The Featherless Shaft Through the Lioness

From D10.14, Bahram Slays Lions and Weds Arezu. It illustrates D10.14.1–8:

D10.14.1
The Shah urged Shabdiz onward through the plain,And came upon a forest’s green domain.
D10.14.2
Before the wood two savage lions stood;He strung his bow and faced them where he could.
D10.14.3
His arrow tore the lion’s breast and foundIts way, both point and feathers, to the ground.
D10.14.4
Then Bahram turned his bow, devoid of fear,And shot the lioness, his skill made clear.
D10.14.5
He pinned her breast and loins with one clean blow,Then laughed and spoke in scorn above the foe:
D10.14.6
“That shaft lacked feathers, and its point was worn;Yet through the lioness its path was borne.”
D10.14.7
His escort praised him: “Famous king of earth,No throne has seen a Shah of equal worth.
D10.14.8
With featherless shafts you lions overthrow;The roots of flinty mountains too would go.”