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 SÎRÔZAHS.
XIX. ZAMYÂD YAST.
This Yast, inscribed to the Genius of the Earth, is devoted to a description of the mountains and the kingly Glory (kavaêm Hvarenô), which are invoked, together with the Earth, in the corresponding formula of the Sîrôzah ($ 28): there is no Yast devoted to the Earth itself.
The mountains are simply enumerated ($$ 1-8). The rest of the Yast is devoted to the praise of the Hvarenô, or, more precisely, to that of those who possessed it, whose powers or feats are described. The list begins with Ahura Mazda ($ 10), and closes with Saoshyant ($ 89); that is to say, it begins with the beginning of the world, and closes with its end. It includes the AmeshaSpentas ($ 15), Haoshyangha ($ 26), Takhma Urupa ($ 28), Yima ($ 31), Mithra ($ 35), Thraêtaona ($ 36), Keresâspa ($ 38), the kings of the Kaianyan dynasty ($$ 66-72), Kavi Husravah ($ 74), Zarathustra ($ 79), Vîstâspa ($ 84). The unsuccessful efforts of Franghrasyan to take possession of it are described at length (S$ 56-64).
This Yast would serve as a short history of the Iranian monarchy, an abridged Shâh Nâmah.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoicedl.... Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good ....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura ;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto (Hâvani], the holy and master of holiness ....
Unto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; unto the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; unto that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda”,
1 Sîrôzah I, 28.
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