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1d. XXII, 7 [22] and Sirozah I, 9. ^ The words of the law. « §§ io-i3=Yasna LVII, 15-18 [LVI, 7]. ' Cf Yt. I, 19. SROSH YA5T HADHOKHT. 1 63 Dru^, and is most strong and world - destroying ; who maintains and looks over all this moving ^ world ; 11. Who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation of Mazda ; who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation of Mazda ; who protects all the material world with his club uplifted, from the hour when the sun is down ; 12. Who never more did enjoy sleep from the time when the two Spirits made the world, namely, the good Spirit and the evil One ; who every day, every night, fights with the Mazainya Daevas. 13. He bows not for fear and fright before the Daevas : before him all the Daevas bow for fear and fright reluctantly, and rush away to darkness ^ For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power . . . .^ III. 14. Yatha ahii vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness ; Who with peace and friendship* watches the Dru^ and the most beneficent Spirit : so that the Amesha-Spe/2tas may go along the seven Karsh- vares of the earth ^ ; who is the teacher of the ^ Cf. above, p. 145, note i. ^ To hell. ^ As above, §§ 8-9, * To the creation of Ormazd. - Doubtful. The Yasna has: 'Through whose strength, vic- torious power, wisdom, and knowledge the Amesha-Spewtas go (avan; Phi. satiinand) along the seven Karshvares of the earth' (LVII, 23 [LVI, 10, 2]). M 2 1 64 YA5TS AND sIroZAHS. Law 1 : he himself was taught it by Ahura Mazda, the holy One. For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power .... IV. 15. Yatha ahft vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness ; Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has created to withstand Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear ; we sacrifice unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt 2, 16. The friends of the holy Sraosha ; The friends of Rashnu Razi^ta^ The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; The friends of Arsta.^\ who makes the world o-row.
2, whose breath is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt 2, 16. The friends of the holy Sraosha ; The friends of Rashnu Razi^ta^ The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; The friends of Arsta.^\ who makes the world o-row. who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper ; The friends of Ashi Vanguhi 5; The friends of the good A^isti ^ ; The friends of the most right iTista^; ^ He teaches the law to the three saviours to come, Oshedar Bami, OshSdar Mah, and Soshyos (Yasna LVII, 24 [LVI, 10, 2]; Phi. tr.). 2 Pare^tasy^a mravaya^^s-^a, to be corrected, according to various readings, into staretas^a m^-vaydoska. or something like it ; the two genii here alluded to are An a star eta and Amuyamna, Sinlessness and Innocence, who are invoked in company with Akhjti hamvaiwti in Visperad VIII, 4. » See Yt. XII. * See Yt. XVII. ^ See Vend. XIX, 39. ' See ibid. ^ See Yt. XVI, I. SROSH YA^T HADIIOKHT. 165 1 7. The friends of all gods ; The friends of the Mathra Spe/^ta ; The friends of the fiend-destroying Law ; The friends of the long-traditional teaching ; The friends of the Amesha-Spe;^tas ; The friends of ourselves, the Saoshya;//s \ the two-footed part of the holy creation ; The friends of all the beings of the holy world. For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power .... V. 18. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness ; The first [Sraosha], the next, the middle, and the highest ; with the first sacrifice, with the next, with the middle, and with the highest 2. We sacrifice unto all [the moments]^ of the holy and strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word ; 19. The strong Sraosha, of the manly courage, the warrior of the strong arms, who breaks the skulls of the Daevas ; who smites with heavy blows ^ and is strong to smite ; the holy Sraosha, who smites ^ The faithful, as helping through their good deeds in the work of final restoration, to be performed by Saoshya«/ (cf. Yt. XIII, 1 7). ^ The first sacrifice is the Yasna sacrifice; the next (literally, superior) is the Visperad; the middle sacrifice is the Hadhokht [and] evak homast ; the highest sacrifice is the Dvazdah homast (Pahl.Comm.). Sraosha is called the first, next, middle, and highest, accordingly as he presides over one or the other of those sacrifices. For a definition of the evak homast and Dvazdah homast, see West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 212, note 5.
