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YASNA XLVIII.
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an anarchy as bad as that of the Evil Authority (verse 5) might continue or recur; and who was the champion-chief who would give them peace through blood (Y. XLVI, 4; LIII, 9)? In a word, to whom, as to the coadjutors of such a leader, would the light of reason, and the true faith come to inspire and to guide them?' 12. There is but one only class of human combatants whom he would thus match against that Demon of furious Rapine (v. 6), toward whom the evil on their part at their first creation rushed as to their leader (Y. XXX, 6), and these are the saving Saoshyants, the vicegerents of the Immortals upon earth, the religious princes Vîstâspa, Gâmâspa, Frashaostra, and with them, as the greatest among all, he who was, with much probability, the speaker in the passage, that is, the Ratu appointed by Ahura for the kine and for men, Zarathustra Spitama elsewhere and later called, with hyperbole, the first tiller, warrior, and priest.
Translation 1. If through his action in the offering of gifts in accordance with the Righteous Order, (Thy saint ) shall smite the Demon-of-the-Lie (the inspiring spirit of our foes), when that in very truth shall come ?, which has been (and is still yet) proclaimed as a deceit“, (when it shall come) in the Immortal life, regarding (as it does both) men (to bless), and Daêvas“ (to afflict them), then shall (Thy faithful worshipper) increase thereby the celebration of Thy praise, O Lord! and with it blessings " (for Thy folk).
2. Tell me then, Lord! (the end), for Thou dost
1 The Pahlavi has also pavan zak dahisno; but a false gloss gives an erroneous concrete (pavan tand i pasîno). Recall âdâi paitî.
* See ashaônô, ashâunê (sic) (Y. XLVII, 4, 5).
. Read 'as âshta'=has been pushed on, enacted. I correct here as seems so evidently necessary; but the Pahlavi anticipates with its amat zak yâmtûnêd.
• Pavan frîftârîh. o See Y. XXIX, 4. • See Y. XXX, II, savakà ashavaby.
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| SR No. | 007673 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | L H Mills |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1887 |
| Total Pages | 2618 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |