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YASNA LIV.
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and the clean, (and as for this, so) for the opposition of the entire evil creation. (And I pray for this) as I praise through Righteousness, I who am beneficent, those who are (likewise of a better mind)". 5-8. (See Y. VIII, 5-8.) (For Y. LIII, see Gâthas, pp. 190–194.)
YASNA LIV: (Sp. LIII).
THE AIRYEMA-ISHYÖ. 1. Let the Airyaman, the desired friend and peersman, draw near for grace to the men and to the women who are taught of Zarathustra, for the joyful grace of the Good Mind, whereby the conscience may attain its wished-for .recompense. I pray for the sacred reward of the ritual order which is (likewise so much) to be desired ; and may Ahura Mazda grant : it, (or cause it to increase).
2. We sacrifice to the Airyema-ishyö, the powerful, the victoriously smiting, the opponent of assaulting malice, the greatest of the sentences of the holy ritual order. And, we sacrifice to the bounteous Gâthas that rule supreme in the ritual, the holy (and august). And we sacrifice to the Praises of the Yasna which were the productions of the world of old 4
· Citation from the Gâthas (Y. XLV, 6).
9 This piece in the Gathic dialect, and in a metre supposed by some to be identical with that of the Vahistôisti, is very old, and ranks with the Ahuna-vairya and Ashem Voha in importance.
• Or, can masatâ (sic) equal with his liberality, or majesty,' leaving yantu to be understood with Ahuro ?
• The later Avesta notes the antiquity of the older.
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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 |