Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 — The Zend-Avesta, Part II / Yasts & Nyayis (Darmesteter, page scans)
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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 Aghraeratha, a semi-man"^.'
1 §§i7-i9=Yt. XVII, 37-38.
^ Cf. Yasna XI, 7 [20-21]. The destruction of the fiends, being one of the principal effects of sacrifice, is ascribed to Haoma as the most powerful element in the sacrifice. In the Shah Namah, the god Haoma has been turned into a hermit who, living near the cave in which Afrasyab had taken refuge (see above, Yt. V, 41), overhears his lamentations, takes him by surprise, binds him, and delivers him into the hands of Khosrav (Etudes Iraniennes, II, 227).
^ See p. 64, note i. * See above, p. 66, note 2.
^ See p. 66, note 3. ® See p. 64, note i.
' Doubtful (nar a V a, as opposed to nara). Aghraeratha (Aghrerath) was a brother of Afrasyab's; he was a righteous man, and Afrasyab killed him for his having saved the Iranian king Mino- ^ihr with his army, when captive in the Padashkhvar mountains (Bundahij' XXXI, 21). Yet he is still Hving as an immortal in the land of Saukavastan, under the name of Gopatshah (the king of the bulls) ; ' from foot to mid-body he is a bull, and from mid-body to
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19. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would give him that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
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20. 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.
21 ^ To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Arya nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the A'ae/^'asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and an offering of libations :
22. ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the /ifae/'asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi- man ^.'
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' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the /ifae/'asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi- man ^.'
23. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrithe top he is a man ; at all times he stays on the sea-shore, and always performs the worship of God, and always pours holy-water into the sea' (Minokhired LXII, 31 seq., tr. West; Bund. XXIX, 5); according to Bund. XXXI, 20, Aghrerath was not Gopatshah, he was his father. Cf. Yt. XIX, 93,
^ §§ 2 1-22 =Yt. XVII, 41-42.
"^ See p. 114, note 7.
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ficing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
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24. 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.
25^. To her did the holy Zarathu^tra offer up a sacrifice in the Airyana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. He begged of her a boon, saying :
26. ' O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! grant me this boon, that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa^ to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law, that she may spread my Mazdean law and make it known, and that she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.'
27. The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, 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 ....
^ §§ 25-26=XVII, 44-45; cf Yt. V, 104.
^ Hutaosa was the wife of king ViJtaspa; cf. Yt. XV, 37.
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28. 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.
29 ^ To her did the tall Kavi Vi^-taspa offer up a sacrifice behind the waters of the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations :
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eams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful.
29 ^ To her did the tall Kavi Vi^-taspa offer up a sacrifice behind the waters of the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations :
30. ' Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa ! that I may put to flight Ai-ta-aurva;z/, the son of Vispa-thaurvo-asti, the all-affficting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred camels . . . .^ ; that I may put to flight the Z^z^yaona murderer, Are^a/- aspa^ ; that I may put to flight Dar^inika^ the worshipper of the Daevas ;
31. And that I may smite Tathrava;^/'^ of the bad law ; that I may smite Spin^aurui-ka^, the worshipper of the Daevas ; and that I may bring unto the ofood law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the //z/yaonas^ ; and that I may smite of the ZTz^yaona nations their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands and their
1 §§ 29-31 =Yt. XVII, 49-51. 2 ? G^ainySvara/.
^ See above, p. 79, note 4. * "Ana^ Xtyofievos.
^ Mentioned Yt. V, 109 and XIX, 87.
" The ZTfyaonas seem to have been the Chionitae, a bellicose tribe, near the land of Gilan, often at war with the first Sassanides (Amm. Marcellinus XVII, 5). The name of the Varedhakas reminds one of the Vertae who are mentioned once in company with the Chionitae (ibid. XIX, i) ; but their geographical situation is not ascertained. In any case the proximity of the Daitya (§ 29) shows that both people must have inhabited the western coast of the Caspian sea.
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tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.
32. The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up Hbations, 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; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, namely, unto the powerful 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.
Yatha ahfi vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy.
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....
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