[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) › 50.5 # Storia do Mogor 50.5 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 50.5 - **Language:** English ### [50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.50.5) Arriving at a certain village, he prayed an old woman to give him something to eat. The old woman gave him a dish filled quite full, and he, being very hungry, thrust his hand into the very middle of the platter, thereby burning himself. Blowing on his hand, and shaking it about, he said the dish was very hot. The old woman laughed heartily, and at the same time taught him a good lesson, saying: 'You are like Taimur-i-lang, who did not know how to take this country, for he came right into the middle of it, and had to go out again defeated. If he had begun by attacking the confines, he could in time have made himself master of the whole. It is the same with you, who have just tried to begin in the middle, while if you had travelled round the edge, you could have eaten the whole without once burning yourself.' - [Previous: 50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.50.4) - [Next: 50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.50.6) - [Up: 50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.50) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.50.5) · Pramāṇa