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37. He burneth me with the same burning that burneth a man possessed by Angra Mainyu1.
XXIII 2.
38. And he sins towards the Fire the same sin as if he cast the Nasu upon a righteous man bowed down with age;
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39. And thenceforth from that place, such a one shall not go three steps forwards nor three steps
backwards *.
XXIV.
40. For a single gift of wood, for a single offering of Baresman,
41. The Righteous is exalted and the Drug is weakened.
42. For by such things waxeth the Asha",
43. And every Righteous man is borne up to Paradise,
44. And joy is given to the soul of the Righteous man who has departed ".
XXV, XXVI ®.
XXV.-45. Such a one, O Spitama Zarathustra ! shall arrive there as the strongest of the strong, who here below most powerfully impelleth the righteous unto good works,
46. To think perfect thoughts, speak perfect words, and do perfect deeds.
composed did not form a continuous sentence. Only the last three seem to form a coherent whole.
The Pahlavi translation adds here: waxeth the flock, waxeth the fire,' as if the Zend text were incomplete. Cf. Vd. III, 3.
7 Cf. § 74.
The general meaning of these two fragments is that the man who impels his brethren to do good will enter Paradise.
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