سندبادنامه 70.1

70.1

در شش جهت آچ گرد ما گستردند در پنچ حواس وچار طبع آوردند بس گرسنه اند وعالمی را خوردید این هفت که در دوازده می گردند پس از یرای ذکر باقی وصیت سائر طریقی ابداع کردند ، کی مبقی ذکر ومحیی نام ایشان شذ واظهار عدل وآثار فضل ایشان بذان انقا واحیا بذیرفت، وچون دانستند کی از ملک ومال وبنین وبنات باهتمام این مهم قیامی نتوانذ بوذ وبوجود ایشان تمام نگردذ ، قدم در مسلک تصنیف کتب وتألیف حکم نهاذند ، وآنرا مدارک این امانی ومدارج این معانی شناختند وگفتند :

Whatever they spread around us in the six directions / they brought into five senses and four humors;
they are so ravenous, and they have devoured an entire world: / these seven who revolve within the twelve.
Therefore, for the sake of lasting memory and widespread fame, they devised a path that preserved their memory
and revived their names, and by means of which the manifestation of their justice and the traces of their virtue gained survival and new life.
And when they knew that kingdoms, wealth, sons, and daughters could not undertake this crucial task
and could not achieve it through their existence, they stepped onto the path of composing books and compiling
wise maxims, and recognized that as the attainment of these desires and the steps toward these concepts, and said: