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mand to rejoice; with the desirable reward that Religion deserves. I solicit for holiness that boon that is vouchsafed by Ahura.
24. "May the vow-fulfilling Airyaman smite all manner of sickness and death, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.
25. Yathå aha vairyo:—The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness. The gifts of Vohu-mand to the deeds done in this world for Mazda. He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king.
'Kem-nå mazda :-What protector hast thou given unto me, O Mazda! while the hate of the wicked encompasses me? Whom but thy Åtar and Vohu-mano, through whose work I keep on the world of righteousness? Reveal therefore to me thy Religion as thy rule!
Ke verethrem-gå :-Who is the victorious who will protect thy teaching? Make it clear that I am the guide for both worlds. May Sraosha come with Vohu-mano and help whomsoever thou pleasest, O Mazda !
Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Ârmaiti Spenta! Perish, O fiendish 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']
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