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VIII. AOGEMAIDÊ.
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greatest, the best, the finest, never parts from
a man.
53. Ayare âmithnâiti guyê tanus frayaêrê ayan bavaiti hubadhrô hupaitiznâtô1, adha aparê ayan dusâthrem (Every day the living man ought to think that in the forenoon he is happy and in credit; in the afternoon disgrace may come ').
Every day every living body ought to think (for that may happen any day): in the forenoon I am happy, rich, in credit (that is to say, well treated by the king);
54. And every day other people eagerly wish him evil; that he should be torn away from his palace, that he should have his head cut off and his wealth seized upon. Every day the living body is thrown for food to the birds that fly in the empty sky.
55. This is the way of things on this earth.
56. Deusdâtayau fraêsta drvantô duzdaunghô (It is ignorance that ruins most people, those illinformed').
It is ignorance that ruins most people, those ill-informed; both amongst those who have died, and those who shall die.
57. Âad mraod Ahurô Mazdau frâkerestô Astôvidhôtus zirigau (read zivigau?) apairiayô ('Ahura Mazda said: Astôvidhôtus has been created a destroyer of the living and one whom none escape').
Hôrmazd said: Astivihâd has been created for the destruction of mortals (when the mortals see him, they tremble so much that they are unable to
1 Corrected from hupaitianâtô (translated padîraft).
Ignorance of their mortal destiny.
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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 |