سندبادنامه 373.35

373.35

17. The Story of the Delicate-Natured Merchant
possessions. Across land and sea he had conducted profitable and successful trades,
endured arduous journeys to the ends of the horizons, and by this means
had acquired ample wealth and magnificent prosperity. Yet he dedicated all his aspiration to the appetite for fine foods,
limited the entirety of his greed to the devouring of clean viands,
contented himself among the world's pleasures with savory eatables, and was satisfied among mundane desires with wholesome drinks.
From the perfection of his gluttony, you would say he had become a mouth in all his limbs,
and from the excess of his craving, you would say he had become teeth in all his parts; yet along with this strength
In comparison with him, the nature of the air seemed coarse, and water did not appear fine enough to him.