Sacred Laws of Aryas

SR No.: 007687
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Gorge Buhler
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1897
Total Pages: 1979
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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terial world, thou Holy One! How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead rushes upon the living? How shall I fight against that Drug who from the dead defiles the living ?'
2 (3). Ahura Mazda answered: 'Say aloud those words in the Gâthas that are to be said twice 1.
Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice?
Say aloud those words in the Gathas that are to be said four times 8.'
3 (7). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which are those words in the Gathas that are to be said twice?
4 (10). Ahura Mazda answered: “These are the words in the Gathas that are to be said twice, and thou shalt twice say them aloud :
ahyâ yâsâ . . . urvanem (Yasna XXVIII, 2). humatenãm ... maht (Yas. XXXV, 2), ashahyå kad sairê ... ahubyà (Yas. XXXV, 8), yathả tú i... ahurå (Yas. X.XXIX, 4), humâim thwâ . . . hudaustemå (Yas. XLI, 3), thwôi staotaraska ... ahura (Yas. XLI, 5). usta ahmâi ... mananghô (Yas. XLIII, 1), spenta mainya ... ahurð (Yas. XLVII, 1), vohu khshathrem ... vareshânê (Yas. LI, 1), vahistå istis ... skyaothanâkå (Yas. LIII, 1).
5 (10). 'And after thou hast twice said those Bis-à mratas, thou shalt say aloud these victorious, most healing words :
1 The so-called Bis-amrûta. * The Thris-amrûta.
The Kathrus-ämruta. • The Bis-âmrůta are the opening stanzas of the five Gathas and five stanzas in the Yasna Haptanghåiti.
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