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1th a stone ' (asan-ban) ; the sling was, as it seems, the favourite weapon of the Danus (Yt. XIII, 38). * This section is the only fragment left of the legend of Ashavazdah, which must have been an important one, since Ashavazdah is one of the immortals (Yt. XIX, 95). ' Cf. Yt. XIII, 102. Vistauru, being the son of Naotara, is the brother of Tusa, which identifies him with the Gustahm ( ^ a •; ^ r) in the Shah Namah : Nodar had two sons, Tus and Gustahm. 4„ A, •^2 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. her by the brink of the river Vitanghuhaiti \ with well-spoken words, speaking thus : ^']. "'This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten as many of the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on my head. Do thou then, O Ardvi Sura Anahita ! leave me a dry pas- sage, to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti." 78. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall- formed, high-girded, pure, nobly born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all sorts of ornaments and radiant ^. A part of the waters she made stand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward, and she left him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti ^ [79. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon ^] * For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XX. 80. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 81. 'To her did Yoina, one of the Fryanas^, ^ A river not mentioned elsewhere. ^ Cf.§§64, 126. * Firdausi has no mention of this episode. * Spurious. ^ This legend is fully told in the Pahlavi tale of Gojti Fryan (edited and translated by West) : a sorcerer, named Akht, comes with an immense army to the city of the enigma-expounders, threatening to make it a beaten track for elephants, if his enigmas are not solved. A Mazdayasnian, named Gojti FrySn, guesses the ABAN YA^T. J^ offer up a sacrifice with a hundred horses, a thou- sand oxen, ten thousand lambs on the P^dvaepa^ of the Rangha. 82. * He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may overcome the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness. " ^T,.
2e this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may overcome the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness. " ^T,. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XXI. 84. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 85. 'Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus, saying : " Come, O Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars ^ down to the earth made by Ahura, thirty-three riddles proposed by Akht; then, in his turn, he proposes him three riddles which the sorcerer is unable to guess, and, in the end, he destroys him by the strength of a Nirang. Cf. Yt. XIII, 120. This tale, which belongs to the same wide- spread cycle as the myth of Oedipus and the Germanic legend of the Wartburg battle, is found in the Zarathujtra legend too (Vendidad XIX, 4). ' Perhaps an affluent of the Rangha (cf Yt. XIII, 1 9, 1 9 ; X V, 2 7). ^ Between the earth and the region of infinite light there are three intermediate regions, the star region, the moon region, and the sun region. The star region is the nearest to the earth, and the sun region is the remotest from it. Ardvi Sura has her seat in the star region (Yasna LXV [LXIV], i ; Phi. tr.) ; cf. Yt.V, 132. ^„ A. 74 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. that the great lords may worship thee, the masters of the countries, and their sons. 86. ' " The men of strength^ will beg of thee swift horses and supremacy of Glory. ' " The Athravans who read ^ and the pupils of the Athravans will beg of thee knowledge and pros- perity, the Victory made by Ahura, and the crushing Ascendant. 87. '"The maids of barren womb ^ longing for a lord ^ will beg of thee a strong husband ; ' "Women, on the point of bringing forth, will beg of thee a good delivery. ' "All this wilt thou grant unto them, as it lies in thy power, O Ardvi Sdra. Anihita \" 88. 'Then Ardvi Siara Anahita came forth, O Zarathu5tra! down from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Silra Anahita spake thus : 89. '"O pure, holy Zarathu^tra ! Ahura Mazda has established thee as the master of the material world : Ahura Mazda has established me to keep the whole of the holy creation.
3wn from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Silra Anahita spake thus : 89. '"O pure, holy Zarathu^tra ! Ahura Mazda has established thee as the master of the material world : Ahura Mazda has established me to keep the whole of the holy creation. ' " Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged men go on, upon the earth : I, forsooth, keep all good things, made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle, just as a shepherd keeps his flock.'' 90. ' Zarathu^tra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita : " O Ardvi Sura Anahita ! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee ? With what manner of sacri- fice shall I worship and forward thee ? So that Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth), that ' The warriors. ^ To teach. ' Doubtful. ABAN VAST. 75 he may not make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun ^ ; and that the Serpent ^ may not injure thee with . . . .^ with ....■*, with . . . .^ and .... poisons*'." 91. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama! this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship and forward me, from the time when the sun is rising to the time when the sun is setting. '" Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou A who art an Athravan, who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art wise, clever, and the Word incarnate. 92. ' " Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man fever-sick, no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one who does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined '^. 93. ' " I do not accept those libations that are drunk in my honour by the blind, by the deaf, by the wicked, by the destroyers, by the niggards, by the . . . . ^ nor any of those stamped with those characters which have no strength for the holy Word 9. ^ When the beds of the rivers are dry, the cause is that Ardvi Sura sends up her waters to the higher heavens (to the sun region) instead of sending them down to the earth (cf. p. 73, note 2). ^ The serpent, Azi, is here Azi in his original naturalistic character, the storm-fiend (cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 38 and this Yast, § 29, note). The uncleanness and unhealthiness of the rivers are ascribed to his poison. ^ Arethna, an ana^ 'Xtyoufvov. * Vawzaka, idem. ^ Varenva, idem. "^ Varenva poisons. ' Cf. Vend. II, 29. ' « ? Ranghaw. ' Which incapacitate one for religious works. 76 YA-STS AND sfROZAHS. * " Let no one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed or bulged forward ; no fiend with decayed teethe" 94.
