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34
YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
bright and glorious; to increase the Amesha-Spentas; to increase the star Tistrya', the bright and glorious ; to increase the faithful men; to increase all the holy creatures of the Beneficent Spirit.
'Ashem Voha: Holiness is the best of all good ....2
33. '[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious strength of body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous* offspring, give him long, long life, give him the bright, allhappy, blissful abode of the holy Ones 6. "May it come according to my blessing !
A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies?! (three times.)
Come to me for help, O Mazda !
We worship the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength, and Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and the crushing Ascendant 8.
"We worship Râma Hvâstra, and Vayu who works highly and is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures. That part of thee do we worship, O Vayu, that belongs to Spenta Mainyu. We worship the sovereign Sky, the boundless Time, and the sovereign Time of the long Periodo.
'Ashem Voha: Holiness is the best of all good ....' 1 See Yast VIII.
As above, p. 22. • Who shall offer thee a sacrifice. This paragraph is taken from Yasna LXVIII, 11 (LXVII, 32), where it is addressed to the Waters : Ye, good waters, give unto that man who will offer you a sacrifice.. * Susila (Sansk. tr. ad Yasna LXI, 13).
This clause serves as a conclusion to all Yasts. . From Yasna LXVIII, 20 (LXVII, 52).
? Cf. above, $ 26. Cf. Sirôzah I, 20. Ibid. 21.
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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 |