[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) › 213 # سندبادنامه 213 English (machine translation) 213 - **Language:** English ### [213.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.213.1) When an enemy is wise, he is better than a friend; / With both enemy and friend, knowledge is good. And I, your servant, out of the excess of my sincerity, the abundance of my loyalty, and my devoted attachment, fear that what befell the bleacher may befall the shah from this son. And to a human being, nothing is dearer than his limbs and organs, his inner thoughts and bodily faculties; yet despite all this, when a corrupting and deadly disease occurs in a part, treating it by cautery and amputation is deemed necessary, ### [213.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.213.7) Arrival of the Second Vizier in the Presence of the Shah and they do not become sorrowful and distressed over its diminution and loss, nor does its loss become a hindrance or obstacle. And hence they have said: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.213.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.213](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.213) · Pramāṇa