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VASTS AND SÍRÔZAHS.
soul; wisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness', the victorious strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of Asha Vahista, and conversation (with God) on the Holy Word?.
34. 'Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice of Daêvas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf 3.
'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
IX. 35. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake;
• Victory-making“, army-governing, endowed with a thousand sensesø; power-wielding, power-possessing, and all-knowing;
36. Who sets the battle a going, who stands against (armies) in battle, who, standing against (armies) in battle, breaks asunder the lines arrayed. The wings of the columns gone to battle shake, and he throws terror upon the centre of the havocking host.
37. 'He can bring and does bring down upon them distress and fear; he throws down the heads of those who lie unto Mithra, he takes off the heads of those who lie unto Mithra.
· Spiritual happiness, bliss. Vend. XVIII, 51 [111]. 8 See above, p. 26, note 2. $$ 30-34=$$ 56–59. • Doubtful (reading arenat-gaêsha?). • See $ 82, note.
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