This allegory in Attar's Mosibat Nameh describes a nobleman who proudly walks past a latrine and holds his nose to avoid the stench. A madman rebukes him, warning that the nobleman will eventually consume what he currently finds repulsive. The story serves as a critique of worldly greed and consumption, metaphorically comparing the accumulation of material wealth and the devouring of worldly pleasures to the consumption of filth, urging spiritual detachment.