The Verse of Daqiqi

When Lohrasp handed the throne to Goshtasp, he stepped down from it and packed up his belongings. He went to the fine temple of Nowbahar in Balkh, where the worshippers of God in those days held that place as sacred as the Arabs today hold Mecca. The God-worshipping king entered that house and came down to take his seat. He shut the door of that house of prayer, leaving neither kin nor stranger inside. He put on coarse cloth for worship; this is how one should give thanks with wisdom. He cast off his armband, let down his hair, and turned his face toward the bright Just One. He stood before Him for thirty years; this is how God should be worshipped. He offered prayers to the sun, for such had been the way of Jamshid. When Goshtasp rose to his father's throne, he held both his father's glory and his fortune. He set upon his head the crown his father gave him, a crown that suits a noble man. He said: I am a king who worships God; the pure Lord granted me this crown. He gave us this great crown so that we might drive the wolf away from the flock of sheep. So that we reach out toward God's path and never bring hardship on the free and noble world. So that we uphold the ways of kings and bring the wicked to the faith of God. He spread such justice that, thanks to it, the wolf and the sheep drank side by side at the stream. Then there was the Caesar's famous daughter, whose name was Nahid, though the great king called her Katayun; she bore him two children like shining moons. One was the renowned and blessed Esfandiar, a warrior king, an unmatched rider. The other was Pashutan, a sword-wielding hero, a famous king who crushed armies. When the world was set right under this new king, another Fereydun was in the making. All the kings offered him their allegiance, and all the well-wishers gladly settled under him. Except for King Arjasp, lord of Turan, before whom even demons stood at attention. He would not pay tribute and refused all counsel; and since he ignored the counsel, he faced his chains. Arjasp used to take yearly tribute from him too: why should tribute be paid to an equal?