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man? 19. About the praise of Maidôk-mâh” for his accepting and exercising-and on account of his exercising—the upholding and propagation of the religion; also the yelling, united assault, evil food, and other affliction owing to the wicked in the earlier half of the night, which is that which Zaratůst had, for a like reason, to bear; and the reciting of the law of Allharmazds, for the joy of the sacred beings, and his appropriation of the best existence.
20. About the abounding of Zaratūst in complete mindfulness of the origin of learning, and its development by him ; both the object and the advantage of knowledge—which is the reigning of Vohûman in the body-being the means of develop ing the world in righteousness 6. 21. About the perfection of the ceremonial® and obeisance of Zaratůst, and the superiority? of his recompense 8 ; also advice to him as to worshipping Adharmazd pre-eminently, and the primeval angels by their own names according to their greatness.
22. It is the excellence of righteousness that is perfect.
CHAPTER XLV.
Varstmânsar Nask. 1. The twenty-second fargard, Vahistôisti 10, is about the perfection of the prayers 11 of the good religion, and information thereon.
See Pahl. Yas. L, 18 b. • Ibid. 19 a and Chap. XXIV, 1.
3 Ibid. 19 C. • Ibid. 21 a.
Ibid. 21 b.
• Ibid. 22 a. ? Assuming that avartih stands for avartarih. * See Pahl. Yas. L, 22 b.
• Ibid. 22 C. 10 See Chap. XXII, i n.
11 See Pahl. Yas. LII, 1 a.
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