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FARGARD XXI.
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IV. [181. 'I drive away Ishire and I drive away Aghdirê; I drive away Aghra and I drive away Ughra; I drive away sickness and I drive away death; I drive away pain and I drive away fever; I drive away Sarana and I drive away Sarastya. I drive away Azana and I drive away Asahva; I drive away Kurugha and I drive away Aziváka ; I drive away Duruka and I drive away Astairya ; I drive away the evil eye, rottenness, and infection which Angra Mainyu has created against the bodies of mortals.
19. 'I drive away all manner of sickness and death, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.
20. Å Airyamå ishyo:-May the vow-fulfilling Airyaman come here, for the men and women of Zarathustra to rejoice, for Vohu-mano to rejoice; with the desirable reward that Religion deserves. I solicit for holiness that boon that is vouchsafed by Ahura!
21. "May the vow-fulfilling Airyaman smite all manner of sickness and death, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.
22. “Yatha ahū vairyo:- The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness !
'Kem-nå mazda:—What protector hast thou given unto me ...?
Ke verethrem-gå:-Who is the victorious who will protect thy teaching ...?
23. 'Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Årmaiti Spenta! Perish, Ofiendish Drug! Perish, O brood of the fiend ! Perish, O world of the fiend! Perish away, O Drug! Perish away to the regions of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of Righteousness ! ']
i$$ 18-23=Farg. XX, 9-13.
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