Storia do Mogor 65.42.6

65.42.6

Then I'tibar Khan removed the head. When the old man recovered consciousness he began to pluck out his beard till it was all bleeding, and to beat his face; then, dissolving into a flood of tears, he raised both hands to heaven and said these words [260]: 'Coda teri rasa' (Khuda! teri riza)—that is to say, 'My God, Thy will be done.' At this time there came in various women and carried off Begam Sahib, who had swooned. They also removed the aged emperor. I leave out any consideration of the affliction of the father, who loved Dara so tenderly, and of Begam Sahib, who thus saw the lifeless head of the brother she doated upon, for I profess only to write of outward events and not to explain inner feelings.