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DÎNÂ-Î MAÎNÔG-I KHIRAD.
39. 'Perform no discharge of urine (pêsâr-vâr) standing on foot"; (40) so that thou mayst not become a captive by a habit of the demons, (41) and the demons may not drag thee to hell on account of that sin.
42. “Thou shouldst be (yehevūnes) diligent and moderate, (43) and eat of thine own regular industry, (44) and provide the share of the sacred beings and the good; (45) and, thus, the practice of this, in thy occupation, is the greatest good work.
46. 'Do not extort from the wealth of others; (47) so that thine own regular industry may not become unheeded. 48. For it is said (49) that : "He who eats anything, not from his own regular industry, but from another, is such-like as one who holds a human head in his hand, and eats human brains.”
50. 'Thou shouldst be an abstainer from the wives of others; (51) because all these three would become disregarded by thee, alike wealth, alike? body, and alike? soul.
52. With enemies fight with equity. 53. With a friend proceed with the approval of friends. 54. With a malicious mamarry on no conflict, (55) and do not molest him in ..y way whatever. 56. With a greedy man thou ? ouldst not be a partner, (57) and do not trust him with the leadership. 58. With
1 Whereby an unnecessary space of ground is polluted; hence the sin.
9 K43 has hômanam, 'I am, the Huzvâris of am, used by mistake for ham, alike,' which is written exactly like am in Pahlavi.
SK43 has kik var, instead of kênvar, but this is doubtless a miswriting
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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 |