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1sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' A god of high renown and old age ^ whom wide- hoofed horses carry against havocking hosts, against enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of con- flicting nations^, 48. ' And when Mithra drives along towards the havocking hosts, towards the enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of the conflicting nations, then he binds the hands of those who have lied unto Mithra, he confounds their eye-sight, he takes the hearing from their ears ; they can no longer move their feet ; they can no longer withstand those people, those foes, when Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, bears them ill-will. ' For his brightness and glory, I will ofier him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XII. 49. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake; 50. ' For whom the Maker, Ahura Mazda, has 1 Doubtful. 2 cf. § 8. K 2 132 YAi-TS AND siROZAHS. built up a dwelling on the Hara Berezaiti, the bright mountain around which the many (stars) revolve \ where come neither night nor darkness, no cold wind and no hot wind, no deathful sickness, no un- cleanness made by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot reach up unto the Haraiti Bareza^; 51. 'A dwelling that all the Amesha-Spe^ittas, in one accord with the sun, made for him in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart, and he survevs the whole of the material world from the Haraiti Bareza. 52. 'And when there rushes a wicked worker of evil, swiftly, with a swift step, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, goes and yokes his horses to his chariot, along with the holy, powerful Sraosha and Nairyo-sangha ^, who strikes a blow that smites the army, that smites the strength of the malicious ^ * For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIII. 53. ' We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; 54. ' Who, with hands lifted up, ever cries unto Ahura Mazda, saying : " I am the kind keeper of all creatures, I am the kind maintainer of all creatures ; yet men worship me not with a sacrifice in which I am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names. 55^ '"If men would worship me with a sacrifice ^ Bundahij V, 3 seq. ; cf. Yt. XII, 13, and Yt. X, 13. ^ The Haraiti Bareza is the same as Hara Berezaiti. ^ Sirozah I, 9, notes 4 and 5. * Doubtful (mayaoj). ^ Cf. Yt. VIII, II, 24, and Yt. X, 74. MIHIR VAST.
2n would worship me with a sacrifice ^ Bundahij V, 3 seq. ; cf. Yt. XII, 13, and Yt. X, 13. ^ The Haraiti Bareza is the same as Hara Berezaiti. ^ Sirozah I, 9, notes 4 and 5. * Doubtful (mayaoj). ^ Cf. Yt. VIII, II, 24, and Yt. X, 74. MIHIR VAST. 133 in which I were invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, then I would come to the faithful at the appointed time ; I would come in the appointed time of my beautiful, im- mortal life." 56 \ ' But the pious man, holding libations in his hands, does worship thee with a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, and with the proper words. ' With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful Mithra ! ' With a sacrifice, in which thou art Invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent Mithra ! ' With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable Mithra ! 57. ' Listen unto our sacrifice, O Mithra! Be thou pleased with our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice ! Accept our libations ! Accept them as they have been consecrated ! Gather them toge- ther with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana! 58. ' Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god! in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, strength, and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and a good soul ; wisdom and the knowledge that gives happi- ness, the victorious strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of Asha-Vahi^ta, and conver- sation (with God) on the Holy Word. ' §§ 56-59 = §§ 30-34- 134 YASTS AND siR6zAHS. 59. * Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes ; that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our enemies ; that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice of Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIV. 60. ' We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....
3s and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIV. 60. ' We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; 'Whose renown is good, whose shape is good, whose glory is good ; who has boons to give at his will, who has pasture-fields to give at his will ; harmless to the tiller of the ground, . . . . ^ benefi- cent ; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XV. 61. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Firm-legged -, a watcher fully awake ; valiant, a chief in assemblies ; making the waters flow for- ward ; listening to appeals ; making the waters run and the plants grow up ; ruling over the Karsh- ^ The text is corrupt (vaso-yaonai inatam ?). ^ Eredhw6-za?zgem: sudr/a'/ia^ahghata, kila karye yad pada- bhyam yu^yate kartum vyavasayi ^aktaj-^^a (Yasna LXII, 5 [LXI, 13]). MIHIR YA6'T. 1 35 vares^; delivering^; happy ^; iindeceivable; endowed with many senses^; a creature of wisdom ; 62. 'Who gives neither strength nor vigour to him who has lied unto Mithra ; who gives neither glory nor any boon to him who has lied unto Mithra. 63. ' Thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry and all-powerful ; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. * Not the wound 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-knowing, undeceivable god ^. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XVI. 64. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Who takes possession ^ of the beautiful, wide- expanding law, greatly and powerfully, and whose face looks over all the seven Karshvares of the earth ; 65. ' W^ho is swift amongst the swift, liberal amongst the liberal, strong amongst the strong, a chief of assembly amongst the chiefs of assemblies ; increase-giving, fatness-giving, cattle-giving, sove- reignty-giving, son-giving, cheerfulness '-giving, and bliss ''-giving. ^ Kari-o-razanghem: ke^-var virai (Pahl. tr. ibid.). "^ From Ahriman ; cf.