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YASNA XXIX.
herds) asked of Righteousness 1: How (was) thy guardian for the Kine (appointed) by thee when, as having power (over all her fate), ye made her? (In what manner did ye secure) for her, together with pasture, a cattle-chief who was both skilled and likewise energetic? Whom did ye select ' as her (life's) master who might hurl back the fury of the wicked 8?
Asha answers. 3. To Him the (Divine Righteousness) answered with his sanctity. (Great was our perplexity); a chieftain who was capable of smiting back (their fury), and who was himself without hate (was not to be obtained by us); among such things as these, those things are not to be known (by beings such as we) which are the influences which approach (and move) the lofty fires ? (revealing the favour and the will of God 3).
Of beings He is the mightiest to whom those •
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mentioned, however, not as complaining of an error, but solely to guard the reader against the mistake of an eminent authority. (See also Roth, Z.D.M. G., Bd. 25, s. 9.)
Observe the personification of righteousness. • Or, what salvation-lord,' governed by data from the preceding line; so also the Pahlavi translator mun avo pavan nadůkih khůdât. Ustâ occurs only here as a verbal form. Supply anghat in b.
· The Pahlavi aêshmo anaêr zanisno.
• Or read ashem. The Pahlavi has ashavahisto pasukhvo güft. I am not at all inclined to accept vocatives for nominatives in the Gathas.
• Sar-gan, compare Verethragan. The Pahlavi indicates this by tang sardârîh.
Possibly, ' by which he approaches.' 7 The Pahlavi roshano i râsto. & Cp. Y. XXX, 1 : yâ raokebîs daresatå urvâzâ.
• The Pahlavi indicates a third person ; and keredushå is far the most simply explained as a nom. pl. Recall må masha and man(?) matha. Otherwise, 'to whom I will come with activity and invoking.
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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 |