{"id":278,"date":"2019-06-17T19:50:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T19:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/?p=278"},"modified":"2019-06-17T19:50:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T19:50:00","slug":"lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-june-18th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/religionoflight.org\/ns\/lightofgod\/2019\/06\/17\/lectionary-readings-for-tuesday-june-18th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Lectionary Readings for Tuesday, June 18th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Book of the Arc of Bon Chapters 9 and 10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter 9<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. When Capilya had come to Wes-tu-chaw-aw, Jehovih said to him: Send messengers<br \/>\ninto twelve colonies which I will name to thee, to the chief rab&#8217;bahs thereof, summoning<br \/>\nthem hither, for thou shalt teach them alike and like.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. The colonies were: Tahdayis, L&#8217;wellaat, Ha&#8217;darax, Thowaka, Dormstdatta, Ghiballatu,<br \/>\nYhon, Themmista, Vrach&#8217;hao, Ebotha, Ewen and Sravat, and each of them sent the high<br \/>\npriest (rab&#8217;bah) with three accompanying rab&#8217;bahs, so that in all, there were thirteen chief<br \/>\nrab&#8217;bahs, and thirty-nine rab&#8217;bahs. And Capilya caused them to put on red hats, without<br \/>\nbrims, after the custom of the ancient Zarathustrians.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. Jehovih said to Capilya: Choose thou twenty damsels who are young and well<br \/>\ngrown; and twenty dames who have borne children. And these shalt thou adorn with<br \/>\nblue hats with ear-flaps, after the manner of the Daughters of the Zarathustrian law.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. When Capilya had them clothed with hats and aprons, he caused the rab&#8217;bahs and the<br \/>\nwomen to go with him to the summit of a mountain, so that they might not be approached<br \/>\nby idlers or spectators without due warning. And on the summit of the mountain<br \/>\nCapilya said: When ye were babes, I prayed for you; now that ye are mature ye shall<br \/>\nworship the Creator with your own words. Bring, therefore, every one a stone, and cast<br \/>\nit down, for it shall be an altar before Jehovih for our sacrifice. And as I do, do ye.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. They all took stones and cast them in a pile; and when they were yet standing near,<br \/>\nCapilya raised his hands to heaven and said: Father, when I was weak, Thou providedst<br \/>\nfor me. My mother and my father and my rab&#8217;bah prayed for me, and taught me of Thee.<br \/>\nWherefore I praise Thee with thanks and glorification. Now that I am strong, I stand<br \/>\nupright before Thee and praise Thee and pray to Thee with mine own words, and not as<br \/>\nthe heathen who have priests to pray for them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. Because Thou madest me a man (woman) I will labor to prove myself before Thee. As<br \/>\nI have here cast down this stone, let it stand as my covenant to Thee that I will from this<br \/>\ntime cast away earthly passions and desires. And because I have raised up both my hands<br \/>\nunto Thee, lead Thou me, O Father, in the right way!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. When they had all repeated these words, Capilya walked once around the altar,<br \/>\nfollowed by the others, and he said: Jehovih (Ormazd) Almighty, glory be to Thee<br \/>\nforever! Thou art on the mountain-top and in the valley; Thy circle is the circumference<br \/>\nof the world. I walk in the circle with Thee; Thou art forever by my side; Thy light the<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">glory of my soul. Praise Him, O ye mountains and valleys; sing to Him, thou moon, and<br \/>\nye stars; His hand holdeth ye up; His breath moveth all things!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. In Thee I live; of Thyself madest Thou me! O that I may not dishonor Thy<br \/>\nhandiwork; or make myself ashamed before Thee. Because Thou art Ever Present, I<br \/>\nfear Thee; because I can not hide from Thee, I will be most circumspect in my behavior.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. Capilya then sat down on the altar, saying: Go ye hence a little way, and then return,<br \/>\nthat I may teach you how to approach the altar of Jehovih. The people did as commanded,<br \/>\nand when they came near, Capilya said: Who cometh?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. Now herein are the questions and answers as Jehovih taught His children through<br \/>\nCapilya:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. A worshipper of Jehovih (Ormazd): Behold, the altar of My people, who are known<br \/>\nby their piety and good works, and in helping one another.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. Who is Jehovih?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. The Ever Present. He filleth all place and space. He created me alive, and taught me<br \/>\nto adore Him and His works.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. Why comest thou to this place above any other? If He be Ever Present why not<br \/>\nworship Him in any other place?