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1plain 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). ^ ' ZaratiiJt went near unto Hvov (Hvogvi, his wife) three times, and each time the seed went to the ground; the angel Neryosang received the brilliance and strength of that seed, delivered it with care to the angel Anahid, and in time will blend it with a mother' (Bundahij XXXII, 8). A maid, EredaZ-fedhri, bathing in Lake Kasava, will conceive by that seed and bring forth the Saviour Saoshyaw/; his two fore-runners, UkhshyaZ-ereta and UkhshyaZ-nemah, will be born in the same way of SrutaZ-fedhri and Vanghu-fedhri (Yt. XIII, 141-142). » With alms. O 2 ig6 YA5TS AND stROZAHS. Stronger, who are swifter, who are more powerful, who are more victorious, who are more heaHng, who are more effective than can be expressed by words ; who run by tens of thousands into the midst of the Myazdas. 65. And when the waters come up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathurtra ! along with the Glory made by Mazda \ then forwards come the awful Fravashis of the faithful, many and many hundreds, many and many thousands, many and many tens of thousands, 66. Seeking water for their own kindred, for their own borough, for their own town, for their own country, and saying thus : ' May our own country have a good store and full joy!' 67. They fight in the battles that are fought in their own place and land, each according to the place and house where he dwelt (of yore) - : they look like a gallant warrior who, girded up and watchful, fights for the hoard he has treasured up. 68. And those of them who win bring waters to their own kindred, to their own borough, to their own town, to their own country, saying thus : ' May my country grow and increase ! ' 69. And when the all-powerful sovereign of a country has been surprised by his foes and haters, he invokes them, the awful Fravashis of the faithful. 70. And they come to his help, if they have not been hurt by him, if they have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed nor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful : they come flying unto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds. 1 Cf. Yt. XIX, 56 seq.; VIII, 34. « Doubtful. FARVARDIN YAST. 1 97 71.
2hey have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed nor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful : they come flying unto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds. 1 Cf. Yt. XIX, 56 seq.; VIII, 34. « Doubtful. FARVARDIN YAST. 1 97 71. They come in as a weapon and as a shield, to keep him behind and to keep him in front, from the Dru^ unseen, from the female Varenya fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that fiend who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were a thousand men watching over one man^; 72. So that neither the sword well-thrust, neither the club well-falling, nor the arrow well-shot, nor the spear well-darted, nor the stones flung from the arm shall destroy him. yT,. They come on this side, they come on that side, never resting, the good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, asking for help thus : '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 worshipped by you with a sacrifice ? To whom will that gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing food for ever and ever 2?' 74. We worship the perception^; we worship the intellect ; we worship the conscience ; we worship those of the Saoshya;//s^; We worship the souls; those of the tame animals; those of the wild animals ; those of the animals that live in the waters ; those of the animals that live under the ground ; those of the flying ones ; those of the running ones ; those of the grazing ones ^. ' Cf. Yt. I, 19. 2 Cf. § 50. ' Asna=azana (?). * Cf. p. 165, note 1. ' Cf.Yt. XIII, 10. 198 YA5TS AND s!r6zAHS, We worship their Fravashis ^. 75. We worship the Fravashis. We worship them, the hberal ; We worship them, the vaHant ; we worship them, the most vaHant ; We worship them, the beneficent ; we worship them, the most beneficent ; We worship them, the powerful ; We worship them, the most strong ; We worship them, the Hght ; we worship them, the most hght ; We worship them, the effective ; we worship them, the most effective. 76. They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two Spirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world, the Good Spirit and the Evil One ^. 77.
3, the most effective. 76. They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two Spirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world, the Good Spirit and the Evil One ^. 77. When Angra Mainyu broke into the creation of the good holiness, then came in across Vohu Mano and Atar ^ 78. They destroyed the malice of the fiend Angra Mainyu, so that the waters did not stop flowing nor did the plants stop growing ; but at once the most beneficent waters of the creator and * There seems to be in this paragraph a distinction of five faculties of the soul, asna, mana, daena, urvan, fravashi. The usual classification, as given in this Yast, § 149, and in later Parsism (Spiegel, Die traditionelle Literatur der Parsen, p. 172), is: ahu, spirit of life (?); daena, conscience; b aodh 6, perception ; urvan, the soul; fravashi. ^ The Fravashis, ' on war horses and spear in hand, were around the sky .... and no passage was found by the evil spirit, who rushed back ' (Bund. VI, 3-4 ; tr. West). ^ Cf Ormazd et Ahriman, § 107. FARVARDiN VAST. I 99 ruler, Ahura Mazda, flowed forward and his plants went on growing. 79. We worship all the waters ; We worship all the plants ; We worship all the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We worship the waters by their names ^ ; We worship the plants by their names ^ ; We worship the good, strong, beneficent Frava- shis of the faithful by their names. 80. Of all those ancient Fravashis, we worship the Fravashi of Ahura Mazda ; who is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the most solid, the wisest, the finest of body and supreme in holiness ^ ; 81. Whose soul is the Mathra Spe;^ta, who is white, shining, seen afar ; and we worship the beau- tiful forms, the active forms wherewith he clothes the Amesha-Spe;^tas ; we worship the swift-horsed sun. XXIII. 82. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the Amesha-Spe;^tas, the bright ones, whose looks perform what they wish, the tall, quickly coming to do, strong, and lordly, who are undecaying and holy ; 8^. Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one speech, who are all seven of one deed ; whose thought is the same, whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father and ^ That is to say, after their different kinds (described in Yasna XXXVIII, 3, 5 [7-9, 13-14]; LXVIII, 8 [LXVII, 15]; and Bund. XXI). 2 After their kinds (Bund. XXVII). " Cf. Yasna I, i. 200 YA^TS AND siROZAHS.
