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YASNA X.
YASNA X. 1. Let the Demon-gods and Goddesses fly far away from hence, and let the good Sraosha make here his home! [And may the good Blessedness here likewise dwell], and may she here spread delight and peace within this house, Ahura's, which is sanctified by H(a)oma, bringing righteousness (to all).
2. At the first force of thy pressure, O intelligent ! I praise thee with my voice, while I grasp at first thy shoots. At thy next pressure, O intelligent! I praise thee with my voice, when as with full force of a man I crush thee down.
3. I praise the cloud that waters thee, and the rains which make thee grow on the summits of the mountains ; and I praise thy lofty mountains where the H(a)oma branches spread ?
4. This wide earth do I praise, expanded far (with paths), the productive, the full bearing, thy mother, holy plant ! Yea, I praise the lands where thou dost grow, sweet-scented, swiftly spreading, the good growth of the Lord. O H(a)oma, thou growest on the mountains, apart on many paths, and there still may'st thou flourish. The springs of Righteousness most verily thou art, (and the fountains of the ritual find their source in thee)!
1 The Pahlavi as corrected by the MS. of Dastur Hoshanggi Gâmâspgi has barâ akhar min latamman padênd barâ shêdâ- ; Ner. Rite paskât asmât prapatanti, rite devâh rite devasahâyâh devyâh, uttamah Sroso nivasati.
Or, 'where, O Haomal thou hast grown,' reading-isa with Barth. as 2nd sing. perf. pret, middle.
Or, on the pathways of the birds.'
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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 |