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V. TAHMURAS' FRAGMENTS.
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XXVIII. 57. Of the mind, good thoughts; of the tongue, good words; of the hand, good works, make the virtuous life.
58! I, Ahura Mazda, am closer, O Zarathustra ! to that which all the bodily world thinketh, speaketh, and worketh,
59. Than the nose is to the ears, or than the ears are to the mouth. XXIX.
60. Take of the Haoma, O Zarathustra ! twice or thrice; but the third time be sparing 3.
XXX, XXXI4 XXX.–61. In the interval", nothing but fair recitations of the Ashem Voha o,
62. Done with a fervent conviction and a devoted soul ;
XXXI.—63. And in the interval do nothing but look on?. voyu xxxu.
XXXII.–64. Each time, O Spitama Zarathustra ! that the righteous, the godly man offers the sacrifice complete;
65. Then cometh unto him the good, godly Âfritis, in the shape of a camel of price, in full heat'.
• These two fragments seem to refer to the plucking of the Baresma twigs.
o While the different twigs are plucked. Cf. Vd. XIX, 18.
* A prayer, next in holiness to the Ahuna Vairya. See its translation, Vd. XIX, 22. ? Cf. Vd. XIX, 19; Nir. 97 seq.
& The Afrîn Dahmân, a prayer of blessing on the house of the faithful (cf. Yasna LX).
• The camel in heat is strongest (Yt. XIV, 12 seq.) and therefore the best symbol of the strength that the Afrîn Dahmân brings with it. Cf. Dînkart IX, 22, 2.
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