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1mine alone flow all the waters that spread all over the seven Karshvares ; this river of mine alone goes on bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine purifies the seed in males, the womb in females, the milk in females' breasts ^ 9. ' Through their brightness and glory, O Zara- thui'tra ! I maintain the wide earth made by Ahura, the large and broad earth, that bears so much that is fine, that bears all the bodily world, the live and the dead, and the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters ; 10. * Upon which run the many streams and rivers ; upon which the many kinds of plants grow up from the ground, to nourish animals and men, to nourish the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds of animals ^, and to help the faithful. 1 1. * Through their brightness and glory, O Zara- thui-tra ! I maintain in the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die from the ^ §§4-8=Yt.V, 1-5. ^ There are five classes of animals : those Hving in waters (upapa), those living under the ground (upasma = upa-zema), the flying ones (fraptar^at), the running ones (ravas/^arant), the grazing ones (>^angrangha>('); Visperad I, i seq.; Yt. XIII, 74. The representatives of those several classes are the kar ma hi fish, the ermine, the kar^ipt, the hare, and the ass -goat (Pahl. Comm. ad Visp. 1. 1.). FARVARDIN YAST. 1 83 assaults of Vidotu \ and I develop in it ^ the bones, the hair, the . . . . ^, the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs. 12. ' Had not the awful Fravashis of the faithful given help unto me, those animals and men of mine, of which there are such excellent kinds, would not subsist ; strength would belong to the Dru^, the dominion would belong to the Dru^, the material world would belong to the Dru^. 1 3 ' Between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would be harassed by the Dru^ ; between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would be smitten by the Dru^; and never afterwards would Angra-Mainyu give way to the blows of Spe;/ta- Mainyu. 14. 'Through their brightness and glory the waters run and flow forward from the never-failing springs ; through their brightness and glory the plants grow up from the earth, by the never-failing springs ; through their brightness and glory the winds blow, driving down the clouds towards the never-failing springs. 15. 'Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring ; through their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety ; it is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed with children. 16.
2he clouds towards the never-failing springs. 15. 'Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring ; through their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety ; it is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed with children. 16. 'Through their brightness and glory a man is born who is a chief in assemblies and meetings *, who listens well ^ to the (holy) words, whom Wisdom 1 See Vend. IV, 40 [137]. ^ Doubtful. ' ? Derewda. * A ivoihtjv Xaa>v. * Who learns well, who has the gaosho-srGta khratu. \. 184 YAS'TS AND SIROZAHS. holds dear \ and who returns a victor from discus- sions with Gaotema, the heretic ^. ' Through their brightness and glory the sun goes his way ; through their brightness and glory the moon goes her way ; through their brightness and glory the stars go their way. 17. * In fearful battles they are the wisest for help, the Fravashis of the faithful. 'The most powerful amongst the Fravashis of the faithful, O Spitama ! are those of the men of the primitive law ^ or those of the Saoshya;^/s ■• not yet born, who are to restore the world. Of the others, the Fravashis of the living faithful are more powerful, O Zarathui^tra ! than those of the dead, O Spitama ! 18. 'And the man who in life shall treat the Fravashis of the faithful well, will become a ruler of the country with full power, and a chief most strong ; so shall any man of you become, who shall treat Mithra well, the lord of wide pastures, and Ari-ta/, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. 19. 'Thus do I proclaim unto thee, O pure Spi- tama ! the vigour and strength, the glory, the help, and the joy that are in the Fravashis of the faithful, ^ Or, 'who wishes for wisdom' (lore; khratukata=khratu- ^inah). " Y6 naidhyangho gaotemahe par6 ayau par^toi/ avaiti. This seems to be an allusion to controversies with the Buddhists or Gotama's disciples, whose religion had obtained a footing in the western parts of Iran as early as the second century before Christ. Naidhyangho means a heretic, an Ashemaogha (see Pahl. Comm. ad Yasna XXXIV, 8). ^ See above, p. 180, note i. * See above, p. 165, note i. FARVARDIN \AST. I 85 the awful and overpowering Fravashis ; and how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis of the faithful \' II. 20.
