Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
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

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CHAPTER XXXII, 19–25.
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22. 'They seek sovereignty as a devouring (grehmakó), that is, they seek privilege for a bribe, and in their abode is he who is very evil in thought, that is, they seek with this design, that, for the hundred which another gives up, they may take two hundred away from the other?; they destroy the best existence ?, they destroy their own souls, and they destroy the world of material beings. 23. Then they who are privileged shall convey that sovereignty of the Kik and Karaps, even those that are the worst-ruling who are in the country, unto him who is best-ruling in house, village, community, and province; and then both shall keep up an uproar, he who is well-ruling and also he who is ill-ruling, and he who is ill-ruling is beaten, and he is delivered up to the best-ruling ruler. 24. And then, among them, he who seeks for a devouring (grehmako) of all that which is animate, as well as that which is inanimate, is he who is desirous of assault and complaint; and he who fears him who is a righteous man of mine allots him comfort, and is he who watches those who are an exposition of righteousness, and who would be wizards or witches, so that the authorities shall inflict punishment upon them.'
25. And this, too, is stated, namely: 'The malice of many malicious ones demands that they shall inflict punishment on sinners when they put (padmūgênd) life into the body, that is, they give life
See Pahl. Yas. XXXII, 13 a; the exact meaning of grehmako (Av. gerehma) is uncertain, and the last verb is literally "I may take.' ; Ibid. 13 b. Ibid. 14 a, 15 a, and Bk. VIII, Chap. XXXV, 13 n.
Ibid. 16 c. S 2
• Ibid. 13 C.
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