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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VISHNU.
LXXI, 83.
83. He must take care not to revile a god, a Brâhmana, the Sâstras, or the high-minded (Rishis).
84. And (he must avoid) gain and pleasure repugnant to duty.
85. (He must avoid) even lawful acts which may give offence to mankind.
86. On the days of new and full moon let him make a propitiatory offering.
87. He must not cut even grass (on those two days).
88. He must adorn himself (with garlands, sandal, and the like).
89. Thus he must observe established customs.
90. Those customs, which have been explicitly ordained in revealed and in traditional texts, and which are practised by the virtuous, must always be observed by a righteous man with subdued passions.
91. By adhering to established usage he attains to old age; this is the way to obtain that state in the next life which he desires, and imperishable riches, this is the way to destroy the effect of (bodily) marks foreboding future misfortunes.
92. He who observes the usages established among the virtuous, who is a believer in revelation, and free from ill-will, lives a hundred years, even
84. "Or repugnant to the final liberation," as the use of the particle ka implies.' (Nand.) See Manu VI, 37.
85. The use of the particle ka, Nand. argues from Manu IV, 176, implies that acts which may cause future pain should also be avoided.
88. The use of the particle ka, according to Nand., implies that he must also observe auspicious rites and established customs, as ordained by Manu IV, 145. The latter injunction is, however, expressly given in the next Sûtra.
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