Questions of King Milinda Part 02

SR No.: 007682
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

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EXTANT FRAGMENTS.
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should rely upon it,) abstinence from passing away would be quite masterful, (that is, they become immortal). 27. This, too, is our saying spoken forth, (preserved among the revelation mentioned in this ? fargard,) which is learnt, (that is, they shall accomplish it easily,) and one recites, (that is, he utters it in a ceremonial,) thus for any one whatever of the beings whose righteousness is best, (that is, should he do it for a ceremonial, he becomes fit for it; it is when he utters this in a ceremonial that his soul becomes immortal).
28. As it is here spoken forth, (that a ruler and high-priest are to be maintained ; as these things are so spoken, and as this law is so,) (29) even when it gives him an Ahu and a Ratu, (that is, it gives up his person to the priestly assembly,) so it is thereby taught to him that the thought of Adharmazd is the creature with the first thinking, (that is, the Gâthic lore is set going by him ;) (30) whatever teaches : this is the person of him who is king of kings, who) is the greatest (of men) of every description", (that is, it possesses : a person in the king of kings ;) and so it is taught that the creatures are for him, (where the Gâthic lore is set going by him).
31. Whatever is a good emanation for? Adharmazd, (that is, has an origin in his personality,) is through the word vangheus, (which in the division becomes the beginning of) the third assertion here, whose recital is ‘he gives through Vohuman,' (that is, the recitation which he utters properly is accomplished by him,) and, besides, here is that which Ja has 'given.
Pt4, Mf4 insert "very.' So in J2, Pt4, Mf4. • Pt4, Mf4, 'the greatest of all men. See p. 458, n. 3.
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