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YASNA IX.
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his feet; throw thou a veil of darkness o'er his mind; make thou his intellect (at once) a wreck!
29. Let not the man who harms us, mind or body, have power to go forth on both his legs, or hold with both his hands, or see with both his eyes, not the land (beneath his feet), or the herd before his face.
30. At the aroused and fearful' Dragon, green, and belching forth his poison, for the righteous saint that perishes, yellow H(a)oma, hurl thy mace?!
At the (murderous) bludgeon-bearer, committing deeds unheard of , blood-thirsty, (drunk) with fury, yellow H(a)oma, hurl thy mace !
31. Against the wicked human tyrant, hurling weapons at the head, for the righteous saint that perishes, yellow H(a)oma, hurl thy mace!
Against the righteousness-disturber, the unholy life-destroyer, thoughts and words of our * religion well-delivering, yet in actions never reaching, for the righteous saint that perishes, yellow H(a)oma, hurl thy mace!
32. Against the body of the harlot, with her magic minds o'erthrowing with intoxicating) pleasures", to the lusts her person offering, whose mind as vapour wavers as it flies before the wind, for the righteous saint that perishes, yellow H(a)oma, hurl thy mace!
· Pahl. sakhmakan; Ner. bhayamkare. ? Or, strike thy club,'
8. Deeds apart,' evil deeds. • Free.
o Or, 'holding.' • Yêxhê must be an error; otherwise 'offering the person to him whose mind as vapour wavers.'
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| SR No. | 007673 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 03 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | L H Mills |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1887 |
| Total Pages | 2618 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |