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""I drive away Angra Mainyu' from this house, from this borough, from this town, from this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the dead, from the very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the master of the house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the town, from the lord of the land; from the whole of the world of Righteousness.
6 (12). ""I drive away the Nasu?, I drive away direct defilement, I drive away indirect defilement, from this house, from this borough, from this town, from this land; from the very body of the man defiled by the dead, from the very body of the woman defiled by the dead; from the master of the house, from the lord of the borough, from the lord of the town, from the lord of the land; from the whole of the world of Righteousness.”
7 (13). O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! Which are those words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice ?
.8 (16). Ahura Mazda answered: These are the words in the Gathas that are to be said thrice, and thou shalt thrice say them aloud :
ashem vohů ... (Yas. XXVII, 14), ye sevisto ... paiti (Yas. XXXIII, 11), hukhshathrôtemâi ... vahistâi (Yas. XXXV, 5), duzvarenâis ... vahyo (Yas. LIII, 9).
9 (16). ‘After thou hast thrice said those Thrisâmrutas, thou shalt say aloud these victorious, most healing words :
· The chief demon, the Daêva of the Daêvas. · The very demon with whom one has to do in the present case.
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