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CHAPTER XLIX, 5-L, 5.
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CHAPTER L.
BakNask. 1. Propitiation for the creator Adharmazd, and a scornful dole for the evil spirit.
2. The fourth fargard is the Yanim-man67 of the Bako, about the praise of Zaratast, that is, his jurisdiction, invocation of blessing (yâně), and speaking in reply were such as are declared by the sacred text. 3. This, too, that that jurisdiction of his arose before the blessing, that is, this one decision is made by him about his own, that his own person is first made deserving by him through virtue, and then virtue is prayed for by him?
4. This, too, that he has attributed the source and result to Adharmazd, who gives joy to Adharmazd; for the source and result of various advantages and various joys are desirable for joy itself, as joy is the acme (rôêsman) of every happiness of him whose joy has made an offering (austofrido) to Adharmazd, because his decision is this, that by him whose joy arises from that thing which is the will of Adharmazd, its source and result are attributed to Adharmazd. 5. This, too, that the good work, which is a gratification by lawful gratifiers“, becomes appropriated by him who shall perform that which is truly reverent; even for this reason, because he who is a lawful gratifier of others, through true reverence, has intended to gratify through the practice of his reverence, and, when thus the gratifier of those persons, the good work of gratification
* See Chap. V, in. - Ibid. 2 c.
See Pahl. Yas. XXVIII, o.
Ibid. 1 a.
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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 |