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17. Who see one another's soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garô-nmâna, and whose ways are shining as they go down to the libations;
18. Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers, the keepers and preservers of these creations of Ahura Mazda.
191 It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world will be restored at its wish;
20. When the creation will grow deathless,—the prosperous creation of the Good Spirit, -and the Drug shall perish, though she may rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.
For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....
IV. 21. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....
22. That belongs to the gods in the heavens and to those in the material world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born, who are to perform the restoration of the world 2.
238. It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and
* $$ 19–20=$$ 11-12.
The Saoshyants; see p. 165, note 1. $ $$ 23-24=$$ 19-20.
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