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CHAPTER II, 50-57.
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53. ‘And in that perplexing time the night is brighter, and the year, month, and day will diminish one-third; the earth of Spendarmad arises, and suffering, death, and destitution become more severe in the world.'
54. Adharmazd said to Zaratūst the Spitâmân : "This is what I foretell: that wicked evil spirit, when it shall be necessary for him to perish, becomes more oppressive and more tyrannical.'
55. So Adharmazd spoke to Zaratûst the Spitamân thus: 'Enquire fully and learn by heart? thoroughly! teach it by Zand, Pâzand, and explanation ! tell it to the priests and disciples who speak forth in the world, and those who are not aware of the hundred winters, tell it then to them! so that, for the hope of a future existence, and for the preservation of their own souls, they may remove the trouble, evil, and oppression which those of other religions cause in the ceremonies of religion (dinô yêsnân). 56. And, moreover, I tell thee this, O Zaratūst the Spitâmân! that whoever, in that time, appeals for the body is not able to save the soul, for he is as it were fat, and his soul is hungry and lean in hell; whoever appeals for the soul, his body is hungry and lean through the misery of the world, and destitute, and his soul is fat in heaven.'
57. Zaratûst enquired of Adharmazd thus : 'O Adharmazd, propitious spirit! creator of the material world who art righteous !'--He is Adharmazd through righteous invocation, and the rest through
1 The Pâz. version adds, the motion of the sun is quicker.' 3 Literally, 'make easy.'
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