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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
110. ““To whom shall I, in my might, impart sickness and death? To whom shall I impart poverty and sterility ? Of whom shall I at one stroke cut off the offspring ?
111. “From whom shall I take away, without his thinking of it, the awful sovereignty, beautifully arrayed, with many armies, and most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant, who fells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders chastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he has ordered in his anger.”
O Mithra! while thou art satisfied and not angry, he moves thy heart to anger ?, and makes Mithra unsatisfied.
'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
XXVIII. 112. "We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake;
A warrior with a silver helm 3, a golden cuirass 3 who kills with the poniard, strong, valiant, lord of the borough. Bright are the ways of Mithra, by which he goes towards the country, when, wishing well, he turns its plains and vales to pasture
grounds,
113. 'And then cattle and males come to graze, as many as he wants.
May Mithra and Ahura “, the high gods, come to us for help, when the poniard lifts up its voice
1 Doubtful.
He who offers thee a bad sacrifice. * See Vend. Introd. IV, 8.
s Doubtful.
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