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tains to Spenta Mainyu '], and for the propitiation of the most just knowledge Mazda-given, and of the holy and good Religion, the Mazdayasnian Faith ; (25) for the propitiation of the Mãthra Spenta, (the bounteous) and holy, and the effective, instituted against the Daêvas, the Zarathustrian law, and of the long descent of the good Mazdayasnian Faith 2 (the holding in mind and devotion to the Mãthra Spenta, and knowledge of the Mazdayasnian Religion] for the propitiation of the understanding which is innate and Mazda-made, and of that which is heard by the ear; (26) and for thy propitiation, the Fire's, O Ahura Mazda's son! [(Pâzand); (yea) thine, the Fire's, O Ahura Mazda's son) with all the fires, and for the propitiation of Mount Ushi-darena, the Mazda-made, radiant with sanctity; (27) and of all the holy Yazads, spiritual and earthly, and of the holy Frayashis, the redoubted and overwhelming, those of the ancient lore, and those of the next of kin and of the Yazad of the spoken name !
YASNA XXIII. THE FRAVASHIS OF THE SAINTS; PRAYERS FOR
. THEIR APPROACH S. 1. I desire to approach with my praise + those Fravashis which have existed from of old, the Fravashis of the houses, and of the villages, of the communities, and of the provinces, which hold the
And not the evil Vayu, which appertains to Angra Mainyu. ? Insert, and of the good Zarathustrian devotion.' : This chapter is said to be reserved for funeral occasions. • Or, I pray for the approach. See Y. XXVI.
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