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.
at my wish the fulness of the good things of life and whatever makes a kingdom thrive 1:
131. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anâhita! I beg of thee two gallant companions, one two-legged and one four-legged ?: one two-legged, who is swift, quickly rushing, and clever in turning a chariot round in battle; and one four-legged, who can quickly turn towards either wing of the host with a wide front, towards the right wing or the left, towards the left wing or the right.
132. "Through the strength of this sacrifice, of this invocation, O Ardvi Sara Anâhita! come down from those stars , towards the earth made by Ahura, towards the sacrificing priest, towards the full boiling [milk"); come to help him who is offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that thou wouldst grant him thy favours; that all those gallant warriors may be strong, like king Vistâspa. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
133. 'Yath â ah û vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anâhita.
“Ashem Vohậ: Holiness is the best of all good ....
'[Give) unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!'
1 The translation of the last clause is doubtful. ? A good horse and a good driver. 8 Cl. $$ 85, 88. Aspendiârji ad Vend. XIX, 40 [133].
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