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whom the prompt ability (têző hûnar) of Zaratůst of the Spîtâmas should reach ; and through the diligence of the prompt ability of Zaratůst of the Spîtâmas, you would expound the religion of Adharmazd and Zaratûst.”!
87. One marvel is this which is declared; that when Vistâsp, accepting the religion, praises righteousness, the demons in hell are disabled, and the demon Aeshm 2 rushes to the country of the Khyộns and to Argâsp, the deadly one of the Khyôns, because he was the mightiest of the tyrants at that time; and the most hideous of all, of so many of them in the country of the Khyôns, are poured out by him for war.
88. And here, too, is manifested a great wonder also to the host (ram) of Irân who have been coming there, unto the residence of Argâsp the Khyôn, like this which revelation mentions thus: 'Then, just at the time his legion is separately displayed, Aeshm the unredeemable (ta näpuharak) adheres (gêrevêdo) to him, as being himself without escort (agurôh), and quite opposes (barà sperezêdo) him, because : “You, who are a Khyôn, have become unlucky through want of success after you engage in conflict."' 89. Henceforth, it is not that the victory of Irân has come over foreigners and Khyôns—through companionship at the abode of that man who is mightier by the birth of Zaratûst
The similarity of her name to that of Atossa, the wife and sister of Cambyses, whom Darius afterwards married, is striking.
1 As the verbal forms of the present third person singular and second person plural are alike in Pahlavi, it is doubtful which personal pronoun to use.
. The demon of Wrath; see Bd. XXVIII, 15-17.
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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 |