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YASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; we sacrifice unto Râma Huấstra.
(At the Gâh Rapithwin) : We sacrifice unto AshaVahista and Âtar, the son of Ahura Mazda.
(At the Gâh Uziren): We sacrifice unto A pãm Napât, the swift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females; we sacrifice unto the holy waters, made by Mazda.
101. (At the Gâh Aiwisräthrem): We sacrifice unto the good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; we sacrifice unto the females who bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Mazda ; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant.
(At the Gâh Usahin): We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world grow, the holy and master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu-Razista; we sacrifice unto Arstât, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase
III. 11. Let the Yâtus be crushed, o Zarathustra ? ! both Daêvas and men 3.
Who is he in whose house, O Spitama Zara. thustra ! every Drug is destroyed, every Drug perishes, when he pronounces these words - :
125.........? 13. It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spentas,
1 Sîrôzah II, 7. Or: Let Zarathustra crush the Yâtus.
• The Yâtus are either demons or men: the man-Yâtu is the sorcerer, the wizard. Cf. Yt. VIII, 44.
+ Doubtful. I am unable to make anything of this section.
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