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YASNA XXXIII.
ness of those in their holy work) whose souls go hand in hand
10. (And not for these alone do I pray, but for us 3 as well.) All prosperous states in being which have been enjoyed in the past, which men are now enjoying, and which shall be known in the future, do Thou grant (me) these in Thy love 6. (Yea), cause (our) bodily and personal life to be blest with salvation through (Thy) Good Mind, (Thy) Sovereign Power, and (Thy) Sanctity?
11. And, O Thou who art the most beneficent Ahura Mazda ! and thou who art Aramaiti (our piety), and also the Righteous Order who dost further on the settlements; and Thou, the Good Mind, and the Sovereign Power! hear ye me all, and have mercy : for every deed which I do whatsoever' !
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9 Pavan akvînd rûbảno. 9 So more probably. See the first person in verses 8 and 11. • So the Pahlavi also, hû-zîvisníh.
So the Pahlavi also : Pavan hana í lak dôshisnõ. 'In Thy will' is here very weak.
• Nadakîhik i avo tanû [am yehabûn] ; Ner. subham tanau.
? Neryosangh: Let them continue to live well, and be prosperous in all things [ ] those females (yâh most curiously) who are born thus (that is, come from elsewhere (and not from us, and who are [gained over by myself]. Those, O Great Wise Onel who shall exist ((or) come in the future), let them render these persons thine own through friendship to thee. Cause thou the Best Mind to increase within me, O Lord! [that is, make my mind ever the more piously zealous). And in view of my righteousness grant me a benefit in my body, or person ( ).
So the Pahlavi also : Am bara amarzêd. . Observe that all the Ameshồspends, except the two mentioned in verse 8, are here bidden as persons to listen and be merciful. These recurring instances (recall the two hands of Asha &c.) necessitate the view that the idea of personality is never lost in that
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