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# سندبادنامه 106.8

English (machine translation) 106.8

- **Language:** English

### [106.8](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.106.8)

and the fish separated from the snare. The fox stepped forward and began to eat the fish. The monkey  
said: ‘What is that which you are eating, and what is this that has seized me so tightly?’  
He replied: ‘For kings there is fetter and prison, and for subjects there is morsel and food!’”  
He said: "What is that which you eat, and what is this that has seized me so tightly?"  
He replied: "Kings cannot dispense with fetters and prison, nor subjects with morsel and meal."  
can have no escape."  
The sages praised Sindbād and said:

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## Linked texts (1)

- [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.106.8) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian

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