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ASHI YAST.
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shyants ! with the enlivening intelligence; she also brings heavenly wisdom at her wish, and comes to help him who invokes her from near and him who invokes her from afar, and worships her with offerings of libations.
32. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer up unto Ashi Vanguhi a good sacrifice with an offering of libations. We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi with the libations; with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words.
Yênhê hâtãm: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda ....
II. 4. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tallformed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful.
5. Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mãthra 3, and unto the holy Zarathustra!
Homage unto Haoma, because all other drinks are attended with Aêshma 4, the fiend of the wounding spear : but the drinking of Haoma is attended with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself 6.
6. Ashi is fair; Ashi is radiant with joy; she is far-piercing with her rays. Ashi gives good Glory
1 The allies of Saoshyant, who are to be active in the restoration of the world to eternal life (frashó-kereti). Cf. p. 165, note 1. Ashi gives them the 'intelligence of life' (frasha khratu), through which they will be enabled to perform their task. ? Cf. Yt. V, 10.
8 The Holy Word. + The Daêva of anger.
o As drinking Haoma is an act of religion (cf. Yasna XI, 12 [31] seq.).
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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 |