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NYÂYIS.
Hail unto thee, O Ahura Mazda, in the threefold way 1! [Hail unto thee] before all other creatures!
Hail unto you, O Amesha-Spentas, who are all of you of one accord with the Sun !
May this prayer come unto Ahura Mazda! May it come unto the Amesha-Spentas ! May it come unto the Fravashis of the holy Ones! May it come unto the Sovereign Vayu of the long Period?!
2. [Hail unto the Sun, the swift-horsed !] May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be destroyed! by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God).
I recite the · Praise of Holiness'
3. I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.
4. I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O AmeshaSpentas ! even with the fulness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of my heart: I give unto you even my own life.
I recite the 'Praise of Holiness 8 :' 'Ashem Vohd: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness *!'
56. Hail to Ahura Mazda ! Hail to the Amesha-Spentas ! · Hail to Mithra, the lord of wide pastures! Hail to the Sun, the swift-horsed ! Hail to the two eyes of Ahura Mazda ! Hail to the Bull ! Hail to Gaya!
1 In thought, speech, and deed (Pers. and Sansk. transl.).
Vayu, as being the same with Fate (Vend. Introd. IV, 17), became identified with Time. 3 The Ashem Vohů.
See p. 22. 5 $5=Yasna LXVIII (22-23 [LXVII, 58–67]). o Gaya Maretan, the first man.
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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 |