بخش 6

Goshtasp reached the sea and asked a boatman named Hishvi for passage, introducing himself as a scribe from Iran. He gave Hishvi some gold and jewels, and Hishvi took him across to Rome. Goshtasp spent a week searching for work in the city but found none. He offered his services as a scribe to the bishop, but was rejected by the other scribes who saw him as a warrior, not a writer. He then approached the Caesar's shepherd, Nastav, asking to tend the horses, but was refused as a stranger. He tried the camel driver, who treated him kindly but advised him that such work was beneath him and suggested he seek the Caesar. Finally, Goshtasp went to a blacksmith named Burab and asked for work. When he struck the anvil with a heavy hammer, he shattered both the anvil and the metal ball. Terrified by his strength, Burab dismissed him. Hungry and dejected, Goshtasp realized that hardships pass, just as ease and treasure do.