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CHAPTER XXVII, 45-54.
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this, (46) that he became a thanksgiver unto the sacred beings. 47. Dominion, also, was well exercised by him, (48) and the family and race of the Kayâns proceeded again from him.
49. 'And the advantage from Sâhm]" was [this], (50) that the serpent Srðvar 2 and the wolf Kapad 3, which they also call Pêhino 4, the watery demon Gandarep, the bird Kamak, and the deluding demon were slain by him. 51. And he also performed many other great and valuable actions, (52) and kept back much disturbance from the world, (53) as to which, when one of those disturbances, in particular, should have remained behind, it would not have been possible to produce the resurrection and future existence.
54. 'And the advantage from Kai-Us" was this,
was the founder of the Kayân dynasty, and reigned fifteen years (see Bd. XXXI, 24, 25, XXXIV, 7).
1 The brackets indicate the end of the passage taken from TD2 and the Pazand version, in consequence of the nine folios containing Chaps. XIV, 1-XXVII, 49 being lost from K43. From this point the translation follows the text of K43. Sâhm (Av. Sâma) was the family name of the hero Keresâsp (see Fravardin Yt. 61, 136), who was a son of Thrita the Saman (see Yas. IX, 30, 31). For the legends relating to him, see SBE, vol. xviii, pp. 369382. His name is written Sâm in Pazand.
: Av. azi srvara (see Yas. IX, 34-39, Zamyâd Yt. 40). s Or the blue wolf;' not yet identified in the Avesta.
• Darmesteter (SBE, vol. xxiii, p. 295, note 4) identifies this name with Pathana of Zamyâd Yt. 41, which seems to mean • highwayman;' but this identification appears to depend merely on similarity of sound.
o Av. Gandarewa of âbân Yt. 38, Râm Yt. 28, Zamyâd Yt. 41.
6 A gigantic bird mentioned in the Persian Rivâyats as overshadowing the earth and keeping off the rain, while it ate up men and animals like grains of corn, until Keresâsp killed it with arrows shot continuously for seven days and nights.
See Chap. VIII, 27 n. He was a grandson of Kai-Kavad,
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