[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) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 347.1.4 # Storia do Mogor 347.1.4 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 347.1.4 - **Language:** English ### [347.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.347.1.4) 'Your Majesty was my teacher, who showed me the road I had to tread, and your example was imitated and followed by all others. And who is he who can decry my acts, when I followed the road that my father had taught me to go? Our first father, Adam, forfeited the favour of Heaven for two grains of wheat, while I have been sent to perdition for one grain alone. But I should be a fool if I did not know how to sell it profitably. Men, such as the great Taimur-i-lang and \[45\] King Shãhjahãn, went through and endured great labours, and to the end continued to be powerful and happy. He who refuses to undergo hardships can never become great or obtain the favour of Heaven or live in prosperity. Flowers do not exist without thorns, nor mountains without serpents.' \[Here follow two verses to this effect:\] - [Previous: 347.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.347.1.3) - [Next: 347.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.347.1.5) - [Up: 347.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.347.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.347.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.347.1.4) · Pramāṇa