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To others who shall perform it in their turn, even as he or she hath declared it.
28. Now, that which we consider as the best of all things, O Ahura Mazda ! is prayer and sacrifice offered to Ahura Mazda.
xx. 29!. And these words 3,0 Ahura Mazda ! we utter with the perfect intention of holiness.
30. And amongst them (the Amesha Spentas), we look chiefly unto thee, to grant unto us : and to instruct us 4;
31. For more than Asha, more than Vohu Manô. more than the righteous Khshathra [thy glorification is above all glorification . .].
XXI. 32. For, O Spitama Zarathustra ! the fire of Ahura Mazda trembles in front of boiling water 6 ;
33. Like a man who seeth a weapon which comes nigh him,
34. Or an arrow or lance, or a stone from a sling, and who avoideth the blow,
35. Saying to himself: 'If that man strike me with his weapon, my body and soul will part asunder.'
XXII. 36. And he who offers me the libations of a thief?, or a robber, or a ravisher,... or libations offered by a liar,
& For fear of its boiling over. If it does so and extinguishes the fire, the person in charge is guilty of a tanu-peretha sin (Saddar XLVIII).
7 The priest who offers me libations for a thief.
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