The Envoy Hurls the Wrestler Down

From D10.28, Shangul’s Feast and Bahram’s Prowess. It illustrates D10.28.13–23:

D10.28.13
King Shangul called two mighty men to stand,Both strong wrestlers, fit to face a Div’s hand.
D10.28.14
The noble athletes entered, bold and proud,And tied their wrestling cloths before the crowd.
D10.28.15
The two young men began to twist and strain,Each striving for a hold he could maintain.
D10.28.16
Bahram took up a crystal cup of red;The wine had sent its fumes into his head.
D10.28.17
He said, “O king, permit me now to bindMy wrestling cloth, and clear my wine-filled mind.
D10.28.18
Let me contend with men of strength and might,Lest drunken folly mar the feast tonight.”
D10.28.19
Shangul laughed out and to the envoy said,“Throw down these men, and let their blood be shed.”
D10.28.20
When Bahram heard, he rose before them all,And stooped his upright body in the hall.
D10.28.21
As lions seize a Gur-e-Khar at bay,He gripped his waist and dashed him to the clay.
D10.28.22
His bones were broken; pale, he lay; amazed,The king on Bahram’s height and shoulders gazed.
D10.28.23
In Indian speech he called on God; and thenHe judged him stronger far than forty men.