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high-priest—and their desire is not for perfect righteousness.'
4. And this, too, is said, namely: 'Of the contracted' spirituality and deficient wealth ?, owing to the little progress of men who are self-gratifiers, thou art aware, O Zaratust! thou who art no seeker of this—that is, this want of opulence of thine-because thou dost not know its; but I perceive those words of complaint of thine, of which I demand an account from thee4.' 5. And this, too, namely: 'Thou art aware of the gratification of desire o by us who are archangels, and which we give for the gratification that thou bringest forth (zihih); we also give thee the liberty which a friend gives to him who is a friend.'
6. About what occurs in future ages 6 : the experienced (arvandân) who are beneficial through teaching and practising wisdom ?, and the thirst of youths is increased by them ; by the assistance of complete mindfulness they improve the world of righteousness and produce distress for the fiend ; and the advantage due to virtue extends to them *. 7. And this, too, that he who is evilly oppressive has died off through his own deeds o. 8. About always opposing villains with as much strength as exists, so that he who is a good ruler 10, whose highpriest is the bounteous liturgy (Mânsarspend), may become predominant 11 over Wrath.
9. About the praise of the renovators there is this,
· Assuming that tak stands for tang. . See Pahl. Yas. XLV, 2 b. Ibid. 2 a. * Ibid. 2 d.
• Ibid. 3 a. & Ibid. 3 d.
• Ibid. 4 c. 11 Ibid. 5 a.
Ibid. 2 c. 7 Ibid. 3 c. 10 Ibid. 4 d.
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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 |