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1rs well-made and sharp-piercing. They go through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. *On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of 1 See Yt. XVI. ^ See above, p. 12, note 13. ' Cf. Yt. X, 70. * Or better, rushing before (pairi-vaza; cf. the translations of pairi-da-^z^yu, Yt. X, 144 and pairi-vara, Yt. I, 19). Cf. Yt. XIV, 15. ^ The Genius of Fire. ' See p. 95, note i. ''A golden point. 154 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. wide pastures, stand a thousand steel-hammers, two- edged, well-made. They go through the heavenly- space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 131. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, stand a thousand swords, two- edged and well-made. They go through the hea- venly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, stand a thousand maces of iron, well- made. They go through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 132. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, stands a beautiful well-falling club, with a hundred knots, a hundred edges, that rushes forward and fells men down ; a club cast out of red brass, of strong, golden brass ; the strongest of all weapons, the most victorious of all weapons \ It goes through the heavenly space 2, it falls through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 133. 'After he has smitten the Daevas, after he has smitten down the men who lied unto Mithra, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, drives forward through Arezahe and Savahe, through Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, through Vourubare^ti and Vouru- ^are^ti, through this our Karshvare, the bright ZTz^aniratha ^. 134. 'Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; Aeshma, the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees ^ Cf. Yt. X, 96. 2 The text has, they go ^ See above, p. 123, note 5. MIHIR VAST. 155 away in fear ; the long-handed Bushyasta flees away in fear ; all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away in fear. 135. 'Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, when in anger ! May Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, never smite us in his anger ; he who stands up upon this earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, the most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the most fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will
2ands up upon this earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, the most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the most fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XXXII. 136. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' For whom white stallions, yoked to his chariot, draw it, on one golden wheel, with a full shining axle. 137. * If Mithra takes his libations to his own dwelling 2, " Happy that man, I think," — said Ahura Mazda, — "O holy ZarathuJtra ! for whom a holy priest, as pious as any in the world ^, who is the Word incarnate, offers up a sacrifice unto Mithra with bundles of baresma and with the [proper] words. ' " Straight to that man, I think, will Mithra come, to visit his dwelling, 138. * " When Mithras boons will come to him, as he follows God's teaching, and thinks according to God's teaching. ' " Woe to that man, I think," — said Ahura Mazda, — ' §§ i34-i35 = §§ 97-98. ' Cf. Yt. X, 32. * Doubtful. Possibly, * of a pious conscience.' 156 YAS'TS AND siROZAHS. " O holy Zarathui-tra ! for whom an unholy priest, not pious ^, who is not the Word incarnate, stands behind the baresma, however full may be the bundles of baresma he ties, however long may be the sacrifice he performs." 139. ' He does not delight Ahura Mazda, nor the other Amesha-Spe;ztas, nor Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, he who thus scorns Mazda, and the other Amesha-Spe;2tas, and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, and the Law, and Rashnu, and Ar^ta/*, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard XXXIII. 140. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake. * I will offer up a sacrifice unto the good Mithra, O Spitama ! unto the strong, heavenly god, who is foremost, highly merciful, and peerless ; whose house is above ^, a stout and strong warrior ; 141. 'Victorious and armed with a well-fashioned weapon, watchful in darkness and undeceivable. He is the stoutest of the stoutest, he is the strongest of the strongest, he is the most intelligent of the gods, he is victorious and endowed with Glory : he, of the ten thousand eyes, 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 .... ^ An unqualified priest; cf. Vend. IX, 47-57; XVIII, i seq.
3with Glory : he, of the ten thousand eyes, 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 .... ^ An unqualified priest; cf. Vend. IX, 47-57; XVIII, i seq. ^ Or, ' whose house is great.' MIHIR YA.ST. 157 XXXIV. 142. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; 'Who, with his manifold knowledge, powerfully increases the creation of Spe;«ta Mainyu, and is a well-created and most great Yazata, self-shining like the moon, when he makes his own body shine ; 143. 'Whose face is flashing with light like the face of the star Ti^trya^ whose chariot is embraced by that goddess who is foremost amongst those who have no deceit in them ^ O Spitama ! who is fairer than any creature in the world, and full of light to shine. I will worship that chariot, wrought by the Maker, Ahura Mazda, inlaid with stars and made of a heavenly substance ; (the chariot) of Mithra, who has ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XXXV. 144. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake. ' We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries ^ ; 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries; ^ See Yt. VIII. ' Ashi Vanguhi (?) ; cf. § 68. ^ Who watches around countries: aiwida/iyyum is translated U^^ ^j^\j^^,j^ (Pers. tr. of Mihir Nyayij-). *■„ A , 158 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country^; ' We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries ; * We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries ; 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries ^i ' We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries. 145. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, holy gods^; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with the trees that yield up baresma^ We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries. ' For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. 'Yatha ahft vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
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.
