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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BUNDAHIS.
which the leader of the flock is in such great fear, for that flock of sheep is very badly maintained which has no dog.
30. Adharmazd said when the bird Varesha 'was created by him, which is a bird of prey, thus: “Thou art created by me, O bird Varesha! so that my vexation may be greater than my satisfaction with thee, for thou doest the will of the evil spirit more than that of me; like the wicked man who did not become satiated with wealth, thou also dost not become satiated with the slaughter of birds; but if thou be not created by me, O bird Varesha ! thou wouldst be created by him, the evil spirit, as a kite 2 with the body of a Varpas, by which no creature would be left alive.'
31. Many animals are created in all these species for this reason, that when one shall be perishing through the evil spirit, one shall remain.
CHAPTER XV. 1. On the nature of men it says in revelation, that Gâyômard, in passing away', gave forth seed; that seed was thoroughly purified by the motion of
* No doubt'a hawk' (Pers. vâ sah or basah), as mentioned by Justi; Av. vâre would become vâ or bâ in Persian.
• Compare gûrîk with Pers. varik, varkâ, varkák, varkak, vargâh, an eagle, falcon, kite, or hawk.'
Transcribing the Pâz. varpa êyi into Pahlavi we have varpak-aê, which is very nearly the same in form as varîkak-aé, 'a hut or cottage' (Pers. gurikah-e); so the formidable bird which the evil spirit might have created was a kite with a body like a cottage.'
• See Chap. IV, 1.
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