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47. He wields his power according to the wish of Ahura Mazda, the Good Spirit, and for the destruction of the Evil Spirit, whichever of two men goes quicker to perform a sacrifice (to Ahura); but if he chooses to perform the sacrifice and prayer to us not in the right way, he does not wield the right power, he will not reign'.
48. 'He will receive bad treatment in the next world, though he has been the sovereign of a country, with good horses to ride and good chariots to drive. Give royalty to that man, O Zarathustra! who gives royalty unto thee with good will ?.
49•Thou shalt keep away the evil by this holy spell : “Of thee [O child !) I will cleanse the birth and growth; of thee [O woman!] I will make the body and the strength pure; I make thee a woman rich in children and rich in milk; a woman rich in seed, in milk, and in offspring. For thee I shall make springs run and flow towards the pastures that will give food to the child."
50. 'Do not deliver me 4 into the hands of the fiend 5; if the fiend take hold of me, then fever with loss of all joy will dry up the milk of the good Spenta-Armaiti 6. The fiend is powerful to distress, and to dry up the milk of the woman who indulges in lust and of all females.
51. ‘The perfume of fire, pleasant to the Maker,
* In Paradise (Pahl. Comm.). 2 Doubtful.
3 Cf. Vend. XXI, 6–7. 4 The Law. • That is to say, let not impiety prevail.
• If impiety prevails, the earth will grow barren (cf. Vend. XVIII, 64).
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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 |