In this section of Attar's Mantiq al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds), the narrative of the servant who is executed for disrespectfully using the king's robe to wipe dust from his face serves to introduce the Sufi concept of 'Pak-bazi' (pure playing or complete devotion). The poem uses the incident to contrast worldly disrespect with true spiritual devotion, defining a true 'Pak-baz' as a seeker who gives up their ego entirely, loses all worldly attachments, and sacrifices everything on the spiritual path without holding onto any sense of 'self'.