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Ahura Mazda answered: 'He comes and goes a Yugyesti 1 round about the fold, watching for the thief and the wolf.'
18 (51). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the house-dog?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'He comes and goes a Hathra round about the house, watching for the thief and the wolf.'
19 (53). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! What is the place of the Vohunazga dog ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'He claims none of those talents, and only seeks for his subsistence '
IV. 20 (55). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a shepherd's dog, of what sin does he make himself guilty ?
Ahura Mazda answered : 'He makes himself guilty of the same guilt as though he should serve bad food to a master of a house of the first ranks!
21 (57). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! If a man give bad food to a housedog, of what sin does he make himself guilty?
Ahura Mazda answered: 'He makes himself
"A distance of sixteen Hathras (16,000 paces).
: 'He cannot do the same as the shepherd's dog and the housedog do, but he catches Khrafstras and smites the Nasu' (Comm.) It is the dog without a master' (gharib), the vagrant dog; he is held in great esteem ($ 22), and is one of the dogs which can be used for the Sag-did.
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