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YASTS AND SîRÔZahs.
unconquerable power of the law; for the extermination of the enemies at one stroke;
75. And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda, for the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring, wise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees [their father] from the pangs (of hell], of good intellect; and for that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to those who do not follow impiety;
76. And for a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, and for all boons and remedies;
77. So that king Husravah [had the lead] all along the long race, and he could not pass through the forest, hel, the murderer, who was fiercely striving against him on horseback; the lord Kavi Husravah prevailed over all; he put in bonds Frangrasyan and Keresavazda”, to avenge the murder of his father Syâvarshầna, a man, and of Aghraêratha, a semi-man For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....
XIII. 78. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....
79. That clave unto the holy Zarathustra, so that he thought according to the Law, spake according
Aurvasara; see Yt. XV, 32 ; cf. Yt. V, 50 (where the words all along the long race have been omitted in the translation). The words have the lead here have been supplied from Yt. V, 50: the text here has two words, tām keresem, of which both the reading and the meaning are doubtful.
? Keresavazda, the Karsîvaz of Firdausi, the brother of Afrâsyab and the murderer of Syâvarshầna : he was put to death by Husravah in company with his brother (Etudes Iraniennes, II, 227).
* See p. 114, note 7.
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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 |