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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
•We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country 1; 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries; We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries; We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries 2; We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries.
145. We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, holy gods 3; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with the trees that yield up baresma 4. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries.
"For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures.
'Yathâ ah û vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name; and that of Râma Hvâstra.
Ashem Voha: Holiness is the best of all good .... *[Give) unto that mano brightness and glory, . . . . give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!'
1 Âdahvyûm: Celje wel zu wszys; cf. Yasna XXVI, 9 [28].
که پیش هرشهر است : Pairidahuyam و
8 Cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 8. 5 Cf. Sîrôzah I, 16.
• Cf. Vend. p. 22, note a.
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