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FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS.
XXVI. 47. Hâu aithra (read ithra) Spetama Zarathustra ukhdhô-vakẩm ukhdhô-vakastemô paitigasâd drughimka drivimka arathwyô-beretê baremnê 48. Hvam kid ahmi hvãm kid khshathrê avad koista.
49. Yênhê valanghô nemanghô spnâthrem (read khshnaothrem).
50. Âhishti (read âkhshti) sahethrem (read sakhethrem).
51. Armaitê darethrem.
52. Frârâiti viidim.
53. Ainitis aêsô vâhs (read vâkhs).
XXVII.
54. Kad tê asti Ahunahê vairyêhê haithim? 55. Paiti-sê ukhtâ Ahurô Mazdau manô bâ vohu Zarathustra ad aôyemnem ad aôyamnâd khrataod; 56. Zazusu vispaêsu vanghusô zazusu vispaêsu ashô-kithraêsu.
1 There above, in the heavens.
That is to say, he has made much gâtakgôbîh (gâdangôi) for the sake of the poor, men and women' (Comm.) Making gâdangôi is collecting money for the poor, or for any pious work. If a man come to me and say, 'I have no work to do, give me work,' and I apply to somebody else who gives him work, I have done gâdangôi, and the merit is the same as if I had given it myself (Saddar XXII).
In his sphere of influence.
The celebrated Dastûr under Shâhpûhr II, the last editor of the Avesta: cf. General Introduction.
A treatise lost, in Pahlavi.
• The five following disconnected lines are abridged Zend quotations, answering to the five terms of Âtûrpât's phrase, and refer
each to one of the five virtues that are recommended.
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