[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) › 65.8.7 # Storia do Mogor 65.8.7 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 65.8.7 - **Language:** English ### [65.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.8.7) Not only was Shahjahan liberal in rewarding and prompt in chastising the great; he was equally grateful in every matter, even the smallest. It happened that one day on his way to hunt he became separated from his men. Worn out and very thirsty, he went into a village lying on the king's highway from Agrah to Dihli, and arrived at a hamlet where as a charity a Brahman was giving water to the wayfarers. The king came up to him, and requested him to give him water. The Brahman, seeing that Shahjahan was drinking greedily owing to his great thirst, threw into the vessel a little grass, thereby forcing him to drink slowly. The king in anger asked him why he had put in the grass. The Brahman, not knowing to whom he was speaking, said : 'It is what I do to my asses when they are tired, so that they may not get colic pains.' The king took a rest at the edge of the village, beneath a tree. His retinue arrived, when the Brahman in a fright, recognising that it was the king, prostrated himself on the spot and asked for pardon. But Shahjahan rewarded him with a gift of the said village, which at this day is known as the 'Brahman's village.' - [Previous: 65.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.8.6) - [Next: 65.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.8.8) - [Up: 65.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.65.8.7) · Pramāṇa