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YAST XXII.
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14. ‘I was lovely and thou madest me still lovelier; I was fair and thou madest me still fairer ; I was desirable and thou madest me still more desirable; I was sitting in a forward place and thou madest me sit in the foremost place, through this good thought, through this good speech, through this good deed of thine; and so henceforth men worship me for my having long sacrificed unto and conversed with Ahura Mazda. x15. The first step that the soul of the faithful man made, placed him in the Good-Thought1 Paradise ;
* The second step that the soul of the faithful man made, placed him in the Good Word? Paradise ;
'The third step that the soul of the faithful man made, placed him in the Good-Deeds Paradise ;
"The fourth step that the soul of the faithful man made, placed him in the Endless Lights 4.'
16. Then one of the faithful, who had departed before him, asked him, saying: 'How didst thou depart this life, thou holy man? How didst thou come, thou holy man! from the abodes full of cattle and full of the wishes and enjoyments of love ? From the material world into the world of the spirit? From the decaying world into the undecaying one? How long did thy felicity last ?'
17. And Ahura Mazda answered : 'Ask him not what thou askest him, who has just gone the dreary
1 The so-called Hamat Paradise (cf. Yt. III, 3). 2 The so-called Hakht Paradise. 8 The so-called Hvarsht Paradise. • The seat of the Garôthmân.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |