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land, and the oppressiveness of apostates which arises. 3. About the superior power of the spirit of the Gâthas, and also that of liberality, in preserving the soul from hell.
4. Excellence that is perfect is righteousness.
CHAPTER VII.
Sadkar Nask. 1. The sixth fargard, Ad-tâ-vakhshyâ, is about the perfection of the five excellences: the first through righteousness, the second through virtuous offspring, the third through land producing vegetation, the fourth through flocks of sheep, and the fifth through training in industry. 2. About the distribution of fortune to the diligent; and of destitution to the indolent. 3. About the acquirement of fortune singly sitting, two-fold even walking, three-fold hastening, four-fold even running, five-fold even carrying on a horse, six-fold even driving on a road, seven-fold by understanding legal proceedings, eight-fold by good protection even of wealth, nine-fold by intelligence and diligence in the cultivation of land, and ten-fold by providing the teaching of the bounteous texts?
4. About the grievous sorrow of an aged man, owing to the indolence of any one in youth. 5. About the four things through which, when a man has
1 The first three words of the third ha of the first Gatha (Yas. XXX, I), here written ato-ta-vakhshiya (B) and atâ - vakhshâ (K) in Pahlavi. 9 The liturgy (mânsar-spend).
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