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deep precipices, made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sara Anahita leaps, from a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and she runs powerfully'.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
XXIX. 122. Offer up a sacrifice, o Spitama Zarathustra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
123. 'She stands, the good Ardvi Sara Anâhita, wearing a golden mantle ?, waiting for a man who shall offer her libations and prayers, and thinking thus in her heart :
124. "Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and wellstrained, together with the Haoma and meat? To. whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and“ thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good will unto me 3?"
*For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... .
xxx. 125. Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathustra! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sûra Anâhita ....
126. ‘Ardvi Sara Anâhita, who stands carried forth in the shape of a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, pure, nobly born of:
§ 121=S$ 96, 102. * Paitidâna, a mantle, a tunic (Vend. XIV, 9 [28]). 3 See $$ 8, 11.
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