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1identical with it, as he became in later times (.-fr-*, the sun; Deo invicto Soli Mithrae). MIHIR YAST. 123 who, foremost in a golden array, takes hold of the beautiful summits, and from thence looks over the abode of the Aryans with a beneficent eye. 14. * Where the valiant chiefs draw up their many troops in array ^ ; where the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters, yield plenty to the cattle^; where the deep lakes, with salt waters, stand ^j where wide-flowing rivers swell and hurry towards I^kata and Pouruta, Mouru and Haroyu, the Gava- Sughdha and /fvamzem* ; 15. 'On Arezahi and Savahi, on Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, on Vourubare^ti and Vouru^are^ti, on this bright Karshvare of //^;aniratha^ the abode of cattle, the dwelling of cattle, the powerful Mithra looks with a health-bringing eye ; 16. * He who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and brings glory; he who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and brings sovereignty; and increases*' strength for ^ In the flat countries. ^ In the mountainous parts of Iran. ^ In the lake regions (Seistan, Farsistan, Adarbai^an). * In the country of the large rivers in the East. Mouru is Marv (Margiana), with the Murghab river (the Margus) ; Haroyu is the Herat country, with the Harerud ; Gava-Sughdha and Ilvavizm are Sogdiana and Khvarizm, with the Oxus. The situation of li-kata and Pouruta is not clear : one might think of Alexander eschata on the laxartes and the Paretacene country between the Oxus and the laxartes. ^ The earth is divided into seven Karshvares, separated from one another by seas and mountains impassable to men. Arezahi and Savahi are the western and the eastern Karshvare ; Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu are in the south ; Vourubare^ti and Vouru^arejti are in the north ; ZTz'aniratha is the central Karshvare. -^^aniratha is the only Karshvare inhabited by man (Bundahij- XI, 3). « Doubtful. 124 YA^-TS AND stROZAHS. victory to those who, with a pious intent, hohly offer him hbations. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard Y. 17. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of a province. 18.
2rth being heard Y. 17. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of a province. 18. 'If the master of a house lies unto him, or the lord of a borough, or the lord of a town, or the lord of a province, then comes Mithra, angry and offended, and he breaks asunder the house, the borough, the town, the province; and the masters of the houses, the lords of the boroughs, the lords of the towns, the lords of the provinces, and the foremost men of the provinces. 19. ' On whatever side there is one who has lied unto Mithra, on that side Mithra stands forth, angry and offended, and his wrath ^ is slow to relent^. 20. ' Those who lie unto Mithra, however swift they may be running, cannot overtake ^ ; riding, cannot . . . .^ ; driving, cannot ... .2. The spear that the foe of Mithra flings, darts backwards, for the ^ Mainyu, in the meaning of the Sanskrit manyu (?). ^ Doubtful; aspa>^a/: cf ^jjLi>.j.^, to be late. ^ Apayeiwti, frastanvaiwti, framanyei«te : these are three technical words for the movements of the three classes of soldiers, footmen, horsemen, and chariot-men; the last two words are probably synonymous with the first, but the exact shades of mean- ing are not known. Mr. West suggests, cannot outrun, outride, outdrive him. MIHIR YAST. 125 number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out^ 21. 'And even though the spear be flung well, even though it reach the body, it makes no wound, for the number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out \ The wind drives away the spear that the foe of Mithra flings, for the number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VI. 2 2. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; * Who takes out of distress the man who has not lied unto him, who takes him out of death. 23. 'Take us out of distress, take us out of dis- tresses, O Mithra ! as we have not lied unto thee. Thou bringest down terror upon the bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry and all-power- ful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. 24.
3. Thou bringest down terror upon the bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry and all-power- ful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. 24. ' Not the wound 2 of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying arrow reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all the strength of his soul, he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra. * For his brightness and glory, I will off'er him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ The sacramental words of the contract, by their not being kept, turn to evil spells against the contract-breaker. 2 Doubtful: j-anamayo, or janamaoyo; read shanmaoyo (?), from shan, Sansk. kshan. 126 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. VII. 25. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Who is lordly, deep, strong, and weal-giving ; a chief in assemblies, pleased with prayers \ high, holily clever, the incarnate Word, a warrior with strong arms ; 26. ' Who breaks the skulls of the Daevas, and is most cruel in exacting pains ; the punisher of the men who lie unto Mithra, the withstander of the Pairikas ; who, when not deceived, establisheth nations in supreme strength ; who, when not de- ceived, establisheth nations in supreme victory; 2 7. ' Who confounds the ways of the nation that delights in havoc, who turns away their Glory 2, takes away their strength for victory, blows them away helpless ^ and delivers them unto ten thousand strokes ; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VIII. 28. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Who upholds the columns of the lofty house and makes its pillars* solid ; who gives herds of oxen and male children to that house in which he has been satisfied ; he breaks to pieces those in which he has been offended. 29. 'Thou, O Mithra! art both bad and good to ^Vahmo-sendah; cf. Visperad VIII (IX, i), Phi. tr. 2 Their Hvz.xend. ^ Doubtful. * Aithya; cf. Lat. antae (Brugmann). MIHIR YA5T. I 27 nations ; thou, O Mithra ! art both bad and good to men ; thou, O Mithra ! keepest in thy hands both peace and trouble for nations. 30.
