Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 — The Zend-Avesta, Part II / Yasts & Nyayis (Darmesteter, page scans)
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d .... in whatever part of the world thou art.
VII.
14. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art in the Karshvare Vouru-^are^ti \ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou art.
VIII.
15. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in this Karshvare, the bright ^6^aniratha \ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou art.
IX.
16. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sea Vouru-Kasha ^, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou art.
^ See Yt. X, 15, note 5. ^ See p. 54, note 6.
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X.
1 7. ' Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art on the tree of the eagle ^, that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha, that is called the tree of good remedies, the tree of powerful remedies, the tree of all remedies, and on which rest the seeds of all plants ; we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XI.
18. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Aodhas ^ of the Rangha, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XII.
19. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Sanaka^ of the Rangha, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
^ The SaSna, in later mythology the Si namril or Simfirgh; his 'resting-place is on the tree which is Ja.d-hesh (opposed to harm) of all seeds; and always when he rises aloft, a thousand twigs will shoot forth from that tree ; and when he alights, he will break off the thousand twigs, and he sheds their seed therefrom. And the bird Chanmr6sh for ever sits in that vicinity; and his work is this, that he collects that seed which sheds from the tree of all seeds, which is JatZ-besh, and conveys it there where Tishtar seizes the water, so that Tishtar may seize the water with that seed of all kinds, and may rain it on the world with the rain' (Minokhirad LXII, 37; tr. West).
"^ By the floods (? Vend. I, 26); it has probably a geographical meaning ; cf. the following paragraph ; perhaps the marshy country at the mouth of the Tigris.
^ Cf.Yt.X,io4; aodhas and sanaka may refer to the southern and northern basin of the Tigris.
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YA5'TS AND SIROZAHS.
XIII.
20. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at one of the angles of this earth, we invoke we bless
Rashnu.
of the Tigris.
^ Cf.Yt.X,io4; aodhas and sanaka may refer to the southern and northern basin of the Tigris.
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YA5'TS AND SIROZAHS.
XIII.
20. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at one of the angles of this earth, we invoke we bless
Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XIV.
21. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at the
boundary of this earth, we invoke, we bless Rashnu.
I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XV.
22. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in any place of this earth, we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XVI.
23. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art 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 uncleanness made by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot reach up unto the Haraiti Bareza^; we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared
XVII.
24. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art upon the highest Hukairya, of the deep precipices ^ made of gold, wherefrom this river of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, leaps from a thousand times the height of a man, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
1 Cf. Yt. X, 50.
2 Reading vispo-vaemem; cf. Yt.V, 96, note 7.
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XVIII.
25. * Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art upon the Taera of the height Haraiti, around which the stars, the moon, and the sun revolve ^ we Invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XIX.
26. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the star Vana??/ ^, made by Mazda, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
• XX.
27. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright and glorious star Tii'trya ^ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards the var prepared ....
XXI.
28. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the group of the Haptoiri/^ga stars ^, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXII.
29. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art in those stars that have the seed of the waters in them ^, we
^ See Bund. V, 3 seq. ; cf. Yt. X, 1 3, 50.
2 Cf. Yt. XX and Yt. VIII, 1 2. ' Cf. Yt. VIII, 12.
his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXII.
29. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art in those stars that have the seed of the waters in them ^, we
^ See Bund. V, 3 seq. ; cf. Yt. X, 1 3, 50.
2 Cf. Yt. XX and Yt. VIII, 1 2. ' Cf. Yt. VIII, 12.
* ' The star of water essence is for the increase of water ; and the star of earth essence, for the increase of earth ; and the star of tree essence, for the increase of trees ; and the star of cattle essence,p. 176 invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship tOAvards this var prepared ....
XXIII.
30. * Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art in those stars that have the seed of the earth in them \ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXIV.
31. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have the seed of the plants in them\ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXV.
32. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the stars that belong to the Good Spirit ^ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXVI.
33. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art In the moon which has the seed of the Bull in it^ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
for the increase of cattle ; and the essence of water, and earth, and trees, and cattle is created for the increase of man ' (Minokhirad XLIX, 7, tr. West).
* See preceding note.
^ Excluding the planets which belong to Ahriman (Minokhirad VIII, xg; Bund. Ill, 25 ; V, i).
^ See above, p. 8, note 8.
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XXVII.
34. ' Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art in the swift-horsed sun, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXVIII.
35. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sovereign endless Light, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXIX.
36. ' Whether thou, O holy Rashnu ! art in the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXX.
Sy. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the shining Garo-demana^ we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
XXXI.
38. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art ... .2 we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared ....
39.
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