3e is the Dvazdah homast (Pahl.Comm.). Sraosha is called the first, next, middle, and highest, accordingly as he presides over one or the other of those sacrifices. For a definition of the evak homast and Dvazdah homast, see West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 212, note 5. ' Vispan, translated harvisp zaman. * Literally, the smiter who smites with smitings. t66 YA5TS AND siROZAHS. with heavy blows ; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant of both the holy Sraosha and Ar^ti ^ 20. We sacrifice for all the houses protected by Sraosha, where the holy Sraosha is dear and friendly treated and satisfied, as well as the faithful man^ rich in good thoughts, rich in good words, rich in good deeds. 21. We sacrifice unto the body of the holy Sraosha ; We sacrifice unto the body of Rashnu Razi^ta ; We sacrifice unto the body of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures ; We sacrifice unto the body of the holy wind ; We sacrifice unto the body of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; We sacrifice unto the body of Ari-ta/, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper ; We sacrifice unto the body of Ashi Vanguhi ; We sacrifice unto the body of the good A"isti ; We sacrifice unto the body of the most right /Tista ; We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the gods ; 22. We sacrifice unto the body of the Mathra SpeJtta. ; We sacrifice unto the body of the fiend-destroying Law ; We sacrifice unto the body of the long-traditional teaching ; We sacrifice unto the bodies of the Amesha- Spe?^tas ; 1 The same as Arsta/. Cf. Yasna LVII, 34-35 [LVI, 13, 3-7]. ^ He receives alms (the asho-dad). SROSH YAST HADHOKHT. 167 We sacrifice unto the bodies of ourselves, the Saoshya;2/s, the two-footed part of the holy crea- tion ; We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the beings of the holy world ^ For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power .... 23. Yatha ahfi vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, the strength and vigour of the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the in- carnate Word, a mighty-speared and lordly god. [Give] unto that man^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones ! ^ Cf. §§ 16-17. ^ Who sacrifices to Sraosha. 1 68 YA5TS AND SlRdZAHS. XII. RASHN VAST.
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.
1d. XXII, 7 [22] and Sirozah I, 9. ^ The words of the law. « §§ io-i3=Yasna LVII, 15-18 [LVI, 7]. ' Cf Yt. I, 19. SROSH YA5T HADHOKHT. 1 63 Dru^, and is most strong and world - destroying ; who maintains and looks over all this moving ^ world ; 11. Who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation of Mazda ; who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation of Mazda ; who protects all the material world with his club uplifted, from the hour when the sun is down ; 12. Who never more did enjoy sleep from the time when the two Spirits made the world, namely, the good Spirit and the evil One ; who every day, every night, fights with the Mazainya Daevas. 13. He bows not for fear and fright before the Daevas : before him all the Daevas bow for fear and fright reluctantly, and rush away to darkness ^ For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power . . . .^ III. 14. Yatha ahii vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness ; Who with peace and friendship* watches the Dru^ and the most beneficent Spirit : so that the Amesha-Spe/2tas may go along the seven Karsh- vares of the earth ^ ; who is the teacher of the ^ Cf. above, p. 145, note i. ^ To hell. ^ As above, §§ 8-9, * To the creation of Ormazd. - Doubtful. The Yasna has: 'Through whose strength, vic- torious power, wisdom, and knowledge the Amesha-Spewtas go (avan; Phi. satiinand) along the seven Karshvares of the earth' (LVII, 23 [LVI, 10, 2]). M 2 1 64 YA5TS AND sIroZAHS. Law 1 : he himself was taught it by Ahura Mazda, the holy One. For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power .... IV. 15. Yatha ahft vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness ; Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has created to withstand Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear ; we sacrifice unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt 2, 16. The friends of the holy Sraosha ; The friends of Rashnu Razi^ta^ The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; The friends of Arsta.^\ who makes the world o-row.
