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YASNA LX.
Immortal. And we sacrifice to the Fshushô-mãthra, the by-spoken? And we sacrifice to the entire collection of the Praises of the Yasna; (yea), to the Yasna Praises which were instituted in the world of yore.
YASNA LX (Sp. LIX). PRAYERS FOR THE DWELLING OF THE SACRIFICER%.
1. Thus that better than the good may he approach, who shows to us straight paths of profit appertaining to this bodily life and to the mental likewise, in the eternal(?) realms where dwells Ahura ; yea, may he approach it, who is Thy worthy servant, and good citizen, O Great giver Lords !
2. May these blessings approach this house, which are the wise perceptions of the saints, the sacred blessings bestowed through the ritual, their guileless characteristics, together with their recognition of what is due ; and may the Righteous Order appear for this village, and the Divine Sovereign Power, together with the benefit and glorious welfare (which ensues),
3. And with these the long enduring prominence of this Religion of Ahura's, the Zarathustrian Faith. And may the Kinet be now with greatest speed within (the farm-yard of) this house, most speedily
Vohů formula, Asha Vahista seems therefore a proper name, both here and in the formula, if one place explains the other ().
1 The ever-spoken (?). The Yênhê and Ahuna follow. ? Said on the visitation of farm-houses by the travelling priest.
See Y. XLIII, 3. * Gaus seems feminine here, and used collectively, and haka has the Indian sense of saka.
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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 |