز، خلقش بر نسیم اردی بهشت از خنده لبریز، عنصر وجودیش در فتح مغلقات مرتاض ممتحن، عقل سلیمش در کشف معضلات مستشار مؤتمن، ظاهرش فر جمشیدی و شکوه فریدونی، باطنش دانش سقراطی و بینش فلاطونی، ظاهر و باطنش مرتاض، چشم و دلش با مبدأ فیاض، دل را با زبان دمساز ساخته، وحدت را با کثرت انباز کرده، بیداریش در پاس نفس گذشته، همتش پای بر هوا و هوس مانده، صدق معاملهاش دکانچهآ تلبیس و تدلیس برانداخته، عیار دانشش قلب زراندود از زر و گوهرآمود جدا ساخته، جلباب تجبر بر مفارق غرایم دریده، طیلسان عفو بر تارک جرایم کشیده، شعشعهآ جبروت از پیشانی عاطفتش لمعهآ ظهور بیرون داده، بارقهآ لطف از نوائر قهرش زبانهآ نور برکشیده، صولتش جگر سنگین جانان گداخته، هیبتش زهرهآ آهنین جگران آب ساخته، دلتنگی روزگار اثری از گره ابرویش، گشادگی زمانه پرتوی از شکفتگی خویش، دعای بقایش بزبان خرد و بزرگ مقام گرفته، مهر وفایش بر دل برنا و پیر آرام یافته، بلندی نامش ناموران اکنافرا پست کرده، تمکین دولتش سران اقطاع را از دست برده، طنطنهآ اقبالش گوش هوش سلاطین آفاق باز کرده، کوکبهآ جلالش چشم اندیشهآ ملوک طوایف فراز نموده، صیت بلندش در گنبد گردون پیچیده، آوازهآ شکوهش کران تا کران رسیده، صلای عطایش از اقصای شش جهت گذشته، درگاه والایش موطن منتخبان هفت اقلیم گشته، دولت > “ that is, preparing for the world to come while yet in this, or facilitating the salvation of others.” of sovereignty and dominion,—base of the columns of instruction and discipline,— holding fast the strong handle of perfect reason,—riveter of the massy chain of universal justice,—all eye in the banquet-hall,—all heart in the battle-field,—in the joyous festival a refreshing cloud,—in the triumphant battle, a blood-drinking sea,—in the fields of bravery, an unsheathed sword,—in the tournament a polished lance,— a billowy ocean in the world of giving,— a lightning-darting cloud in battle,—his breath, a swaying censer at the soul's feast,— his pleasantness, the waving fan of opening morn,—his justice, equable as Farwardin and of minute discernment,— his temper is like the zephyr of Ardibihisht and runs over with smiles,—his nature is experienced and disciplined in the solution of problems,—his flawless intellect is a trusty counsellor in the explication of difficulties,—externally his splendour is that of Jamshid, and his glory that of Faridun,—internally he is Socrates in wisdom, Plato in perception,—he is trained inwardly and outwardly,—his eye and heart are sources of liberality,—he has harmonized tongue and heart, and has made unity partner with plurality,—his vigilance watches over appetite,—his genius treads lust under foot,— his fair-dealing has overturned the petty stalls of fraud and deception, the touchstone of his wisdom has separated the gold-encrusted lump from the solid gold. > — Henry Beveridge 1897, The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II > He rends the garment of contumacy which wraps the faces of debts, but draws the mantle of forgiveness over the heads of transgressions; the splendour of power streams from the brow of his benevolence; the lightning of benignity draws lambent lights from the tires of his wrath. His fury melts adamantine boldness; his dread turns to water the courage of the iron-souled; the shrinking of the age is the impress of the wrinkling of his brows; its expansion the reflex of his nature's blossoming. Prayers for his permanence have stationed themselves on the tongue of small and great; love and belief in him repose in the hearts of young and old; the loftiness of his fame has lowered the glory of local magnates; the majesty of his dominion has put away the rulers of the quarters of the world; the echo of his fortune has opened the ears of the princes of the horizons; the ensign of his glory has lifted up the eyes of provincial kings; his mighty fame has mingled with the spheres; the sound of his glory has passed from shore to shore; the proclamation of his bounty has transgressed the boundaries of the world; his glorious court has become the native land of the elect of the seven climes; his daily increasing dominion has become the masterpiece of epochs and cycles; his glorious ascension, the auspicious frontispiece of stars and planets. Verse. > — Henry Beveridge 1897, The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II ### [1.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.241) روزافزونش کارنامهآ ازمان و ادوار شده، طالع همایونش دیباچهآ سعادت ثابت و سیار نموده (مثنوی\] ## Translations (1) - [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.3.2.8) — Henry Beveridge 1897, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.217-241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.217-241) · Pramāṇa