2, whose breath is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt 2, 16. The friends of the holy Sraosha ; The friends of Rashnu Razi^ta^ The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; The friends of Arsta.^\ who makes the world o-row. who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper ; The friends of Ashi Vanguhi 5; The friends of the good A^isti ^ ; The friends of the most right iTista^; ^ He teaches the law to the three saviours to come, Oshedar Bami, OshSdar Mah, and Soshyos (Yasna LVII, 24 [LVI, 10, 2]; Phi. tr.). 2 Pare^tasy^a mravaya^^s-^a, to be corrected, according to various readings, into staretas^a m^-vaydoska. or something like it ; the two genii here alluded to are An a star eta and Amuyamna, Sinlessness and Innocence, who are invoked in company with Akhjti hamvaiwti in Visperad VIII, 4. » See Yt. XII. * See Yt. XVII. ^ See Vend. XIX, 39. ' See ibid. ^ See Yt. XVI, I. SROSH YA^T HADIIOKHT. 165 1 7. The friends of all gods ; The friends of the Mathra Spe/^ta ; The friends of the fiend-destroying Law ; The friends of the long-traditional teaching ; The friends of the Amesha-Spe;^tas ; The friends of ourselves, the Saoshya;//s \ the two-footed part of the holy creation ; The friends of all the beings of the holy world. For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power .... V. 18. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness ; The first [Sraosha], the next, the middle, and the highest ; with the first sacrifice, with the next, with the middle, and with the highest 2. We sacrifice unto all [the moments]^ of the holy and strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word ; 19. The strong Sraosha, of the manly courage, the warrior of the strong arms, who breaks the skulls of the Daevas ; who smites with heavy blows ^ and is strong to smite ; the holy Sraosha, who smites ^ The faithful, as helping through their good deeds in the work of final restoration, to be performed by Saoshya«/ (cf. Yt. XIII, 1 7). ^ The first sacrifice is the Yasna sacrifice; the next (literally, superior) is the Visperad; the middle sacrifice is the Hadhokht [and] evak homast ; the highest sacrifice is the Dvazdah homast (Pahl.Comm.). Sraosha is called the first, next, middle, and highest, accordingly as he presides over one or the other of those sacrifices. For a definition of the evak homast and Dvazdah homast, see West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 212, note 5.
3e is the Dvazdah homast (Pahl.Comm.). Sraosha is called the first, next, middle, and highest, accordingly as he presides over one or the other of those sacrifices. For a definition of the evak homast and Dvazdah homast, see West, Pahlavi Texts, I, 212, note 5. ' Vispan, translated harvisp zaman. * Literally, the smiter who smites with smitings. t66 YA5TS AND siROZAHS. with heavy blows ; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant of both the holy Sraosha and Ar^ti ^ 20. We sacrifice for all the houses protected by Sraosha, where the holy Sraosha is dear and friendly treated and satisfied, as well as the faithful man^ rich in good thoughts, rich in good words, rich in good deeds. 21. We sacrifice unto the body of the holy Sraosha ; We sacrifice unto the body of Rashnu Razi^ta ; We sacrifice unto the body of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures ; We sacrifice unto the body of the holy wind ; We sacrifice unto the body of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; We sacrifice unto the body of Ari-ta/, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper ; We sacrifice unto the body of Ashi Vanguhi ; We sacrifice unto the body of the good A"isti ; We sacrifice unto the body of the most right /Tista ; We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the gods ; 22. We sacrifice unto the body of the Mathra SpeJtta. ; We sacrifice unto the body of the fiend-destroying Law ; We sacrifice unto the body of the long-traditional teaching ; We sacrifice unto the bodies of the Amesha- Spe?^tas ; 1 The same as Arsta/. Cf. Yasna LVII, 34-35 [LVI, 13, 3-7]. ^ He receives alms (the asho-dad). SROSH YAST HADHOKHT. 167 We sacrifice unto the bodies of ourselves, the Saoshya;2/s, the two-footed part of the holy crea- tion ; We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the beings of the holy world ^ For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious power .... 23. Yatha ahfi vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, the strength and vigour of the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the in- carnate Word, a mighty-speared and lordly god. [Give] unto that man^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones ! ^ Cf. §§ 16-17. ^ Who sacrifices to Sraosha. 1 68 YA5TS AND SlRdZAHS. XII. RASHN VAST.
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