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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LXXVIII, 49.
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37. (By offering it) on the second day (he procures) a beautiful daughter (and sons-in-law).
38. (By offering it) on the third day (he enjoys) all his desires.
39. (By offering it) on the fourth day (he procures) cattle.
40. (By offering it) on the fifth day (he procures) handsome sons.
41. (By offering it) on the sixth day (he obtains) success in gaming.
42. (By offering it) on the seventh day (he procures good results in) agriculture.
43. (By offering it) on the eighth day (he procures success in) trade.
44. (By offering it) on the ninth day (he procures) cattle 1.
45. (By offering it) on the tenth day (he procures) horses.
46. (By offering it) on the eleventh day (he procures) sons endowed with the superhuman power of a pious Brâhmana.
47. (By offering it) on the twelfth day (he procures) gold and silver.
48. (By offering it) on the thirteenth day he becomes beloved.
49. (By offering it) on the fifteenth day (he enjoys) all his desires.
44. 1 Nand, infers from a passage of Yâgñavalkya (I, 266) that the term 'cattle' here refers to horses and other one-hoofed animals. See, however, the next Satra.
48. The term saubhagyam is stated by Nand. (with reference to Y. I, 264) to denote superiority among his kindred,' in this Satra. But there is no cogent reason for deviating here from that interpretation of the term which he proposes in his Commentary on Satras 2 and 16. See above.
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