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CHAPTER XXXIX, 32-XL, 15.
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in remembrance. 45. The judge who exercises true justice, and takes no bribe, is ', in his own degree, such as Adharmazd and the archangels. 46. And he who exercises false justice is said to be, in his own degree, such as Aharman and the demons.'
CHAPTER XL. 1. The sage asked the spirit of wisdom (2) thus : What is the colder and what is the warmer ? 3. What is the brighter and what is the darker ? 4. What is the fuller and what is the emptier 2 ? 5. What end is the more fruitless 3 ? 6. What is that thing of which no superfluity arises for any one ? 7. What is that which no one is able to deprive one of? 8. What is that thing which it is not possible to buy at a price? 9. What is that thing with which every one is always 4 satisfied ? 10. What is that with which no one 5 whatever is satisfied ? 11. What is that one wish that Adharmazd, the lord, contemplates & as regards men ? 12. What is that one wish that Aharman, the wicked, contemplates as regards men? 13. What is the end of the worldly existence and what is the end of? the spiritual one?'
14. The spirit of wisdom answered (15) thus : 'The heart of the righteous is the warmer, and that
1 L19 has is said to be.'
9 Reading tôhîktar, both here and in $ 17; L19 has tangítar, as if for tangtar, narrower,' in both places. 8 TD2 has 'fearless,' but this does not correspond with $ 18. L19 omits always.
L19 has nothing.' 6 The verb in 8 12 is sufficient in Pahlavi for this section also. ? L19 omits these five words.
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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 |