[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) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt) › 105.1 # سندبادنامه 105.1 English (machine translation) 105.1 - **Language:** English ### [105.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.105.1) “O you whose judgment upon the sphere of deliberation / is the form-giver of the sun of destiny! Untying the knot of secrets like a needle, / your heart exposed like a lion!” A sapling that has grown in the meadow of royal dominion and received nurture in the gardens of royal fortune, when the cloud of the bestowal of sciences washes from the leaves of its trees, its blossoms, and its flowers the dust of heedlessness and forgetfulness, the breeze of its fragrance will perfume and scent the world. Then, from among those thousand philosophers, seven were chosen, and the reins of this important matter were committed to their competence and the fingertips of their deliberation. These seven sages sat for three days and nights and delved into this matter, and cast a gaze upon the horoscope of the prince’s birth. Each offered an opinion, and none saw it proper to undertake \[education\] in this matter. They said: “Since in the span of ten years he has learned nothing of the varieties of science and wisdom, and his nature has not accepted instruction or teaching, despite being at the onset of growth and the beginning of development, and his temperament took no liking to learning and discipline, and he became neither well-mannered nor trained, now it is impossible that he accept instruction. Just like iron that remains in salty earth: it produces rust, - [Previous: 104.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.104.3) - [Next: 105.15](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.105.15) - [Up: 105](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.105) ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.105.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.105.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.105.1) · Pramāṇa