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1ind blows from behind them ^ and brings their breath unto men, 46. Then men know where blows the breath of victory : and they pay pious homage unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, with their hearts prepared and their arms uplifted. 47. Whichever side they have been first wor- shipped in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart ^ to that side turn the awful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu and the awful cursing thought ^ of the wise and the victorious wind. 48. And those nations are smitten at one stroke by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads, against which turn the awful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu, and the awful cursing thought of the wise and the victorious wind. ^ Doubtful. 2 Literally, blows- them within. ^ Cf. Yt. X, 9. * See above, p. 12, note 12. 192 YA^'TS AND SIROZAHS. XIII. 49. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who come and go through the borough at the time of the Hamaspathmaedha^; they go along there for ten nights, asking thus ^ : 50. ' Who will praise us ? Who will offer us a sacrifice ? Who will meditate upon us ? Who will bless us^? Who will receive us with meat and clothes in his hand * and with a prayer worthy of bliss ^ ? Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation*'? Of which of you will the soul be wor- shipped by you with a sacrifice"^? To whom will this gift of ours be given, that he may have never- failinof food for ever and ever ?' 51. And the man who offers them up a sacrifice, 1 The sixth and last Gahambar (see Afrigan Gahambar), or the last ten days of the year (ioth-20th March), including the last five days of the last month, Sapendarmad, and the five complementary days. These last ten days should be spent in deeds of charity, religious banquets (gasan), and ceremonies in memory of the dead. It was also at the approach of the spring that the Romans and the Athenians used to offer annual sacrifices to the dead; the Romans in February 'qui tunc extremus anni mensis erat' (Cicero, De Legibus, II, 21), the Athenians on the third day of the Anthesterion feast (in the same month). The souls of the dead were supposed to partake of the new life then beginning to circulate through nature, that had also been dead during the long months of winter. '^ Perhaps : asking for help, thus.
2third day of the Anthesterion feast (in the same month). The souls of the dead were supposed to partake of the new life then beginning to circulate through nature, that had also been dead during the long months of winter. '^ Perhaps : asking for help, thus. ^ Frina/: who will pronounce the Afrin? * To be given in alms to poor Mazdayasnians (asho-dad). ^ Asha-nasa: that makes him reach the condition of one of the blessed (ahlayih arzanik, "Vend. XVIII, 6 [17]): the Sanskrit translation has, ' that is to say, that makes him worthy of a great reward.' * As in the invocations from § 87 to the end. ' An allusion to the formula: 'I sacrifice to the Fravashi of my own soul,' Yasna XXIII, 4 [6]. FARVARDiN VAST. 1 93 with meat and clothes in his hand, with a prayer worthy of bliss, the awful Fravashis of the faithful, satisfied, unharmed, and unoffended, bless thus : 52. 'May there be in this house flocks of animals and men ! May there be a swift horse and a solid chariot ! May there be a man who knows how to praise God ^ and rule in an assembly, who will offer us sacrifices with meat and clothes in his hand, and with a prayer worthy of bliss ^.' XIV. 53. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who show beautiful paths to the waters, made by Mazda, which had stood before for a long time in the same place without flowing^: 54. And now they flow along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spe/ztas. XV. 55. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who show a beautiful growth to the fertile* plants, which had stood before for a long time in the same place without growing : 56. And now they grow up along the path made ^ Stahyo: stutikaro (Sansk. tr. ; cf. Atash Nyayij, 10). 2 §§ 49-52 are a part of the so-called Afrigan Dahman (a prayer recited in honour of the dead); a Sanskrit translation of that Afrigan has been published by Burnouf in his Etudes zendes. ^ In winter. * Doubtful. The word is /iz^awrira, which Aspendiarji makes synonymous with /k- a par a, kind, merciful (Visperad XXI [XXIV], i). [23] O 4_ A . 194 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spe;^tas. XVI. 57.
3nymous with /k- a par a, kind, merciful (Visperad XXI [XXIV], i). [23] O 4_ A . 194 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spe;^tas. XVI. 57. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who showed their paths to the stars, the moon, the sun, and the endless lights, that had stood before for a long time in the same place, without moving forwards, through the oppres- sion of the Daevas and the assaults of the Daevas\ 58. And now they move around in their far- revolving circle for ever, till they come to the time of the good restoration of the world. XVII. 59. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the bright sea Vouru-Kasha^, to the number of ninety thou- sand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. XVIII. 60. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the stars Hapt6iri;^ga^, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety- nine. XIX. 61. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the body ^ Bundahij VI, 3. 2 To keep the white Horn there from the evil beings that try- to destroy it (Minokhirad LXII, 28). ^ See above, p. 97, note 4. FARVARDtN VAST. I95 of Keresaspa, the son of Sama^ the club-bearer with plaited hair, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety- nine. XX. 62. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the seed of the holy Zarathui'tra ^, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. XXI. 62,. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who fio^ht at the rio-ht hand of the reigning lord, if he rejoices the faithful ^ and if the awful Fravashis of the faithful are not hurt by him, if they are rejoiced by him, unharmed and unoffended. XXII. 64. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who are greater, who are ^ Keresaspa lies asleep in the plain of Pe^yansai ; ' the glory (far) of heaven stands over him for the purpose that, when Az-i- Dahak becomes unfettered, he may arise and slay him; and a myriad guardian spirits of the righteous are as a protection to him ' (Bundahij XXIX, 8 ; tr. West).
