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 IV, 63–69.
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the religion of Adharmazd; and with great wisdom Vistâsp heard the words of Zaratūst, on account of his own complete mindfulness and spiritual knowledge of ritual, and would have asked for an outpouring of prophecy.
67. But thereupon, too-before the words of Zaratust were fully heard by him, and he could have understood the character of Zaratůst-owing to the demonizing of the deadly Zak and the rest of those Kigs and Karaps, spoken out with slanderous knowledge and perverse actions to Vistâsp about Zaratûst, there then occurred his consignment of Zaratūst to that confinement and punishment as stated in the words of Zaratust thus: 'I have spoken about their three enquiries, and I am bound by thirty of them, I with thirty-three fetters of murderers, wicked ones, and demon-worshippers ?. 68. But the hunger of manhood's inclination? violently affected the strength of my legs, but the hunger of manhood's inclination violently affected the force of my arms, but the hunger of manhood's inclination violently affected the hearing of my ears, but the hunger of manhood's inclination violently affected the sight of my eyes, and it would force away my bosom up to my back (so that its would stay behind at my back) through the continuance of that deadly hunger of manhood's inclination.'
69. And here, through the mightiness of Zaratûst —who proceeded alone to the terrible combat with 1 Compare Zs. XXIII, 6. . Reading gûsn-girâih; but it might be das-vîrâih, bad provision. He was left to starve to death in prison.
The bosom. The idea of the writer appears to have been that in case of utter starvation the chest would totally collapse, so that the breast bone would touch the spine.
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