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then grumbled thus : Do ye have the horse driven for us, and turn round the chariot wherein you harness it; for really this smiting one (ganâk) will destroy me through the arrival of the sacred text and through his possession of authority.' So they had the horse driven, and it was harnessed to the chariot by them. 45. And here is manifested a great wonder to the multitude, just as revelation mentions thus : 'When he had proceeded several Yügyâsts in driving, he stopped in his distress through being terrified, and this occurred which I mention for a warning ?, his semen was expelled, so that it arose in his skin and burst it, and his loin thereby broke from his thigh; he then died outright, then his progeny, and then the offspring of his progeny.'
46. One marvel is this which is declared that, even before the coming of Zaratust to a conference 4, there is manifested in him a mind which is more capacious than the whole world, and more exalted than every worldly possession, with an understanding whose strength is perfectly selected, an intellect of allacquiring power, and a sagacity of all-deciding ability; also with the much heedfulness of the kingly glory, and the full desire for righteousness, the efficacious diligence and authority, and even the superiority in mightiness and grandeur of the priestly glory. 47. Also the handsomeness of body and completeness of strength which are in the character of these four classes of his, which are priesthood,
1 See $ 16 n. ? Pahl. 'avo pês yemalelûnam.'
& Or in his back and broke it,' if we suppose that pôst, 'skin,' stands for pôst, ‘back.' Compare the same legend in Zs. XIX, 1-8.
4 With the sacred beings.
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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 |