Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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II (27). For the blessing uttered by a wicked, ungodly Ashemaogha does not go past the mouth (of the blesser); the blessing of two Ashemaoghas does not go past the tongue; the blessing of three1 is nothing; the blessing of four turns to selfcursing.
12 (29). 'Whosoever should give to a wicked, ungodly Ashemaogha either some Haoma prepared, or some Myazda consecrated with blessings, does no better deed than if he should lead a thousand horse against the boroughs of the worshippers of Mazda, and should slaughter the men thereof, and drive off the cattle as plunder.
13 (32). 'Demand of me, thou upright one! of me, who am the Maker, the most beneficent of all beings, the best knowing, the most pleased in answering what is asked of me; demand of me, that thou mayst be the better, that thou mayst be the happier.'
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14 (33). Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Who is the Sraoshâ-varez 2 of Sraosha? the holy, strong Sraosha, who is Obedience incarnate, a Sovereign with an astounding weapon".'
form no less a feat than if he should cut off the head of a man and then make him alive again.'
1 Perhaps better: 'The second the third blessing of an Ashemaogha.'
Who is he who sets the world in motion?' (Comm.) Cf.
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p. 57, n. 3.
* Sraosha, Srôsh, the Genius of Active Piety. He first tied the Baresma, sacrificed to Ahura, and sang the Gâthas. Thrice in each day and each night he descends upon the earth to smite Angra Mainyu and his crew of demons. With his club uplifted he
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