Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
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

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was truly shown by him. 63. And because, when an Irânian had to seek a decision as to a Tûrânian in a dispute and lies occurred, the Tûrânians were constantly convicted through the showing of the boundary by the ox, and happened to be defeated by the Irânians-and, besides that, their envy also arose as to Kat-Us, even of his ownership—therefore, on account of his possession of that wonder, the Tûrânians proceeded about the smiting and destruction of that ox, and through their sorcery and witchcraft the mind of Kal-Us was disturbed about that ox, and he went to a warrior, whose name was Srito 1, and ordered him to kill that ox; so that man came to smite the ox. 64. And here is manifested a wonder of importance by that ox, such as revelation mentions thus: 'To him spoke the ox, in grave words, thus : “Thou shouldst not murder me, O Srító! thou seventh ? of those of this race; you will atone for this malice when Zaratūst, the most desirous of righteousness among the existences, arrives and proclaims thy bad action in revelation; and the distress in thy soul becomes such as is declared by that passage where it says: 'As death occurs to him, that of Vadaks and the like occurs.'” 65. It is declared that that man, when this wonder was thus seen by him proceeding from the ox, did not kill it, but went back to Kal-Us and told him what he had seen. 66. Kat-Us then still, on account of the amazing deceitfulness of the demons and wizards, ordered the same man to smite that ox ;
* This legend is also told, with further details, in Zs. XII, 7-25. • Compare Zs. XII, 10.
The mother of Dahâk, who first committed adultery in an aggravated form (see Dd. LXXII, 5; LXXVIII, 2).
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