The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Religion
The Dabistán, or School of manners, Volume 1 (of 3): translated from the original Persian, with notes and illustrations
Iran -- Religion; Religions
The Mobed _Surúsh_, the Yezdánian, has been heard to say: “It is
recorded in the treatise of _Míhín Farúsh_ that, according to the
doctors of the pure faith, when Zardusht had thus obtained the victory
over the demons, and was proceeding to an interview with the great
king Gushtasp, there happened to be two oppressive and infidel kings
in his road; these Zardusht invited to adopt the pure faith and turn
away from their evil practices; but they heeded not his words, he
therefore prayed to God, and there began to blow a mighty wind, which
lifted up these two kings on high and kept them suspended in the air;
the people who came around were astonished on beholding this sight;
the birds also from every quarter of the sky flocked around the two
kings, and with beaks and talons tore off their flesh until their
bones fell to the ground.[408]
Zaratusht, the son of Bahram, says, that when Zardusht after his
victory arrived at the court of the great king Gushtasp, he called on
the name God, and then sought access to the sovereign.[409] He beheld
the first rank, composed of the grandees and champions of Iran and
other regions, standing around; and above these two ranks of sages,
philosophers, and learned men, who took precedence of each other in
proportion to their knowledge, for this great king was exceedingly
attached to men of science; he next beheld the monarch of the world
seated on a lofty throne, and his brows encircled with a costly crown:
on which Zardusht in eloquent language recited the praises of the
king.
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