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XXI AND XXII. YAST FRAGMENTS.
These two Yasts or Yast fragments are known among the Parsis as the Hâdhôkht Nask, though their context does not correspond to any part of the description of that Nask as given in the Dinkart (West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 224, note 8). A Pahlavi translation of these Yasts has been edited by Haug and West (The Book of Ardâ Vîrâf, p. 269 seq.).
XXI. YAST FRAGMENT. Yast XXI is a eulogy of the Ashem Voh û prayer, the value of which rises higher and higher, according as the circumstances under which it is being recited are of greater importance.
1. Zarathustra asked Ahura Mazda : 'O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!
• What is the only word in which is contained the glorification of all good things, of all the things that are the offspring of the good principle ?'
2. Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is the praise of Holiness, O Spitama Zarathustra !
3. “He who recites the praise of Holiness', in the fulness of faith and with a devoted heart, praises me, Ahura Mazda ; he praises the waters, he praises the earth, he praises the cattle, he praises the plants, he praises all good things made by Mazda, all the things that are the offspring of the good principle.
4. “For the reciting of that word of truth, O Zarathustra! the pronouncing of that formula, the Ahuna Vairya, increases strength and victory in one's soul and piety.
1 Asha: the Ashem Voha.
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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 |