[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) › 240 # سندبادنامه 240 English (machine translation) 240 - **Language:** English ### [240.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.240.1) and I dropped that small coin from my hand, falling into this dirt; however much I searched, I did not find it again, for it was the thoroughfare of creatures and the passage of travelers. I gathered up the dirt of that spot and brought it with me so that I might sieve it, perchance I might recover the gold and buy rice for you." ### [240.4](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.240.4) When the man heard these words, tears welled in his eyes, and he said: "Curse be upon that amount of gold! Take another small coin, buy rice, and cast out that dirt!" ## Linked texts (1) - [سندبادنامه](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama.240.1) — Ẓahīrī Samarqandī, Persian --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.240](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.fa.qissa.sindbadnama~en-mt.240) · Pramāṇa