1rs well-made and sharp-piercing. They go through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. *On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of 1 See Yt. XVI. ^ See above, p. 12, note 13. ' Cf. Yt. X, 70. * Or better, rushing before (pairi-vaza; cf. the translations of pairi-da-^z^yu, Yt. X, 144 and pairi-vara, Yt. I, 19). Cf. Yt. XIV, 15. ^ The Genius of Fire. ' See p. 95, note i. ''A golden point. 154 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. wide pastures, stand a thousand steel-hammers, two- edged, well-made. They go through the heavenly- space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 131. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, stand a thousand swords, two- edged and well-made. They go through the hea- venly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, stand a thousand maces of iron, well- made. They go through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 132. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, stands a beautiful well-falling club, with a hundred knots, a hundred edges, that rushes forward and fells men down ; a club cast out of red brass, of strong, golden brass ; the strongest of all weapons, the most victorious of all weapons \ It goes through the heavenly space 2, it falls through the heavenly space upon the skulls of the Daevas. 133. 'After he has smitten the Daevas, after he has smitten down the men who lied unto Mithra, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, drives forward through Arezahe and Savahe, through Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, through Vourubare^ti and Vouru- ^are^ti, through this our Karshvare, the bright ZTz^aniratha ^. 134. 'Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; Aeshma, the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees ^ Cf. Yt. X, 96. 2 The text has, they go ^ See above, p. 123, note 5. MIHIR VAST. 155 away in fear ; the long-handed Bushyasta flees away in fear ; all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away in fear. 135. 'Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, when in anger ! May Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, never smite us in his anger ; he who stands up upon this earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, the most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the most fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will
2ands up upon this earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, the most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the most fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures^ ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XXXII. 136. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; ' For whom white stallions, yoked to his chariot, draw it, on one golden wheel, with a full shining axle. 137. * If Mithra takes his libations to his own dwelling 2, " Happy that man, I think," — said Ahura Mazda, — "O holy ZarathuJtra ! for whom a holy priest, as pious as any in the world ^, who is the Word incarnate, offers up a sacrifice unto Mithra with bundles of baresma and with the [proper] words. ' " Straight to that man, I think, will Mithra come, to visit his dwelling, 138. * " When Mithras boons will come to him, as he follows God's teaching, and thinks according to God's teaching. ' " Woe to that man, I think," — said Ahura Mazda, — ' §§ i34-i35 = §§ 97-98. ' Cf. Yt. X, 32. * Doubtful. Possibly, * of a pious conscience.' 156 YAS'TS AND siROZAHS. " O holy Zarathui-tra ! for whom an unholy priest, not pious ^, who is not the Word incarnate, stands behind the baresma, however full may be the bundles of baresma he ties, however long may be the sacrifice he performs." 139. ' He does not delight Ahura Mazda, nor the other Amesha-Spe;ztas, nor Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, he who thus scorns Mazda, and the other Amesha-Spe;2tas, and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, and the Law, and Rashnu, and Ar^ta/*, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard XXXIII. 140. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake. * I will offer up a sacrifice unto the good Mithra, O Spitama ! unto the strong, heavenly god, who is foremost, highly merciful, and peerless ; whose house is above ^, a stout and strong warrior ; 141. 'Victorious and armed with a well-fashioned weapon, watchful in darkness and undeceivable. He is the stoutest of the stoutest, he is the strongest of the strongest, he is the most intelligent of the gods, he is victorious and endowed with Glory : he, of the ten thousand eyes, 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 .... ^ An unqualified priest; cf. Vend. IX, 47-57; XVIII, i seq.
3with Glory : he, of the ten thousand eyes, 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 .... ^ An unqualified priest; cf. Vend. IX, 47-57; XVIII, i seq. ^ Or, ' whose house is great.' MIHIR YA.ST. 157 XXXIV. 142. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... sleepless, and ever awake ; 'Who, with his manifold knowledge, powerfully increases the creation of Spe;«ta Mainyu, and is a well-created and most great Yazata, self-shining like the moon, when he makes his own body shine ; 143. 'Whose face is flashing with light like the face of the star Ti^trya^ whose chariot is embraced by that goddess who is foremost amongst those who have no deceit in them ^ O Spitama ! who is fairer than any creature in the world, and full of light to shine. I will worship that chariot, wrought by the Maker, Ahura Mazda, inlaid with stars and made of a heavenly substance ; (the chariot) of Mithra, who has ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god. ' For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XXXV. 144. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake. ' We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries ^ ; 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries; ^ See Yt. VIII. ' Ashi Vanguhi (?) ; cf. § 68. ^ Who watches around countries: aiwida/iyyum is translated U^^ ^j^\j^^,j^ (Pers. tr. of Mihir Nyayij-). *■„ A , 158 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country^; ' We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries ; * We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries ; 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries ^i ' We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries. 145. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, holy gods^; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with the trees that yield up baresma^ We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries. ' For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. 'Yatha ahft vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
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