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10. The first knot is that which preserves' constancy (qarâr), and gives attestation as to the existence, unity, purity, and matchlessness of the sacred being, the good and propitious. 11. The second knot is that which gives attestation that it is the good religion of the Mazda-worshippers which is the word of the sacred being. 12. The third knot is that which gives attestation as to the apostleship and mission (rasali) in the just ('haqq) Zaratust, the Spitamân. 13. The fourth knot is that which adduces more pleasantly, gives assurance (iqrâr), and openly accepts that I should think of good, speak of good, and do good. 14. And from the whole I become established ; and the pure, good 2 religion is this, that I persist in those views.
15. And, again, when the archangels came meeting Zaratust they likewise wore the sacred thread-girdle on the waist; and the distinctive characteristic (farq) amid the laws of the sacred being is the wearing of the sacred thread-girdle. 16. It is incumbent both on woman and on man, and it is altogether (albattah) improper when they do not wear it.
CHAPTER XI. 1. The eleventh subject is this, that it is necessary to maintain the fire-places properly, and to keep watch“, so that the fire shall not die out, and that nothing polluted and impure shall attain to the fire ; and it is necessary to make a menstruous woman avoid being within three steps of it.
* Altered into 'brings' by a later hand in La, and so written in Lp, B29. .Lp, B29 omit good. Or, perhaps, the house-fire.'
• B29 omits these four 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 |