Earth

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 29 Sep 2011 12:26 and updated at 29 Sep 2011 12:26

VENDIDAD NOUNS

vdd.03 1. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the first place where the Earth feels most happy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place whereon one of the faithful steps forward, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with the log in his hand the Baresma in his hand, the milk in his hand, the mortar in his hand, lifting up his voice in good accord with religion, and beseeching Mithra the lord of the rolling Country side, and Rama Hvastra
vdd.03 2,3. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the second place where the Earth feels most happy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place whereon one of the faithful erects a house with a Priest within with Cattle, with a wife, with children, and good herds within and wherein afterwards the Cattle continue to thrive, virtue to thrive fodder to thrive, the Dog to thrive, the wife to thrive, the child to thrive, the Fire to thrive, and every blessing of life to thrive.
vdd.03 4. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the third place where the Earth feels most happy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place where one of the faithful sows most corn, grass, and fruit, O Spitama Zarathushtra! where he waters ground that is dry, or drains ground that is too wet
vdd.03 5. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the fourth place where the Earth feels most happy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place where there is most increase of flocks and herds.
vdd.03 6. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the fifth place where the Earth feels most happy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place where flocks and herds yield most dung.
vdd.03 7. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the first place where the Earth feels sorest grief? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the neck of Arezura whereon the hosts of fiends rush forth from the burrow of the Druj
vdd.03 8. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the second place where the Earth feels sorest grief? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place wherein most corpses of Dogs and of men lie buried
vdd.03 9. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the third place where the Earth feels sorest grief? Ahura Mazda answered: It is the place whereon stand most of those Dakhmas on which the corpses of men are deposited
vdd.03 10. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the fourth place where the Earth feels sorest grief? Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is the place wherein are most burrows of the creatures of Angra Mainyu.
vdd.03 11. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the fifth place where the Earth feels sorest grief? Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is the place whereon the wife and children of one of the faithful, O Spitama Zarathushtra! are driven along the way of captivity, the dry, the dusty way, and lift up a voice of wailing.'
vdd.03 12. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Who is the first that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is he who digs out of it most corpses of Dogs and men
vdd.03 13. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Who is the second that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is he who pulls down most of those Dakhmas on which the corpses of men are deposited
vdd.03 22. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Who is the third that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is he who fills up most burrows of the creatures of Angra Mainyu
vdd.03 23. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Who is the fourth that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy? Ahura Mazda answered: It is he who sows most corn, grass, and fruit, O Spitama Zarathushtra! who waters ground that is dry, or drains ground that is too wet
vdd.03 26, 27. He who would till the earth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, unto him thus says the Earth: O thou man! who dost till me with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, here shall I ever go on bearing, bringing forth all manner of food, bringing corn first to thee
vdd.03 28, 29. He who does not till the earth, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, unto him thus says the Earth: O thou man! who dost not till me with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, ever shalt thou stand at the door of the stranger, among those who beg for bread the refuse and the crumbs of the bread are brought unto thee brought by those who have profusion of wealth.
vdd.03 34. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Who is the fifth that rejoices the Earth with greatest joy? Ahura Mazda answered: [It is he who kindly and piously gives to one of the faithful who tills the earth,] O Spitama Zarathushtra!

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