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YASTS AND SîRÔZAHS.
me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may overcome all the Daêvas of Mâzana; that I may never fear and bow through terror before the Daêvas, but that all the Daêvas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness.'
26. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : Haoshyangha, the Paradhâta, obtained that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
IV.
27. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful.
281. To her did Yima Khshaêta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya.
29. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda ; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda ;
30. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death, from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand years.'
31. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaêta, the good shepherd, obtained that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
For ş$ 28-31, cf. Yt. IX, 8-11.
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