A Concept distilled from this Baharestan anecdote. Riding beside King Qobad, the chief Mobad is shamed when his mount soils itself from tail to hoof. Asked about the etiquette of riding alongside kings, the Mobad answers that a rider should feed his horse sparingly the night before a dawn ride so that nothing disgraces him in the morning, and Qobad praises his کیاست (sagacity) and فراست (perspicacity). The tale teaches a general principle: conduct ordered by reason (خرد) and practical foresight extends good order even to one's animals, whereas acting on unreflective natural instinct leads one astray. The closing verses sharpen this by contrasting the ناخردمند — the unwise, who follows raw nature and so wanders from truth and right — with the بخرد, the wise, whose reasoned conduct can school even beasts in good manners.