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1f men fled away. 8. ' The brood of the Snake fled away ; the brood of the Wolf fled away ; the brood of the Two-legged* fled away. Pride fled away ; Scorn fled away ; Hot Fever fled away ; Slander fled away ; Discord fled away ; the Evil Eye fled away. 9. ' The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the 6"ahi ^, addicted to the Yatu, fled away ; the ^ Cf. Vendidad VII, 44 (118). That Airyaman made use of the Holy Word (of spells) to cure diseases appears from Vend. XXII, 6 seq. ^ Paityara: every work of Ahura was opposed and spoiled by a counter-work of Angra Mainyu, Cf. Bundahi^ I, 23 seq.; Ill, 13 seq. ; Vend. I; see Ormazd et Ahriman, §§ 195 seq. ^ See Yt. I, 10 and note 4. * The Ahrimanian creatures belonging to mankind, the Mair- yas and Ashemaoghas (Yt. I, 10). * The courtezan; cf. Vend. XXI, 17 (35), and Introd. IV, 25. ARDIBEHWT VAST. 4$ 6"ahi, who makes one pine\ fled away; the wind that blows from the North ^ fled away ; the wind that blows from the North vanished away. 10. ' He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who might smite those Daevas by thou- sands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thou- sands ; he smites sickness, he smites death, he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva's counter-work, he smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men. 11. 'He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of the Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander; he smites Discord ; he smites the Evil Eye. 12. ' He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the Cahi, addicted to the Yatu ; he smites the 6'ahi, who makes one pine. He smites the wind that blows from the North ; the wind that blows from the North vanished away. 13. ' He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and who might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him : 14. 'He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu : " Woe is me! Here is the god Asha-Vahi-rta, who will smite the sickliest of all sicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses ; ^ The Zend is Kahvaredhaini, a synonym of which, Kah- varedha, Yasna LXI, 2 [LX, 7], is translated impairer of Glory, which means very likely: he who makes one 'dwindle, peak, and pine' (cf. Vend. XVIII, 62-64). 2 From the country of hell; cf. Vend. VII, 2; XIX, i; Yt. XXII, 25.
2haini, a synonym of which, Kah- varedha, Yasna LXI, 2 [LX, 7], is translated impairer of Glory, which means very likely: he who makes one 'dwindle, peak, and pine' (cf. Vend. XVIII, 62-64). 2 From the country of hell; cf. Vend. VII, 2; XIX, i; Yt. XXII, 25. 46 YAi'TS AND sIrOZAHS, ' " He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict the deadliest of all deaths ; '"He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will afflict the most fiendish of all fiends ; * " He will smite the most counter-working of all counter-works, he will afflict the most counter- working of all counter-works ; ' " He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the unholy Ashemaogha ; ' " He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of men, he will afflict the most oppres- sive of the oppressors of men. 15. '"He will smite the snakiest of the Snake's brood, he will afflict the snakiest of the Snake's brood ; ' " He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolfs brood, he will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolfs brood ; *"He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will afflict the worst of the two-legged brood ; ' " He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride ; ' " He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn ; ' " He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict the hottest of hot fevers ; ' " He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will afflict the most slanderous of slanders ; * " He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will afflict the most discordant of discords ; ' " He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict the worst of the Evil Eye. 16. '"He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will afflict the most lying words of falsehood ; ARDIBElil^T VA^T. 47 ' " He will smite the Gahl, addicted to the Yatu, he will afflict the Gsh'i, addicted to the Yatu ; ' " He will smite the Cahi, who makes one pine, he will afflict the 6^ahi, who makes one pine ; ' " He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will afflict the wind that blows from the North." 17^ 'The Dru^will perish away, the Drii^ will perish ; the Dru^ will rush, the Dru^ will vanish. Thou perishest away to the regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit ^ 18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unlo him a sacrifice worth being heard ^ namely, unto Asha-Vahijta, the fairest, the Amesha-Spewta.
