Chapter XCII
CHAPTER XCII.
1. The ninety-second subject is this, that it is necessary to properly maintain the sacred fire 4 and some one who will work with assiduity (kandân) to provide 5 maintenance and sympathy for it. 2. And the supply of its firewood is entirely in such a manner that they burn this year the firewood of last year 6. 3. At midnight they make it blaze up, and put incense upon it in such a manner that the wind carries off its scent.
4. The demons and fiends rush away, because there is the glory of the sacred fire that we are able to make a living existence in the midst of this
people. 5. For, if no fiend 1 and the glory of the archangels and the day of the sacred fire had not existed, it would not have been possible to produce the living existence any day. 6. And, therefore, it makes it expedient that they supply a fire-attendant to maintain the firewood and fire, so that a seeking for its safety (’hâfiyat) may come into operation, and they may know a support and protection for it that would be acceptable.