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every winter, or scorched by extreme heat, so as to act for the benefit of his place? 7. Thou art intelligent, O Bêvarasp?! do thou even tell how this opinion is so, that a bad ruler is a thing which is so bad; he who is a good ruler is our desire, we will give the revenue of taxation (bahar-i madamdedranisnih) to him, and anything which is necessary for good government when he shall achieve it.'
8. About the smiting by Frédans, for the sake of killing Dahâk; the striking of his club upon the nape of the neck (pilik), the heart, and even the skull; and Dahâk's not dying from that beating. 9. Then smiting him with a sword, and the formation (vasta n/) of noxious creatures of many kinds, from the body of Dahâk, at the first, second, and third blow. 10. The exclamation of the creator Allharmazd to Frédûn thus: “Thou shouldst not cut him who is Dahâk, because, if thou shouldst cut him, Dahâk would be making this earth full of serpents, toads (khan-galâk), scorpions, lizards, tortoises, and frogs;' with the mode of binding him with awful fetters, in the most grievous punishment of confinement
11. This, too, that when A2-1 Dahák was bound, the report of the same proceeded thus through all the regions, which are seven, that down-stricken is Az-1 Dahâk, but he who smote him is Frédân the Aspikân 6 the exalted and mighty. 12. And in the
· K has only 'who came out at every place to act for its benefit.' 2. With a myriad of horses,' a title of Dahâk. 3 See Bk. VIII, Chap. XIII, 8, 9. • Or, perhaps, the reins.' 5 In Mount Dimâvand (see Chap. XV, 2 n). 6 Av. Âthwyâna, a patronymic derived from Âthwya who,
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| SR No. | 007682 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1894 |
| Total Pages | 2240 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |