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YASTS AND STRÔZAHS.
hundred camels . . . .; that I may put to flight the Hvyaona murderer, Aregat-aspa; that I may put to flight Darsinika, the worshipper of the Daêvas;
51. 'And that I may smite Táthravant of the bad law; that I may smite Spingauruska, the worshipper of the Daêvas; and that I may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hoyaona nations their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.'
52. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall Kavi Vistâspa obtained that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
53. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful.
54. And the great Ashi Vanguhi said : 'None of those libations will be accepted by me, which are sent to me either by a man whose seed is dried out, or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues ?, or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man
When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras 4, clapping their hands, ran after me,
1 See Vend. III, 20 [63], note. * By procuring abortion. * She refuses the offerings of all barren beings.
4 Cf. Yt. V, 98. The following clauses allude to some myth of Ashi Vanguhi connected with the conflict between the Turanians and the Naotaras (either Tusa and Vistauru ; cf. p. 71, note 7, or more likely Vistâspa himself, to whom the preceding chapter
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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 |