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VIII. AOGEMAIDÊ.
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greatest, the best, the finest, never parts from a man.
53. Ayare âmithnäiti guyê tanus frayaêrê ayãn bavaiti hubadhró hupaitiznato , adha aparê ayan duzâthrem ('Every day the living man ought to think that in the forenoon he is happy and in credit ; in the afternoon disgrace may come').
Every day every living body ought to think (for that may happen any day): in the forenoon I am happy, rich, in credit (that is to say, well treated by the king);
54. And every day other people eagerly wish him evil; that he should be torn away from his palace, that he should have his head cut off and his wealth seized upon. Every day the living body is thrown for food to the birds that fly in the empty sky.
55. This is the way of things on this earth.
56. Deusdâtayau fraesta drvantô duzdaunghô (' It is ignorance that ruins most people, those illinformed').
It is ignorance that ruins most people, those ill-informed; both amongst those who have died, and those who shall die.
57. Åad mraod Ahurð Mazdau fråkerestò Astôvidhôtus zirigau (read zivigau ?) apairiayo ( Ahura Mazda said : Astövidhôtus has been created a destroyer of the living and one whom none escape').
Hörmazd said : Astivihâd has been created for the destruction of mortals (when the mortals see him, they tremble so much that they are unable to
Corrected from hupaitianâtő (translated padîraft). * Ignorance of their mortal destiny.
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| 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 |