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own and would transact his affairs, and I will recite the law and the benedictions of the sagacious Adharmazd, the gratifier of desires.'
12. About the deliverance of all creatures through the liturgy', and, so long as it is continued by them, it is for the power through which the immortality of the separate creations is prepared in the renovation of the universe; the increase of the good creatures through the complete continuance of the liturgy, and the existence of purity and development of goodness in the world when he who is a good ruler arrives.
13. The arising of the spiritual creation, the first thought of Adharmazd; and, as to the creatures of Adharmazd, first the spiritual achievement, and then the material formation and the mingling of spirit with matter; [the advancement of the creatures thereby, through his wisdom and the righteousness of Vohûman being lodged ? in the creatures,] and all good creatures being goaded (zakhami-hastano) thereby into purity and joyfulness. 14. This, too, that a complete understanding of things arises through Vohûman having made a home in one's reason (vârôm).
15. About the great reward of him who shall produce benefit for cattle 8; also the deceitfully and seductively assuming of religion and colouring of thought, talking of righteousness and adopting evil practices, through the recitation of righteousness even hypocritically (davânsihâ-k); and an instance of the reward of an undutiful (avar'zidar) apos
See Pahl. Yas. XXXI, 6 b. * Ibid. 6 c. The passage in brackets occurs only in K. 3 Ibid. 10 a, b.
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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 |