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holy spells, the words, the deeds, the libations, and the well-spoken words.
Yênhê hâtãm: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda ....
II.
6. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them ....
To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke ....1
7. To him did Haoshyangha, the Paradhâta, offer up a sacrifice on the Taêra of the Hara, bound with irona, on a golden throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings of full-boiling (milk].
8. He begged of him a boon, saying : 'Grant me, O Vayu ! who dost work highly, that I may smite two-thirds of the Daêvas of Mâzana and of the fiends of Varena 3.'
9. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, Ahura Mazda“, did pursue it. We sacrifice to the holy Vayu ....
For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
III. 10. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them ....
To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke ....
1 The rest as in clause 1. Cf. Yt. V, 21, p. 58, note 2.
8 Cf. Yt. V, 21-23. • Introduced from $ 4 into this and all similar clauses, except the one relating to Azi Dahâka ($ 21).
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