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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VEDIC HYMNS.
X, 66, 3. Indrah vásu-bhih pári påtu nah gáyam adityalh nah aditih sárma yakkhatu, rudráh rudrébhih deváh mrilayati nah tváshtà nah gnábhih suvitãya ginvatu.
May Indra with the Vasus watch our house, may Aditi with the Adityas give us protection, may the divine Rudra with the Rudras have mercy upon us, may Tvashtar with the mothers bring us to happiness!
III, 54, 20. adityalh nah aditih srinotu yákkhantu nah marútah sarma bhadrám.
May Aditi with the Adityas hear us, may the Maruts give us good protection!
In another passage Varuna takes the place of Aditi as the leader of the Adityas :
VII, 35, 6. sám nah indrah vásu-bhis deváh astu sám adityébhih várunah su-samsah, sám nah rudráh rudrébhih gálâshah sám nah tváshtà gnâbhih ihá srinotu.
May Indra bless us, the god with the Vasus! May Varuna, the glorious, bless us with the Ådityas! May the relieving Rudra with the Rudras bless us! May Tvashtar with the mothers kindly hear us here!
Even in passages where the poet seems to profess an exclusive worship of Aditi, as in
V, 69, 3. prâtáh devím áditim gohavîmi madhyándine út-ità süryasya,
I invoke the divine Aditi early in the morning, at noon, and at the setting of the sun,
Mitra and Varuna, her principal sons, are mentioned immediately after, and implored, like her, to bestow blessings on their worshipper.
Her exclusive worship appears once, in VIII, 19, 14.
A very frequent expression is that of adityah aditih without any copula, to signify the Ådityas and Aditi :
IV, 25, 3. káh devấnâm ávah adyá vrinite káh adityan áditim gyótih îtte.
Who does choose now the protection of the gods? Who asks the Adityas, Aditi, for their light?
VI, 51, 5. vísve adityah adite sa-góshah asmábhyam sárma bahulám vi yanta.
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