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CHAPTER XXII, 1-XXIII, 2.
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the creator about him who is righteous, who is away from worldly protection, also for the granting of a promoter of forbearance, and for a restorer (avõrdâr) of what is extorted 1; likewise a petition about the compensatory concomitants as to his new protection and disposer.
4. And the almighty creator responds, and allots a teacher 2 for smiting the fiend, for the satisfaction of the righteous, and for the protection of the good creatures. 5. As it is said, that in every age a highpriest of the religion and his managing of the creatures are made manifest, in whom, in that age, the protection of the creatures and the will of the sacred beings are progressing.
Chapter XXIII. 1. The twenty-second question is that which you ask thus : When they shall snatch forth the life from the body of man how does it depart ?
2. The reply is this, that it is said to be in resemblance such as when the redness is drawn up out of a fire; for when the inflammable material of a fire is burnt, and has remained without glowing 3,
1 These latter clauses of the outcry refer to their own wants, and the necessity of providing some one to take the place of the deceased; but the final petition seems to be for the deceased himself.
* The word may be either farhakhtåko, preparing, educating,' or firistâko, sending, deputing,' and must be used as a substantive.
s Reading abaris (compare Pers. bars, 'splendour'), or it may be abarakh, sparkless,' if barkh, a spark,' be a pure Persian word, which is doubtful.
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |