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1eautiful, immortal life\ should it be one night, or two nights, or fifty, or a hundred nights." 12. 'We sacrifice unto Tii'trya ; * We sacrifice unto the rains of Ti^trya ^. *We sacrifice unto the first star^; we sacrifice unto the rains of the first star. *I will sacrifice unto the stars Haptoiri/^ga'*, to oppose the Yatus and Pairikas. *We sacrifice unto Yanan^^, the star made by Mazda; for*' the well-shapen strength, for the Victory, made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant, for the destruction of what distresses us, for the destruction of what persecutes us. * We sacrifice unto Tii^trya, whose eye-sight is sound ^. 13. 'For ten nights, O Spitama Zarathu^tra! Ti^- trya, the bright and glorious star, mingles his shape ^ Cf. §§ 23-24 and Yt. X, 54-55, 74. ^ AsTijtrya is the producer of the rain: Tijti7enyas/^a=Tistara- tarakasya vr/sh/im (Khorshe^ Nyayij- 8, Sansk. tr.). ^ Tijtrya ; cf. p. 105, note 3. * Haptoiriwga (Ursa Major) is the leader of the stars in the north (Bund. II, 7). It is 'entrusted with the gate and passage of hell, to keep back those of the nine, and ninety, and nine hundred, and nine thousand and nine myriad demons, and demonesses, and fairies (Pairikas) and sorcerers (Yatus) who are in opposition to the celestial sphere and constellations' (INIinokhired XLIX, 15; tr. by West). ^ Yananf is the leader of the stars in the south (read west; Bund. II, 7). Cf Yt. XX. ® To obtain .... This invocation is brought about by the very name of Vana;//, which means ' who smites, who overcomes.' The peculiar office of Yananl is to keep the passes and gates of Mount Alborz, around which the sun, the moon, and the stars revolve, and to prevent the Paris and Daevas from cutting off and breaking the road of the sun (INIinokhired XLIX, 1 2). ■^ 'I sacrifice to Tijtar for (=to obtain) the soundness of the sight' (Khorshec/ Nyayij 8, Pahl. tr.). [23] H 98 YAi'TS AND SIROZAHS. with light, moving in the shape of a man of fifteen years of age^ bright, with clear eyes, tall, full of strength, strong, and clever. 14. 'He is active as the first man ^ was; he goes on with the strength of the first man ; he has the virility^ of the first man. 15*. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying : " Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop of male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." 16.
2ations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop of male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." 16. 'The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathui-tra! the bright and glorious Tii'trya mingles his shape with light, moving in the shape of a golden-horned bull I 17. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying : " Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of oxen, a herd of oxen, and the purification of his own soul ? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." t8. ' The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathui"tra! the bright and glorious Ti^trya mingles his shape with light, moving in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison. ^ The age of fifteen is the paradisiacal age in the Avesta (YasnalX, 5 [18]). ^ Gayo maratan. But the translation is doubtful ; possibly ' as a first-rate man is.' 3 Doubtful ; of. ere zi, Yt. XIV, 29. ■* Cf. Yt. V, 8. « Cf. Vend. XIX, 37(123). TIR YAST. 99 19. * Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying : " Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of horses, a troop of horses, and the purification of his own soul ? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." 20. * Then, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! the bright and glorious Tii'trya goes down to the sea Vouru- Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison \ 21. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha, in the shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. 22. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathu^tra! the bright and glorious Ti^- trya and the Daeva Apaosha. They fight together, O Spitama Zarathu^tra! for three days and three nights. And then the Daeva Apaosha proves stronger than the bright and glorious Ti^trya, he overcomes him. 23. 'And Ti^trya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a Hathra's ^ length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright and glorious Ti^trya : " Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in distress, O Waters and Plants. ! O Fate and thou.
3ya, he overcomes him. 23. 'And Ti^trya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a Hathra's ^ length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright and glorious Ti^trya : " Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in distress, O Waters and Plants. ! O Fate and thou. Law of the worship- pers of Mazda ! Men do not worship me with a ^ ' Tijtar was converted into three forms, the form of a man and the form of a horse and the form of a bull .... as the astrologers say that every constellation has three forms ' (Bund. VII, 4 ; tr. West). Tijtrya promises his worshippers children (§ 15), oxen (§ 17), or horses (§ 19), according as he appears in the form of a man (§ 13), of a bull (§ 16), or of a horse (§ 18). 2 A mile (Bundahij- XXVI, i ; tr. West, note i). 11 2 lOO YA^TS AND SIROZAHS, sacrifice in which I am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names \ 24. ' " If men had worshipped me with a sacrifice in which I had been invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, I should have taken to me the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the strength of ten rivers ^." 25. 'Then I, Ahura Mazda, offer up to the bright and glorious Tii'trya a sacrifice in which he is in- voked by his own name, and I bring him the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the strength of ten rivers. 26 ^ ' Then, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! the bright and glorious Tii'trya goes down to the sea Vouru- Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and golden caparison. 27. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha in the shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. 28. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathuj^tra ! the bright and glorious Ti^- trya, and the Daeva Apaosha ; they fight together, O Zarathui-tra ! till the time of noon. Then the bright and glorious Tii'trya proves stronger than the Daeva Apaosha, he overcomes him. 29. ' Then he goes from the sea Vouru-Kasha as far as a Hathra's length: "Hail!" cries the ^ Cf. § 10 and Yt. X, 54 seq., 74. ^ Cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 27. ^ §§ 2 6-2 7 = §§ 20-21. TIR YAST. lOr bright and glorious Ti^trya.