3ad Yasna XXXIV, 8). ^ See above, p. 180, note i. * See above, p. 165, note i. FARVARDIN \AST. I 85 the awful and overpowering Fravashis ; and how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis of the faithful \' II. 20. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zara- thui-tra, saying : ' If in this material world, O Spi- tama Zarathui-tra ! thou happenest to come upon frightful roads, full of dangers and fears, O Zara- thui-tra ! and thou fearest for thyself, then do thou recite these words, then proclaim these fiend-smiting words, O Zarathui'tra ! 21. ' " I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We worship the Fravashis of the masters of the houses, those of the lords of the boroughs, those of the lords of the towns, those of the lords of the countries, those of the Zarathui'tro- temas ^ ; the Fravashis of those that are, the Fra- vashis of those that have been, the Fravashis of those that will be ; all the Fravashis of all nations ^, and most friendly the Fravashis of the friendly nations ; 22. '"Who maintain the sky, who maintain the waters, who maintain the earth, who maintain the cattle, Avho maintain in the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and develop in it the bones, the hair, the . . . . , the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs * ; 23. '"Who are much -bringing, who move with ^ Cf. § I. 2 See Yt. X, 115, note. ' See § 143, text and note. * See § 11. 1 86 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. awfulness, well-moving, swiftly moving, quickly moving, who move when invoked ; who are to be invoked in the conquest of good, who are to be in- voked in fights against foes, who are to be invoked in battles ; 24. ' " Who give victory to their invoker, who give boons to their lover, who give health to the sick man, who give good Glory to the faithful man that brines libations and invokes them with a sacrifice and words of propitiation ^ ; 25. '"Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most devoted to holiness, and where is the greatest piety ^ where the faithful man is rejoiced ^ and where the faithful man is not ill-treated ^" ' III. 26. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fra- vashis of the faithful, who are the mightiest of drivers, the lightest of those driving forwards, the slowest of the retiring ^ the safest ^ of all bridges, the least- erring^ of all weapons and armsS and who never turn their backs \ 27.
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.
1mine alone flow all the waters that spread all over the seven Karshvares ; this river of mine alone goes on bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine purifies the seed in males, the womb in females, the milk in females' breasts ^ 9. ' Through their brightness and glory, O Zara- thui'tra ! I maintain the wide earth made by Ahura, the large and broad earth, that bears so much that is fine, that bears all the bodily world, the live and the dead, and the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters ; 10. * Upon which run the many streams and rivers ; upon which the many kinds of plants grow up from the ground, to nourish animals and men, to nourish the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds of animals ^, and to help the faithful. 1 1. * Through their brightness and glory, O Zara- thui-tra ! I maintain in the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die from the ^ §§4-8=Yt.V, 1-5. ^ There are five classes of animals : those Hving in waters (upapa), those living under the ground (upasma = upa-zema), the flying ones (fraptar^at), the running ones (ravas/^arant), the grazing ones (>^angrangha>('); Visperad I, i seq.; Yt. XIII, 74. The representatives of those several classes are the kar ma hi fish, the ermine, the kar^ipt, the hare, and the ass -goat (Pahl. Comm. ad Visp. 1. 1.). FARVARDIN YAST. 1 83 assaults of Vidotu \ and I develop in it ^ the bones, the hair, the . . . . ^, the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs. 12. ' Had not the awful Fravashis of the faithful given help unto me, those animals and men of mine, of which there are such excellent kinds, would not subsist ; strength would belong to the Dru^, the dominion would belong to the Dru^, the material world would belong to the Dru^. 1 3 ' Between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would be harassed by the Dru^ ; between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would be smitten by the Dru^; and never afterwards would Angra-Mainyu give way to the blows of Spe;/ta- Mainyu. 14. 'Through their brightness and glory the waters run and flow forward from the never-failing springs ; through their brightness and glory the plants grow up from the earth, by the never-failing springs ; through their brightness and glory the winds blow, driving down the clouds towards the never-failing springs. 15. 'Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring ; through their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety ; it is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed with children. 16.
