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Lohrasp Closes the Gate of Nowbahar

Lohrasp Closes the Gate of Nowbahar

From C6.2, Lohrasp Withdraws to Balkh. It illustrates C6.2.5–10:

  • C6.2.5
    The Shah, that man of God, arrived and reinedHis horse, dismounted, and the precinct gained.
  • C6.2.6
    He closed the portal of that holy place;No kin or stranger crossed its sacred space.
  • C6.2.7
    He wore coarse wool, the robe of prayer and praise;So should men honor wisdom all their days.
  • C6.2.8
    He put his armlets off, let long hair fall,And served the righteous Judge, Yazdan of all.
  • C6.2.9
    For thirty years he stood in prayer each day,And kept his heart upon the holy way.
  • C6.2.10
    He raised his voice in worship of the sun,As Jamshid’s ancient holy rite was done.

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