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. He sendeth guardian angels to abide with His children who are pure and good. These<br \/>\nangels desire certain places and times, wherein my soul may be given to Jehovih.<br \/>\nThrough His holy angels He teacheth me in wisdom and love.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. Why not worship the angels themselves, since they are thy guardians and benefactors?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. To call not on the name of any angel who is Lord or God, is my religion; but to call<br \/>\non Jehovih, the Great Spirit. Whoso calleth on the name of angels, or Lords, or Gods, will<br \/>\nbe answered by them, but whoso calleth on the Creator will be answered by Him, Who is<br \/>\nthe All Highest.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. How can Jehovih answer thee? Hath He lips, and tongue, and mouth?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. Jehovih is the Soul of all things; He speaketh to Soul. His voice hath had many<br \/>\nnames; by the heathen and the idolater he is called Conscience.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. What profit hath thou in worshipping Him?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. I am so created; because of the fullness of Him in me, I desire to express my<br \/>\nadoration, and to commune with Him. Whoso hath not this desire is an evil man.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. Will He answer thy prayers? Turn aside from His usual course and come especially to<br \/>\nthee more than to another?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. As a horse drinketh water from a trough and so enlargeth himself, so doth the soul of<br \/>\nthe righteous man drink from the Everlasting Fountain, Jehovih, and the soul of man thus<br \/>\nenlargeth and accomplisheth in answer to its own prayer; nevertheless, it all cometh from<br \/>\nJehovih. Neither turneth He aside from His usual course, for He is Ever Present, and thus<br \/>\nanswereth the prayer of the soul of man.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. What prayers answereth He? And what prayers answereth He not?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. He answereth the prayer for purity and love and wisdom and virtue. Whoso prayeth to<br \/>\nHim for permission to do good unto others, He answereth without fail. He answereth not<br \/>\nselfishness, nor the prayers of the wicked. Wherefore the wicked say: He answereth not<br \/>\nprayer.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. Capilya said: My beloved, when ye approach the altar of Jehovih, ye shall repeat the<br \/>\nwise words I have taught you; but not aloud like the idolaters, but in whisper or low<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">voice.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. What is the worship of Jehovih&#8217;s chosen? and wherein differeth it from the heathen&#8217;s?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. Jehovih&#8217;s chosen stand equal before the Father, and everyone shall work out his own<br \/>\nresurrection, both in this world and the next. Hence they are direct worshippers, being<br \/>\ntaught to worship Jehovih with their own prayers and songs. The heathen have priests to<br \/>\ndo worship for the people, who contribute to them in money for the service. The heathen<br \/>\npriests worship the spirits of the dead, who call themselves Lord, and God, and Savior.<br \/>\nThe chosen children war not, resent not by violence, but answer evil by good, and<br \/>\npractice charity and love. The heathen, the worshippers of God, and of Lord, and of<br \/>\nDyaus, and all other idols, practice war, maintain armies of soldiers, who are taught the<br \/>\nart of killing with great havoc. They build monuments to men, and otherwise blaspheme<br \/>\nagainst Jehovih. They teach that Jehovih is void, but that He made Himself into Dyaus, a<br \/>\nlarge man, and then created all things, after which He retired to His throne, leaving<br \/>\ncertain laws to govern His works.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. What is the Zarathustrian law of life?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. To eat not flesh of anything Jehovih created with the breath of life. To bathe once<br \/>\nevery day. To rise with the morning sun, and be temperate in all things.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. What is the Zarathustrian fatherhood and motherhood?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. To have but one wife; to have but one husband; to maintain sacred the maternal<br \/>\nperiod.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">33. What was the Zarathustrian compensation?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">34. All things belong to Jehovih; man is but His servant. The fruits of the earth and of<br \/>\nall labor shall be cast into the rab&#8217;bah&#8217;s house, and by him delivered unto the needy.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">35. Why were the Zarathustrians persecuted and destroyed?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">36. Because they resisted not by violence, and because they worshipped not the idols of<br \/>\nthe heathens.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">37. Had they no way of saving themselves?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">38. To that end Jehovih gave them certain signs and pass-words, whereby they might<br \/>\nknow one another, and in time of distress assist one another to flee away.