10. Then Yima stepped forward, in-light[1], southwards[2], on the way of the sun[3], and (afterwards) he pressed the earth with the golden seal, and bored it with the poniard, speaking thus:
'O Spenta Ârmaiti[4], kindly[5] open asunder and stretch thyself afar, to bear flocks and herds and men.'
11. And Yima made the earth grow larger by one-third than it was before, and there came flocks and herds and men, at their will and wish, as many as he wished.
12 (23). Thus, under the sway of Yima, six hundred winters passed away, and the earth was replenished with flocks and herds, with men and dogs and birds and with red blazing fires, and there was room no more for flocks, herds, and men.
13. And I warned the fair Yima, saying: 'O fair Yima, son of Vivanghat, the earth has become full of flocks and herds, of men and dogs and birds and of red blazing fires, and there is room no more for flocks, herds, and men.'
14. Then Yima stepped forward, in light, south-
- ↑ That is to say, his body being all resplendent with light. Cf. Albîrûnî's Chronology (tr. by Sachau, p. 202): 'Jam rose on that day (Naurôz) like the sun, the light beaming forth from him, as though he shone like the sun.'
- ↑ The warm South is the region of Paradise (Yasht XXII, 7): the North is the seat of the cold winds, of the demons and hell (Vd. XIX, I ; VII, 2).
- ↑ Thence is derived the following tradition recorded by G. du Chinon: 'lis en nomment un qui s'allait tons les jours promener dans le Ciel du Soleil d'où il aportait la sciance des Astres, aprez les avoir visités de si prez. lis nomment ce grand personnage Gemachid' (Relations nouvelles du Levant, Lyon, 1671, p. 478).
- ↑ The Genius of the Earth.
- ↑ 'Do this out of kindness to the creatures' (Comm.)
