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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 ?”'
63. And Ahura Mazda answered: Ask him not what thou askest him, who has just gone the dreary way, full of fear and distress, when the body and the soul part from one another.
64. '[Let him eat] of the food brought to him, of the oil of Zaremaya : this is the food for the youth of good thoughts, of good words, of good deeds, of good religion, after he has departed this life; this is the food for the holy woman, rich in good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, well-principled, and obedient to her husband, after she has departed this life.'
65. Spitama Zarathustra said to the young king Vistâspa : 'To what land shall I turn, O Ahura Mazda ? To whom shall I go with praying ??'
Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good ....
1 This clause, taken from Yt. XXII, 20, shows that the second part of Yt. XXII (88 19-36), describing the fate of the wicked, should be inserted here.
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