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CHAPTER II, 25-33.
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where the nest of the birds was, it grew constantly fresh and golden-coloured'.
29. After the coming of her who bore Zaratûst, to Pôrůshâspô for marriage, Vohamanô and Ardavahistô, thus associated together in their preeminence, came up there to Pôrúshâspô in the cattle-pasture of the Spitâmas, and their thoughts were confined to that Hôm brought by them. 30. Then Pôrúshâspô walked forth, with spiritual desire, up to the water of the Dait ?, because the requirement of the spirits is the spiritual knowledge 3 that spirits are ever-beneficial; and that Hôm was also seen by him, when it had grown on that tree, on the inside of the nest. 31, Then Pôrúshâspô thought thus : 'It is for me, really (madam-îk-am) to proceed and, even as there is no reaching by me up to that Hôm, that tree must be cut down, for apart from that, O Hôm of Allharmazd! thou seemest fresh, so that the benefit of something from thee will be advantageous.'
32. Then Pôrůsháspô walked on and washed their clothes acquiescently (patâsig), and here a great wonder was manifest to Pôrûshâspô. 33. About this it says that, all the while that Pôrůshâspô washed their clothes, Vohûmano then proceeded from the uppermost third of the tree unto the middle of it, whereon it was the desire of Pôrd
Or it may be 'verdant.'
Av. Dâitya, a mythic river in Afrân-vêg (Bd. XX, 13); a favourite place for religious rites, see Yt. V, 17, 104, 112; IX, 25, 29; XVII, 45, 49, 61. Or it may be merely mayâ-i shêd, brilliant water.'
s Reading mainôg-dânisnih, but the MS. has mainôg dên ô-dânih which might be translated spiritual knowledge of religion, though the latter Pahlavi word is unusual.
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1883 |
| Total Pages | 2221 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 41 MB |