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Rostam's Gorz Rings on Puladvand's Head
Book B14 · The Great Battle with the Khan of Chin

Rostam's Gorz Rings on Puladvand's Head

From B14.24, Rostam Battles Puladvand. It illustrates B14.24.30–35:

  • B14.24.30
    Two mighty elephants, two lions strong,They wheeled until the dust rolled thick and long.
  • B14.24.31
    Then Rostam swung his gorz with iron force,And struck his foeman’s head from his wheeling horse.
  • B14.24.32
    All present heard the crash; it stunned his brain,His eyes grew dazed, his hand let slip the rein.
  • B14.24.33
    He swerved toward the right, turned from the fray,And cried aloud, “This is an evil day!”
  • B14.24.34
    Rostam had thought that, from so hard a blow,The brains through both ears down his chest would flow.
  • B14.24.35
    But since he kept his seat, brave Rostam prayedTo God, whose hand sustains what He has made:

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