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NYAYIS.
We sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious star.
We sacrifice unto the sovereign sky. We sacrifice unto the boundless Time.
We sacrifice unto the sovereign Time of the long Period.
We sacrifice unto the beneficent, well-doing Wind.
We sacrifice unto the most upright Kista ', made by Mazda and holy.
We sacrifice unto the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.
We sacrifice unto the way of contenta.
We sacrifice unto the golden instrument3.
We sacrifice unto Mount Saokanta, made by Mazda
9. We sacrifice unto all the holy gods of the world unseen.
We sacrifice unto all the holy gods of the material world. We sacrifice unto our own soul. We sacrifice unto our own Fravashi.
We sacrifice unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the holy Ones.
We sacrifice unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.
10. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra ....
1 See Yt. XVI.
2 Or, of pleasure. s.On Mount Saokanta there is a golden tube coming from the root of the earth; the water that is on the surface of the earth goes up through the hole of that tube to the heavens, and being driven by the wind, spreads everywhere, and thus the dew is produced' (Sansk. transl.).
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