Storia do Mogor 65.23.5

65.23.5

Owing to the great disorder of his people, caused by the valour of Dara, Aurangzeb, who was not very far away, ran great risk of being taken. But he disregarded the danger, and ordered a large division of his best cavalry, which was close at hand, to take up the resistance to Dara's advance. He tried to raise the courage of the few soldiers left to him by calling to the principal men, each by his name, saying, 'Mardaney delavaram bahader vactas' (Mardani, dilawaran-i-bahadur! waqt ast) — that is to say, 'Men of power, valour, and courage! now is the time!' Then, raising his hands to heaven, he exclaimed: 'Hia Coda, hia Coda!' (Ya Khuda! Ya Khuda!) — 'O God! O God! In you is my trust! I will sooner die on this spot than give way.' Placing his hands upon his morion, he ordered them to attach iron chains to the feet of his elephant as an attestation of his resolve. He pricked his elephant a little onward to reanimate the leaders who had gathered round him, all pledging him their word that they would yield their lives in his sight, rather than recede one single step.