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.
through constantly assisting, and not passing away; and we will give unto thee a son, Pêshyôtan 1 is his name, he is immortal, and so is undecaying, hungerless, and thirstless, living and predominant in both existences, those of the embodied beings and of the spirits. 82. But, as the recompense in this life, if you do not praise the good and pure religion of the righteous Zaratûst of the Spitâmas, we will not convey thee up on high, and we will order thine end; the vultures which are mindful of decay will see and eat up those and these of thine, thy blood will reach the ground, and the waters will not reach thy body."
83. One marvel is that connected with the confidence (vâvari-hastano) of Vistâsp in the religion, even through that occurrence of the speech of the archangels; and, afterwards, the obedience (patyasâi?) of his thoughts in the case of the delays through the bloodshed owing to Argâspthe Khyôn and his attendant heroes (pas-gurdâ no) throughout the same Khyộns, because of the acceptance of the religion. 84. Also, for the sake of daily and visibly showing to Vistâsp the certified victory over Argâsp and the Khyôns, and his own superior position, unceasing rule, splendour, and glory, the creator Adharmazd sends, at the same time, the angel Nêryôsang 3 to the abode of Vistâsp, as a reminder for the archangel Ashavahistô to give to Vistâsp to drink of that fountain of life, for looking
1 Written Pêshyâôtano, both here and in Chap. V, 12. He is the imınortal priestly ruler of Kangdez, who was expected to come to restore the religion in Irân in the time of Allshedar, see Bd. XXIX, 5; Byt. III, 25–32, 36-42, 51, 52.
2 Here written Arga dâ spô; see $ 77. 3 Written Nêrôksa ng here and in § 85.
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