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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
XVII.
67. Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathustral unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
68. 'To her did Gâmâspa? offer up a sacrifice, with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, when he saw the army of the wicked, of the worshippers of the Daêvas, coming from afar in battle array.
69. “He asked of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sara Anâhita! that I may be as constantly victorious as any one of all the Aryans 2.”
70. 'Ardvi Sara Anâhita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
XVIII. 71. Offer up a sacrifice, 0 Spitama Zarathustral unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
72. "To her did Ashavazdah, the son of Pouru
· Gâmâspa, the prime minister of Vîstâspa (Kai Gâstâsp), appears here in the character of a warrior, though generally he is described as a sage and a prophet (Yasna XLIX (XLVIII), 9; LI (L), 8; Zardôst Nâmah; yet cf. Yt. XXIII, 2). The Shâh Namah has an episode which recalls this one, although very different in its spirit, and more in accordance with the general character of Gâmâspa. At the moment when the two armies meet together, Gůstasp asks Gâmâsp to reveal to him the issue of the encounter: Gâmâsp obeys reluctantly, as the issue is to be fatal to the Iranians. Gâmâsp belonged to the Hvôva family,
? Or, 'as all the rest of the Aryans together.'
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| 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 |