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thus : 'O Zaratûst of the Spitâmas! give me this Hôm-water which thou bringest.' 33. And Zaratûst spoke thus : 'Do thou praise righteousness, O Parshad-tôrâ ! and scorn the demons; also utter the profession of the Mazda-worship of Zaratûst among the iniquitous.' 34. It was praised by Parshad-tôrâ, and the demons were scorned by him; yet he did not speak among the iniquitous as to his accepting the Mazda-worship of Zaratûst. 35. Forward to him came Zaratust at that praise of righteousness, for him was that Hôm-water which Zaratūst brought; not for those demon-worshipping people who have worshipped the demons, but for that bull of his which Zaratûst brought forward, a four-year-old of exhausted vigour, black-haired and useful; owing to that bringing forward of the water, the bull became quite sound from that infirmity.
36. One marvel is that which is declared regarding the rushing of the evil spirit for the slaughter of Zaratûst, just as revelation 2 mentions thus: From the northern quarter forth rushed the deadly evil spirit, and thus shouted he, astute in evil, the deadly evil spirit: “Rush on, Ofiend! and destroy the righteous Zaratust." 37. On to him they rushed, the fiend, the demon Bud, and secret-moving Pestilence, the deceiver. 38. Zaratůst chanted aloud the Ahunavair; the fiend was confounded at that, and away they rushed, the demon Bûd and secretmoving Pestilence, the deceiver. 39. And the fiends shouted thus: “ Thou art scornfully observing, O evil spirit! (that is, anything to the purpose thou
nearly the same. In § 31 the first part of the name is here written Parshed.
1 The Fravarânê, Yas. XI, 16. Pahl. Vd. XIX, 1-4.
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