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CHAPTER XLIII, 28–36.
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(dên patûkih), and from the setting up even of ruin thereby; the reasonable control of the offering to each one of the sacred beings therein is for the skilful member of the community (hûnarik dâh m) of whatever kind, and is not produced by intrusting the consecration to the violent, more particularly to those whom one specially enumerates; the sin and retribution owing to having given it to those who are of that class; and more upon the same subject.
34. About the damage and injury of the world owing to greed (azo) and its fellow-miscreations, and him who is their supporter and abettor, the idolator (dêviyastô), also the wolf of many kinds and noxious creatures of various species; because the occurrence of their fiendishness is due to the original fiend, and the means for strengthening their fiendishness are derived from the destruction of all mankind and the other primary worldly creations which are aiding mankind. 35. Advice to mankind about smiting and destroying the evil domination (duskhshasarinidano) of the world by those injurers, and the merit manifest for themselves therein; the object and spiritual reward for smiting and killing each one of the wolves and noxious creatures, and, as regards the same reward, the perfection of that for destroying a two-legged wolf1; and whatever is on the same subject.
36. About advice as to not reverencing the evil spirit and demons, whereby the observing (var'zo) of the several ceremonies and gratifications of the sacred beings would be more particularly irregular in any manner whatever, and the damage and
A term applied to an idolator.
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