<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.85.12 -->

[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) › 85.12

# سندبادنامه 85.12

سندبادنامه 85.12

- **Language:** Persian

### [85.12](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.85.12)

می اندایذ ، هرچه زوذ بر خانه با زمین برابر شوذ ، وگویند منل الملک الذی یعمر خزانته من اموال رعیته کمثل من یطین سطح بته بما یقتلع من اساس ببنیاته ، وروز گار این بت فرو خوانذ :

> plasters: the more quickly does the house become level with the ground. And they say: 'The likeness of the king who  
> enriches his treasury from the wealth of his subjects is like the likeness of one who plasters the roof of his house with what he uproots from  
> the foundation of his buildings.' And time recites this verse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 85.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.85.1)
- [Next: 86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.86.1)
- [Up: 85](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.85)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.85.12) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.85.12](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.85.12) · Pramāṇa
