Zend Avesta Part 01

SR No.: 007671
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1895
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 49 MB

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FARGARD III.
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22 (72). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Who is the third that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'It is he who fills up most burrows of the creatures of Angra Mainyu?'
23 (75). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Who is the fourth that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy?
Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is he who sows most corn, grass, and fruit, О Spitama Zarathustra! who waters ground that is dry, or drains ground that is too wet.
24 (79). Unhappy is the land that has long lain unsown with the seed of the sower and wants a good husbandman, like a well-shapen maiden who has long gone childless and wants a good husband.
25 (84). "He who would till the earth, O Spitama Zarathustra! with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, unto him will she bring forth plenty of fruit: even as it were a lover sleeping with his bride on her bed; the bride will bring forth children, the earth will bring forth plenty of fruit 3.
26, 27 (87-90). "He who would till the earth, O Spitama Zarathustra ! with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, unto him thus says the Earth : “O thou man! who dost till me with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, here shall I ever go on bearing, bring
" This joy answers the fourth grief of the earth ($ 10).
* This is identical with § 4, which is developed in the following clauses ($24-34).
* The text has: 'she brings either a son or plenty of fruit,' she being either the woman or the earth.
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