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">39. Why did not Jehovih preserve His chosen people?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">40. By the laws of circumcision the Faithists could only marry amongst themselves, in<br \/>\norder to preserve a knowledge of Jehovih (Ormazd) amongst mortals. They who were<br \/>\nholy were preserved; they who went after earthly things, and after the idolaters, were cut<br \/>\noff. But even in this Jehovih profited the seed of the Faithist, by raising up heirs of su&#8217;is<br \/>\namongst the heathen.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">41. Capilya said: Teach ye these things to your children from their youth up, and enjoin it<br \/>\nupon them to teach them to their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Chapter 10<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">1. Jehovih said to Capilya: Thou shalt remain with My chosen until they have learned<br \/>\nthese rites and ceremonies and doctrines; after which thou shalt go to another region<br \/>\nwhither I will lead thee, and there teach the same things, and in the same way. And<br \/>\nCapilya obeyed the commandments of the Great Spirit in all these things.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">2. In the fifth year of Capilya&#8217;s preaching, the voice of Jehovih came to him saying:<br \/>\nBehold, thy foster-father is near death&#8217;s door. Go thou to him and have the law of<br \/>\nprotection established before his death; and after his death, and when thou art king, thou<br \/>\nshalt ratify the law, and then abdicate the throne.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">3. So Capilya returned to Yokovrana, the king, who was ill with fever. The king said: O<br \/>\nmy son, my son! I feared I should die ere mine eyes beheld thee. A few days more, and it<br \/>\nwill be over with me. Thou wilt be king. Bethink thee, what wouldst thou ask of me,<br \/>\nwhilst yet I may accomplish it?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">4. Capilya said: Call thy Royal Council and pass a law guaranteeing Brahmins, the<br \/>\nZarathustrians (Faithists), the lands they have possessed and tilled and are now dwelling<br \/>\non, to be theirs forever.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">5. The king assented to this, and the law was so enacted; and this was the first law<br \/>\ngranting land unto the Faithists, to be their own, by any king in all the world. And the law<br \/>\nstipulated that the Faithists should worship in their own way; neither should they be<br \/>\nimpressed into any army as soldiers of war.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">6. After the law was established, Yokovrana said unto Capilya: I was wondering<br \/>\nwhy thou didst not wait till thou wert king, and then enact the law thyself, and it could<br \/>\nnot be set aside during thy life-time? I will die soon, and the law will die with me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">7. Capilya answered: I shall ratify thy law on the day I ascend the throne, which is<br \/>\nbinding, according to the rules of the ancients. Had I waited until I was king, then I<br \/>\nhad been bound, according to my religion, which is that no one individual possesseth<br \/>\nland, save what he tilleth, and then only by donation from the community in which<br \/>\nhe dwelleth, and only during his life-time, after which it reverteth to the community.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">8. Yokovrana said: Thou art wise, O my son! What is it that thou understandst not? After<br \/>\nthe king rested a while, he said: Capilya, thou hast often said thou hast seen the angels of<br \/>\nheaven: Who sayest thou they are?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">9. Capilya said: Persons who once inhabited this earth. Some of them once lived on the<br \/>\nstars.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">10. The king said: Since thou sayest so, it must be so. I thought, sometimes, they might be<br \/>\ndifferent beings that dwell in the air, and never dwelt here. Sayest thou, Capilya, all souls<br \/>\nare immortal?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">11. Capilya said: They are so born into life; nevertheless, not all inherit everlasting life.<br \/>\nEven as the body goeth into destruction, so can the spirit of a man dissolve out of being.<br \/>\nThe fruit of them that have attained to faith in everlasting life is safe; but for them that<br \/>\nhave fallen from faith in everlasting life, and from faith in the Creator, I pity them and<br \/>\ntheir heirs.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">12. The king said: Why do the oracles tell lies? They are the words of angels.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">13. Capilya said: If a man will not think for himself, examine for himself, the<br \/>\nCreator suffereth him to be the recipient of lies. He is a wise man who hath attained<br \/>\nto disbelief in angels and men; for then he will turn to the Creator, Who is All Truth.<br \/>\nThis is the beginning of wisdom. Some fair men, with stunted souls, who look not<br \/>\nabout doing good in the world, require the serpent&#8217;s fang in order to make them think.