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YASNA XXXVII, ERITY 285
CALIFORNIA most adored. Yea, may'st thou ap prosent to aid us in this our greatest (undertaking) among the efforts of our zeal.
3. The Fire of Ahura Mazda art thou verily ? ; yea, the most bounteous one of His Spirit, wherefore Thine is the most potent of all names (for grace), O Fire of the Lord! 4. And therefore we would approach Thee, (O Ahura !) with the help of Thy Good Mind (which Thou dost implant within us), with Thy (good) Righteousness, and with the actions and the words inculcated by Thy good wisdom!
5. We therefore bow before Thee, and we direct our prayers to Thee with confessions of our guilt, O Ahura Mazda ! with all the good thoughts (which Thou dost inspire), with all the words well said, and the deeds well done, with these would we approach Thee. 6. And to Thy most beauteous body ? do we make our deep acknowledgments, 0 Ahura Mazda! to those stars (which are Thy body); and to that one, the highest of the high, such as the sun was called]!
YASNA XXXVII.
To AHURA, THE HOLY CREATION, THE FRAVASHIS
OF THE JUST, AND THE BOUNTIFUL IMMORTALS.
1. Thus therefore do we worship Ahura Mazda, who made the Kine (the living creation), and the (embodied) Righteousness (which is incarnate in the clean), and the waters, and the wholesome plants, the stars, and the earth, and all (existing) objects
1 Vôi looks as if it represented vål here.
See Y. I, 1.
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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 |