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moderation too, if he sing not the Gâthas ', he is not guilty.
If he eat too much and get drunk, for not singing the Gathas (he is guilty).
IV. The recitation of the Gåthas?. 31. If the priest sing for two assemblies, he is accepted.
If he sing for three assemblies, he is not accepted.
Which is the smallest assembly for which singing. is accepted ? Three (of the faithful).
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33. How will the Zaotar sing the Gâthas ? He will sing half a stanzas in a moderate voice with Zarathustra's rhythm;
And if he omit- those words in the Gathas which are twice, thrice, or four times to be said,
Those words that cut the demons to pieces, For those words he is not accepted. 34. Which are the words twice to be said ? Ahyâ yâsâ;
Yatha tủ f; Humatanām;
Humâim thwâ izem ; Ashahyâ âad;
Thwội staotaraska ;
1 If in spite of his moderation, the little he drank makes him tipsy so that he does not celebrate the Gâhânbâr, he is not in a state of sin ' (Comm.)
? 'Concerning the quality (sâmân) of the voice in reciting the Avesta in a ceremonial, and the Avesta which is twice recited and thrice or four times recited' (West, Dinkart, I. I. § 4).
& The first half of the stanza. • If he omit to recite them the due number of times.
• The so-called Bis-amrütas, Thris-amrütas, Kathrus-âmrütas; cf. Vd. X.
Y 2
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