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">14. The king said: I have killed many men in my day; sayest thou I have sinned? Capilya<br \/>\nsaid: Inquire thou of thy Creator. I am not thy judge, nor any man&#8217;s. The king asked: If a<br \/>\nman be killed and his soul live, then the killing amounteth to little. We put away the<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">body, but the soul may come back and retaliate. Is it not so? Capilya said: Yea, O king.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">15. The king reflected a while, and then he asked: My son, can the spirits of them we<br \/>\nhave slain catch us in heaven and injure us? Capilya said: Yea, O king. The king said:<br \/>\nAnd they having been in heaven first would have the advantage in battle. And if they go<br \/>\nin gangs and have a leader (satan), they might do a great hurt. Know thou, Capilya, I<br \/>\nhave a great secret for thy philosophy; which is: When death draweth near, we begin<br \/>\nto shake in the soul as to what we have done all our lives. Sometimes I think of saying<br \/>\nto Dyaus: Here, I will pray thee! But then I remember I have no merchandise which<br \/>\nhe would accept. How strong we are in health and prosperity, and how weak in<br \/>\nadversity and in death! Sayest thou prayers would make my case stand better in heaven?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">16. Capilya said: I am not master in heaven; or if I were, my love to thee would<br \/>\nshield thee from all darkness. The king said: The priest saith if I pay him money<br \/>\nhe can intercede with Dyaus and so secure me a high seat in heaven. I think he<br \/>\nfalsifieth, for Dyaus oweth him nothing. Two things I have found, even with my<br \/>\nlittle wisdom; the caterer to the king and the caterer to the Dyaus make great pretences,<br \/>\nbut do but little as to their promises. These two men, O my son, beware of them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">17. I owe my greatness more to this discretion than to wisdom. They are at the bottom<br \/>\nof all wars and evils in this world. They can deceive even the Gods, I am told. When thou<br \/>\nart king, Capilya, put thy wisdom in this matter; spare them not; they are the curse<br \/>\nof the world. I regret that I slew not more of them; my conscience pricketh me for this.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">18. Capilya said: Man&#8217;s conscience being only part of the man, may it not err? Is not<br \/>\nthe conscience dependent for wisdom on other things? And after all, if we have<br \/>\ndone that which seemed the highest, best thing at the time, have we not fulfilled the law?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">19. The king said: It would seem so. Conscience must depend for its errors or its justice<br \/>\non the education it hath received. But may not conscience be a disease in the heart? To<br \/>\nregret for not having done a thing; to regret for having done a thing, these are irreparable<br \/>\ncomplainings. Whoever can say beforehand, and yet not err, is wise indeed. I find that no<br \/>\nman brought himself into the world; nor can he live but for a short period at most.<br \/>\nWhen we are young we dislike to die; but at my great age I desire not to live.<br \/>\nEvidently He Who created us hath more mastery over us than we have over ourselves.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">20. Capilya said: That is true; man at the best hath not more than half mastery of himself.<br \/>\nYokovrana interrupted, saying: I interrupt thee, my son, because my time is short. I would<br \/>\nask thee what is the greatest consolation to a dying man?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">21. Capilya said: There are two consolations that are great to a dying man: one is to<br \/>\nknow that he left no heirs after him; and the other is, that he leaveth after him a noble son.<br \/>\nThe king said: Thou art wise, my son. I asked the priest in the oracle-house the same<br \/>\nthing, and he said: For a dying man to have faith that his soul will enter paradise.<br \/>\nThereupon I said to him: No honest man can have such faith; for such a fate would<br \/>\nbe cheating heaven with one&#8217;s sins. Were I the Creator, I would break the necks of<br \/>\nhalf the world. Still it may please a foolish dying man to tell him such a tale as regardeth<br \/>\nhis soul. Thou alone, my son, hath told me the greatest consolation to a dying man.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">22. My slaves may have faith that they will be kings, but they will wake up in their folly.<br \/>\nA man may have faith that his soul will enter paradise, and he may wake up and find it<br \/>\nwas a mistake. Faith without a guarantee is folly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"fontstyle0\">23. Capilya said: A man to know a thing of his own knowledge hath the greatest of all<br \/>\nwisdom. To be as thou art, a philosopher in time of death, is evidence of a great soul. Few<br \/>\nhave attained to this.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">24. The king said: Before thee I am nothing as to wisdom. Thou art a mystery to me. Thy<br \/>\nmother, whom the doctors slew to put her out of her misery from long sickness, was not<br \/>\nwise. And as to myself, I am only great, not wise. I can make men fear me; but thou<br \/>\nknowest the secret of love, which is a great thing. Thy name, O Capilya, will be honored<br \/>\nlong after mine is forgotten. Yet I am the greatest king in all the world. O thou, my most<br \/>\nwonderful son!