Mazdak at the Garden Gate

From D12.7, Anooshirvan Overthrows Mazdak’s Faith. It illustrates D12.7.65–76:

D12.7.65
He gave Mazdak to Kisra, and consignedWith him all men to his new creed inclined.
D12.7.66
Three thousand men of standing, rank, and nameWere handed over with their leader’s shame.
D12.7.67
The king addressed his son: “Do what seems right;Let Mazdak’s name pass out of court and sight.”
D12.7.68
Kisra possessed a garden by his court,A pleasure-ground designed for royal sport.
D12.7.69
Its wall rose high above the hills nearby;Around its circuit he bade trenches lie.
D12.7.70
Within those trenches, men were packed so tight,Their burial put an end to life and light.
D12.7.71
Like trees he fixed them firmly in the ground,Feet raised, with heads beneath the earth fast bound.
D12.7.72
Then he addressed Mazdak: “Come now and treadThe garden path to which your works have led.
D12.7.73
The seed you scattered through these troubled yearsHas borne its fruit at last before your peers.
D12.7.74
You shall see trees no human eye has viewed,Whose strange design no sage has yet construed.”
D12.7.75
Mazdak went forward to the garden gate,Expecting fruit-trees in their ordered state.
D12.7.76
He opened it and saw the dreadful sight;He cried aloud and lost both sense and might.