3perishest away to the regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit ^ 18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unlo him a sacrifice worth being heard ^ namely, unto Asha-Vahijta, the fairest, the Amesha-Spewta. Unto Asha -Vahi^ta, the fairest, the Amesha- Spe«ta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat*, the baresma ^ the wisdom of the tongue ^ the holy spells ^ the speech, the deeds \ the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. 'Ye/ihe hatum : All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the goodness * . . . . 19. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ^ One set of manuscripts insert : ' He will smite the wind that blows against the North, he will afflict the wind that blows against the North ; the wind that blows against the North [will perish].' This is most Ukely an interpolation, as the wind that blows against the North (if this is the right meaning of aparo apakhtara, as opposed to pourvo apakhtara) blows against Angra Mainyu. 2 Cf. Vendidad VIII, 21. ' That is to say, worth being accepted: cf. Yt. X, 32 ; the Parsis translate, ' a sacrifice heard [from the lips of the Dasturs]' {iS.^ &-> J\jy^i J^^ j\ ^ji; East India Office, XXV, 42). * The Haoma and Myazda. ^ See Vend. Ill, i, note 2. « Hizvo danghah: huzvan danakih (Phi. tr.) means 'the right formulas.' ' ' The A vesta ' (Phi. tr.). * The several operations of the sacrifice. ^ As above, Yt. I, 22. 48 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of Asha-Vahi-fta, the fairest; of the much- desired Airyaman, made by Mazda ; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy \ 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good^ .... ' [Give] unto that man ^ brightness and glory, give him health of body ; . . . . give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' IV. KHORDAD YA^'T. Only the first two sections of this Ya.st refer to its nominal object, Haurvata/, the Genius of Health and Waters (Vend. Introd. IV, 7, 33). The rest of the Yaj-t refers to the performance of the Bareshnum ceremony as being the test of the true Zoroaslrian. As the Bareshnum purification was performed by Airyaman to drive away the myriads of diseases created by Angra Mainyu *, its laudation is not quite unaptly inserted in a Ya.yt devoted to the Genius of Health. The Khordad Yast can be recited at any time. It is better to recite it during the Gah U^ahin, on the day Khordad (Anquetil). The text is corrupt. o.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1f men fled away. 8. ' The brood of the Snake fled away ; the brood of the Wolf fled away ; the brood of the Two-legged* fled away. Pride fled away ; Scorn fled away ; Hot Fever fled away ; Slander fled away ; Discord fled away ; the Evil Eye fled away. 9. ' The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the 6"ahi ^, addicted to the Yatu, fled away ; the ^ Cf. Vendidad VII, 44 (118). That Airyaman made use of the Holy Word (of spells) to cure diseases appears from Vend. XXII, 6 seq. ^ Paityara: every work of Ahura was opposed and spoiled by a counter-work of Angra Mainyu, Cf. Bundahi^ I, 23 seq.; Ill, 13 seq. ; Vend. I; see Ormazd et Ahriman, §§ 195 seq. ^ See Yt. I, 10 and note 4. * The Ahrimanian creatures belonging to mankind, the Mair- yas and Ashemaoghas (Yt. I, 10). * The courtezan; cf. Vend. XXI, 17 (35), and Introd. IV, 25. ARDIBEHWT VAST. 4$ 6"ahi, who makes one pine\ fled away; the wind that blows from the North ^ fled away ; the wind that blows from the North vanished away. 10. ' He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who might smite those Daevas by thou- sands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thou- sands ; he smites sickness, he smites death, he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva's counter-work, he smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men. 11. 'He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of the Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander; he smites Discord ; he smites the Evil Eye. 12. ' He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the Cahi, addicted to the Yatu ; he smites the 6'ahi, who makes one pine. He smites the wind that blows from the North ; the wind that blows from the North vanished away. 13. ' He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and who might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him : 14. 'He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu : " Woe is me! Here is the god Asha-Vahi-rta, who will smite the sickliest of all sicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses ; ^ The Zend is Kahvaredhaini, a synonym of which, Kah- varedha, Yasna LXI, 2 [LX, 7], is translated impairer of Glory, which means very likely: he who makes one 'dwindle, peak, and pine' (cf. Vend. XVIII, 62-64). 2 From the country of hell; cf. Vend. VII, 2; XIX, i; Yt. XXII, 25.
