Bahram Questions the Bramble-Grubber

From D10.16, A Bramble-Grubber Reveals Farshidvard’s Guilt. It illustrates D10.16.1–12 (to D10.16.16):

D10.16.1
When Bahram left that well-known town behind,Before him lay a bramble brake entwined.
D10.16.2
A man was seen who gripped an axe to clearThe tangled thorns that spread before him here.
D10.16.3
The monarch left his retinue and came,And hailed the grubber with a fitting name:
D10.16.4
“O foe of brambles, tell me clearly now:Who ranks the highest in that town, and how?”
D10.16.5
He answered, “Farshidvard, a greedy man,Whose greed denies him food and sleep’s brief span.
D10.16.6
He has perhaps a hundred thousand sheep,And camels, steeds, and asses more to keep.
D10.16.7
The earth is filled with all his hoarded gold;Yet may the earth receive his body cold.
D10.16.8
His lot is hunger, nakedness, and pain;No child, no kin, no friend relieves his strain.
D10.16.9
A captive in the grip of greed and need,His wasted body starves for lack of feed.
D10.16.10
If he sold all his farmland for its worth,His house could brim with gems drawn from the earth.
D10.16.11
His shepherds feast on meat in milk, at ease;He eats but millet bread with humble cheese.
D10.16.12
He never owned two coats at once in life;He is his own oppressor, scourge, and strife.”