Rakhsh Falls Into the Pit

From C9.3, The Treachery of the Hunting-Ground. It illustrates C9.3.36–44:

C9.3.36
Rakhsh smelled the earth and drew his body small,Bunching himself as rounded as a ball.
C9.3.37
He leapt in fear at what his nostrils found,And with his hooves he tore the yielding ground.
C9.3.38
Rakhsh stepped along the path; his onward strideLed him between two pits, one on each side.
C9.3.39
With eyes now veiled, Rostam in anger turnedAgainst his horse, while Death more fiercely burned.
C9.3.40
He lifted up the whip and struck his steed,And, angry, urged brave Rakhsh to greater speed.
C9.3.41
Hemmed in between two pits, he sought a wayTo flee the grasp of Fate that claimed its prey.
C9.3.42
Two feet sank in; no foothold anywhere,No room to struggle in that deadly snare.
C9.3.43
The pit was lined with spear and sharpened blade;No strength could help; no flight could bring him aid.
C9.3.44
Steel tore Rakhsh’s flank and pierced the man of mightThrough breast and leg, despite his strength in fight.