[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Histoire de la dernière révolution des États du Grand Mogol](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier) › [Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable) › 3.3.1 # Travels in the Mogul Empire (Bernier) 3.3.1 Travels in the Mogul Empire (Constable) 3.3.1 - **Language:** English ### [3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.3.1) It was about this period that one of the most distinguished Omrahs ventured to express to Aureng-Zebe his fears lest his incessant occupations should be productive of injury to his health, and even impair the soundness and vigour of his mind. The King, affecting not to hear, turned from his sage adviser, and advancing slowly toward another of the principal Omrahs, a man of good sense and literary acquirements, addressed him in the following terms. The speech was reported to me by the son of that Omrah, a young physician, and my intimate friend. 'There can surely be but one opinion among you learned men, as to the obligation imposed upon a sovereign, in seasons of difficulty and danger, to hazard his life, and, if necessary, to die sword in hand in defence of the people committed to his care. And yet this good and considerate man would fain persuade me that the public weal ought to cause me no solicitude; that, in devising means to promote it, I should never pass a sleepless night, nor spare a single day from the pursuit of some low and sensual gratification. According to him, I am to be swayed by considerations of my own bodily health, and chiefly to study what may best minister to my personal ease and enjoyment. No doubt he would have me abandon the government of this vast kingdom to some vizier : he seems not to consider that, being born the son of a King, and placed on a throne, I was sent into the world by Providence to live and labour, not for myself, but for others ; - [Previous: 3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.2.8) - [Next: 3.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.3.2) - [Up: 3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.bernier~en-constable.3.3.1) · Pramāṇa