________________
FARGARD II.
15
flocks and herds and men, at their will and wish, as many as he wished.
II.
21 (42). The Maker, Ahura Mazda, called together a meeting of the celestial Yazatas in the Airyana Vaêgo of high renown, by the Vanguhi Dâitya 2.
The fair Yima, the good shepherd, called together a meeting of the best of the mortals, in the Airyana Vaêgô of high renown, by the Vanguhi Dâitya.
To that meeting came Ahura Mazda, in the Airyana Vaêgo of high renown, by the Vanguhi Dâitya; he came together with the celestial Yazatas.
To that meeting came the fair Yima, the good shepherd, in the Airyana Vaêgô of high renown, by the Vanguhi Dâitya; he came together with the best of the mortals.
22 (46). And Ahura Mazda spake unto Yima, saying:
'O fair Yima, son of Vivanghat! Upon the material world the evil winters are about to fall, that shall bring the fierce, deadly frost; upon the material world the evil winters are about to fall, that shall
4
1
1 § 20 belongs to the Commentary. See FRAGMENTS to the
Vendidâd,
• See Farg. I, notes to § 2.
* The best types of mankind, chosen to live in the Var during the Malkôsân and repeople the earth when the Var opens.
• The Commentary has here Malkôsân, a word wrongly identified with the Hebrew Malqôs, which designates the beneficent autumn rains. Malkosân are the winters let loose by a demon or wizard named Malkos, in Zend Mahrkusha 'the death-causing' (see Westergaard's Fragments, VIII).
Digitized by
Google
