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ORMAZD YAST.
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[performed) in holiness, all those beings, males' and females?, do we worship.
23. 'Yathâ a hd vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
'I bless the sacrifice and the prayer unto Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and his strength and vigour 3.'
(Bahman Yast4.) 24. 'O Zarathustra ! keep thou for ever that man who is friendly [to me) from the foe unfriendly [to me]! Do not give up that friend unto the stroke (of the foe), unto vexations to be borne; wish no harm unto that man who would offer me a sacrifice, be it ever so great or ever so small, if it has reached unto us, the Amesha-Spentas.
25. Here is Vohu-Manô, my creature, O Zarathustra ! here is Asha-Vahista, my creature, O Zarathustra! here is Khsathra-Vairya, my creature, O Zarathustra ! here is Spenta-Armaiti, my creature, O Zarathustra ! here are Haurvatât and Ameretât, who are the reward of the holy ones", when freed from their bodies, my creatures, O Zarathustra!
26. “Thou knowest this, and how it is, O holy Zarathustra ! from my understanding and from my knowledge; namely, how the world first began, and how it will end ?
1 The first three. 2 The last three, whose names are feminine. 8 Which he will impart in return to his worshippers. * See above, p. 21.
5 As the Genii who preside over plants and waters, they are very likely entrusted with the care of feeding the righteous in Paradise. Cf. Yt. XXII, 18. 6 From Yasna XXVIII, 12.
? Cf. Yasna XXX, 4.
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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 |