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1.. 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. She is also called Drvaspa and Gojurun : Drvaspa means ' she who keeps horses in health,' and is nothing more than an epithet of Gbs : Go^urun (from the Zend Gews urvan) means 'the Soul of the Bull' (the primeval Bull). Although urvan is a masculine noun in Zend, yet Gojurun is considered a female angel, as this name is only a substitute for Gbs. Gos is the angel of the 14th day (Sirozah I, 14), and her Yajt is recited during the Gah U^ahin, on the days of Gbs, Bahman, Mah, and Ram (the same days as those on which the Mah Ya^t is recited ; see above, p. 88). Gbs is hardly described in this Ya^t (§§ 1-2); the greater part of it being filled with the several prayers addressed to her by the Iranian heroes, Haoshyangha (§ 3), Yima (§ 8), Thraetaona (§ 13), Haoma (§ 17), Husravah (§ 21), Zarathui-tra, and Vutaspa. Her worshippers and their prayers to her are the same as in the case of Ashi Vanguhi (see Yt. XVII). o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be afflicted ! 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, satisfaction, and glorification unto Havani, the holy and master of holiness. Unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holyS Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness .... ^ Sirozah I, 14. GO^- YAST. Ill I. 1. We sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health, the herds in health, the grown-up i (cattle) in health, the young ones in health ; who watches well from afar, with a wide-spread and long-continued welfare- giving friendship ; 2. Who yokes teams of horses, who makes her chariot turn and its wheels sound, fat and glistening ^ strong, tall-formed, weal- possessing, health -giving, powerful to stand and powerful to turn for assistance to the faithful. 3. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata^ offer up a sacrifice on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 4.
2ance to the faithful. 3. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata^ offer up a sacrifice on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 4. ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana* ; that I may never fear and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that all the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness ^' 5. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 6. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard ; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, namely, unto the powerful ^ Doubtful ; possibly ' the friend in health, the child in health.' 2 Doubtful. 3 cf_ p_ ^c>^ j^Qtg j_ * Cf. p. 59, note 2. ^ To hell. 112 YA.STS AND siROZAHS. Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. We offer up libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy ; we offer her 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. Ye;2he hatam : All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda . . . .^ IL 7. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health .... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful ^. 8. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 9. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda ; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda ; 10. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world created by Mazda ; that I may take away both old age and death, from the world created by Mazda ; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand years ^' 11. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon. ^ As above, p. 30. ^ § 7=§§ 1-2. s §§ 8-10= Yt. XVII, 28-30; cf. Yasna IX, 4-5 [11-20]; Yt. V, 25-27. COS VAST.
3d created by Mazda, for a thousand years ^' 11. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon. ^ As above, p. 30. ^ § 7=§§ 1-2. s §§ 8-10= Yt. XVII, 28-30; cf. Yasna IX, 4-5 [11-20]; Yt. V, 25-27. COS VAST. ' 113 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 worth being heard .... III. 12. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful DrvSspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health .... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. 13 \ To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the A valiant Athwya clan, offer up a sacrifice in the four- cornered Varena, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 14, ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that I may overcome A^i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Dru^, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Dru^ that Angra Mainyu created against the mate- rial world, to destroy the world of the good principle ; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghava/^ and Erenava/^, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures in the worlds' 15. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ Yt. V, 34; XV, 24; XVII, 34. [23] I A 114 YASTS AND SIROZAHS. IV. 16. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps flocks in health .... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. I7\ To her did Haoma^ offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enhvening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza. He begged of her a boon, saying : 18. ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan^ that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the A!'ae/'asta lake*, the deep lake of salt^ waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana^ a man, and of Aghrae- ratha, a semi-man"^.' 1 §§i7-i9=Yt. XVII, 37-38. ^ Cf. Yasna XI, 7 [20-21].
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.
1.. 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. She is also called Drvaspa and Gojurun : Drvaspa means ' she who keeps horses in health,' and is nothing more than an epithet of Gbs : Go^urun (from the Zend Gews urvan) means 'the Soul of the Bull' (the primeval Bull). Although urvan is a masculine noun in Zend, yet Gojurun is considered a female angel, as this name is only a substitute for Gbs. Gos is the angel of the 14th day (Sirozah I, 14), and her Yajt is recited during the Gah U^ahin, on the days of Gbs, Bahman, Mah, and Ram (the same days as those on which the Mah Ya^t is recited ; see above, p. 88). Gbs is hardly described in this Ya^t (§§ 1-2); the greater part of it being filled with the several prayers addressed to her by the Iranian heroes, Haoshyangha (§ 3), Yima (§ 8), Thraetaona (§ 13), Haoma (§ 17), Husravah (§ 21), Zarathui-tra, and Vutaspa. Her worshippers and their prayers to her are the same as in the case of Ashi Vanguhi (see Yt. XVII). o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be afflicted ! 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, satisfaction, and glorification unto Havani, the holy and master of holiness. Unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holyS Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holi- ness .... ^ Sirozah I, 14. GO^- YAST. Ill I. 1. We sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health, the herds in health, the grown-up i (cattle) in health, the young ones in health ; who watches well from afar, with a wide-spread and long-continued welfare- giving friendship ; 2. Who yokes teams of horses, who makes her chariot turn and its wheels sound, fat and glistening ^ strong, tall-formed, weal- possessing, health -giving, powerful to stand and powerful to turn for assistance to the faithful. 3. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata^ offer up a sacrifice on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 4.
2ance to the faithful. 3. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata^ offer up a sacrifice on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 4. ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana* ; that I may never fear and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that all the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness ^' 5. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 6. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard ; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, namely, unto the powerful ^ Doubtful ; possibly ' the friend in health, the child in health.' 2 Doubtful. 3 cf_ p_ ^c>^ j^Qtg j_ * Cf. p. 59, note 2. ^ To hell. 112 YA.STS AND siROZAHS. Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. We offer up libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy ; we offer her 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. Ye;2he hatam : All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda . . . .^ IL 7. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health .... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful ^. 8. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 9. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda ; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda ; 10. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world created by Mazda ; that I may take away both old age and death, from the world created by Mazda ; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand years ^' 11. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon. ^ As above, p. 30. ^ § 7=§§ 1-2. s §§ 8-10= Yt. XVII, 28-30; cf. Yasna IX, 4-5 [11-20]; Yt. V, 25-27. COS VAST.
3d created by Mazda, for a thousand years ^' 11. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon. ^ As above, p. 30. ^ § 7=§§ 1-2. s §§ 8-10= Yt. XVII, 28-30; cf. Yasna IX, 4-5 [11-20]; Yt. V, 25-27. COS VAST. ' 113 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 worth being heard .... III. 12. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful DrvSspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health .... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. 13 \ To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the A valiant Athwya clan, offer up a sacrifice in the four- cornered Varena, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations : 14, ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that I may overcome A^i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Dru^, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Dru^ that Angra Mainyu created against the mate- rial world, to destroy the world of the good principle ; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghava/^ and Erenava/^, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures in the worlds' 15. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacri- ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ Yt. V, 34; XV, 24; XVII, 34. [23] I A 114 YASTS AND SIROZAHS. IV. 16. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, who keeps flocks in health .... Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. I7\ To her did Haoma^ offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enhvening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza. He begged of her a boon, saying : 18. ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan^ that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the A!'ae/'asta lake*, the deep lake of salt^ waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana^ a man, and of Aghrae- ratha, a semi-man"^.' 1 §§i7-i9=Yt. XVII, 37-38. ^ Cf. Yasna XI, 7 [20-21].
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