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remembrance of it then became grievous to Srito; and he went back to Kal-Us, and informed him how it was, and begged him that he should finish off by slaying him?, because his life was not desirable.
21. Kai-Us spoke thus : 'Shall I slay thee, for it was not designed by thee?'
22. And Sritô spoke thus: 'If thou wilt not slay me, then I shall slay thee.'
23. Again Kal-Us spoke thus : 'Do not thou slay me, for I am the monarch of the world.'
24. Sritô continued his discontent, until Kal-Us ordered him thus : 'Go out to a certain jungle, because a witch in the shape of a dog is in it, and she will slay thee.'
25. Then Srito went out to that jungle, and that witch in the shape of a dog was seen by him; after he smote the witch, she became two; and he constantly smote them till they became a thousand, and the host (girdo) of them slew Srîtô on the spot.
CHAPTER XIII. 1. About the glory of Zaratûst becoming manifest even before his birth, it is thus declared, that fortyfive years before the time when Zaratūst came out to his conference ?, when Frênð gave birth to the mother of Zaratûst 3, whom they called Dakdak, it
1 T has that he should command the slaying of him.
* That is, forty-five years before he was thirty years old (see Chap. XXI, 1-14).
* It is necessary to translate in this manner, to agree with Dk. VII, ii, 3, but the text, which is ambiguous, runs as follows:amat Frênóg (Frêno-i?) Zaratûst am, zyasân Dakdakog karîtuntô,
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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 |