[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) › 1.241 # The Book of Akbar 1.241 Akbarnāma 1.241 - **Language:** Persian ### [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\] > 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 - [Previous: 1.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.217) - [Next: 1.244](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.244) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.3.2.9) — Henry Beveridge 1897, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.241](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama.1.241) · Pramāṇa