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.
1identical with it, as he became in later times (.-fr-*, the sun; Deo invicto Soli Mithrae). MIHIR YAST. 123 who, foremost in a golden array, takes hold of the beautiful summits, and from thence looks over the abode of the Aryans with a beneficent eye. 14. * Where the valiant chiefs draw up their many troops in array ^ ; where the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters, yield plenty to the cattle^; where the deep lakes, with salt waters, stand ^j where wide-flowing rivers swell and hurry towards I^kata and Pouruta, Mouru and Haroyu, the Gava- Sughdha and /fvamzem* ; 15. 'On Arezahi and Savahi, on Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, on Vourubare^ti and Vouru^are^ti, on this bright Karshvare of //^;aniratha^ the abode of cattle, the dwelling of cattle, the powerful Mithra looks with a health-bringing eye ; 16. * He who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and brings glory; he who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and brings sovereignty; and increases*' strength for ^ In the flat countries. ^ In the mountainous parts of Iran. ^ In the lake regions (Seistan, Farsistan, Adarbai^an). * In the country of the large rivers in the East. Mouru is Marv (Margiana), with the Murghab river (the Margus) ; Haroyu is the Herat country, with the Harerud ; Gava-Sughdha and Ilvavizm are Sogdiana and Khvarizm, with the Oxus. The situation of li-kata and Pouruta is not clear : one might think of Alexander eschata on the laxartes and the Paretacene country between the Oxus and the laxartes. ^ The earth is divided into seven Karshvares, separated from one another by seas and mountains impassable to men. Arezahi and Savahi are the western and the eastern Karshvare ; Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu are in the south ; Vourubare^ti and Vouru^arejti are in the north ; ZTz'aniratha is the central Karshvare. -^^aniratha is the only Karshvare inhabited by man (Bundahij- XI, 3). « Doubtful. 124 YA^-TS AND stROZAHS. victory to those who, with a pious intent, hohly offer him hbations. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard Y. 17. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of a province. 18.
2rth being heard Y. 17. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of a province. 18. 'If the master of a house lies unto him, or the lord of a borough, or the lord of a town, or the lord of a province, then comes Mithra, angry and offended, and he breaks asunder the house, the borough, the town, the province; and the masters of the houses, the lords of the boroughs, the lords of the towns, the lords of the provinces, and the foremost men of the provinces. 19. ' On whatever side there is one who has lied unto Mithra, on that side Mithra stands forth, angry and offended, and his wrath ^ is slow to relent^. 20. ' Those who lie unto Mithra, however swift they may be running, cannot overtake ^ ; riding, cannot . . . .^ ; driving, cannot ... .2. The spear that the foe of Mithra flings, darts backwards, for the ^ Mainyu, in the meaning of the Sanskrit manyu (?). ^ Doubtful; aspa>^a/: cf ^jjLi>.j.^, to be late. ^ Apayeiwti, frastanvaiwti, framanyei«te : these are three technical words for the movements of the three classes of soldiers, footmen, horsemen, and chariot-men; the last two words are probably synonymous with the first, but the exact shades of mean- ing are not known. Mr. West suggests, cannot outrun, outride, outdrive him. MIHIR YAST. 125 number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out^ 21. 'And even though the spear be flung well, even though it reach the body, it makes no wound, for the number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out \ The wind drives away the spear that the foe of Mithra flings, for the number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VI. 2 2. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; * Who takes out of distress the man who has not lied unto him, who takes him out of death. 23. 'Take us out of distress, take us out of dis- tresses, O Mithra ! as we have not lied unto thee. Thou bringest down terror upon the bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry and all-power- ful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. 24.
3. Thou bringest down terror upon the bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry and all-power- ful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. 24. ' Not the wound 2 of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying arrow reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all the strength of his soul, he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra. * For his brightness and glory, I will off'er him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ The sacramental words of the contract, by their not being kept, turn to evil spells against the contract-breaker. 2 Doubtful: j-anamayo, or janamaoyo; read shanmaoyo (?), from shan, Sansk. kshan. 126 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. VII. 25. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Who is lordly, deep, strong, and weal-giving ; a chief in assemblies, pleased with prayers \ high, holily clever, the incarnate Word, a warrior with strong arms ; 26. ' Who breaks the skulls of the Daevas, and is most cruel in exacting pains ; the punisher of the men who lie unto Mithra, the withstander of the Pairikas ; who, when not deceived, establisheth nations in supreme strength ; who, when not de- ceived, establisheth nations in supreme victory; 2 7. ' Who confounds the ways of the nation that delights in havoc, who turns away their Glory 2, takes away their strength for victory, blows them away helpless ^ and delivers them unto ten thousand strokes ; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... VIII. 28. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Who upholds the columns of the lofty house and makes its pillars* solid ; who gives herds of oxen and male children to that house in which he has been satisfied ; he breaks to pieces those in which he has been offended. 29. 'Thou, O Mithra! art both bad and good to ^Vahmo-sendah; cf. Visperad VIII (IX, i), Phi. tr. 2 Their Hvz.xend. ^ Doubtful. * Aithya; cf. Lat. antae (Brugmann). MIHIR YA5T. I 27 nations ; thou, O Mithra ! art both bad and good to men ; thou, O Mithra ! keepest in thy hands both peace and trouble for nations. 30.
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