[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) › 343.5 # The Book of Akbar 343.5 The Akbarnama (H. Beveridge), vols. I–II 343.5 - **Language:** English ### [343.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.343.5) But of the aggregate of instances of the Divine protection which aroused the spiritual and the worldly from the slumber of negligence and produced wonder in some and regret in others for their want of comprehension in past times, while they increased the understanding of another section and made it praise its own insight, there was this which occurred at Delhi when the holy mind was diverting itself with elephant-riding. One day he mounted the elephant called Lakhna, which was an exhibitor of terrific rage, at a time when it was at the height of its ferocity, evil nature and man-killing, and made it engage with an elephant like itself, so that the proudest were surprised. The elephant Lakhna, on which H.M. was riding, was victorious and was madly pursuing the other when suddenly its foot, which resembled a great pillar, fell into a deep ditch, and in its furious condition, and when the fumes of wrath were circulating in its brain, it made great struggles and movements. At this time an athlete who was riding on the elephant’s rump, for the rule is that a lion-hearted, skilful man rides crupper on these mountain forms, and such a one is called in Hindi Bhoi, could not sit the sky-high rearings of the elephant, and fell to the ground. Then, when cries awoke on every side, and the hearts of the loyal melted within them, the holy personality was also moved from its place, and his sky-brushing foot became fixed in the rope of the elephant’s neck, which in Hindi is called Kalawa. - [Previous: 343.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.343.4) - [Next: 343.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.343.6) - [Up: 343](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.343) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.343.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.akbar.akbarnama~en-beveridge.343.5) · Pramāṇa