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shâspô to be conveyed. 34. Then Pôrůshâspô, having washed the clothes, walked up to it and, thereupon gathering up the whole of that Hôm, all of it was then also appropriated by him through assistance like that of that archangel, just as what thou offerest for the food-sustenance of a friend's son of two years or three years of age ; and it seemed to him that archangel's joyful payment.
35. Carrying off their Hôm, Pôrûshâspô spoke of it to his noble (mas) wife thus : 'So thou, O Dakdâûb ! shouldst keep their Hôm in custody, all the while that their Hôm fulfils duty and routine.
36. One marvel is this which is declared, that the coming of the nature (gôhar) of the body of Zaratûst, through water and vegetation, to the bodies of his parents, is manifested as a great wonder of the creator to the multitude. 37. As revelation mentions it thus: Thereupon, when Adharmazd had produced the material (dahisno) of Zaratûst!, the nature of his body then, in the presence of Adharmazd, fled on towards the material of Zaratûst.'
38. About Khurdad and Mardad 2 bringing the cloud-water down in a compassionate manner ever anew, drop by drop, and completely warm, for the delight of sheep and men, and—with as much seed as the roving of two rampant bulls would thereby cast upon the plants which have grown, all of every species—they are casting it upon those other plants at that time, even upon the dry ones; and the
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? These two archangels have special charge of water and vegetation (see Sls. XV, 25-29), and here they are represented as acting in a manner usually ascribed to Tistar, the Dog-star.
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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 |