[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) › 373.35 # سندبادنامه 373.35 سندبادنامه 373.35 - **Language:** Persian ### [373.35](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.373.35) 17 داستان بازرگان لطیف طبع منال زیر قدم آورده بوذ ؛ ودر اطراف بر وبحر تجارتهای مربح ومنجح کرده ، وسفرهای شاق ، در ارجای آفاق تحمل بموذه ، وبذین طریق غنیتی وافر ، ونعمتی فاخر بدست آورده ؛ وهمه همت خویش بشهوت اطعمهآ و لطیف موقوف کرده ، وجملهآ نهمت خویش بالتقام اغذیهآ نظیف مقصور گردانیذه ، واز متلذذات عالم بما کولات مشتها قناعت کرده ، واز مطلوبات دنا بمشروبات هنیء خرسند شذه ؛ از کمال شره گفتی بهمه اعضا دهان شذه ک است ، واز إفراط شبق گفتی بهمه اجزا دندان گشته ؛ وبا این قوت طبیعت هوا در اضافت با او کثیف بوذی ، وآب با او لطیف نموذی . > 17. The Story of the Delicate-Natured Merchant > possessions. Across land and sea he had conducted profitable and successful trades, > endured arduous journeys to the ends of the horizons, and by this means > had acquired ample wealth and magnificent prosperity. Yet he dedicated all his aspiration to the appetite for fine foods, > limited the entirety of his greed to the devouring of clean viands, > contented himself among the world's pleasures with savory eatables, and was satisfied among mundane desires with wholesome drinks. > From the perfection of his gluttony, you would say he had become a mouth in all his limbs, > and from the excess of his craving, you would say he had become teeth in all his parts; yet along with this strength > In comparison with him, the nature of the air seemed coarse, and water did not appear fine enough to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 373.31](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.373.31) - [Next: 373.44](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.373.44) - [Up: 373](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.373) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.373.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.373.35](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.373.35) · Pramāṇa