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1overcomes 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. "Hail unto me,0 Ahura Mazda ! Hail unto you, O waters and plants ! Hail, O Law of the worshippers of Mazda ! Hail will it be unto you, O lands ! The life^ of the waters will flow down unrestrained to the big-seeded ^ corn- fields, to the small-seeded ^ pasture-fields, and to the whole of the material world!" 30. ' Then the bright and glorious Ti^trya goes back down to the sea Vouru-Kasha, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison *. 31. 'He makes the sea boil up and down; he makes the sea stream this and that way ; he makes the sea flow this and that way : all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over. 32. ' And the bright and glorious Ti^trya rises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathu5tra ! the bright and glorious Satavaesa rises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha ; and vapours rise up above Mount Us-hindu, that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha^. ' Adhavo; possibly 'the streams;' cf. Yt. V, i, note 2. A month in the ancient Persian calendar, supposed to correspond to September-October, was called adukani, which might, on that hypothesis, mean '(the month) that makes streams spring up.' ^ Of which the representative is wheat (Bundahij- XXIV, 19). ' Of which the representative is the summer vetch (ibid. 21). * Cf. § i8. ^ ' The Ausindom mountain is that which, being of ruby, of the substance of the sky, is in the midst of the wide-formed ocean (the sea Vouru-Kasha),' (Bund. XII, 6; tr.West). Blount Ausindom receives ils waters through a golden channel from the height Hukairya (cf Yt. V, 3); 'from there one portion flows forth to the ocean for the purification of the sea, and one portion drizzles in moisture upon the whole of this earth, and all the creations cf I02 YASTS AND SIROZAHS. 33. 'Then the vapours push forward, in the regular shape of clouds i; they go following the wind, along the ways which Haoma traverses, the increaser of the world ^. Behind him travels the mighty wind, made by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down to the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares of the earth. 34.
2along the ways which Haoma traverses, the increaser of the world ^. Behind him travels the mighty wind, made by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down to the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares of the earth. 34. ' Apam Napa/ ^, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! divides the waters amongst the countries in the material world, in company with the mighty wind, the Glory, made by the waters *, and the Fravashis of the faithful ^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VII. 35. 'We sacrifice unto Ti^trya, the bright and glorious star, who from the shining east, moves along his long winding course, along the path made by the gods, along the way appointed for him the Auharmazd acquire health from it, and it dispels the dryness of the atmosphere ' (ibid. XIII, 5). 1 Doubtful. ^ Haoma opens the way for the waters from heaven, as being the foremost element in sacrifice (cf. § 24). For the same reason the Bundahi^ numbers Vohu-Mano, * Good Mind,' amongst the co- operators of Tij-trya. ^ See p. 6, note i. * Or better, 'seated in the waters;' see Yt. XIX, 56 seq. and Yt. XIII, 65. ^ The Fravashis are active in the world struggle ; cf Yt. XIII, 43. 'Co-operators with Tutar were Vohuman and the angel Horn, with the assistance of the angel Bur^ (the same as Apam Napa/; see p. 94, note 2) and the righteous guardian spirits in orderly arrangement ' (Bundahij- VII, 3, tr. West). TfR YA^T. 103 watery way, at the will of Ahura Mazda, at the will of the Amesha-Spe7ztas. * For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VIII. 36. 'We sacrifice unto Ti^-trya, the bright and glorious star, whose rising is watched by men who live on the fruits of the year, by the chiefs of deep^ understanding 2; by the wild beasts in the mountains, by the tame beasts that run in the plains ; they watch him, as he comes up to the country for a bad year, or for a good year ^, (thinking in them- selves): "How shall the Aryan countries be fertile ?" * For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... IX. ^'j'^. *We sacrifice unto Ti-?trya, the bright and glorious star, swift-flying and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvd.xs.vdJit. 2,'^.
