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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NOTES. 1, 166, 12.
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us by day; may she kindly bring happiness to us, and carry away all enemies! Cf. X, 36, 3, page 251.
X, 87, 18. & vriskyantâm áditaye duh-évah.
May the evil-doers be cut off from Aditi! or literally, may they be rooted out before Aditi!
II, 27, 14. ádite mítra váruna utá mrila yát vah vayám kakrimá kát kit ágah, urú asyam ábhayam gyótih indra må nah dîrghấh abhí nasan támisrah.
Aditi, Mitra, and also Varuna forgive, if we have committed any sin against you. May I obtain the wide and fearless light, O Indra! May not the long darkness reach us!
VII, 87,7. yah mriláyati kakrúshe kit ágah vayam syama várune ánågah, ánu vratâni aditeh ridhántah yuyám påta svasti-bhih sádá nah.
May we be sinless before Varuna, who is gracious even to him who has committed sin, and may we follow the laws of Aditi! Protect us always with your blessings!
Lastly, Aditi, like all other gods, is represented as a giver of worldly goods, and implored to bestow them on her worshippers, or to protect them by her power :
I, 43, 2. yátha nah aditih karat pásve nel-bhyah yátha gáve, yátha tokấya rudrlyam.
That Aditi may bring Rudra's favour to our cattle, our men, our cow, our offspring.
I, 153, 3. pipaya dhenúh aditih ritaya gánåya mitråvaruna havih-dé.
Aditi, the cow, gives food to the righteous man, O Mitra and Varuna, who makes offerings to the gods. Cf. VIII, 101, 15.
I, 185, 3. aneháh dátrám áditeh anarvám huvé.
I call for the unrivalled, uninjured gift of Aditi. Here Professor Roth again assigns to Aditi the meaning of freedom or security.
VII, 40, 2. dideshtu devi aditih réknah. May the divine Aditi assign wealth! X, 100, 1. á sarva-tâtim áditim vrinîmahe. We implore Aditi for health and wealth. I, 94, 15. yásmai tvám su-dravinah dádâ sah anagåh-tvám
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