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YASNA IV.
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Fravashis of the saints who are mighty and overwhelming for the succour of the saints.
7. Yea, we present these hereby to the Creator Ahura Mazda, the radiant, the glorious, and the heavenly spirit, for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise of the Bountiful Immortals (all).
8. And we present these hereby to the Day-lords of the ritual order, to Hâvani, to Sâvanghi, and to Visya, the holy lords of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for praise, and to Mithra of the wide pastures, and the thousand ears, and the myriad eyes, the Yazad of the spoken name,
9. And to Rapithwina, Frâdat-fshu, and Zantuma, the holy lords of the ritual order, and to Righteousness the Best, and to Ahura Mazda's Fire,
10. And to Uzayêirina, Frâdat-vira, and Dahvyuma', the holy lords of the ritual order, and to that lofty lord Napât-apãm, and to the water Mazda-made,
11. And to Aiwisrathrima, the life-furtherer ?, and to Frâdat-vispām-hugyâiti and Zarathustrôtema, the holy lords of the ritual order, and to the Fravashis of the saints, and to the women who bring forth many sons, and to the Prosperous home-life which endures without reverse throughout the year, and to Force, well-shaped and stately, and to the Blow of victory which Mazda gives, and to the Victorious Ascendency which it secures, for their sacrifice, homage, their propitiation, and their praise,
12. And to Ushahina, with Beregya and Nmânya, and Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, smiting with the blow of victory and furthering the settlements, and to Rashnu, the most just, and to Arstât, furthering the settlements, and causing them to increase. 1 Dahyuma.
Aibigaya.
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