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 XV.
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whelps come to grief, for want of proper support, he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder.'
23 (68). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a stable for camels, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her ?
24 (70). Ahura Mazda answered : “He who built the stable for camels or whoso holds it', the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps be born.
25 (76). 'If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to grief, for want of proper support, he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder.'
26 (77). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a stable for horses, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her?
27 (78). Ahura Mazda answered : 'He who built the stable for horses or whoso holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps be born.
28 (81). “If he shall not support her, so that the whelps come to grief, for want of proper support, he shall pay for it the penalty for wilful murder.'
29 (84). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a bitch be near her time and be lying in a stable for oxen, which is the worshipper of Mazda that shall support her?
30 (86). Ahura Mazda answered: “He who built the stable for oxen or whoso holds it, the care of supporting her is his; so long shall he support her, until the whelps be born.
1.In pledge or for rent' (Frâmji).
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