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did Haurvatât and Ameretât; and all the AmeshaSpentas longed for and confessed his religion. The kind Mazda conferred upon him the mastership of the world; and (so did they'] who saw thee amongst all creatures the right lord and master of the world, the best cleanser of these creatures.
93. 'So mayest thou in both worlds, mayest thou keep us in both worlds, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! both in this material world and in the world of the spirit, from the fiend of Death, from the fiend Aêshma ”, from the fiendish hordes, that lift up the spear of havoc, and from the onsets of Aêshma, wherein the evil-doing Aêshma rushes along with Vidôtu 3, made by the Daêvas.
94. 'So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness to our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch with full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and destroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies and those who hate us.
'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
XXIV. 95. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake;
Who goes over the earth, all her breadth over, after the setting of the sun, touches both ends of
1 The Amesha-Spentas. * See Vend. Introd. IV, 22.
s See ibid. • See Yt. V, 53; X, 11, 114; V, 53.
o It should seem as if Mithra was supposed to retrace his steps during the night. The Hindus supposed that the sun had a bright face and a dark one, and that during the night it returned from the west to the east with its dark face turned towards the earth.
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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 |