 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - Asia - 1812 - 612 pages
...I, on a principle of self" preservation, which is superior to all laws, will make '.' Muhaminedans Hindus.* You may rest," he added, " in fancied security...which would lead them to perform the greatest actions. t Cleaning Sikhs, whose faith, though it differs widely from the present worship of the Hindus, lias... | |
 | 1813 - 662 pages
...have written to Aurengzebe : ' No* I, on a principle of self-preservation, which is superior to ail laws, will make Muhammedans Hindus. You may rest,'...would lead them to perform the greatest actions.' In this passage there are some things worthy of particular attention. In the first place, Sir John... | |
 | Asia - 1822 - 658 pages
...Aurengzebe, cautions him against reposing in fancied security ; for, says he, in allusion to his scheme, " I will teach the sparrow to strike the eagle to the ground." Having brought upon himself the whole weight of the Emperor's vengeance, Guru Govind, after a pertinacious... | |
 | Jammu and Kashmir (India) - 1846 - 238 pages
...early accustomed. In the character of this reformer of the Sikhs, it is impossible not to recognise many of those features which have distinguished the...which would lead them to perform the greatest actions. The manner in which Govind endeavoured to accomplish the great plan he had formed, has been exhibited... | |
 | 1847 - 556 pages
...principle of self-preservation, which is superior to all laws, will make Muhammedans Hindoos. You may rest in fancied security ; but beware, for I will teach the sparrow to strike the eagle to the ground." The Sikhs, however, from the fortunate distractions of the Mussulman empire, were rallied under Banda,... | |
 | Ernest Frederick Fiske - Christianity and other religions - 1849 - 180 pages
...from his birth or initiation ; and Govind is said to have written to Aurungzebe : — "You may rest in fancied security ; but beware ! for I will teach...fine allusion to his design of inspiring the lowest cast of the Hindus, with that valour and ambition which would lead them to perform the greatest actions.... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - Ethnology - 1859 - 524 pages
...principle of self-preservation, will make Mahometans Hindus. You may rest in fancied security. But beware, I will teach the sparrow to strike the eagle to the ground." The latter part of the vaunt was never realized. Many a Mahometan, however, was made a Hindu. The proselytes... | |
 | Robert Gordon Latham - Ethnology - 1859 - 416 pages
...principle of self-preservation, will make Mahometans Hindus. You may rest in fancied security. But beware, I will teach the sparrow to strike the eagle to the ground." The latter part of the vaunt was never realized. Many a Mahometan, however, was made a Hindu. The proselytes... | |
 | Chhajju Singh - 1903 - 446 pages
...make Hindus, Mohammedans," wrote he to Aurangzeb, "but I shall make Muhammadans, Hindus. You may rest in fancied security, but beware, for I will teach the sparrow to strike the eagle to the ground !" And he wrote to the Emperor in stronger language, for he knew not what it was to depend upon man... | |
 | Ramananda Chatterjee - India - 1917 - 514 pages
...: 'now I, on a principle of selt-preservation, which is superior to all laws, will make Muhammadans Hindus. You may rest,' he added, 'in fancied security...of inspiring the lowest races among the Hindus with the valor and ambition which would lead them to perform the greatest actions.' It is true that Guru... | |
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Hindus.* You may rest," he added, " in fancied security : but beware ! for I will teach the sparrow to strike the eagle to the ground." A fine allusion to his design of inspiring the lowest races among the Hindus with that valour and ambition which would... 