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Fire Lit Where Idols Stood
Book C6 · Goshtasb, Zardosht, and the War with Arjasp

Fire Lit Where Idols Stood

From C6.21, Esfandiyar Spreads the Faith of Zardosht. It illustrates C6.21.15–18:

  • C6.21.15
    He taught the Faith by God’s express command,Explaining all its precepts through the land.
  • C6.21.16
    When people learned the goodness of the creed,They took its rites and honored word and deed.
  • C6.21.17
    They decked themselves with it and sought its lore,And served the idols of their past no more.
  • C6.21.18
    They lit the Fire where idols once had shone,And sent this letter to the Kayanian throne:

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