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KHÔRSHD YAST.
VI. KHỐRSHỀD YAST.
(YAST TO THE SUN.)
This Yast is recited at any time, but particularly on the days consecrated to the sun and to Khshathra-Vairya (Shahrîvar), Mithra (Mihir), Asman (Âsmân), and Anaghra raokau (Anîrân“): the last three, Mithra, Asman (the Heaven), Anaghra (the infinite Light), have a natural connection with the sun, but its connection with Khshathra -Vairya is not so clear.
Of this Yast we have a Pahlavi (East India Office, XII), a Persian (ibid. XXIV), and a Sanskrit translation (Fonds Burnouf V; all three edited in Études Iraniennes, II).
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoicedl.... Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto (Hâvani), the holy and master of holiness ?....
Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun 3 ;
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yathâ ahů vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness? ....
1. We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swifthorsed Sun.
When the light of the sun waxes warmer 4, when the brightness of the sun waxes warmer, then up
? Or the 11th, 16th, 27th, and 30th days of the month (Anquetil, II, 184). 2 As above, Yt. I, o.
Sirôzah I, 11. • That is to say, rises up' (Phl. tr.).
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |