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CHAPTER IV, 8–15.
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priest who has contracted' it is to perform the ceremonial.'
12. And here the good spiritual lordshipand mightiness of glory of Zaratûst, those which are provided for commemoration of the supreme lord and creator Adharmazd, are manifested as a great wonder to the multitude, and there is rendered visible the great pre-eminence which is in him as a prophet of the creatures, which for the baseness (nankih) of the deceitful Agash”, the secret-moving and deceivingnatured, is the concealed control of a good disposition. 53. Then idleness, like even the habit of fear and nature of apostasy, is an attractor of every one of the multitude, when it extends to much length ; little by little, too, that guide and combatant becomes a petitioner for greatness, and it is manifest through that compassion (tang-libbemâih) and superior mindfulness of his, and through the glory of that stout champion, there are much fame and treasure.
14. The nobles of Aúrvâita-dang the Tûr, the ruler of the land, were angry and clamourers for Zaratûst's death ; but he invited the Kigs and Karaps to the religion of Allharmazd, just as this passage of revelation states that Zaratust also spoke thus :
Worldly righteousness, O Aûrvâitâ-dang, thou Tûr and scanty giver! is the whole of the worship of the demons and the termination of the Mazda-worship of Zaratûst. 15. And A drvâita-dang the Tûr, the scanty giver, spoke thus : 0 Zaratûst of the Spitâmas ! thou shalt not attract me to this evil in which thou really art.'
1 Or, perhaps, 'celebrated.'
The demon of the evil eye (see Bd. XXVIII, 33); Av. Aghashi, Vd. XX, 3, 7, 9.
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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 |