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________________ FARGARD XVIII. 193 FARGARD XVIII. I (1-13). On the unworthy priest and enticers to heresy. II (14-29). The holiness of the cock, the bird of Sraosha, who awakes the world for prayer and for the protection of Atar. III (30-59). On the four sins that make the Drug pregnant with a brood of fiends. IV (60-65). On the evil caused by the Gahi (the prostitute). V (66-76). How intercourse with a Dashtân woman is to be atoned for. 1. 1. “There is many a one, O holy Zarathustra !' said Ahura Mazda, 'who wears a wrong Paitidâna', and who has not girded his loins with the Religion ; when such a man says, “I am an Åthravan,” he lies; do not call him an Athravan, O holy Zarathustra !' thus said Ahura Mazda. 2 (5). 'He holds a wrong Khrafstraghna : in his hand and he has not girded his loins with the Religion; when he says, “I am an Athravan," he lies ; do not call him an Athravan, O holy Zarathustra ! thus said Ahura Mazda. 3 (7). · He holds a wrong twigh in his hand and he has not girded his loins with the Religion ; when he says, “I am an Athravan,” he lies; do not call him an Athravan, O holy Zarathustra !' thus said Ahura Mazda. * See above, p. 172, n. 10. • The word translated girded is the word used of the Köstî, the sacred girdle which the Parsi must never part with (see $ 54); the full meaning, therefore, is, 'girded with the law as with a Kôsti' (cf. Yasna IX, 26[81]), that is to say, 'never forsaking the law,' or, as the Commentary expresses it, one whose thought is all on the law' (cf. $ 5). * See above, p. 173, n. 1. • The bundles of Baresma or the urvarâm (see p. 22, n. 3; p. 173, n. 4). 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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