[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912) › v2.c23.55 # History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.55 History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v2.c23.55 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.55) "My son, my hero! (verses) Why should I complain of the unkindness of Fortune, Seeing that not a leaf is shed by a tree without God's will? Only yesterday I was the master of nine hundred thousand troopers, and to-day I am in need of a pitcher of water! (verses) Praised be the Hindus in all cases, As they ever offer water to their dead. And thou, my son, art a marvellous Musalman, As thou causest me in life to lament for (lack of) water! - [Previous: v2.c23.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.54) - [Next: v2.c23.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.56) - [Up: v2.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.sarkar-1912.v2.c23.55) · Pramāṇa