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YASTS AND STRÔZAHS.
by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas.
XVI. 57. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who showed their paths to the stars, the moon, the sun, and the endless lights, that had stood before for a long time in the same place, without moving forwards, through the oppression of the Daêvas and the assaults of the Daêvas?.
58. And now they move around in their farrevolving circle for ever, till they come to the time of the good restoration of the world.
XVII. 59. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the bright sea Vouru-Kasha”, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine.
XVIII. 60. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the stars Haptôiringas, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninetynine.
XIX. 61. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the body
* Bundahis VI, 3.
? To keep the white Hôm there from the evil beings that try to destroy it (Minokhirad LXII, 28).
8 See above, p. 97, note 4.
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