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1enva, 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. 'Then Zarathui"tra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: " O Ardvi Sura Anahita ! What becomes of those libations which the wicked worshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set^?" 95. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama Zarathui^tra ! howling, clapping, hop- ping, and shouting ^ six hundred and a thousand Daevas, who ought not to receive that sacrifice ^ receive those libations ^ that men bring unto me after [the sun has set]^" 96. * I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices ^, made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from a hundred times the height of a man ^, while she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and she runs powerfully ^. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XXII. 97. ' Oflfer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathmtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 98. ' Before whom the worshippers of Mazda ' a. Vend. II, 29. 2 Cf Vend. VII, 79 and note 2 ; cf. above, § 91. ^ For joy. The translations of those several words are not certain. * Doubtful. ^ Perhaps, those cups (yamaw). ^ Filled up from § 94. '' The text here has vispo-vahmem, ' worthy of all prayer ;' the reading vtspo-vaemem from Yt. XII, 24 seems to be better. » Cf. §§ 102, 121. » Cf. §§4, 102, 121. ABAN YA^T. *^'] Stand with baresma in their hands : the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did worship her ^ ; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift horses. Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches and full prosperity ; quickly became Vii-taspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest horses in these countries ^. 99. ['Ardvi Stira Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant them that boon^] ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XXIII. 100. 'Offer up a sacrifice,© Spitama Zarathuj-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... loi. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels : the extent of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse ^.
2Zarathuj-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... loi. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels : the extent of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse ^. In each channel there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred windows, with a thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand balconies, and mighty. 102. ' In each of those palaces there lies a well- laid, well-scented bed, covered with pillows, and * The Hv6va or Hvogva family plays as great a part in the religious legend, as the Naotara family in the heroic one. Two of the Hvovas, Frashaojtra and Gamaspa, were among the first disciples of Zarathujtra and the prophet married Frashao^tra's daughter, Hvogvi (cf. Yt.XIII, 139). For the Naotaras, see above, §§ 53) 76. According to the Bundahij, ViJtaspa did not belong to the Naotara family (XXXI, 28): perhaps he was considered a Naotaride on account of his wife Hutaosa, who was one (Yt. XV, 35). ^ His very name means ' He who has many horses.' ^ Spurious. < Cf. § 4. yS YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathui-tra ! runs down there from a thousand times the height of a man, and she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and she runs powerfully \ XXIV. 103. -'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra I unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 104. ' Unto her did the holy Zarathu5tra offer up a sacrifice in the Airyana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya ; with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words 2. 105. ' He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may bring the son of Aurva/-aspa ^, the valiant Kavi Vi^aspa, to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law^" 106. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. . ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... 1 Cf. § 96. 2 Cf. § 1 7. It is to be noticed that only Ahura and Zarathujtra (and perhaps Vafra Navaza ; see p. 68, note 2) offer the pure Zoroastrian sacrifice. 3 Called Lohrasp in Parsi tradition. * Cf. § 18.
3glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... 1 Cf. § 96. 2 Cf. § 1 7. It is to be noticed that only Ahura and Zarathujtra (and perhaps Vafra Navaza ; see p. 68, note 2) offer the pure Zoroastrian sacrifice. 3 Called Lohrasp in Parsi tradition. * Cf. § 18. The conversion of Vijtaspa by Zarathuj'tra is the turning-point in the earthly history of Mazdeism, as the conversion of Zarathu^tra by Ahura himself is in its heavenly history. Cf. Yt. XXIV and IX, 26. abAn ya^t. 79 XXV. 107. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathuj'tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 108. * Unto her did the talP Kavi Virtaspa^ offer up a sacrifice behind Lake Frazdanava ^, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 109. *He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may overcome Tathrava?^/, of the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas, and the wicked Are^a/-aspa ^ in the battles of this world !" no. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... ^ Berezaidhi, translated buland (Yasna LVII, 11 [LVI, 5, 2]). 2 See Yt. XIII, 99 ; V, 98, 105. * A lake in Seistan (Bundahii- XXII, 5) ; from that lake will rise Hoshedar Bami (UkhshyaZ-ereta), the first of the three sons of Zarathujtra, not yet born (Bahman Ya^t III, 13 ; cf Yt. XIII, 98). * Of these three, Are^a/-aspa alone is known to Firdausi ; he is the celebrated Ar^asp, who waged a deadly war against Gui-tasp to suppress the new religion : he stormed Balkh, slaughtered Lohrasp and Zartujt (Zarathujtra), and was at last defeated and killed by Gui-tasp's son, Isfendyar. He is the Afrasyab of the Zoroastrian period. In the Avesta he is not called a Turanian (Tura), but a //^'yaona ; see Yt. IX, 30. 8o YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. XXVI. III. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi SCira Anahita .... 112. 'Unto her did Zalri-vairi ^, who fought on horseback, offer up a sacrifice behind the river Daltya^, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 113. * He begged of her a boon, saying : " Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita ! that I may overcome Pesho-A'angha the corpse-burier ^, Humayaka^ the worshipper of the Daevas, and the wicked Are^a/-aspa ^ in the battles of this world. 1 14.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1enva, 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. 'Then Zarathui"tra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: " O Ardvi Sura Anahita ! What becomes of those libations which the wicked worshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set^?" 95. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama Zarathui^tra ! howling, clapping, hop- ping, and shouting ^ six hundred and a thousand Daevas, who ought not to receive that sacrifice ^ receive those libations ^ that men bring unto me after [the sun has set]^" 96. * I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices ^, made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from a hundred times the height of a man ^, while she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and she runs powerfully ^. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XXII. 97. ' Oflfer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathmtra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 98. ' Before whom the worshippers of Mazda ' a. Vend. II, 29. 2 Cf Vend. VII, 79 and note 2 ; cf. above, § 91. ^ For joy. The translations of those several words are not certain. * Doubtful. ^ Perhaps, those cups (yamaw). ^ Filled up from § 94. '' The text here has vispo-vahmem, ' worthy of all prayer ;' the reading vtspo-vaemem from Yt. XII, 24 seems to be better. » Cf. §§ 102, 121. » Cf. §§4, 102, 121. ABAN YA^T. *^'] Stand with baresma in their hands : the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did worship her ^ ; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift horses. Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches and full prosperity ; quickly became Vii-taspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest horses in these countries ^. 99. ['Ardvi Stira Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant them that boon^] ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... XXIII. 100. 'Offer up a sacrifice,© Spitama Zarathuj-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... loi. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels : the extent of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse ^.
