Zend Avesta Part 03

SR No.: 007673
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

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VISPARAD II.
And in this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to worship those women with my praise who are wellportioned !, and of good parentage, and who are stately in their growth ; yea, I desire to approach that chant in my praise which has the Ahd and the Ratu, [for He is verily the one who has the Ahd and the Ratu, that is, Ahura Mazda ?].
And I desire to approach the heroic Yasna Haptanghaiti in my praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order; and Ardvi Sara Anâhita, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order.
8. And in this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Gâtha Ustavaiti with my praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order; and I desire to approach those mountains : with my praise which shine with holiness, abundantly glorious, Mazdamade, the holy lords of the ritual order, and the Gâtha Spentâ-mainyu, and Verethraghna, the blow of victory, Mazda-given, the holy lord of the ritual order, and the Victorious Ascendency (which it bestows).
9. And in this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Gâtha Vohu-khshathra with my praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order, and Mithra of the wide pastures, and Râman Hvâstra, and the Gâtha Vahistôisti, and the pious and good prayer for blessings, and the pious and holy man, and that Yazad, the redoubted and swift curse of the wise.
10. And in this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Airyemâ-ishy with my
i So the Pahlavi.
Erroneous Pâzand. 8 This sentence affords support to my rendering of âyêsê, as expressing a desire to approach, rather than one for the approach of (the Genius of) the Mountain ; at the same time the latter idea may very possibly be the correct one. (Expressions are curtailed.)
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