2haini, a synonym of which, Kah- varedha, Yasna LXI, 2 [LX, 7], is translated impairer of Glory, which means very likely: he who makes one 'dwindle, peak, and pine' (cf. Vend. XVIII, 62-64). 2 From the country of hell; cf. Vend. VII, 2; XIX, i; Yt. XXII, 25. 46 YAi'TS AND sIrOZAHS, ' " He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict the deadliest of all deaths ; '"He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will afflict the most fiendish of all fiends ; * " He will smite the most counter-working of all counter-works, he will afflict the most counter- working of all counter-works ; ' " He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the unholy Ashemaogha ; ' " He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of men, he will afflict the most oppres- sive of the oppressors of men. 15. '"He will smite the snakiest of the Snake's brood, he will afflict the snakiest of the Snake's brood ; ' " He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolfs brood, he will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolfs brood ; *"He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will afflict the worst of the two-legged brood ; ' " He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride ; ' " He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn ; ' " He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict the hottest of hot fevers ; ' " He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will afflict the most slanderous of slanders ; * " He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will afflict the most discordant of discords ; ' " He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict the worst of the Evil Eye. 16. '"He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will afflict the most lying words of falsehood ; ARDIBElil^T VA^T. 47 ' " He will smite the Gahl, addicted to the Yatu, he will afflict the Gsh'i, addicted to the Yatu ; ' " He will smite the Cahi, who makes one pine, he will afflict the 6^ahi, who makes one pine ; ' " He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will afflict the wind that blows from the North." 17^ 'The Dru^will perish away, the Drii^ will perish ; the Dru^ will rush, the Dru^ will vanish. Thou perishest away to the regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit ^ 18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unlo him a sacrifice worth being heard ^ namely, unto Asha-Vahijta, the fairest, the Amesha-Spewta.
3perishest away to the regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit ^ 18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unlo him a sacrifice worth being heard ^ namely, unto Asha-Vahijta, the fairest, the Amesha-Spewta. Unto Asha -Vahi^ta, the fairest, the Amesha- Spe«ta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat*, the baresma ^ the wisdom of the tongue ^ the holy spells ^ the speech, the deeds \ the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. 'Ye/ihe hatum : All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the goodness * . . . . 19. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ^ One set of manuscripts insert : ' He will smite the wind that blows against the North, he will afflict the wind that blows against the North ; the wind that blows against the North [will perish].' This is most Ukely an interpolation, as the wind that blows against the North (if this is the right meaning of aparo apakhtara, as opposed to pourvo apakhtara) blows against Angra Mainyu. 2 Cf. Vendidad VIII, 21. ' That is to say, worth being accepted: cf. Yt. X, 32 ; the Parsis translate, ' a sacrifice heard [from the lips of the Dasturs]' {iS.^ &-> J\jy^i J^^ j\ ^ji; East India Office, XXV, 42). * The Haoma and Myazda. ^ See Vend. Ill, i, note 2. « Hizvo danghah: huzvan danakih (Phi. tr.) means 'the right formulas.' ' ' The A vesta ' (Phi. tr.). * The several operations of the sacrifice. ^ As above, Yt. I, 22. 48 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of Asha-Vahi-fta, the fairest; of the much- desired Airyaman, made by Mazda ; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy \ 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good^ .... ' [Give] unto that man ^ brightness and glory, give him health of body ; . . . . give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' IV. KHORDAD YA^'T. Only the first two sections of this Ya.st refer to its nominal object, Haurvata/, the Genius of Health and Waters (Vend. Introd. IV, 7, 33). The rest of the Yaj-t refers to the performance of the Bareshnum ceremony as being the test of the true Zoroaslrian. As the Bareshnum purification was performed by Airyaman to drive away the myriads of diseases created by Angra Mainyu *, its laudation is not quite unaptly inserted in a Ya.yt devoted to the Genius of Health. The Khordad Yast can be recited at any time. It is better to recite it during the Gah U^ahin, on the day Khordad (Anquetil). The text is corrupt. o.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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