Rostam Feasts Bahman on Wild Ass

From C8.8, Bahman Delivers Esfandiyar’s Message. It illustrates C8.8.37–45:

C8.8.37
He spread soft bread and brought the roasted meat,A wild ass, hot and ready there to eat.
C8.8.38
He laid the tablecloth before his guest,And spoke of former days as they took rest.
C8.8.39
He seated his own brother at the spread,But called no other nobles to be fed.
C8.8.40
Before himself he placed another beast,His customary portion at a feast.
C8.8.41
He salted it, then cut and ate his share;Bahman looked on, astonished by the fare.
C8.8.42
Young Bahman ate so little, scarce a bite;A hundredfold was Rostam’s appetite.
C8.8.43
Then Rostam smiled: “The splendor borne by kingsIs meant to let them taste life’s pleasant things.
C8.8.44
If this is all the food that you can stand,How did you cross the Stages of that land?
C8.8.45
How do you wield the spear in battle’s heat,O prince, with such a small desire to eat?”