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YASTS AND SIRÔZAHS.
17. Verethraghna,' made by Ahura, came to him the sixth time, running in the shape of a beautiful youth of fifteen, shining, clear-eyed, thin-heeled.
Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda ....
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18. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.
Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda : 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!
Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods ?'
Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathustra !'
19. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the seventh time, running in the shape of a raven that .... 1 below and ....1 above, and that is the swiftest of all birds, the lightest of the flying creatures.
20. He alone of living things,- he or none, overtakes the flight of an arrow, however well it has been shot. He flies up joyfully at the first break of dawn, wishing the night to be no more, wishing the dawn, that has not yet come, to come.
21. He grazes the hidden ways of the mountains, he grazes the tops of the mountains, he grazes the depths of the vales, he grazes the summits“ of the trees, listening to the voices of the birds.
? Urvatô, pishatô. * The raven was sacred to Apollo. The priests of the sun in Persia are said to have been named ravens (Porphyrius). Cf. Georgica I, 45. 3 Reading vigatarô.
* Doubtful.
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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 |