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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DÎNKARD, BOOK VII.
to him, splendour and glory are thine through that giving; and if thou dost not give to him, evil destiny is thine through that not-giving."
24. Then Zaratûst walked on to that Vêdvoist of those unsanctified, and spoke to him thus: 'O Vêdvoist of the unsanctified ! that which Adharmazd demands from thee is a hundred youths of vigour, girls, and teams of four horses; if thou givest them to him, splendour and glory are thine through that giving; and if thou dost not give to him, evil destiny is thine through that not-giving. 25. And that Karap shouted in reply to Zaratust thus : 'For me there is no more from thee (that is, there is no opulence for me from thy action), nor from Adharmazd; I am more of a divinity (bagtar) and am more forward in opulence than even Allharmazd; many droves of a thousand swine are also acquired by me.'
26. On went Zaratůst, up to Adharmazd and up to the archangels, and Zaratūst spoke thus : '0 Adharmazd, propitious spirit, creator of the world of embodied beings, thou righteous one! thus spoke he in reply to me: "For me there is no more from thee, nor from Adharmazd; I am more of a divinity than thee or even Allharmazd, and many droves of a thousand swine are acquired by me."
27. And Adharmazd spoke thus: 'Owing to the splendour and glory of those which are ours, O Zaratast! that man has acquired arrogance (that is, the cattle we produced are the many cattle of his arrogance). 28. This will be his retribution for it then, however, when he does not reach further alive at the end of the third night'; in that third night
Apparently the third night after death, on the passing away of
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