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CHAPTER XXVIII, 5-XXIX, 2.
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CHAPTER XXIX.
Varstmânsar Nask. 1. The sixth fargard, Khshmaibyâ , is about the complaint of Gôs-aûrvan to Adharmazd, when she sat at the creation in the assembly of the archangels, as regards the abundant disease and misery which she saw spiritually would come upon her in a bodily existence, through beating, slaughtering, and wounding, stealing, plundering, and presenting, by him of vicious actions and worse desires, as a bribe to him who is an evil-ruling villain (mar), and the operation thereof: the bad ownership, wrongful investigation, false evidence, and making captive (vardako), by him who is wrathful and oppressive through greed and envy, from the warm cowshed and the effective and diligent guardianship of the herd's dog (pasûs-haûrvo), to that which is a cold and hastily-constructed place; or by him who is seeking meat with a merciless hand through making her distantly separated from her young. 2. Also their explanation and extenuation (kastano) 3, and the causing of misery of many kinds thereby,' which is no affliction to them when the wind that is cold 4, or even that which is hot, comes upon me; which is no affliction to them when, the untimely offspring of
See Chap. VI, 1 n; it is here written khsh mâibâ (B) and khshmâibe (K) in Pahlavi. ? See Chap. XV, 3; Pahl. Yas. XXIX, 1.
Or it may be fining and beating,' as Khas kastano. * B has when some of that which is cold,' writing aito for vâ do in this first clause, and amat min for amatam in the first and third clauses.
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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 |