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6. And Zaratûst devoured some of it; thereby the omniscient wisdom was intermingled with Zaratūst, and seven days and nights Zaratust was in the wisdom of Adharmazd. 7. And Zaratast beheld the men and cattle in the seven regions of the earth, where the many fibres of hair of every one are, and whereunto the end of each fibre holds on the back. 8. And he beheld whatever trees and shrubs there were, and how many roots of plants were in the earth of Spendarmad, where and how they had grown, and where they were mingled.
9. And the seventh day and night he (Adharmazd) took back the omniscient wisdom from Zaratust, and Zaratůst reflected in this way, that I have seen it in a pleasant dream produced by Adharmazd, and I am not surfeited with the dream. 10. And he took both hands, rubbed his body (kerp) again, and spoke thus : 'I have slept a long time, and am not surfeited with this pleasant dream produced by Adharmazd.'
11. Adharmazd said to the righteous Zaratast thus: What was seen in the pleasant dream produced by Adharmazd ?'
12. Zaratûst spoke thus : 0 Adharmazd, propitious spirit! creator of the material world, righteous creator! I have seen a celebrity (khunid) with much wealth, whose soul, infamous in the body, was hungry (gurs) and jaundiced and in hell, and he did not seem to me exalted; and I saw a beggar with no wealth and helpless, and his soul was thriving (farpih) in paradise, and : he seemed to me exalted. 1 This verb is omitted in K20 by mistake. ? Or else dirty.' s Reading afam instead of minam, both here and in § 14; the
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