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cast down and, owing to acquiescence in him, the demons tempt (nes, hund) him away out of mankind.",
54. And Allharmazd spoke thus: 'According to thy wish, do thou, O Zaratûst ! fully observe thy existence, upwards from the head, downwards from the sole of the foot, and afar on various sides; and thou shouldst beseech before and behind and in every direction, for we are not as to thee as the demons are as to mankind, we give away everything only in invisibility ; but the demons, through close connection, when they rush out, tempt only with pleasantness. 55. Even unto thee, O Zaratūst ! a fiend will rush, a female, golden-bodied and fullbosomed (so that she wears a bodice), and she rushes to request companionship from thee; a female, golden-bodied and full-bosomed, to request conversation from thee, to request co-operation from thee. 56. But thou shouldst not grant her companionship, nor conversation, nor shalt thou prescribe any conduct for her; afterwards, to revert her downwards, thou shalt utter aloud that triumphant saying the Yathâ-ahû-vairyô.'
57. Zaratûst proceeded to the habitable and friendly world, for the purpose of fully observing that beaten track (khápisno) of the embodied existence; then that fiend came forward when he sat in the vicinity of a garment—that garment 2 which, when Vohamano was conveying him to the conference, was deposited by him—a female, goldenbodied and full-bosomed, and companionship, con
Assuming that lêlyâ stands for zêrîh; the only difference, in Pahlavi writing, being in the first letter.
2 See Chap. III, 6o.
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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 |