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________________ 270 VISHNU. XC, 27. with sugar and mixed with honey and clarified butter, in order to please (the goddess) Revati, obtains beauty. 27. He who daily throughout the month Mâgha offers sesamum-seeds in fire and feeds (three) Brâhmanas with sour rice-gruel mixed with clarified butter, obtains an excellent digestive power. 28. He who bathes in a river and worships king Dharma on the fourteenth of both halves of every month, is purified from every sin. 29. One desirous of obtaining the manifold advantages attending an eclipse of the sun or moon must constantly bathe in the mornings during the two months Mâgha and Phålguna. XCI. 1. The digger of a well has the consequences of) the half of his evil acts taken from him as soon as the water comes forth from it. 2. A digger of pools is for ever freed from thirst, and attains the world of Varuna. 3. A giver of water shall never suffer from thirst (in heaven, for a hundred Yugas or ages of the world). 4. He who plants trees will have those trees for his sons in a future existence. 5. A giver of trees gladdens the gods by (offering up) their blossoms to them. 6. (He gladdens) his guests by (giving) their fruits to them ; 7. (He gladdens) travellers with their shade; XCI. 14. Y. I, 211. - 15, 16. M. IV, 229. — 17, 18. Y. I, 209. Digitized by Google
SR No.007671
Book TitleZend Avesta Part 01
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJames Darmesteter
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1895
Total Pages2695
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size49 MB
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