In this knot Jami counsels the common subjects to meet a ruler's power, whether the 'sword' of oppression or the 'pen' of decree, with patience and gratitude rather than complaint. He argues that a sovereign's benefit to the realm outweighs his harm and his good outweighs his evil, so subjects owe thanks for that benefit and should look to the good rather than dwell on grievances. Invoking the maxim that no one finds treasure without toil, the passage frames endurance of a ruler's injustice as the price of the order and security that kingship provides. It thereby extends the poem's ethic of loyal well-wishing from sovereigns and state officials down to the subjects themselves.