[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) › [Akbarnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama) › [The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge) › 191.2 # The Book of Akbar 191.2 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 191.2 - **Language:** English ### [191.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.191.2) For the status and condition of the Treasury of Light when in the East are identical with his status and condition when under the veil of the West. And the condition which he hath when in the zenith and when in declination from the meridian, is absolutely the same as his condition when in the nadir of mid-night. The difference is in the earth-born beholders and in the imaginations of the dwellers in a handful of clay. Assuredly the pinnacles of his glory is all the holier because the thoughts of detrimentals have touched its fringe. In accordance with these propositions, whoever cherisheth evil thoughts against tiara’ed lords of bliss, and diademed lords of fortune, is caught at last by the exemplary punishment of his deeds, and becomes a prime factor of his own destruction. These truths are mirrored in the presage-full history of his Majesty Jahānbānī Jannat-āshyānī for in brief space was the skirt of his Majesty’s fortune, which had been sullied by misfortune, washed and cleansed at the fountain-head of fruition, while all the ingrates received the punishment of their designs and deeds. The stack of their lives and fortunes was consumed by the lightning of Divine wrath, and the note of the existence of those wretches was erased from the Book of Time. Accordingly the difficulties (maṣā’ib) and fatigues (matā‘ib) of adversity (‘usr) and the stations (mawārid) and ascensions (maṭāli‘) of prosperity (yusr) are being set-forth in the order of their time and place. - [Previous: 191.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.191.1) - [Next: 191.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.191.3) - [Up: 191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.191) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.191.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.191.2) · Pramāṇa