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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FARGARD XIV.
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O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! How large is the stable ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'It shall have twelve alleys in the largest part of the house, nine alleys in the middle part, six alleys in the smallest part.
He shall godly and piously give to godly men goodly beds with sheets and cushions, to redeem his own soul.
15 (64). 'He shall godly and piously give in marriage to a godly man a virgin maid, whom no man has known, to redeem his own soul.'
O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What sort of maid ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'A sister or a daughter of his, at the age of puberty, with ear-rings in her ears, and past her fifteenth year.
16 (67). “He shall godly and piously give to holy men twice seven head of small cattle, to redeem his own soul.
He shall bring up twice seven whelps. 'He shall throw twice seven bridges over canals.
17 (70). 'He shall put into repair twice nine stables that are out of repair.
'He shall cleanse twice nine dogs from stipti, anâiriti, and vyangura , and all the diseases that are produced on the body of a dog.
• He shall treat twice nine godly men to their fill of meat, bread, strong drink, and wine.
18 (73). This is the penalty, this is the atonement which saves the faithful man who submits to it, not him who does not submit to it. Such a
1 Twelve ranks of stalls (?). • Match-making is a good work (Farg. IV, 44). • Meaning unknown.
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