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VASTS AND SÎRÔZAHS.
I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of Asha-Vahista, the fairest; of the muchdesired Airyaman, made by Mazda ; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy 1. *Ashem Voha: Holiness is the best of all good?...
[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body; .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'
IV. KHORDÂD YAST.
Only the first two sections of this Yast refer to its nominal object, Haurvatât, the Genius of Health and Waters (Vend. Introd. IV, 7, 33). The rest of the Yast refers to the performance of the Bareshnûm ceremony as being the test of the true Zoroastrian. As the Bareshnûm purification was performed by Airyaman to drive away the myriads of diseases created by Angra Mainyu , its laudation is not quite unaptly inserted in a Yast devoted to the Genius of Health.
The Khordâd Yast can be recited at any time. It is better to recite it during the Gâh Usahin, on the day Khordâd (Anquetil).
The text is corrupt.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoicedl.... Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good ....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura ;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hâvani], the holy and master of holiness &....
Unto Haurvatât, the master ; unto the prosperity
1 Cf. Sirôzah I, 2.
. As above, p. 22. Who shall offer a sacrifice to Asha-Vahista; cf. Yt. I, 33 and notes.
4 Vend. XXII o As above, p. 22 and notes.
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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 |