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25. Ard. To Ashi Vanguhi?; to the good Kisti 2; to the good Erethe3; to the good Rasãstât 4; to the Weal and Glory, made by Mazda ; to Pârendis, of the light chariot; to the Glory of the Aryas made by Mazda ; to the kingly Glory made by Mazda; to that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized®, made by Mazda; to the Glory of Zarathustra, made by Mazda.
26. Âstâd. To Arstât?, who makes the world grow; to Mount Ushi-darenas, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness.
27. Asmân. To the high, powerful Heavens; to the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones.
28. Zem yâd To the bounteous Earth; to these places, to these fields; to Mount Ushi-darena 9, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; to all the mountains made by Mazda, that are seats of holy happiness, of full happiness; to the kingly Glory made by Mazda ;
· See Yt. XVII. ? Religious knowledge, wisdom (fargânak; nirvânagnânam). 8 Thought (kittam).
Thoughtfulness (kittasthiti). • The keeper of treasures; cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 30.
• Ahvaretem hvareno: the hvarenô of the priests: that it cannot be forcibly seized means that one must take possession of it through virtue and righteous exertion' (Neriosengh and Pahl. Comm. to Yasna I and IV 7 See Yt. XVIII.
* See Yt. I, 31, text and note. 9 See Yt. XIX.
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