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1ind blows from behind them ^ and brings their breath unto men, 46. Then men know where blows the breath of victory : and they pay pious homage unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, with their hearts prepared and their arms uplifted. 47. Whichever side they have been first wor- shipped in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart ^ to that side turn the awful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu and the awful cursing thought ^ of the wise and the victorious wind. 48. And those nations are smitten at one stroke by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads, against which turn the awful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu, and the awful cursing thought of the wise and the victorious wind. ^ Doubtful. 2 Literally, blows- them within. ^ Cf. Yt. X, 9. * See above, p. 12, note 12. 192 YA^'TS AND SIROZAHS. XIII. 49. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who come and go through the borough at the time of the Hamaspathmaedha^; they go along there for ten nights, asking thus ^ : 50. ' Who will praise us ? Who will offer us a sacrifice ? Who will meditate upon us ? Who will bless us^? Who will receive us with meat and clothes in his hand * and with a prayer worthy of bliss ^ ? Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation*'? Of which of you will the soul be wor- shipped by you with a sacrifice"^? To whom will this gift of ours be given, that he may have never- failinof food for ever and ever ?' 51. And the man who offers them up a sacrifice, 1 The sixth and last Gahambar (see Afrigan Gahambar), or the last ten days of the year (ioth-20th March), including the last five days of the last month, Sapendarmad, and the five complementary days. These last ten days should be spent in deeds of charity, religious banquets (gasan), and ceremonies in memory of the dead. It was also at the approach of the spring that the Romans and the Athenians used to offer annual sacrifices to the dead; the Romans in February 'qui tunc extremus anni mensis erat' (Cicero, De Legibus, II, 21), the Athenians on the third day of the Anthesterion feast (in the same month). The souls of the dead were supposed to partake of the new life then beginning to circulate through nature, that had also been dead during the long months of winter. '^ Perhaps : asking for help, thus.
2third day of the Anthesterion feast (in the same month). The souls of the dead were supposed to partake of the new life then beginning to circulate through nature, that had also been dead during the long months of winter. '^ Perhaps : asking for help, thus. ^ Frina/: who will pronounce the Afrin? * To be given in alms to poor Mazdayasnians (asho-dad). ^ Asha-nasa: that makes him reach the condition of one of the blessed (ahlayih arzanik, "Vend. XVIII, 6 [17]): the Sanskrit translation has, ' that is to say, that makes him worthy of a great reward.' * As in the invocations from § 87 to the end. ' An allusion to the formula: 'I sacrifice to the Fravashi of my own soul,' Yasna XXIII, 4 [6]. FARVARDiN VAST. 1 93 with meat and clothes in his hand, with a prayer worthy of bliss, the awful Fravashis of the faithful, satisfied, unharmed, and unoffended, bless thus : 52. 'May there be in this house flocks of animals and men ! May there be a swift horse and a solid chariot ! May there be a man who knows how to praise God ^ and rule in an assembly, who will offer us sacrifices with meat and clothes in his hand, and with a prayer worthy of bliss ^.' XIV. 53. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who show beautiful paths to the waters, made by Mazda, which had stood before for a long time in the same place without flowing^: 54. And now they flow along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spe/ztas. XV. 55. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who show a beautiful growth to the fertile* plants, which had stood before for a long time in the same place without growing : 56. And now they grow up along the path made ^ Stahyo: stutikaro (Sansk. tr. ; cf. Atash Nyayij, 10). 2 §§ 49-52 are a part of the so-called Afrigan Dahman (a prayer recited in honour of the dead); a Sanskrit translation of that Afrigan has been published by Burnouf in his Etudes zendes. ^ In winter. * Doubtful. The word is /iz^awrira, which Aspendiarji makes synonymous with /k- a par a, kind, merciful (Visperad XXI [XXIV], i). [23] O 4_ A . 194 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spe;^tas. XVI. 57.
3nymous with /k- a par a, kind, merciful (Visperad XXI [XXIV], i). [23] O 4_ A . 194 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spe;^tas. XVI. 57. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who showed their paths to the stars, the moon, the sun, and the endless lights, that had stood before for a long time in the same place, without moving forwards, through the oppres- sion of the Daevas and the assaults of the Daevas\ 58. And now they move around in their far- revolving circle for ever, till they come to the time of the good restoration of the world. XVII. 59. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the bright sea Vouru-Kasha^, to the number of ninety thou- sand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. XVIII. 60. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the stars Hapt6iri;^ga^, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety- nine. XIX. 61. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the body ^ Bundahij VI, 3. 2 To keep the white Horn there from the evil beings that try- to destroy it (Minokhirad LXII, 28). ^ See above, p. 97, note 4. FARVARDtN VAST. I95 of Keresaspa, the son of Sama^ the club-bearer with plaited hair, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety- nine. XX. 62. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who watch over the seed of the holy Zarathui'tra ^, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. XXI. 62,. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who fio^ht at the rio-ht hand of the reigning lord, if he rejoices the faithful ^ and if the awful Fravashis of the faithful are not hurt by him, if they are rejoiced by him, unharmed and unoffended. XXII. 64. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who are greater, who are ^ Keresaspa lies asleep in the plain of Pe^yansai ; ' the glory (far) of heaven stands over him for the purpose that, when Az-i- Dahak becomes unfettered, he may arise and slay him; and a myriad guardian spirits of the righteous are as a protection to him ' (Bundahij XXIX, 8 ; tr. West).
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