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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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
5. 'For that only recital of the praise of Holiness is worth a hundred khshnaothras of the beings of Holiness 1, when delivered while going to sleep, a thousand when delivered after eating, ten thousand when delivered during cohabitation, or any number when delivered in departing this life.'
6. What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth ten others in greatness, goodness, and fairness ?'
7. Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is that one, O holy Zarathustra ! that a man delivers when eating the gifts of Haurvatât and Ameretât?, at the same time professing good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, and rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.'
8. What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth a hundred others in greatness, goodness, and fairness ?'
9. Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is that one, O holy Zarathustra ! that a man delivers while drinking of the Haoma strained for the sacrifice, at the same time professing good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, and rejecting evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.'
10. What is the one recital of the praise of Holiness that is worth a thousand others in greatness, goodness, and fairness ?'
II. Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is that one, O holy Zarathustra ! that a man delivers when starting
1 A hundred times the formula : ‘Be propitiation (khshnaothra) unto N. ..., the holy and master of holiness' (cf. p. I, note 2).
* Eating or drinking (see Vendîdâd, Introd. IV, 33).
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