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FRAGMENTS OF THE NASKS.
76. Åad raêthwis-karahê yad haomemka gava rathwayâd bakhshayâadka. · 77. Åpem a-beres å-baråd. Sraosavarezô aiwyâkhsayâd.
78. Zaotara daityö-gåtus
Madhemya nmânahê madhemad arâthraod apa sritô.
79. Stuiukhtis håvanânô dâityö-gâtus
Dasinem upa srakhtim fratarãm baresmãn aparām âthro.
Haoyâd haê naêmâd asnatârs. Atravakhsahê dâityö-gâtus Dasanem upa thrakhtem fratarãm athró. Fraberetars daityô-gâtus Haomyam upa srakhtim fratarãn baresmãn. Dasinad haê naêmåd raethwiskarahê.
Anaiwi-eretavô (H.-erezvo T.) gâtus aêta âbereta sraosâvarezahê vikarayatem.
80. Yêzika aêti ratavô anahakhti pairigayanti, Zaota vispa ratu thwais rashayanti Aêvadha asnathrad havaynânê raệthwayêiti.
Zaota anahakhtô parayâd dãhistâi arsvakastemâi zaothrem raekhsaiti.
81. Yad aêvô zaota frayazaiti mayazdahé ain zaotars gâtava,
Aētaya myazdê aiwi-vaidhayêiti rathwaèka myazdaèka rathwaèka,
In the modern sacrifice there are only two priests who divide between them the functions of the eight priests. The Râspî, who takes his name from the Rathwiskare, represents rather the Atravakhsha whose place he occupies near the fire, and who, of all the assistants of the Zaotar, is the one whose services can least be dispensed with (see, however, $ 81).
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