Page Text
________________
vistÂSP YAST.
333
number of three and thirty !, stand next to Hâvani, being masters of holiness.
19. May they be fully protected 2 in thee, O young king Vistâspa! While thou smitest thy adversaries, thy foes, those who hate thee, a hundred times a hundred for a hundred , a thousand times a thousand for a thousand, ten thousand times ten thousand for ten thousand, myriads of myriads for a myriad.
20. 'Proclaim thou that word, as we did proclaim it unto thee!
O Maker of the good world! Ahura Mazda, I worship thee with a sacrifice, I worship and forward thee with a sacrifice, I worship this creation of Ahura Mazda.'
214. The young king Vistâspa asked Zarathustra : With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship, with what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward this creation of Ahura Mazda ?'
22. Zarathustra answered: “We will make it known unto thee, O young king Vistâspa !
'Go towards that tree that is beautiful, highgrowing, and mighty amongst the high-growing trees, and say thou these words: “Hail to thee! O good, holy tree, made by Mazda! Ashem Vohû !"
23. 'Let the faithful man cut off twigs of baresma, either one, or two, or three : let him bind them and
See Yasna I, 10 (33). 9 Thrâtôtemô belongs to $ 19 (W.).
• He kills a hundred times a hundred of them, while they kill a hundred of his people.
* For this clause and the following two, cf. Vend. XIX, 17 seq., text and notes.
Digitized by Google
| 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 |