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NYÂYIS.
eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.
7. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda made the most glorious of all the heavenly gods.
So may Mithra and Ahura, the two great gods, come to us for help!
We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swifthorsed Sun.
81 We sacrifice unto Tistrya, whose sight is sound .... 9. We sacrifice unto all the holy gods of the world unseen ....
10. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra ....
113. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.
We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries ; We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries; We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country; We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries ; We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries; We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries; We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries.
12. We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, holy gods; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with the trees that yield baresma. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries.
13. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ....,
$$ 8-9=Khôrshed Nyayis, $$ 8-9. 3 $$ 11-12=Yt. X, 144-145.
3 Yt. 3, Q. S$ 13-15=Yt. X, 4-6.
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