[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) › [Bābur (1526–1530)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur) › [Bāburnāma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama) › [The Babur-nama in English (A. S. Beveridge)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge) › 912.2.7 # The Memoirs of Bābur 912.2.7 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 912.2.7 - **Language:** English ### [912.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.7) Though up till then I had not committed the sin of wine-drinking\[1192\] and known the cheering sensation of comfortable drunkenness, I was inclined to drink wine and my heart was drawn to cross that stream (\_wāda\_). I had had no inclination for wine in my childhood; I knew nothing of its cheer and pleasure. If, as sometimes, my father pressed wine on me, I excused myself; I did not commit the sin. After he \[Sidenote: Fol. 189b.\] died, Khwāja Qāẓī's right guidance kept me guiltless; as at that time I abstained from forbidden viands, what room was there for the sin of wine? Later on when, with the young man's lusts and at the prompting of sensual passion, desire for wine arose, there was no-one to press it on me, no-one indeed aware of my leaning towards it; so that, inclined for it though my heart was, it was difficult of myself to do such a thing, one thitherto undone. It crossed my mind now, when the Mīrzās were so pressing and when too we were in a town so refined as Herī, "Where should I drink if not here? here where all the chattels and utensils of luxury and comfort are gathered and in use." So saying to myself, I resolved to drink wine; I determined to cross that stream; but it occurred to me that as I had not taken wine in Badī\`u'z-zamān Mīrzā's house or from his hand, who was to me as an elder brother, things might find way into his mind if I took wine in his younger brother's house and from his hand. Having so said to myself, I mentioned my doubt and difficulty. - [Previous: 912.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.6) - [Next: 912.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.8) - [Up: 912.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.912.2.7) · Pramāṇa