The Youth Rises Before the Sages

From D13.20.2, The First Banquet. It illustrates D13.20.2.9–16:

D13.20.2.9
When Bozorgmehr had heard their learned art,And saw the Shah held wisdom dear at heart,
D13.20.2.10
He rose, bowed low, and said, “O righteous king,May earth submit beneath your crown and ring.
D13.20.2.11
May heaven shine with Fortune’s light for you;Permit your slave to speak what he knows true.
D13.20.2.12
Though I am least in knowledge and in worth,I too will speak before the lord of earth.
D13.20.2.13
No wise man merits blame for words that bringHis knowledge into view before the king.”
D13.20.2.14
The monarch looked upon the youth and said,“What cause has knowledge to conceal its head?”
D13.20.2.15
The youth at once displayed his learning’s light;His lucid speech made all the court grow bright.
D13.20.2.16
His eloquence and counsel held each heart;The Mobadan all marveled at his art.