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1eautiful, immortal life\ should it be one night, or two nights, or fifty, or a hundred nights." 12. 'We sacrifice unto Tii'trya ; * We sacrifice unto the rains of Ti^trya ^. *We sacrifice unto the first star^; we sacrifice unto the rains of the first star. *I will sacrifice unto the stars Haptoiri/^ga'*, to oppose the Yatus and Pairikas. *We sacrifice unto Yanan^^, the star made by Mazda; for*' the well-shapen strength, for the Victory, made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant, for the destruction of what distresses us, for the destruction of what persecutes us. * We sacrifice unto Tii^trya, whose eye-sight is sound ^. 13. 'For ten nights, O Spitama Zarathu^tra! Ti^- trya, the bright and glorious star, mingles his shape ^ Cf. §§ 23-24 and Yt. X, 54-55, 74. ^ AsTijtrya is the producer of the rain: Tijti7enyas/^a=Tistara- tarakasya vr/sh/im (Khorshe^ Nyayij- 8, Sansk. tr.). ^ Tijtrya ; cf. p. 105, note 3. * Haptoiriwga (Ursa Major) is the leader of the stars in the north (Bund. II, 7). It is 'entrusted with the gate and passage of hell, to keep back those of the nine, and ninety, and nine hundred, and nine thousand and nine myriad demons, and demonesses, and fairies (Pairikas) and sorcerers (Yatus) who are in opposition to the celestial sphere and constellations' (INIinokhired XLIX, 15; tr. by West). ^ Yananf is the leader of the stars in the south (read west; Bund. II, 7). Cf Yt. XX. ® To obtain .... This invocation is brought about by the very name of Vana;//, which means ' who smites, who overcomes.' The peculiar office of Yananl is to keep the passes and gates of Mount Alborz, around which the sun, the moon, and the stars revolve, and to prevent the Paris and Daevas from cutting off and breaking the road of the sun (INIinokhired XLIX, 1 2). ■^ 'I sacrifice to Tijtar for (=to obtain) the soundness of the sight' (Khorshec/ Nyayij 8, Pahl. tr.). [23] H 98 YAi'TS AND SIROZAHS. with light, moving in the shape of a man of fifteen years of age^ bright, with clear eyes, tall, full of strength, strong, and clever. 14. 'He is active as the first man ^ was; he goes on with the strength of the first man ; he has the virility^ of the first man. 15*. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying : " Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop of male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." 16.
2ations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop of male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." 16. 'The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathui-tra! the bright and glorious Tii'trya mingles his shape with light, moving in the shape of a golden-horned bull I 17. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying : " Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of oxen, a herd of oxen, and the purification of his own soul ? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." t8. ' The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathui"tra! the bright and glorious Ti^trya mingles his shape with light, moving in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison. ^ The age of fifteen is the paradisiacal age in the Avesta (YasnalX, 5 [18]). ^ Gayo maratan. But the translation is doubtful ; possibly ' as a first-rate man is.' 3 Doubtful ; of. ere zi, Yt. XIV, 29. ■* Cf. Yt. V, 8. « Cf. Vend. XIX, 37(123). TIR YAST. 99 19. * Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying : " Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the holy meat ? To whom shall I give wealth of horses, a troop of horses, and the purification of his own soul ? Now I ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." 20. * Then, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! the bright and glorious Tii'trya goes down to the sea Vouru- Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison \ 21. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha, in the shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. 22. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathu^tra! the bright and glorious Ti^- trya and the Daeva Apaosha. They fight together, O Spitama Zarathu^tra! for three days and three nights. And then the Daeva Apaosha proves stronger than the bright and glorious Ti^trya, he overcomes him. 23. 'And Ti^trya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a Hathra's ^ length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright and glorious Ti^trya : " Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in distress, O Waters and Plants. ! O Fate and thou.
3ya, he overcomes him. 23. 'And Ti^trya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a Hathra's ^ length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright and glorious Ti^trya : " Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in distress, O Waters and Plants. ! O Fate and thou. Law of the worship- pers of Mazda ! Men do not worship me with a ^ ' Tijtar was converted into three forms, the form of a man and the form of a horse and the form of a bull .... as the astrologers say that every constellation has three forms ' (Bund. VII, 4 ; tr. West). Tijtrya promises his worshippers children (§ 15), oxen (§ 17), or horses (§ 19), according as he appears in the form of a man (§ 13), of a bull (§ 16), or of a horse (§ 18). 2 A mile (Bundahij- XXVI, i ; tr. West, note i). 11 2 lOO YA^TS AND SIROZAHS, sacrifice in which I am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names \ 24. ' " If men had worshipped me with a sacrifice in which I had been invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, I should have taken to me the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the strength of ten rivers ^." 25. 'Then I, Ahura Mazda, offer up to the bright and glorious Tii'trya a sacrifice in which he is in- voked by his own name, and I bring him the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the strength of ten rivers. 26 ^ ' Then, O Spitama Zarathujtra ! the bright and glorious Tii'trya goes down to the sea Vouru- Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and golden caparison. 27. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha in the shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. 28. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathuj^tra ! the bright and glorious Ti^- trya, and the Daeva Apaosha ; they fight together, O Zarathui-tra ! till the time of noon. Then the bright and glorious Tii'trya proves stronger than the Daeva Apaosha, he overcomes him. 29. ' Then he goes from the sea Vouru-Kasha as far as a Hathra's length: "Hail!" cries the ^ Cf. § 10 and Yt. X, 54 seq., 74. ^ Cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 27. ^ §§ 2 6-2 7 = §§ 20-21. TIR YAST. lOr bright and glorious Ti^trya.
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