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happiness through appropriation of the sacred beings, he possesses it through the assistance and gratification of the good, and mankind shall therefore make him an example ; it also becomes a good work for them, and they adhere to the sacred beings for receiving a reward.
16. This, too, that by him who produces the benediction of him that is a conductor of investigation and a righteous judge, and who shall also occasion the reverence of the good, the teaching of the advantage of the righteous! is likewise performed; even for this reason, because the essentials (mâdigân) of the advantage of the world are twoone owing to justice, and one owing to generosity
-and it is declared that the advantage of him who possesses the blessings of the judges is owing to the justice of the judges, and the advantage of him who is reverent to the good is owing to the generosity of the good in developing the world, and the righteous teach about it.
17. Righteousness is perfect excellence.
CHAPTER LIII.
Bakó Nask. 1. The seventh fargard, Tâ-ve-urvâtâ ?, is that by him who possesses advantage through virtue, the world of righteousness is freed from destruction*; even for this reason, because the possession of advantage through virtue arises through the nonparticipation of the demons and the vile therein, and the participation of the sacred beings and the
See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 11 C. See Chap. VIII, 1 n. . Assuming that mûn, which,' stands for min. * See Pahl. Yas. XXXI, 1 b.
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