3ng and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvd.xs.vdJit. 2,'^. 'Ahura Mazda gave him assistance, and the Amesha-Spe;^tas and Mithra, the lord of wide pas- tures, pointed him the way : behind him went the ^ Doubtful. ' ^ The chiefs of the state. ^ For good or bad harvest. * § 37=§ 6. I04 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. tall Ashi^ Vanguhi ^ and Pare;/di - on her light chariot : always till, in his course, he reached Mount Hv2iX\w2int on the shining waters^. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... 'O X. 39. ' We sacrifice unto Tii'trya, the bright and glorious star, who afflicts the Pairikas, who destroys the Pairikas, that Angra Mainyus flung to stop all the stars that have in them the seed of the waters*. 40. ' Tii-trya afflicts them, he blows them away from the sea Vouru-Kasha ; then the wind blows the clouds forward, bearing the waters of fertility, so that the friendly showers spread wide over, they spread helpingly and friendly over the seven Karshvares. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XL 41. * We sacrifice unto Ti^'trya, the bright and glorious star, for whom long the standing waters, and the running spring-waters, the stream-waters, and the rain-waters : 42. ' " When will the bright and glorious Ti^-trya rise up for us ? When will the springs with a flow and overflow of waters, thick as a horse's shoulder, run to the beautiful places and fields, and to the 1 See Yt. XVII. ^ See above, p. 1 1, note 5. 2 Doubtful. Mount ^z^anvaw/, being situated in the sea Vouru- Kasha (as appears from Ti^trya travelling towards that sea, § 38), seems to be the same with Mount Ausindom (§ 32). * Cf. above, § 8. TIR YA-S-T. 105 pastures, even to the roots of the plants, that they may grow with a powerful growth ?" ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XII. 43. * We sacrifice unto Tii-trya, the bright and glorious star, who washes away all things of fear ^ who stunts the growth of all ... . ^, and brings health to all these creations, being most beneficent, when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and pro- pitiated, rejoiced, and satisfied. ' For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIII. 44.
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1overcomes 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. "Hail unto me,0 Ahura Mazda ! Hail unto you, O waters and plants ! Hail, O Law of the worshippers of Mazda ! Hail will it be unto you, O lands ! The life^ of the waters will flow down unrestrained to the big-seeded ^ corn- fields, to the small-seeded ^ pasture-fields, and to the whole of the material world!" 30. ' Then the bright and glorious Ti^trya goes back down to the sea Vouru-Kasha, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison *. 31. 'He makes the sea boil up and down; he makes the sea stream this and that way ; he makes the sea flow this and that way : all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over. 32. ' And the bright and glorious Ti^trya rises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathu5tra ! the bright and glorious Satavaesa rises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha ; and vapours rise up above Mount Us-hindu, that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha^. ' Adhavo; possibly 'the streams;' cf. Yt. V, i, note 2. A month in the ancient Persian calendar, supposed to correspond to September-October, was called adukani, which might, on that hypothesis, mean '(the month) that makes streams spring up.' ^ Of which the representative is wheat (Bundahij- XXIV, 19). ' Of which the representative is the summer vetch (ibid. 21). * Cf. § i8. ^ ' The Ausindom mountain is that which, being of ruby, of the substance of the sky, is in the midst of the wide-formed ocean (the sea Vouru-Kasha),' (Bund. XII, 6; tr.West). Blount Ausindom receives ils waters through a golden channel from the height Hukairya (cf Yt. V, 3); 'from there one portion flows forth to the ocean for the purification of the sea, and one portion drizzles in moisture upon the whole of this earth, and all the creations cf I02 YASTS AND SIROZAHS. 33. 'Then the vapours push forward, in the regular shape of clouds i; they go following the wind, along the ways which Haoma traverses, the increaser of the world ^. Behind him travels the mighty wind, made by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down to the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares of the earth. 34.
