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FARGARD IX.
129
'Thou shalt sprinkle the left toe; then the Drug Nasu flies away to the regions of the north, in the shape of a raging fly, with knees and tail sticking out, droning without end, and like unto the foulest Khrafstras.
27 (118). “And thou shalt say these victorious, most healing words :
«« Yatha ahd vairyo:-The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness.
"" The gifts of Vohu-mand to deeds done in this world for Mazda.
"" He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king.
«« Kem-nå mazdå :- What protector hadst thou given unto me, O Mazda! while the hate of the wicked encompasses me? Whom, but thy Atar and Vohu-mano, through whose work I keep on the world of Righteousness? Reveal therefore to me thy Religion as thy rule !
""Ke verethrem-ga :-Who is the victorious who will protect thy teaching? Make it clear that I am the guide for both worlds. May Sraosha come with Vohu-mano and help whomsoever thou pleasest, O Mazda !
""Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Armaiti Spenta! Perish, O fiendish Drug! Perish, O brood of the fiend ! Perish, O world of the fiend ! Perish away, O Drug! Rush away, O Drug! Perish away, O Drug! Perish away to the regions of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of Righteousness !!"
28 (119). 'At the first hole the man becomes freer from the Nasu; then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words :-"Yatha aha vairyo,” &c.8
"At the second hole he becomes freer from the Nasu ; then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words :“ Yatha ahū vairyo,” &c.
As in preceding clause.
· Cf. Farg. VIII, 19-21.
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