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turned into the shape of a horse, all around the earth from one end to the other, for thirty years'.
For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ..
VII. 30. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....
31. That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a long time ?, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daêvas and men, the Yâtus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf;
32. He who took from the Daêvas both riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory);
In whose reign both aliments 4 were never failing for feeding creatures, flocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying;
33. In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daêvaso, in the times before his lie, before he began to have delight in words of falsehood and untruth.
34. But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood and untruth", the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shape of a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great? Yima
1 Cf. Yt. XV, 12, and notes.
2 For six hundred and sixteen years and six months (Bundahis XXXIV, 4).
See Yt. V, 26, text and note. • Food and drink.
o Cf. Yt. XV, 16. * He pretended to be a god (Firdausi). 7 Doubtful : fraesta.
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