The Arctic Home in the Vedas c14.s2.1

c14.s2.1

| Darmesteter. | Spiegel. |
| 22. And Ahura Mazda spake unto Yima saying, “O fair Yima, son of Vîvanghat ! Upon the material world the fatal winters are going to fall, that shall bring the fierce, foul frost; upon the material world the fatal winters are going to fall, that shall make snowflakes fall thick, even an | 46. Then spake Ahura Mazda to Yima : “ Yima the fair, the son of Vîvaṅhâo, |
| | 47. Upon the corporeal world will the evil of winter come : |
| | 48. Wherefore a vehement, destroying frost will arise. |
| | 49. Upon the corporeal world will the evil of winter come : |
| | 50. Wherefore snow will fall |