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30 (95). "In the same way the Religion of Mazda, O Spitama Zarathustra! cleanses the faithful from every evil thought, word, and deed, as a swift-rushing mighty wind cleanses the plain.
So let all the deeds he doeth be henceforth good, O Zarathustra! a full atonement for his sin is effected by means of the Religion of Mazda.'
31 (98). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Who is the man that is a Daêva ? Who is he that is a worshipper of the Daêvas ? that is a male paramour of the Daêvas ? that is a female paramour of the Daêva's ? that is a wife to the Daêva 1? that is as bad as a Daêva ? that is in his whole being a Daêva? Who is he that is a Daêva before he dies, and becomes one of the unseen Daêvas after death ? ?
32 (102). Ahura Mazda answered: The man that lies with mankind as man lies with womankind, or as woman lies with mankind, is the man that is a Daêva; this one is the man that is a worshipper of the Daêvas, that is a male paramour of the Daevas, that is a female paramour' of the Daêvas, that is a wife to the Daêva; this is the man that is as bad as a Daêva, that is in his whole being a Daêva; this is the man that is a Daêva before he dies, and becomes one of the unseen Daêvas after death : so is he, whether he has lain with mankind as mankind, or as womankind !
1. As a wife is obedient to her husband, so is he to the Daêvas' (Comm.)
: Demons are often the restless souls of the wicked, excluded from heaven. The Persian sect of the Mahâbâdians believed that the soul that had not spoken and done good became an Ahriman or gin (Dabistân).
. The guilty may be killed by any one, without an order from
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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 |