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">25. Capilya said: Because thou gavest me great learning and a father&#8217;s kingly care, why<br \/>\nshould I not be an honor to thee, O king? When thou art in heaven, and can look upon me,<br \/>\nI hope thou mayest not lose thy hope for me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">26. The king said: It seemeth not wise to me that angels should see too closely their<br \/>\nmortal kin, or else, forsooth, they would never raise up to higher heavens. The seers say<br \/>\nheaven and angels are about us all the while. I think this is a lie, otherwise it would be<br \/>\nmore hell than heaven to them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">27. After the king rested a while he said: I have been surmising what to say to thee, for I<br \/>\nfeel the blood in my veins is nearly stopped. And this maketh me think more than ever<br \/>\nthat man at best is but a gaming ball for the Gods to play with. Who knoweth, perhaps<br \/>\neven now they laugh in their sleeves as to how they have used me for some hellish game!<br \/>\nO that man had some standpoint to judge things by! O that he had a measure and a<br \/>\nfoundation to stand upon! I have searched the spirits of the dead, and the Gods of the<br \/>\noracles, and they are lies, lies, lies!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">28. Capilya said: The small spark of light within our souls is right at the start; and if it be<br \/>\nrightly cultivated it will grow brighter and clearer every day. For is it not in the nature of<br \/>\nall things to grow by culture?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">29. The king said: To rightly cultivate! There is the matter, O my son. To settle that point<br \/>\nthe world hath been washed all over with man&#8217;s blood. Rightly! Who knoweth that word?<br \/>\nO that mine enemies were mistaken, and that I was clear in perceiving what was right!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">30. Again he rested awhile and then he said: I had hoped when death came on, I should<br \/>\nget glimpses of what is in store for me; but even death is silent and dark and<br \/>\ndeceiving. My members weaken evenly. This showeth I was begotten of good blood.<br \/>\nHadst thou not been my son I should rejoice more than I do. For then I should know<br \/>\nthat my family race had run out, and, so, I should have ascended to the higher heavens.<br \/>\nNow I may be obliged to dwell on the earth for a long season. As I understand myself<br \/>\nnow, with all thy wisdom and thy love, I had rather thou hadst been some other man&#8217;s<br \/>\nson. Then I could die easier and not care so much about leaving thee. I have no other kin.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">31. Capilya said: O king! Thou has rent my heart in twain! Of a truth I am not thy son!<br \/>\nWhen thy wife laid in the dark chamber, the angels of heaven stole me and brought me<br \/>\nthither. She who nursed me was my mother; and her husband was my father. I am a<br \/>\nBrahmin of Zarathustrian blood, a Faithist!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">32. The king said: Is this true? It can not be! Go call thy nurse! Capilya called in the<br \/>\nnurse, and the king said to her: Ere I doom thee to death, I charge thee, is this thy son, and<br \/>\nis thy husband his father? She answered him: I am sworn to Jehovih and cannot answer<br \/>\nthee. Therefore sentence me, for I have carried a great load many a year. Behold! An<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"fontstyle0\">angel of heaven appeareth!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">33. Jehovih&#8217;s angel appeared before the king, and all saw the angel, which said: Capilya is<br \/>\nnot thy son, O king! And yet no sin hath been committed! Thereupon the angel vanished.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">34. The king said: Were this not a counterfeit made by the Gods, then it was my angel<br \/>\nwife. So, Capilya! Must here end our love? The earth is going fast from me now! Capilya<br \/>\nsaid: Our love will never die! For the good thou has done for the Zarathustrians, the Great<br \/>\nSpirit will provide thee a home suited to thy great soul. If thou hadst any faults, thou hast<br \/>\nmore than balanced them.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">35. The king beckoned for Capilya and the nurse to come to him, and then he said, feebly:<br \/>\nIt seems to me I hear the Gods laughing! Keep ye up the joke! My brother&#8217;s oldest son<br \/>\nknoweth nothing of it! A kingdom is but a farce. Hold me up, Capilya. I would have mine<br \/>\neyes feast on the sky only, after having seen thy sweet face.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">36. Capilya lifted him up, and the king said to the nurse: I bless thee! Thou broughtest<br \/>\nforth a good prop! O aden (sky), aden! All is something! All is nothing!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"fontstyle0\">37. And the breath went out of him; he was dead.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book of the Arc of Bon Chapters 9 and 10 Chapter 9 1. When Capilya had come to Wes-tu-chaw-aw, Jehovih said to him: Send messengers into twelve colonies which I will name to thee, to the chief rab&#8217;bahs thereof, summoning them hither, for thou shalt teach them alike and like. 2. 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