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V. TAHMURAS' FRAGMENTS.
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XXVI. 47. Such a one, O Spitama Zarathustra ! shall arrive there as the best of intercessors, who here below intercedeth for the poor man and the poor woman in their distress 2 ;
48. Who doeth it himself and teaches it to others in his kingdom3.
The blessed Åtûrpât, son of Mahraspand, in his Instruction to a disciple', says: 'Be a man of prayer; a man of peace, a man of perfect piety, a man of liberality, and without rancour. These are the virtues one must acquire, as it is said in the Scriptures:
49°.... whose words of prayer rejoice [the gods]". 50. Teaching in peace.
51. In perfect piety keeping (Religion)".
52. Science in giving 10,
53. His word is without rancour ".'
XXVII.
54. In what fashion is manifest thy Ahuna Vairya 12 ?
55. Ahura Mazda made answer: By Good Thought in perfect unity with Reason, O Zarathustra !
56. Taking all good things, taking all that is the offspring of the Good Principle 13.
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"Answering to the words, ' man of prayer,' in Âtârpât's sentence. Answering to the words, man of peace.'
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' Answering to the words, 'man of perfect piety.' Cf. Vp. II, 5 (Sp. 10).
10 Answering to the words, 'man of liberality.'
11 Answering to the words, and without rancour.'
19 The Zoroastrian prayer Kar' ¿fox (Vd. VIII, 19, note 2). The question amounts to: 'How does it become clear that a man is devoted to religion?' (Comm.)
18 Doubtful.
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| SR No. | 007687 |
| Book Title | Sacred Laws of Aryas |
| 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 |