[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Persian](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa) › [Story books adapted from India](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa) › [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama) › 120.16 # سندبادنامه 120.16 سندبادنامه 120.16 - **Language:** Persian ### [120.16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.120.16) 3 داستان شاه کشمیر با پیلبان فرموذ تا ییل بروی عرضه دهذ وپاذشاه بروی نشینذ وغایت اثر تعلیم او ببینذ. چندانک پاذشاه بر وی نشست ، بل چون شیر از جای بحست ، وچون باذ روی در صحرا نهاذ ، ومانند بخچیر وگراز ، در نشیب وفراز ، دویذن گرفت ، 3 وچون صرصر ونکبا ، در سبسب و بیدا رفتن ساخت . از مطلع روز تا مقطع شب برین صفت می دویذ ، وشاه بر فراز اوچون بچهآ عنقا ، در قلال جبال ، وچون غثا ، در أفواج أمواج دریا ، متحیر ومتفکر . هر چند خواست تا 6 پیل را وقفتی فرماید در حیز سسیر سامذ ، ودر مرکز امکان نگنجیذ ، وبا تواتر سیر وتعاقب حرکات فروذ آمذن نا ممکن ومتعدر شذ . تا بماز شام کی بیل از گرسنگی فتور بدیرفت، وبعلف محتاج گشت، روی بعطن معهود ووطن مألوف بهاذ ، وچون با رام گاه خوذ رسیذ بیارامیذ . شاه با تغیری عظیم وغضبی شدید ، از بالای بیل به پست آمذ ، ومثال داذ تا بلبان را بزیر پای پیل اوگنند . پیلبان چون اثر سیاست، وحدت غضب شاه مشاهده 2 کرد ، دانست کی آتش سخط او التهابی ، وطبع ملول او اضطرابی دارذ ، باخوذ گفت: البحر لاحار له ، والسلطان لاصدیق له > Story of the King of Kashmir and the Elephant-Driver > ordered that the elephant be presented to him, so that the king might mount it and see the ultimate effect of his training. > As soon as the king mounted it, the elephant leaped from its place like a lion, set its face toward the open plain > like the wind, and began running like a wild ass or a boar through lowlands and heights, > and set out across wilderness and waste like a violent gale or an adverse wind. From the beginning of the day until the end > of night it ran in this manner, while the shah was atop it like a chick of the ʿAnqā upon mountain peaks, > and like driftwood amid the surging waves of the sea, bewildered and anxious. However much he sought > to order the elephant to halt, it would not enter the domain of obedience, nor did it fit within the bounds of possibility, > and with the continuous course and succession of movements, dismounting became impossible and unattainable. Finally, at the time of the evening prayer, > when the elephant suffered exhaustion from hunger and became in need of fodder, it turned toward its customary stable > and familiar abode, and when it reached its resting place it grew calm. The shah, with great agitation > and intense rage, descended from atop the elephant to the ground, and commanded that they cast the elephant-driver > beneath the elephant's feet. When the elephant-driver observed the signs of punishment and the fierceness of the shah's wrath, > he knew that the fire of his displeasure was ablaze, and that his weary nature was in distress. > He said to himself: "The sea has no neighbor, and the sultan has no friend." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 120.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.120.1) - [Next: 121.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.121.1) - [Up: 120](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.120) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.120.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.120.16](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.120.16) · Pramāṇa