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DİNKARD, BOOK IX.
CHAPTER LI. Bako Nask.
1. The fifth fargard, Khshmaibyâ1, is about this, that complaint is made by Gôs-aûrvan that there did not exist any one who properly keeps the cattle that are in his possession; even for this reason, because cattle are increased by such, and others, through design (âhang) and a desire for that increase, act by his example and keep cattle properly; but the complaint of Gôs-aûrvan is that he does not exist. 2. This, too, that by him who gives orders about the advancement of the concerns of the sacred beings, the care of cattle is produced, and his soul attains to the sacred beings; even for this reason, because the care of cattle is a principal thing in the advancement of the concerns of the sacred beings, and also for the preservation of the soul. 3. This, too, that by him who keeps cattle with a controller (dastôbar) who is a cattle-master3, even a friend of him who is the creator of cattle is taught to the cattle-the cattle-master and he who is wise in the nourishment, protection, and multiplication of cattle-even for this reason, because when his cattle are kept with a controller who is a nourisher, protector, and multiplier of cattle, the friendship of a nourisher for the nourished, of a protector for the protected, and of a multiplier for the multipliable is also exhibited by him; and the design of the creator for the creation, through affection, is that of a nourisher for the nourished, of a protector for the protected, and of a multiplier for the multipliable.
1 See Chap. VI, I n; it is here written khshmâîbê in Pahlavi. 2 See Pahl. Yas. XXIX, 1.
Ibid. 2 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 |