[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) › 935.4.2 # The Memoirs of Bābur 935.4.2 The Bābur-nāma in English (A. S. Beveridge) 935.4.2 - **Language:** English ### [935.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.4.2) "Again:—Live well with thy younger brother. Elders must bear the burden!\[2359\] I have the hope that thou, for thy part, wilt keep on good terms with him; he, who has grown up an active and excellent youth, should not fail, for his part, in loyal duty to thee."\[2360\] "Again:—Words from thee are somewhat few; no person has \[Sidenote: Fol. 349b.\] come from thee for two or three years past; the man I sent to thee (Beg Muḥammad \_ta\`alluqchī\_) came back in something over a year; is this not so?" "Again:—As for the "retirement", "retirement", spoken of in thy letters,—retirement is a fault for sovereignty; as the honoured (Sa\`dī) says:—\[2361\] (\_Persian\_) If thy foot be fettered, choose to be resigned; If thou ride alone, take thou thine own head. "No bondage equals that of sovereignty; retirement matches not with rule." - [Previous: 935.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.4.1) - [Next: 935.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.4.3) - [Up: 935.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.mughal.babur.baburnama~en-beveridge.935.4.2) · Pramāṇa