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vigilant' in seeking righteousness, and gentle-voiced; and, as regards righteousness in thought, they convert into righteousness anything virtuous which belongs to them. 12. About the statement of those praised it is recited that it is thus mentioned in the Gâthas : So we are with those who are thine—that is, we are thine own-by us this renovation is to be produced in the existences ?' 13. About the perpetual convocation held by the archangel regarding the production of the future existence 3.
14. This, too, that he is an extender of the days of those who defeat the army of the fiend * and clothe themselves with deeds of shining light, and also those of a virtuous body, who are these : the priest, the warrior, the husbandman, and the man who is a ruler ; with whom are Aharisvang 6 and the spirit of liberality (râdih) 8; they meditate with good thoughts (h Q-minisnih) ? and joy, and, with pleasure to themselves, they give the world into the guardianship of Adharmazd, and also of Ashavahist 8, when they possess the religion of Allharmazd as a ruler. 15. This, too, that he, whose thoughts are through a high-priest who possesses a patron spirit, always thinks that which is virtuous, and his sagacity increases .
16. And about advice to mankind as to three things, through which the renovation and happy progress of the creatures arise, namely, seeking the
" Pahl. zên-hâvand=Av, zaênangha. 9 See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 9 a. Ibid. 9 b. Ibid. 10 a. 5 The female angel of perfect rectitude (see Bk.VIII, Chap. IX, 3). • See Chap. XXIV, 3. ? See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 10 b. $ Ibid. 10 c and Bk. VIII, Chap. XXXVII, 14. • See Pahl. Yas. XXX, 9 c.
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1883 |
| Total Pages | 2221 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 41 MB |