[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) › 933.4.6 # The Memoirs of Bābur 933.4.6 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 933.4.6 - **Language:** English ### [933.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.4.6) In short, we declared with sincerity that \_we would subjugate our passions\_, and I engraved on the tablet of my heart "\_I turn unto Thee with repentance, and I am the first of true believers\_".\[2027\] And I made public the resolution to abstain from wine, which had been hidden in the treasury of my breast. The victorious servants, in accordance with the illustrious order, dashed upon the earth of contempt and destruction the flagons and the cups, and the other utensils in gold and silver, which in their number and their brilliance were like the stars of the firmament. They dashed them in pieces, as, God willing! soon will be dashed the gods of the idolaters,—and they distributed the fragments among the poor and needy. By the blessing of this acceptable repentance, many of the courtiers, by virtue of the saying that \_men follow the religion of their kings\_, embraced abstinence at the same assemblage, and entirely renounced the use of wine, and up till now crowds of our subjects hourly attain this auspicious happiness. I hope that in accordance with the saying "\_He who incites to good deeds has the same reward as he who does them\_" the benefit of this action will react on the royal fortune and increase it day by day by victories. - [Previous: 933.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.4.5) - [Next: 933.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.4.7) - [Up: 933.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.933.4.6) · Pramāṇa