The King offers them to enter into it; so a man turns to his friend, his intimate, his brother, and the person most dear and beloved to him, takes him by the hand, and steps forward until they both enter it, perishing together. Thus, a vast multitude perishes. I have learned that they return to a state of life after a time, being seen in their homes and markets for a period, then they disappear. I thought of this and performed it upon these people over the length of years, and I exerted myself in what I mentioned—all so that I might see one of those who perished return, that I might ask him about the state he found? How was his destination? Who brought him back? What was the taste of that first path? Where was his settling place? What does he enter into? And what does he emerge from? All of this was so I might see something [supernatural]. My only aim and intent in what I have done, O Hormuz, is what I have just informed you of. So, if you have any knowledge of this, then inform me and enlighten me."

Hormuz replied: "O King, which [source] shall I prioritize: what has reached you concerning the Persian Kings (Akasira), or concerning the Indians whom you have just mentioned to me?" The King said: "Rather, [speak] of the Indians, for they possess greater wisdom and more truthful insight."