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they restore the dead!, for this reason, because he whose begetting is owing to the demons is himself a demon ?, and the soul of him who commits sodomy will become a demons, and the soul of him who performs the religious rites of apostasy will become a darting snake 4
8. This, too, is revealed by the Avesta”, that A Dharmazd spoke thus: ‘Give ye up the persons of all men, with the submissiveness of worshippers, to that man to whom the whole Avesta and Zand is easy", so that he may make you acquainted with duties and good works; because men go to hell for this reason, when they do not submit their persons to priestly control (aêrpatistân), and do not become acquainted with duties and good works.
9. Query :—There is an action which, according to the Avesta ?, is not good for a person to do, and the sentence of 'worthy of death' is set upon it; for one's better preservation is one not to do that action,
dedicated to the thirty days is consecrated, thirty-three beans being placed, with one Drôn, one Frasast (see Chap. III, 32, note), one pentagonal Drôn as the sun, one crescent-shaped as the moon, thirty-three eggs, and fruit, in front of the Drôn, which is consecrated in the presence of fire; afterwards, the assistant priest consecrates a Drôn for Srôsh, and recites the Dahmân Âfrîngân, and the next day the chief priest consecrates a Drôn for the righteous, a suit of clothes being placed before the Drôn, and recites the Dahmân Åfrîngân. 1 That is, there is no resurrection for them.
And, therefore, not immortal according to the Parsi faith. • Compare Vend. VIII, 98-106.
• Which being a creature of the evil spirit is doomed to destruction.
6 But it is doubtful if the passage be extant.
. That is, the man who knows the whole scripture and commentary by heart. * Reading pavan Avistâk, instead of Avistâk pavan. [5]
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