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MIHIR YAST.
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XXXIV. 142. "We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake;
Who, with his manifold knowledge, powerfully increases the creation of Spenta Mainyu, and is a well-created and most great Yazata, self-shining like the moon, when he makes his own body shine;
143. Whose face is flashing with light like the face of the star Tistrya'; whose chariot is embraced by that goddess who is foremost amongst those who have no deceit in them?, O Spitama! who is fairer than any creature in the world, and full of light to shine. I will worship that chariot, wrought by the Maker, Ahura Mazda, inlaid with stars and made of a heavenly substance; (the chariot) of Mithra, who has ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god.
"For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
XXXV. 144. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.
"We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries > ; "We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries;
1 See Yt. VIII.
Ashi Vanguhi (?); cf. § 68. s Who watches around countries : aiwidahvyûm is translated Lo gefül website ope (Pers. tr. of Mihir Nyâyis).
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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 |