Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

Page 629

FARGARD X.
141
are to be said twice; these are the words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice; these are the words in the Gathas that are to be said four times.
16 (26). “These are the words that smite down Angra Mainyu; these are the words that smite down Aeshma, the fiend of the murderous spear; these are the words that smite down the daêvas of Mâzana"; these are the words that smite down all the daevas.
17 (30). “These are the words that stand against that Drug, against that Nasu, who from the dead rushes upon the living, who from the dead defiles the living.
18 (32). “Therefore, O Zarathustra! thou shalt dig nine holes o in the part of the ground where there is least water and where there are fewest trees; where there is nothing that may be food either for man or beast; "for purity is for man, next to life, the greatest good, that purity, O Zarathustra, that is in the Religion of Mazda for him who cleanses his own self with good thoughts, words, and deeds 8.”
19 (38). 'Make thy own self pure, O righteous man! any one in the world here below can win purity for his own self, namely, when he cleanses his own self with good thoughts, words, and deeds.
20. Yatha ahở vairyð:-The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness," &c.*
"“Kem-na mazda :-What protector hast thou given
The demoniac races of Mazandarân; Mazandaran was known in popular tradition as a land of fiends and sorcerers.
: The nine holes for the Barashnûm; see above, p. 123, § 6 seq. . Cf. Farg. V, 21. • The rest as in Farg. VIII, 19, 20.
Digitized by Google