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.
1th a stone ' (asan-ban) ; the sling was, as it seems, the favourite weapon of the Danus (Yt. XIII, 38). * This section is the only fragment left of the legend of Ashavazdah, which must have been an important one, since Ashavazdah is one of the immortals (Yt. XIX, 95). ' Cf. Yt. XIII, 102. Vistauru, being the son of Naotara, is the brother of Tusa, which identifies him with the Gustahm ( ^ a •; ^ r) in the Shah Namah : Nodar had two sons, Tus and Gustahm. 4„ A, •^2 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. her by the brink of the river Vitanghuhaiti \ with well-spoken words, speaking thus : ^']. "'This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten as many of the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on my head. Do thou then, O Ardvi Sura Anahita ! leave me a dry pas- sage, to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti." 78. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall- formed, high-girded, pure, nobly born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all sorts of ornaments and radiant ^. A part of the waters she made stand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward, and she left him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti ^ [79. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon ^] * For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XX. 80. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 81. 'To her did Yoina, one of the Fryanas^, ^ A river not mentioned elsewhere. ^ Cf.§§64, 126. * Firdausi has no mention of this episode. * Spurious. ^ This legend is fully told in the Pahlavi tale of Gojti Fryan (edited and translated by West) : a sorcerer, named Akht, comes with an immense army to the city of the enigma-expounders, threatening to make it a beaten track for elephants, if his enigmas are not solved. A Mazdayasnian, named Gojti FrySn, guesses the ABAN YA^T. J^ offer up a sacrifice with a hundred horses, a thou- sand oxen, ten thousand lambs on the P^dvaepa^ of the Rangha. 82. * He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may overcome the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness. " ^T,.
2e this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may overcome the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness. " ^T,. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XXI. 84. ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 85. 'Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus, saying : " Come, O Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars ^ down to the earth made by Ahura, thirty-three riddles proposed by Akht; then, in his turn, he proposes him three riddles which the sorcerer is unable to guess, and, in the end, he destroys him by the strength of a Nirang. Cf. Yt. XIII, 120. This tale, which belongs to the same wide- spread cycle as the myth of Oedipus and the Germanic legend of the Wartburg battle, is found in the Zarathujtra legend too (Vendidad XIX, 4). ' Perhaps an affluent of the Rangha (cf Yt. XIII, 1 9, 1 9 ; X V, 2 7). ^ Between the earth and the region of infinite light there are three intermediate regions, the star region, the moon region, and the sun region. The star region is the nearest to the earth, and the sun region is the remotest from it. Ardvi Sura has her seat in the star region (Yasna LXV [LXIV], i ; Phi. tr.) ; cf. Yt.V, 132. ^„ A. 74 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. that the great lords may worship thee, the masters of the countries, and their sons. 86. ' " The men of strength^ will beg of thee swift horses and supremacy of Glory. ' " The Athravans who read ^ and the pupils of the Athravans will beg of thee knowledge and pros- perity, the Victory made by Ahura, and the crushing Ascendant. 87. '"The maids of barren womb ^ longing for a lord ^ will beg of thee a strong husband ; ' "Women, on the point of bringing forth, will beg of thee a good delivery. ' "All this wilt thou grant unto them, as it lies in thy power, O Ardvi Sdra. Anihita \" 88. 'Then Ardvi Siara Anahita came forth, O Zarathu5tra! down from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Silra Anahita spake thus : 89. '"O pure, holy Zarathu^tra ! Ahura Mazda has established thee as the master of the material world : Ahura Mazda has established me to keep the whole of the holy creation.
3wn from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Silra Anahita spake thus : 89. '"O pure, holy Zarathu^tra ! Ahura Mazda has established thee as the master of the material world : Ahura Mazda has established me to keep the whole of the holy creation. ' " Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged men go on, upon the earth : I, forsooth, keep all good things, made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle, just as a shepherd keeps his flock.'' 90. ' Zarathu^tra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita : " O Ardvi Sura Anahita ! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee ? With what manner of sacri- fice shall I worship and forward thee ? So that Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth), that ' The warriors. ^ To teach. ' Doubtful. ABAN VAST. 75 he may not make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun ^ ; and that the Serpent ^ may not injure thee with . . . .^ with ....■*, with . . . .^ and .... poisons*'." 91. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama! this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship and forward me, from the time when the sun is rising to the time when the sun is setting. '" Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou A who art an Athravan, who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art wise, clever, and the Word incarnate. 92. ' " Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man fever-sick, no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one who does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined '^. 93. ' " I do not accept those libations that are drunk in my honour by the blind, by the deaf, by the wicked, by the destroyers, by the niggards, by the . . . . ^ nor any of those stamped with those characters which have no strength for the holy Word 9. ^ When the beds of the rivers are dry, the cause is that Ardvi Sura sends up her waters to the higher heavens (to the sun region) instead of sending them down to the earth (cf. p. 73, note 2). ^ The serpent, Azi, is here Azi in his original naturalistic character, the storm-fiend (cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 38 and this Yast, § 29, note). The uncleanness and unhealthiness of the rivers are ascribed to his poison. ^ Arethna, an ana^ 'Xtyoufvov. * Vawzaka, idem. ^ Varenva, idem. "^ Varenva poisons. ' Cf. Vend. II, 29. ' « ? Ranghaw. ' Which incapacitate one for religious works. 76 YA-STS AND sfROZAHS. * " Let no one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed or bulged forward ; no fiend with decayed teethe" 94.
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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