2along the ways which Haoma traverses, the increaser of the world ^. Behind him travels the mighty wind, made by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down to the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares of the earth. 34. ' Apam Napa/ ^, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! divides the waters amongst the countries in the material world, in company with the mighty wind, the Glory, made by the waters *, and the Fravashis of the faithful ^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VII. 35. 'We sacrifice unto Ti^trya, the bright and glorious star, who from the shining east, moves along his long winding course, along the path made by the gods, along the way appointed for him the Auharmazd acquire health from it, and it dispels the dryness of the atmosphere ' (ibid. XIII, 5). 1 Doubtful. ^ Haoma opens the way for the waters from heaven, as being the foremost element in sacrifice (cf. § 24). For the same reason the Bundahi^ numbers Vohu-Mano, * Good Mind,' amongst the co- operators of Tij-trya. ^ See p. 6, note i. * Or better, 'seated in the waters;' see Yt. XIX, 56 seq. and Yt. XIII, 65. ^ The Fravashis are active in the world struggle ; cf Yt. XIII, 43. 'Co-operators with Tutar were Vohuman and the angel Horn, with the assistance of the angel Bur^ (the same as Apam Napa/; see p. 94, note 2) and the righteous guardian spirits in orderly arrangement ' (Bundahij- VII, 3, tr. West). TfR YA^T. 103 watery way, at the will of Ahura Mazda, at the will of the Amesha-Spe7ztas. * For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VIII. 36. 'We sacrifice unto Ti^-trya, the bright and glorious star, whose rising is watched by men who live on the fruits of the year, by the chiefs of deep^ understanding 2; by the wild beasts in the mountains, by the tame beasts that run in the plains ; they watch him, as he comes up to the country for a bad year, or for a good year ^, (thinking in them- selves): "How shall the Aryan countries be fertile ?" * For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... IX. ^'j'^. *We sacrifice unto Ti-?trya, the bright and glorious star, swift-flying and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvd.xs.vdJit. 2,'^.
3ng and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvd.xs.vdJit. 2,'^. 'Ahura Mazda gave him assistance, and the Amesha-Spe;^tas and Mithra, the lord of wide pas- tures, pointed him the way : behind him went the ^ Doubtful. ' ^ The chiefs of the state. ^ For good or bad harvest. * § 37=§ 6. I04 YAS-TS AND SIROZAHS. tall Ashi^ Vanguhi ^ and Pare;/di - on her light chariot : always till, in his course, he reached Mount Hv2iX\w2int on the shining waters^. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... 'O X. 39. ' We sacrifice unto Tii'trya, the bright and glorious star, who afflicts the Pairikas, who destroys the Pairikas, that Angra Mainyus flung to stop all the stars that have in them the seed of the waters*. 40. ' Tii-trya afflicts them, he blows them away from the sea Vouru-Kasha ; then the wind blows the clouds forward, bearing the waters of fertility, so that the friendly showers spread wide over, they spread helpingly and friendly over the seven Karshvares. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XL 41. * We sacrifice unto Ti^'trya, the bright and glorious star, for whom long the standing waters, and the running spring-waters, the stream-waters, and the rain-waters : 42. ' " When will the bright and glorious Ti^-trya rise up for us ? When will the springs with a flow and overflow of waters, thick as a horse's shoulder, run to the beautiful places and fields, and to the 1 See Yt. XVII. ^ See above, p. 1 1, note 5. 2 Doubtful. Mount ^z^anvaw/, being situated in the sea Vouru- Kasha (as appears from Ti^trya travelling towards that sea, § 38), seems to be the same with Mount Ausindom (§ 32). * Cf. above, § 8. TIR YA-S-T. 105 pastures, even to the roots of the plants, that they may grow with a powerful growth ?" ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XII. 43. * We sacrifice unto Tii-trya, the bright and glorious star, who washes away all things of fear ^ who stunts the growth of all ... . ^, and brings health to all these creations, being most beneficent, when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and pro- pitiated, rejoiced, and satisfied. ' For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIII. 44.
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