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CHAPTER VIII, 45-55.
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48. 'And he has then to attract men, contented and discontented, mostly through the incentive of duty; he who is not contented (that is, not agreeing with what he says) contentedly pays respect to him, O Zaratūst! (so that he brings him into the religion). 49. Likewise, through that club, he makes one press in the same manner; so that one is distressed by his hand to hold others in contempt, through the valiant arm and through the youthful bodily organs. 50. And he attaches power and triumph to his religion of Adharmazd, and through that power and triumph they become ever respected thenceforth, when those arrive who are the sons of Zaratust, who shall produce the renovation in an existence undecaying and immortal, hungerless and thirstless, the long-continued perpetuity including all.'
51. And about the separation fburinako) of the ten centuries in the one millennium of Zaratust, and the tidings of Allshedar, son of Zaratůst, it says also this, namely: When that century fully elapses which is the first of the religion of the Mazdaworshippers, from the time when Zaratûst came forward to his conference, what is the separation of this first century ?' 52. And Adharmazd spoke thus : 'The sun conceals itself. 53. What is the separation after the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, or tenth century?' 54. And Allharmazd spoke thus : 'The sun conceals itself.
55. Then, when thirty winters of the tenth century are unelapsed (that is, thirty winters are remaining) a maiden, who is Shemig-abû ?, walks up
See Chap. I, 42. 3.Having a renowned father,' the Zvâris of Av. Srůtad-fedhri, Yt. XIII, 141.
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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 |