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YASTS AND STRÔZAHS.
47. Then forward came Åtar, the son of Ahura Mazda, thinking thus in his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.'
But Azi Dahâka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed on his back, thinking of extinguishing it:
48. 'Here give it up to me?, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda: if thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rush upon thee, so that thou mayest never more blaze on the earth made by Ahura and protect the world of the good principle.'
And Åtar took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had Azi affrighted him.
49. Then Azi, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward, thinking thus in his heart: ‘I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.'
But Âtar, the son of Ahura Mazda, advanced behind him, speaking in these words:
50. “There give it up to me?, thou three-mouthed Azi Dahâka. If thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then I will enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so that thou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by Mazda and destroy the world of the good principle.
Then Azi took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had Âtar affrighted him.
51. That Glory swells up and goes to the sea
Shagâd to Rustam. Firdausi does not mention him, and makes Dahâk himself saw Gemshîd.
1 Âdar Frobâ (the Glory of the Priest) is meant here: when they sawed Yim, Âdar Frobâ saved his Glory from the hand of Dahâk' (Bund. XVII, 5; Etudes Iraniennes, II, 70, 84).
2 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 |