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YASNA XIII.
to that sanctity do I. Of that creed which Zarathustra held, which Kavi Vistâspa, and those two, Frashaostra and Gâmâspa ; yea, of that religious faith which every Saoshyant who shall (yet come to) save (us), the holy ones who do the deeds of real significance, of that creed, and of that lore, am I.
8. A Mazda-worshipper I am, of Zarathustra's order; (so) do I confess, as a praiser and confessor, and I therefore praise aloud the well-thought thought, the word well spoken, and the deed well done;
9. Yea, I praise at once the Faith of Mazda, the Faith which has no faltering utterance ?, the Faith that wields the felling halbert", the Faith of kindred marriage, the holy (Creed), which is the most imposing, best, and most beautiful of all religions which exist, and of all that shall in future come to knowledge, Ahura's Faith, the Zarathustrian creed. Yea, to Ahura Mazda do I ascribe all good, and such shall be the worship of the Mazdayasnian belief!
YASNA XIII (Sp. XIV).
INVOCATIONS AND DEDICATIONS. 1. I address (my invocation to) Ahura Mazda. And I invoke (among guardian beings) the chiefs of
1 Fraspavaokhedhrãm; 'y' miswritten for 'v' Fra seems to be prohibitive 'speech without falling, or hesitation;' better as adj.
* Comp. Y. XXXI, 18.
* This Ratu is the description and representation of the Nmândpaiti as occupying the attention of the worshippers chiefly at the time of his mention in the course of the ritual. (I vary the expression 'chief' with that of 'lord' here for the sake of change.) Once established as a Ratu in the ritual, he became a guardian genius Nmânya ; so of the others. (Y. XIII is in the Gâthic dialect.)
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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 |