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BAHRÂM YAST.
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XIV. BAHRÂM YAST. Regarding Bahrâm (Verethraghna), the Genius of Victory, see Vend. Introd. V, 8.
This Yast can be divided into four parts :
I (S$ 1-28) An enumeration of the ten incarnations in which Verethraghna appeared to Zarathustra (as a wind, § 2; as a bull, $ 7; as a horse, $ 9; as a camel, $ 11; as a boar, $ 15; as a youth, $ 17; as a raven, $ 19; as a ram, $ 23; as a buck, $ 25; and as a man, § 27).
II ($$ 30-33). The powers given by Verethraghna to his worshipper, Zarathustra.
III ($$ 34-46). The magical powers, ascribed to the raven's feather, of striking terror into an army and dispersing it (the raven being the seventh incarnation of Verethraghna).
IV (S$ 47-64). The glorification of Verethraghna.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good ....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura ;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hâvani], the holy and master of holiness ....
Unto Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and unto the crushing Ascendant';
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yathâ ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
I. 1. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.
Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda : 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!
i Sîrôzah I, 20.
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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 |