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' A god of high renown and old age ^ whom wide- hoofed horses carry against havocking hosts, against enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of con- flicting nations^, 48. ' And when Mithra drives along towards the havocking hosts, towards the enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of the conflicting nations, then he binds the hands of those who have lied unto Mithra, he confounds their eye-sight, he takes the hearing from their ears ; they can no longer move their feet ; they can no longer withstand those people, those foes, when Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, bears them ill-will. ' For his brightness and glory, I will ofier him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XII. 49. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake; 50. ' For whom the Maker, Ahura Mazda, has 1 Doubtful. 2 cf. § 8. K 2 132 YAi-TS AND siROZAHS. built up a dwelling on the Hara Berezaiti, the bright mountain around which the many (stars) revolve \ where come neither night nor darkness, no cold wind and no hot wind, no deathful sickness, no un- cleanness made by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot reach up unto the Haraiti Bareza^; 51. 'A dwelling that all the Amesha-Spe^ittas, in one accord with the sun, made for him in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart, and he survevs the whole of the material world from the Haraiti Bareza. 52. 'And when there rushes a wicked worker of evil, swiftly, with a swift step, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, goes and yokes his horses to his chariot, along with the holy, powerful Sraosha and Nairyo-sangha ^, who strikes a blow that smites the army, that smites the strength of the malicious ^ * For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIII. 53. ' We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; 54. ' Who, with hands lifted up, ever cries unto Ahura Mazda, saying : " I am the kind keeper of all creatures, I am the kind maintainer of all creatures ; yet men worship me not with a sacrifice in which I am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names. 55^ '"If men would worship me with a sacrifice ^ Bundahij V, 3 seq. ; cf. Yt. XII, 13, and Yt. X, 13. ^ The Haraiti Bareza is the same as Hara Berezaiti. ^ Sirozah I, 9, notes 4 and 5. * Doubtful (mayaoj). ^ Cf. Yt. VIII, II, 24, and Yt. X, 74. MIHIR VAST.
2n would worship me with a sacrifice ^ Bundahij V, 3 seq. ; cf. Yt. XII, 13, and Yt. X, 13. ^ The Haraiti Bareza is the same as Hara Berezaiti. ^ Sirozah I, 9, notes 4 and 5. * Doubtful (mayaoj). ^ Cf. Yt. VIII, II, 24, and Yt. X, 74. MIHIR VAST. 133 in which I were invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, then I would come to the faithful at the appointed time ; I would come in the appointed time of my beautiful, im- mortal life." 56 \ ' But the pious man, holding libations in his hands, does worship thee with a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, and with the proper words. ' With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful Mithra ! ' With a sacrifice, in which thou art Invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent Mithra ! ' With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable Mithra ! 57. ' Listen unto our sacrifice, O Mithra! Be thou pleased with our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice ! Accept our libations ! Accept them as they have been consecrated ! Gather them toge- ther with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana! 58. ' Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god! in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, strength, and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and a good soul ; wisdom and the knowledge that gives happi- ness, the victorious strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of Asha-Vahi^ta, and conver- sation (with God) on the Holy Word. ' §§ 56-59 = §§ 30-34- 134 YASTS AND siR6zAHS. 59. * Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes ; that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our enemies ; that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice of Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIV. 60. ' We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....
3s and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIV. 60. ' We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; 'Whose renown is good, whose shape is good, whose glory is good ; who has boons to give at his will, who has pasture-fields to give at his will ; harmless to the tiller of the ground, . . . . ^ benefi- cent ; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XV. 61. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Firm-legged -, a watcher fully awake ; valiant, a chief in assemblies ; making the waters flow for- ward ; listening to appeals ; making the waters run and the plants grow up ; ruling over the Karsh- ^ The text is corrupt (vaso-yaonai inatam ?). ^ Eredhw6-za?zgem: sudr/a'/ia^ahghata, kila karye yad pada- bhyam yu^yate kartum vyavasayi ^aktaj-^^a (Yasna LXII, 5 [LXI, 13]). MIHIR YA6'T. 1 35 vares^; delivering^; happy ^; iindeceivable; endowed with many senses^; a creature of wisdom ; 62. 'Who gives neither strength nor vigour to him who has lied unto Mithra ; who gives neither glory nor any boon to him who has lied unto Mithra. 63. ' Thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry and all-powerful ; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. * Not the wound 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-knowing, undeceivable god ^. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XVI. 64. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' Who takes possession ^ of the beautiful, wide- expanding law, greatly and powerfully, and whose face looks over all the seven Karshvares of the earth ; 65. ' W^ho is swift amongst the swift, liberal amongst the liberal, strong amongst the strong, a chief of assembly amongst the chiefs of assemblies ; increase-giving, fatness-giving, cattle-giving, sove- reignty-giving, son-giving, cheerfulness '-giving, and bliss ''-giving. ^ Kari-o-razanghem: ke^-var virai (Pahl. tr. ibid.). "^ From Ahriman ; cf.
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