2Zarathuj-tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... loi. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels : the extent of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse ^. In each channel there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred windows, with a thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand balconies, and mighty. 102. ' In each of those palaces there lies a well- laid, well-scented bed, covered with pillows, and * The Hv6va or Hvogva family plays as great a part in the religious legend, as the Naotara family in the heroic one. Two of the Hvovas, Frashaojtra and Gamaspa, were among the first disciples of Zarathujtra and the prophet married Frashao^tra's daughter, Hvogvi (cf. Yt.XIII, 139). For the Naotaras, see above, §§ 53) 76. According to the Bundahij, ViJtaspa did not belong to the Naotara family (XXXI, 28): perhaps he was considered a Naotaride on account of his wife Hutaosa, who was one (Yt. XV, 35). ^ His very name means ' He who has many horses.' ^ Spurious. < Cf. § 4. yS YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathui-tra ! runs down there from a thousand times the height of a man, and she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and she runs powerfully \ XXIV. 103. -'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra I unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 104. ' Unto her did the holy Zarathu5tra offer up a sacrifice in the Airyana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya ; with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words 2. 105. ' He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may bring the son of Aurva/-aspa ^, the valiant Kavi Vi^aspa, to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law^" 106. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. . ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... 1 Cf. § 96. 2 Cf. § 1 7. It is to be noticed that only Ahura and Zarathujtra (and perhaps Vafra Navaza ; see p. 68, note 2) offer the pure Zoroastrian sacrifice. 3 Called Lohrasp in Parsi tradition. * Cf. § 18.
3glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... 1 Cf. § 96. 2 Cf. § 1 7. It is to be noticed that only Ahura and Zarathujtra (and perhaps Vafra Navaza ; see p. 68, note 2) offer the pure Zoroastrian sacrifice. 3 Called Lohrasp in Parsi tradition. * Cf. § 18. The conversion of Vijtaspa by Zarathuj'tra is the turning-point in the earthly history of Mazdeism, as the conversion of Zarathu^tra by Ahura himself is in its heavenly history. Cf. Yt. XXIV and IX, 26. abAn ya^t. 79 XXV. 107. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathuj'tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 108. * Unto her did the talP Kavi Virtaspa^ offer up a sacrifice behind Lake Frazdanava ^, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 109. *He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Ana- hita ! that I may overcome Tathrava?^/, of the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas, and the wicked Are^a/-aspa ^ in the battles of this world !" no. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... ^ Berezaidhi, translated buland (Yasna LVII, 11 [LVI, 5, 2]). 2 See Yt. XIII, 99 ; V, 98, 105. * A lake in Seistan (Bundahii- XXII, 5) ; from that lake will rise Hoshedar Bami (UkhshyaZ-ereta), the first of the three sons of Zarathujtra, not yet born (Bahman Ya^t III, 13 ; cf Yt. XIII, 98). * Of these three, Are^a/-aspa alone is known to Firdausi ; he is the celebrated Ar^asp, who waged a deadly war against Gui-tasp to suppress the new religion : he stormed Balkh, slaughtered Lohrasp and Zartujt (Zarathujtra), and was at last defeated and killed by Gui-tasp's son, Isfendyar. He is the Afrasyab of the Zoroastrian period. In the Avesta he is not called a Turanian (Tura), but a //^'yaona ; see Yt. IX, 30. 8o YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. XXVI. III. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathujtra! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi SCira Anahita .... 112. 'Unto her did Zalri-vairi ^, who fought on horseback, offer up a sacrifice behind the river Daltya^, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 113. * He begged of her a boon, saying : " Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita ! that I may overcome Pesho-A'angha the corpse-burier ^, Humayaka^ the worshipper of the Daevas, and the wicked Are^a/-aspa ^ in the battles of this world. 1 14.
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