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VI. ERPATISTÂN AND NİRANGISTÂN.
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Ustå ahmâi;
Vohơ khsathrem vairim; Spentâ mainya ; Vahistå istis. 35. Which are the words thrice to be said ? Ashem vohû;
Hukhsathrôtemâi ; Ye sevisto;
Duzvarenâis? 36. Which are the words four times to be said ? Yatha ahū vairyo; Å airyemâ S. Mazdâ ad môi vahista;
37. When is it that the Gathas which a priest sings are not accepted ?
The words he sings while doing the necessities of nature,
These words are not accepted.
Otherwise, in whatever fashion the pious man may offer the Staota yêsnya“,
In the earlier part of the office or in the latter part of it (?),
Whether walking or running; standing, sitting, or lying ; riding or driving; as long as he has his girdle on", he is accepted.
V. The sacrifice performed by a Zôt or a Raspi
in a state of sin 38. If the Zaotar be righteous and his assistants be in a state of sin,
If he know that they are in a state of sin, What he recites himself is accepted.
If he know not that they are in a state of sin, the whole of the Gathas is accepted.
- Vd. X, 12.
1 Vd. X, 4.
. Vd. X, 8. * See above, page 312, note 2. • His Köstî; cf. Vd. XVIII, 1 (note 2), 54. • Dinkart, I. 1. $ 5.
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