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1all ... . ^, 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. * I will sacrifice unto Tii^trya, the bright and glorious star, whom Ahura Mazda has established as a lord and overseer above all stars ^, in the same way as he has established Zarathu^tra above men ; whom neither Angra Mainyu, nor the Yatus and the Pairikas, nor the men Yatus * can deliver unto death, nor can all the Daevas together prevail for his death. * For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ Sim^?^, meaning sahmgftn, bhayamkara (Yasna IX, 38 [93])- ^ ? Vazdrij. ^ In the Bundahij it is especially the leader of the eastern stars ; but the Minokhired calls it the first star (XLIX, 5; cf above, § 12). * See above, p. 38, note 3. I06 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS XIV. 45. 'We sacrifice unto Tutrya, the bright and glorious star, to whom Ahura Mazda has given a thousand senses ^ and who is the most beneficent amonpfst the stars that have in them the seed of the waters : 46. ' Who moves in Hght with the stars that have in them the seed of the waters : he, from the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, the large-sized, deep, and salt of waters, goes to all the lakes, and to all the beautiful caves, and to all the beautiful channels ^, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison. 47. ' Then, O Spitama Zarathuj-tra ! the waters flow down from the sea Vouru-Kasha, mother-like ^, friendly, and healing : he divides them amongst these countries, being most beneficent, when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated, rejoiced, and satisfied ^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XV. 48. ' We sacrifice unto Tii"trya, the bright and glo- rious star, for whom long all the creatures of Spe;-5ta- Mainyu, those that live under the ground, and those that live above the ground ; those that live in the waters, and those that live on dry land ; those that fly, and those that run in the plains^; and all those ^ See Yt. X, 82, note. 2 Those of Ardvi Sura Anahita; cf. Yt. V, 4, loi. ^ Cf. Yt.V, 15. * Cf.§43. ^ See Yt. XIII, 10, note; cf. Visperad I, i, and Bundahii- XXIV, tr. West, note i. A. TIR YA5T. 107 that live within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit.
2hose of Ardvi Sura Anahita; cf. Yt. V, 4, loi. ^ Cf. Yt.V, 15. * Cf.§43. ^ See Yt. XIII, 10, note; cf. Visperad I, i, and Bundahii- XXIV, tr. West, note i. A. TIR YA5T. 107 that live within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XVI. 49. ' We sacrifice unto Tii-trya, the bright and glo- rious star, the healthful, wise, happy, and powerful, who is the lord of a thousand boons, and grants many boons to that man who has pleased him, whether begging or not begging for them. 50. 'I, O Spitama Zarathui-tra! have created that star Ti^-trya as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of propitiation, as worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda ^; 51. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive back the malice of that Pairika Du^- yairya^, whom evil-speaking^ people call Huyairya*. 52. ' Had I not created that star Ti^trya as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of propi- tiation, as worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda ; 53. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive back the malice of that Pairika Du^- yairya, whom evil-speaking people call Huyairya ; ' Cf. Yt. X, I. ^ Bad year, that is to say, sterility, drought. Darius, the son of Hystaspes, also deprecates Duzyairya in one of his inscriptions : ' May Ahura Mazda keep this country from the hostile host, from sterility (du^iyara), from lying (disloyalty) : may never the foreigner enter this country, nor the hostile host, nor sterility, nor lying' (Persepolis, H, 15). ^ People who object to rain and are fond of fine weather (?). * Good year. I08 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. 54. 'Then all day long, all night long, that Pairika Du^'yairya would wage war against this material world of mine, wanting to extinguish its life ^ and she goes on, rushing upon and around it. 55. ' But the bright and glorious Ti^trya keeps that Pairika in bonds, with twofold bonds, with threefold bonds, that cannot be overcome, with bonds all over the body : it is as if there were a thousand men keeping one man in bonds, a thou- sand men of those who are the strongest in strength. 56. 'If the Aryan countries, O Spitama Zara- thui^tra ! would perform in honour of the bright and glorious Tii'trya the due sacrifice and invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to be per- formed in the perfection of holiness ; never should a hostile horde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants 2, nor
3nd glorious Tii'trya the due sacrifice and invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to be per- formed in the perfection of holiness ; never should a hostile horde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants 2, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe.' 57 ^ Zarathurtra asked : 'What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice and invocation in honour of the bright and glorious Ti^-trya, as it ought to be per- formed in the perfection of holiness ? ' 58. Ahura Mazda answered : ' Let the Aryan nations bring libations unto him ; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him ; let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same colour. ^ Reading ava[-derenam] ; cf. Vend. XVIII, 18 [45]. ^ Kapasti is properly the colocynthis or bitter-apple: ' Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni Occidet.' (Eel. IV, 24, 25.) ' §§ 57-6i=Yt. XIV, 49-53; cf. Yt.V, 89 seq. TiR YAST. 109 59. ' Let not a murderer take of these offerings, nor a whore, nor a .... ^ who does not sino- the o Gathas, who spreads death in the world and with- stands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathui-tra. 60. ' If a murderer take of these offerinofs, or a whore, or a ... . who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathunra, then the bright and glorious Ti^trya takes back his healing virtues. 61. 'Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan na- tions ; hostile hordes will ever fall upon the Aryan nations ; the Aryans will be smitten, by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads. 62. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Tii-trya, the bright and glorious star, and of the powerful Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward. ' Ash em Vohu : 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 2 ' ^ ? Ashaovo. 2 Cf. Yt. I, 33. no YA5?TS AND sIroZAHS. IX. GO^" YA^'T. Gos, ' the cow,' kut i^oxhv, is a personation of the animal king- dom which she maintains . and protects.