Book Title: Sacred Laws of Aryas
Author(s): Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford

Previous | Next

Page 1802
________________ 346 EPISTLES OF MÂNUSKİHAR. Zaratast, and does not contend with him; and that the opposition (hamêmalih) does not strive for a new law, and does not increase the evil of the spirit and the world, since it labours for the hoard of the soul. 12. And, persistently concealed, that was done by thee, owing to which is the anguish of my life; for it is annoying when a wound of the soul is not actually realised by means of the decree; but if, too, it should be really avoidable, it is then even said that ignorance itself would be regenerative (navazadâriha), since it is not dubious to me, unless a matured knowledge of creation and some of that even of the angels should be in sight?. 13. Also through their much talking, which is like Visaris, and much affliction, which is like the eradication of life, there is a perpetual demonstration then in every place of the country of Irân, where this information about its religion shall arrive, that they then consider thee as an apostate and an enemy of the religion. 14. And through this eager procedure of yours many troops in the provinces, who have to horse (aspinidano) themselves, have joined Atūro-påd 3; as Av. g and d are much alike, it may be pdsâhu, which, when written in Pahlavi letters, can also be read pad gehån, protector of the world;' or pdsâhu may be merely a corruption of padshåh=padakhshah, sovereign.' Meaning that he should have preferred being ignorant of such a decree, unless it exhibited far more knowledge of the truth than it actually did. So written here in Pâzand; but, no doubt, the demon Vizaresha (the Vizarash of Dd. XXXII, 4, XXXVII, 44), who carries off the souls of the wicked, is meant. The name, apparently, of some rival of his in authority, who is also mentioned in Chap. IX, 11. Digitized by Google

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 1800 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979