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V. TAHMURAS' FRAGMENTS.
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XL, XLI. XL.-90. To obtain the treasures of the material world', 0 Spitama Zarathustra ! forego not the world of the Spirit?.
XLI.-91. For he who, O Spitama Zarathustra ! to obtain the treasures of the material world destroyeth the world of the Spirit,
92. Such a one shall possess neither the Bull, nor Asha", neither the Celestial Light, nor the Paradise of me, Ahura Mazda.
93. But he shall possess the filthiest of all things, horrible Hell.
XLII. 94. All these things Asha obtaineth”, O Spitama Zarathustra ! it obtaineth everything good, corn and drinks, ever so great, so good, so goodly.
XLIII. 95. One cannot have for the wishing the power of head of the house, head of the borough, head of the district, head of the province ;
96. Neither authority over brethren ?; 97. Neither a well set up frame and a lofty stature 8.
98. But there is one thing that every man in this world below may love, O Spitama Zarathustra ! he may love Virtue.
XLIV. 99. (But]' at present in this world below, O Spi
• This is a privilege the possession of which does not depend on our free will, as it depends on heredity or the will of the prince.
+ This depends on age. . This depends on nature's caprice.
• We add 'but' on the assumption that this fragment is the continuation of the preceding.
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