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1l vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anahita. 'AshemVohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!' ^ The translation of the last clause is doubtful. ^ A good horse and a good driver. ' Cf. §§ 85, 88. * Aspendiarji ad Vend. XIX, 40 [133]. KHORSHED YA^T. 85 VI. KHORSHfeZ^ YA^^T. (Ya^t to the Sun.) This Yajt is recited at any time, but particularly on the days consecrated to the sun and to Khshathra-Vairya (Shahrivar), Mithra (IMihir), Asman (Asman), and Anaghra rao/^a« (Aniran ^) : the last three, Mithra, Asman (the Heaven), Anaghra (the infinite Light), have a natural connection with the sun, but its connection with Khshathra-Vairya is not so clear. Of this Yart we have a Pahlavi (East India Office, XII), a Persian (ibid. XXIV), and a Sanskrit translation (Fonds Burnouf V; all three edited in lEtudes Iraniennes, II). 0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced I . . . . Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thujtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness ^ . . . . Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun^; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness ^ . . . . 1. We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. When the light of the sun waxes warmer *, when the brightness of the sun waxes warmer, then up ^ Or the nth, i6th, 27th, and 30th days of the month (Anquetil, II, 184). *■' As above, Yt. I, o. » Sirozah I, 11. That is to say, rises up ' (Phi. tr.). 4 ( 86 YA^TS AND sIroZAHS. Stand the heavenly Yazatas, by hundreds and thou- sands : they gather together its Glory, they make its Glory pass down, they pour its Glory upon the earth made by Ahura, for the increase of the world of holiness, for the increase of the creatures of holi- ness \ for the increase of the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. 2. And when the sun rises up, then the earth, made by Ahura, becomes clean 2; the running waters become clean, the waters of the wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the standing waters become clean ; all the holy creatures, the creatures of the Good Spirit, become clean. 3.
2the earth, made by Ahura, becomes clean 2; the running waters become clean, the waters of the wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the standing waters become clean ; all the holy creatures, the creatures of the Good Spirit, become clean. 3. Should not the sun rise up, then the Daevas would destroy all the things that are in the seven Karshvares, nor would the heavenly Yazatas find any way of withstanding or repelling them in the material world. 4. He who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun — to withstand darkness, to withstand the Daevas born of darkness, to withstand the robbers and bandits, to withstand the Yatus and Pairikas, to withstand death that creeps in unseen — offers it up to Ahura Mazda, offers it up to the Amesha-Spe;/tas, offers it up to his own soul^ He rejoices all the heavenly and worldly Yazatas, who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. 5. I will sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide ' Literally ' of the body of holiness,' that is to say, of the bodily creatures that incorporate holiness. "^ ' From the uncleanness that the Daevas mix with the earth during the night ' (Phi. tr.). ^ As he benefits them and himself thereby. KHORSHEZ) VAST. 87 pastures, who has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, well struck down ^ upon the skulls of the Daevas. I will sacrifice unto that friendship, the best of all friendships, that reigns between the moon and the sun ^. 6. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun 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 ^. Yewhe hatam : All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... 7. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness .... I bless the sacrifice and the invocation, and the strength and vigour of the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. 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. ^ Hunivikhtem: suniyuktam (Sansk. tr.) ; s^il^j ljj.* (Pers.tr.). ^ As they succeed one another in regular order. 3 CfYt. Ill, 18. ^ 88 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS VII. MAH YA^r.
3h of body, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Hunivikhtem: suniyuktam (Sansk. tr.) ; s^il^j ljj.* (Pers.tr.). ^ As they succeed one another in regular order. 3 CfYt. Ill, 18. ^ 88 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS VII. MAH YA^r. This Yajt to the Moon is recited on the day of the Moon, and on those of Bahman, Gos, and Ram^ (Anquetil, II, 185). Bah- man and Gos are so far connected with the Moon that all three are gao/^ithra: ' Bahman ^ the Moon, and Gds\ all three, are having in them the seed of the bull ; Bahman can neither be seen nor seized with the hand; the Moon proceeded from Bahman * and can be seen, but cannot be seized with the hand ; G6s proceeded from the Moon ^ and can both be seen and seized with the hand ^' Ram is referred to here as being ;^z;astra, ' lord of good pastures V Of this Yajt we have translations in Pahlavi, Persian, and San- skrit (edited in Etudes Iraniennes, II). o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . Ashem Vohii : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thu^tra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness .... Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the ^ The 1 2th, 2nd, 14th, and 21st days of the month. 2 The Amshaspand Bahman is entrusted with the care of cattle (Vend, XIX, 20, note 8). ^ The Genius of Cattle ; see Yt. IX. * Bahman is 'good thought, good mind,' Vohu-Mano; in the Vedas the moon is said to have been made out of the mind (man as) of Puruja. For an explanation of that old mystical myth, see Ormazd et Ahriman, p. 74, note 3. ^ See Vend. XXI, 9 [51], note 4. « Pahlavi commentary to this Ya^t, I. ^ Vend. Introd. IV, 16, and tindes Iraniennes, II, 187 seq. MAH VA5T. 89 Bull; unto the only-created Bull and unto the Bull^ of many species; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and crlorification. o Yatha ahii vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness .... 1. Hail to Ahura Mazda! Hail to the Amesha- Spe;^tas ! Hail to the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the BulP! Hail to thee when we look at thee ! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us ^! 2, How does the moon wax ? How does the moon wane ? For fifteen days does the moon wax*; for fifteen days does the moon wane. As long as her waxing, so long is the waning^; as long as her waning, so long is the waxing.
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.
