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best doer of justice?! Rashnu, the best smiter of thieves;
8. “The uninjured, the best killer, smiter, destroyer of thieves and bandits ! in whatever part of the world thou art watching the doings 2 of men and making the account ....8.
II. 9. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Arezahi4, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared . ...in whatever part of the world thou art.
III. 10. Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Savahi“, we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....in whatever part of the world thou art.
IV. 11. Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Fradadhafshu“, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou art.
V. 12. Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the
1 Arethamat-bairishta: aretha. is dînâ, dâdistân (law, justice).
* Kesa=kartârî (Pahl. Comm. ad Vend. XXI, 3 (14]).
$ I cannot make anything of the rest of the sentence hadhanâ tanasus; cf. § 38. - See Yt. X, 15, note 5.
5 The rest as in $$ 5-8.
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