[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) › 236 # سندبادنامه 236 English (machine translation) 236 - **Language:** English ### [236.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.1) Many a wolf they captured and made fast in his bonds, / Then said: 'Marry him off, and leave him to his torment!' Their thoughts are the alchemy of stratagem, and their inner minds are the elements of deception. ### [236.3](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.3) \[...\] ### [236.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.4) And if the king gives permission, I shall tell a tale of the stratagems of women, so that the truth of this matter may be demonstrated, and the secrets of this claim be made clear.' The king said: 'What is that tale concerning the wiles of women? Tell it!' ### [236.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.7) The Story of the Beautiful Woman and the Grocer The minister said: 'I have heard from trustworthy transmitters that in times past, there was a peasant who was chaste, religious, abstinent, and pious. He had a wife who, after the custom of worldly people, took wider strides in the pursuit of desire and craving, and counted the pursuit of amusement and frivolity among the necessities of her life. One day that peasant gave her a scrap of money to buy rice. The woman went to the bazaar and came to a grocer; she gave the coin to the grocer, and with an amorous wink and coquetry said: 'Give me rice for this coin!' ### [236.14](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.14) From her movements and gestures, the grocer recognized what melon-patch she hailed from, and from her appearance and demeanor he knew what temperament she possessed, and for what purpose her clay was molded and stamped. He weighed the rice, put it into the corner of her chador, and said: ### [236.17](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.17) \[...\] ### [236.18](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236.18) The Story of the Beautiful Woman and the Grocer 'O lady, you have bound me in the fetter of your delicacy and wounded me with the arrow of your charm! Come in so that I may give you sugar, for rice without sugar is an incomplete meal and an unbalanced nourishment.' The woman said: 'I have no money for sugar.' The grocer said: ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.236.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.236) · Pramāṇa