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VASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
VII. 25. •We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake;
Who is lordly, deep, strong, and weal-giving ; a chief in assemblies, pleased with prayers?, high, holily clever, the incarnate Word, a warrior with strong arms;
26. 'Who breaks the skulls of the Daêvas, and is most cruel in exacting pains; the punisher of the men who lie unto Mithra, the withstander of the Pairikas; who, when not deceived, establisheth nations in supreme strength; who, when not deceived, establisheth nations in supreme victory;
27. "Who confounds the ways of the nation that delights in havoc, who turns away their Glory?, takes away their strength for victory, blows them away helpless, and delivers them unto ten thousand strokes; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra.
"For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ..
VIII. 28. "We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake;
*Who upholds the columns of the lofty house and makes its pillars- solid; who gives herds of oxen and male children to that house in which he has been satisfied; he breaks to pieces those in which he has been offended.
29. `Thou, O Mithra! art both bad and good to
1 Vahmô-sendah; cf. Vispêrad VIII (IX, 1), Phl. tr. 2 Their Hvareno.
8 Doubtful. • Āithya; cf. Lat. antae (Brugmann).
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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 |