Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: James Darmesteter
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1883
Total Pages: 2221
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 41 MB

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YASTS AND STRÔZAHS.
victory to those who, with a pious intent, holily offer him libations.
For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
v. 17. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,.... sleepless, and ever awake;
Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of a province.
18. “If the master of a house lies unto him, or the lord of a borough, or the lord of a town, or the lord of a province, then comes Mithra, angry and offended, and he breaks asunder the house, the borough, the town, the province; and the masters of the houses, the lords of the boroughs, the lords of the towns, the lords of the provinces, and the foremost men of the provinces.
19. On whatever side there is one who has lied unto Mithra, on that side Mithra stands forth, angry and offended, and his wrathi is slow to relent?.
20. “Those who lie unto Mithra, however swift they may be running, cannot overtake 3; riding, cannot ....3; driving, cannot .... The spear that the foe of Mithra Alings, darts backwards, for the
1 Mainyu, in the meaning of the Sanskrit manyu (?).
Doubtful; aspakat: cf. gw, to be late. 8 Apayêinti, frastanvainti, framanyệintê: these are three technical words for the movements of the three classes of soldiers, footmen, horsemen, and chariot-men; the last two words are probably synonymous with the first, but the exact shades of meaning are not known. Mr. West suggests, cannot outrun, outride, outdrive him.
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