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32. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful.
331. To her did Thraêtaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, offer up a sacrifice in the fourcornered Varena.
34. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may overcome Azi Dahâka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Drug, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Drug that Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghavâk and Erenavâk, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures in the world.'
35. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Thraêtaona, the heir of the valiant Âthwya clan, obtained that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
VI. 36. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful.
372. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza.
1 Cf. Yt. V, 34; IX, 14; XV, 24. * For $$ 37-39, cf. Yt. IX, 17-19.
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