Page Text
________________
118
VENDIDAD.
89 (263). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the fire from under the puncheon of a blacksmith, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought eighty fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
90 (264). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the fire from under the puncheon of a worker in steel, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought seventy fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
91 (265). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the fire of an oven1, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted from his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought sixty fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
92 (266). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the fire from under a cauldron2, what shall be his reward when his soul has parted with his body?
Ahura Mazda answered: 'His reward shall be the same as if he had, here below, brought fifty fire-brands to the Dâityô-gâtu.'
93 (267). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man bring to the Dâityô-gâtu the
1 A baker's fire.
"
The kitchen-fire.
Digitized by
Google
| 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 |