2he clouds towards the never-failing springs. 15. 'Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring ; through their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety ; it is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed with children. 16. 'Through their brightness and glory a man is born who is a chief in assemblies and meetings *, who listens well ^ to the (holy) words, whom Wisdom 1 See Vend. IV, 40 [137]. ^ Doubtful. ' ? Derewda. * A ivoihtjv Xaa>v. * Who learns well, who has the gaosho-srGta khratu. \. 184 YAS'TS AND SIROZAHS. holds dear \ and who returns a victor from discus- sions with Gaotema, the heretic ^. ' Through their brightness and glory the sun goes his way ; through their brightness and glory the moon goes her way ; through their brightness and glory the stars go their way. 17. * In fearful battles they are the wisest for help, the Fravashis of the faithful. 'The most powerful amongst the Fravashis of the faithful, O Spitama ! are those of the men of the primitive law ^ or those of the Saoshya;^/s ■• not yet born, who are to restore the world. Of the others, the Fravashis of the living faithful are more powerful, O Zarathui^tra ! than those of the dead, O Spitama ! 18. 'And the man who in life shall treat the Fravashis of the faithful well, will become a ruler of the country with full power, and a chief most strong ; so shall any man of you become, who shall treat Mithra well, the lord of wide pastures, and Ari-ta/, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. 19. 'Thus do I proclaim unto thee, O pure Spi- tama ! the vigour and strength, the glory, the help, and the joy that are in the Fravashis of the faithful, ^ Or, 'who wishes for wisdom' (lore; khratukata=khratu- ^inah). " Y6 naidhyangho gaotemahe par6 ayau par^toi/ avaiti. This seems to be an allusion to controversies with the Buddhists or Gotama's disciples, whose religion had obtained a footing in the western parts of Iran as early as the second century before Christ. Naidhyangho means a heretic, an Ashemaogha (see Pahl. Comm. ad Yasna XXXIV, 8). ^ See above, p. 180, note i. * See above, p. 165, note i. FARVARDIN \AST. I 85 the awful and overpowering Fravashis ; and how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis of the faithful \' II. 20.
3ad Yasna XXXIV, 8). ^ See above, p. 180, note i. * See above, p. 165, note i. FARVARDIN \AST. I 85 the awful and overpowering Fravashis ; and how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis of the faithful \' II. 20. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zara- thui-tra, saying : ' If in this material world, O Spi- tama Zarathui-tra ! thou happenest to come upon frightful roads, full of dangers and fears, O Zara- thui-tra ! and thou fearest for thyself, then do thou recite these words, then proclaim these fiend-smiting words, O Zarathui'tra ! 21. ' " I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We worship the Fravashis of the masters of the houses, those of the lords of the boroughs, those of the lords of the towns, those of the lords of the countries, those of the Zarathui'tro- temas ^ ; the Fravashis of those that are, the Fra- vashis of those that have been, the Fravashis of those that will be ; all the Fravashis of all nations ^, and most friendly the Fravashis of the friendly nations ; 22. '"Who maintain the sky, who maintain the waters, who maintain the earth, who maintain the cattle, Avho maintain in the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and develop in it the bones, the hair, the . . . . , the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs * ; 23. '"Who are much -bringing, who move with ^ Cf. § I. 2 See Yt. X, 115, note. ' See § 143, text and note. * See § 11. 1 86 YA5TS AND SIROZAHS. awfulness, well-moving, swiftly moving, quickly moving, who move when invoked ; who are to be invoked in the conquest of good, who are to be in- voked in fights against foes, who are to be invoked in battles ; 24. ' " Who give victory to their invoker, who give boons to their lover, who give health to the sick man, who give good Glory to the faithful man that brines libations and invokes them with a sacrifice and words of propitiation ^ ; 25. '"Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most devoted to holiness, and where is the greatest piety ^ where the faithful man is rejoiced ^ and where the faithful man is not ill-treated ^" ' III. 26. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fra- vashis of the faithful, who are the mightiest of drivers, the lightest of those driving forwards, the slowest of the retiring ^ the safest ^ of all bridges, the least- erring^ of all weapons and armsS and who never turn their backs \ 27.
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.
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