1l vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anahita. 'AshemVohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!' ^ The translation of the last clause is doubtful. ^ A good horse and a good driver. ' Cf. §§ 85, 88. * Aspendiarji ad Vend. XIX, 40 [133]. KHORSHED YA^T. 85 VI. KHORSHfeZ^ YA^^T. (Ya^t to the Sun.) This Yajt is recited at any time, but particularly on the days consecrated to the sun and to Khshathra-Vairya (Shahrivar), Mithra (IMihir), Asman (Asman), and Anaghra rao/^a« (Aniran ^) : the last three, Mithra, Asman (the Heaven), Anaghra (the infinite Light), have a natural connection with the sun, but its connection with Khshathra-Vairya is not so clear. Of this Yart we have a Pahlavi (East India Office, XII), a Persian (ibid. XXIV), and a Sanskrit translation (Fonds Burnouf V; all three edited in lEtudes Iraniennes, II). 0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced I . . . . Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thujtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness ^ . . . . Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun^; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness ^ . . . . 1. We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. When the light of the sun waxes warmer *, when the brightness of the sun waxes warmer, then up ^ Or the nth, i6th, 27th, and 30th days of the month (Anquetil, II, 184). *■' As above, Yt. I, o. » Sirozah I, 11. That is to say, rises up ' (Phi. tr.). 4 ( 86 YA^TS AND sIroZAHS. Stand the heavenly Yazatas, by hundreds and thou- sands : they gather together its Glory, they make its Glory pass down, they pour its Glory upon the earth made by Ahura, for the increase of the world of holiness, for the increase of the creatures of holi- ness \ for the increase of the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. 2. And when the sun rises up, then the earth, made by Ahura, becomes clean 2; the running waters become clean, the waters of the wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the standing waters become clean ; all the holy creatures, the creatures of the Good Spirit, become clean. 3.
2the earth, made by Ahura, becomes clean 2; the running waters become clean, the waters of the wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the standing waters become clean ; all the holy creatures, the creatures of the Good Spirit, become clean. 3. Should not the sun rise up, then the Daevas would destroy all the things that are in the seven Karshvares, nor would the heavenly Yazatas find any way of withstanding or repelling them in the material world. 4. He who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun — to withstand darkness, to withstand the Daevas born of darkness, to withstand the robbers and bandits, to withstand the Yatus and Pairikas, to withstand death that creeps in unseen — offers it up to Ahura Mazda, offers it up to the Amesha-Spe;/tas, offers it up to his own soul^ He rejoices all the heavenly and worldly Yazatas, who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. 5. I will sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide ' Literally ' of the body of holiness,' that is to say, of the bodily creatures that incorporate holiness. "^ ' From the uncleanness that the Daevas mix with the earth during the night ' (Phi. tr.). ^ As he benefits them and himself thereby. KHORSHEZ) VAST. 87 pastures, who has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, well struck down ^ upon the skulls of the Daevas. I will sacrifice unto that friendship, the best of all friendships, that reigns between the moon and the sun ^. 6. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun 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 ^. Yewhe hatam : All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... 7. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness .... I bless the sacrifice and the invocation, and the strength and vigour of the undying, shining, swift- horsed Sun. 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. ^ Hunivikhtem: suniyuktam (Sansk. tr.) ; s^il^j ljj.* (Pers.tr.). ^ As they succeed one another in regular order. 3 CfYt. Ill, 18. ^ 88 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS VII. MAH YA^r.
3h of body, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Hunivikhtem: suniyuktam (Sansk. tr.) ; s^il^j ljj.* (Pers.tr.). ^ As they succeed one another in regular order. 3 CfYt. Ill, 18. ^ 88 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS VII. MAH YA^r. This Yajt to the Moon is recited on the day of the Moon, and on those of Bahman, Gos, and Ram^ (Anquetil, II, 185). Bah- man and Gos are so far connected with the Moon that all three are gao/^ithra: ' Bahman ^ the Moon, and Gds\ all three, are having in them the seed of the bull ; Bahman can neither be seen nor seized with the hand; the Moon proceeded from Bahman * and can be seen, but cannot be seized with the hand ; G6s proceeded from the Moon ^ and can both be seen and seized with the hand ^' Ram is referred to here as being ;^z;astra, ' lord of good pastures V Of this Yajt we have translations in Pahlavi, Persian, and San- skrit (edited in Etudes Iraniennes, II). o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . Ashem Vohii : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thu^tra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness .... Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the ^ The 1 2th, 2nd, 14th, and 21st days of the month. 2 The Amshaspand Bahman is entrusted with the care of cattle (Vend, XIX, 20, note 8). ^ The Genius of Cattle ; see Yt. IX. * Bahman is 'good thought, good mind,' Vohu-Mano; in the Vedas the moon is said to have been made out of the mind (man as) of Puruja. For an explanation of that old mystical myth, see Ormazd et Ahriman, p. 74, note 3. ^ See Vend. XXI, 9 [51], note 4. « Pahlavi commentary to this Ya^t, I. ^ Vend. Introd. IV, 16, and tindes Iraniennes, II, 187 seq. MAH VA5T. 89 Bull; unto the only-created Bull and unto the Bull^ of many species; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and crlorification. o Yatha ahii vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness .... 1. Hail to Ahura Mazda! Hail to the Amesha- Spe;^tas ! Hail to the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the BulP! Hail to thee when we look at thee ! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us ^! 2, How does the moon wax ? How does the moon wane ? For fifteen days does the moon wax*; for fifteen days does the moon wane. As long as her waxing, so long is the waning^; as long as her waning, so long is the waxing.
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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