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CHAPTER XVI, 12.
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final emancipation, demoniac for bondage!. Grieve not, O descendant of Bharata ! you are born to godlike endowments. (There are) two classes of created beings in this world, the godlike and the demoniac; the godlike (class) has been described at length ; now hear from me, O son of Prithà! about the demoniac. Demoniac persons know not action or inaction', neither purity nor yet (correct) conduct nor veracity are in them. They say the universe is devoid of truth, devoid of fixed principle *, and devoid of a ruler, produced by union (of male and female) caused by lust', and nothing else. Holding this view, (these) enemies of the world, of ruined selfs, of little knowledge, and of ferocious actions, are born for the destruction (of the world). Entertaining insatiable desire, full of vanity, ostentatiousness, and frenzy, they adopt false notions ? through delusion, and engage in unholy observances. Indulging in boundless thoughts ending with death', given up to the enjoyment of objects of desire, being resolved that that is all, bound down by nets of hopes in hundreds, given up to anger and desire, they wish
Scil. to birth and death in this world. • What should be done for the attainment of real good, and what should not be done as productive of mischief. See too p. 125. •1.e. contains nothing that is entitled to belief, as the Vedas, &c.
• No principle based on virtue and vice in the government of the world.
• They do not believe in any unseen cause, but say the lust of mankind is the cause of the universe. • J.e. who have none of the means of reaching the next world.
Such as that by propitiating a certain divinity by a certain rite they may obtain treasure and so forth.
• Till their las moments, thinking of making new acquisitions and preserving old ones.
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| SR No. | 007671 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 01 |
| 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 |