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nations; thou, O Mithra ! art both bad and good to men; thou, O. Mithra! keepest in thy hands both peace and trouble' for nations. :
30. Thou makest houses large, beautiful with women, beautiful with chariots, with well-laid foundations', and high above their groundwork; thou makest that house lofty, beautiful with women, beautiful with chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high above its groundwork, of which the master, pious and holding libations in his hand, offers thee a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name and with the proper words.
31. With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful Mithra !
With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent Mithra!
With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable Mithra !
32. 'Listen unto our sacrifice 3, O Mithra! Be thou pleased with our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept our libations ! Accept them as they have been consecrated 4 ! Gather them together with love and lay them in the Garô-nmana!
33. 'Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god l in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, strength, and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and a good
1 Doubtful.
Doubtful. * By the proper prayers (yastau).
8 Cf. Yt. III, 18. 6 Doubtful.
6 Cf. § 5.
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