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1all ... . ^, 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. * I will sacrifice unto Tii^trya, the bright and glorious star, whom Ahura Mazda has established as a lord and overseer above all stars ^, in the same way as he has established Zarathu^tra above men ; whom neither Angra Mainyu, nor the Yatus and the Pairikas, nor the men Yatus * can deliver unto death, nor can all the Daevas together prevail for his death. * For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ Sim^?^, meaning sahmgftn, bhayamkara (Yasna IX, 38 [93])- ^ ? Vazdrij. ^ In the Bundahij it is especially the leader of the eastern stars ; but the Minokhired calls it the first star (XLIX, 5; cf above, § 12). * See above, p. 38, note 3. I06 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS XIV. 45. 'We sacrifice unto Tutrya, the bright and glorious star, to whom Ahura Mazda has given a thousand senses ^ and who is the most beneficent amonpfst the stars that have in them the seed of the waters : 46. ' Who moves in Hght with the stars that have in them the seed of the waters : he, from the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, the large-sized, deep, and salt of waters, goes to all the lakes, and to all the beautiful caves, and to all the beautiful channels ^, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison. 47. ' Then, O Spitama Zarathuj-tra ! the waters flow down from the sea Vouru-Kasha, mother-like ^, friendly, and healing : he divides them amongst these countries, being most beneficent, when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated, rejoiced, and satisfied ^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XV. 48. ' We sacrifice unto Tii"trya, the bright and glo- rious star, for whom long all the creatures of Spe;-5ta- Mainyu, those that live under the ground, and those that live above the ground ; those that live in the waters, and those that live on dry land ; those that fly, and those that run in the plains^; and all those ^ See Yt. X, 82, note. 2 Those of Ardvi Sura Anahita; cf. Yt. V, 4, loi. ^ Cf. Yt.V, 15. * Cf.§43. ^ See Yt. XIII, 10, note; cf. Visperad I, i, and Bundahii- XXIV, tr. West, note i. A. TIR YA5T. 107 that live within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit.
2hose of Ardvi Sura Anahita; cf. Yt. V, 4, loi. ^ Cf. Yt.V, 15. * Cf.§43. ^ See Yt. XIII, 10, note; cf. Visperad I, i, and Bundahii- XXIV, tr. West, note i. A. TIR YA5T. 107 that live within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XVI. 49. ' We sacrifice unto Tii-trya, the bright and glo- rious star, the healthful, wise, happy, and powerful, who is the lord of a thousand boons, and grants many boons to that man who has pleased him, whether begging or not begging for them. 50. 'I, O Spitama Zarathui-tra! have created that star Ti^-trya as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of propitiation, as worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda ^; 51. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive back the malice of that Pairika Du^- yairya^, whom evil-speaking^ people call Huyairya*. 52. ' Had I not created that star Ti^trya as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of propi- tiation, as worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda ; 53. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive back the malice of that Pairika Du^- yairya, whom evil-speaking people call Huyairya ; ' Cf. Yt. X, I. ^ Bad year, that is to say, sterility, drought. Darius, the son of Hystaspes, also deprecates Duzyairya in one of his inscriptions : ' May Ahura Mazda keep this country from the hostile host, from sterility (du^iyara), from lying (disloyalty) : may never the foreigner enter this country, nor the hostile host, nor sterility, nor lying' (Persepolis, H, 15). ^ People who object to rain and are fond of fine weather (?). * Good year. I08 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. 54. 'Then all day long, all night long, that Pairika Du^'yairya would wage war against this material world of mine, wanting to extinguish its life ^ and she goes on, rushing upon and around it. 55. ' But the bright and glorious Ti^trya keeps that Pairika in bonds, with twofold bonds, with threefold bonds, that cannot be overcome, with bonds all over the body : it is as if there were a thousand men keeping one man in bonds, a thou- sand men of those who are the strongest in strength. 56. 'If the Aryan countries, O Spitama Zara- thui^tra ! would perform in honour of the bright and glorious Tii'trya the due sacrifice and invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to be per- formed in the perfection of holiness ; never should a hostile horde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants 2, nor
3nd glorious Tii'trya the due sacrifice and invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to be per- formed in the perfection of holiness ; never should a hostile horde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants 2, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe.' 57 ^ Zarathurtra asked : 'What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice and invocation in honour of the bright and glorious Ti^-trya, as it ought to be per- formed in the perfection of holiness ? ' 58. Ahura Mazda answered : ' Let the Aryan nations bring libations unto him ; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him ; let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same colour. ^ Reading ava[-derenam] ; cf. Vend. XVIII, 18 [45]. ^ Kapasti is properly the colocynthis or bitter-apple: ' Occidet et serpens, et fallax herba veneni Occidet.' (Eel. IV, 24, 25.) ' §§ 57-6i=Yt. XIV, 49-53; cf. Yt.V, 89 seq. TiR YAST. 109 59. ' Let not a murderer take of these offerings, nor a whore, nor a .... ^ who does not sino- the o Gathas, who spreads death in the world and with- stands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathui-tra. 60. ' If a murderer take of these offerinofs, or a whore, or a ... . who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathunra, then the bright and glorious Ti^trya takes back his healing virtues. 61. 'Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan na- tions ; hostile hordes will ever fall upon the Aryan nations ; the Aryans will be smitten, by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads. 62. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Tii-trya, the bright and glorious star, and of the powerful Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward. ' Ash em Vohu : 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 2 ' ^ ? Ashaovo. 2 Cf. Yt. I, 33. no YA5?TS AND sIroZAHS. IX. GO^" YA^'T. Gos, ' the cow,' kut i^oxhv, is a personation of the animal king- dom which she maintains . and protects.
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