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.
1plain 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). ^ ' ZaratiiJt went near unto Hvov (Hvogvi, his wife) three times, and each time the seed went to the ground; the angel Neryosang received the brilliance and strength of that seed, delivered it with care to the angel Anahid, and in time will blend it with a mother' (Bundahij XXXII, 8). A maid, EredaZ-fedhri, bathing in Lake Kasava, will conceive by that seed and bring forth the Saviour Saoshyaw/; his two fore-runners, UkhshyaZ-ereta and UkhshyaZ-nemah, will be born in the same way of SrutaZ-fedhri and Vanghu-fedhri (Yt. XIII, 141-142). » With alms. O 2 ig6 YA5TS AND stROZAHS. Stronger, who are swifter, who are more powerful, who are more victorious, who are more heaHng, who are more effective than can be expressed by words ; who run by tens of thousands into the midst of the Myazdas. 65. And when the waters come up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathurtra ! along with the Glory made by Mazda \ then forwards come the awful Fravashis of the faithful, many and many hundreds, many and many thousands, many and many tens of thousands, 66. Seeking water for their own kindred, for their own borough, for their own town, for their own country, and saying thus : ' May our own country have a good store and full joy!' 67. They fight in the battles that are fought in their own place and land, each according to the place and house where he dwelt (of yore) - : they look like a gallant warrior who, girded up and watchful, fights for the hoard he has treasured up. 68. And those of them who win bring waters to their own kindred, to their own borough, to their own town, to their own country, saying thus : ' May my country grow and increase ! ' 69. And when the all-powerful sovereign of a country has been surprised by his foes and haters, he invokes them, the awful Fravashis of the faithful. 70. And they come to his help, if they have not been hurt by him, if they have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed nor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful : they come flying unto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds. 1 Cf. Yt. XIX, 56 seq.; VIII, 34. « Doubtful. FARVARDIN YAST. 1 97 71.
2hey have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed nor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful : they come flying unto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds. 1 Cf. Yt. XIX, 56 seq.; VIII, 34. « Doubtful. FARVARDIN YAST. 1 97 71. They come in as a weapon and as a shield, to keep him behind and to keep him in front, from the Dru^ unseen, from the female Varenya fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that fiend who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were a thousand men watching over one man^; 72. So that neither the sword well-thrust, neither the club well-falling, nor the arrow well-shot, nor the spear well-darted, nor the stones flung from the arm shall destroy him. yT,. They come on this side, they come on that side, never resting, the good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, asking for help thus : '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 worshipped by you with a sacrifice ? To whom will that gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing food for ever and ever 2?' 74. We worship the perception^; we worship the intellect ; we worship the conscience ; we worship those of the Saoshya;//s^; We worship the souls; those of the tame animals; those of the wild animals ; those of the animals that live in the waters ; those of the animals that live under the ground ; those of the flying ones ; those of the running ones ; those of the grazing ones ^. ' Cf. Yt. I, 19. 2 Cf. § 50. ' Asna=azana (?). * Cf. p. 165, note 1. ' Cf.Yt. XIII, 10. 198 YA5TS AND s!r6zAHS, We worship their Fravashis ^. 75. We worship the Fravashis. We worship them, the hberal ; We worship them, the vaHant ; we worship them, the most vaHant ; We worship them, the beneficent ; we worship them, the most beneficent ; We worship them, the powerful ; We worship them, the most strong ; We worship them, the Hght ; we worship them, the most hght ; We worship them, the effective ; we worship them, the most effective. 76. They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two Spirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world, the Good Spirit and the Evil One ^. 77.
3, the most effective. 76. They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two Spirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, who stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world, the Good Spirit and the Evil One ^. 77. When Angra Mainyu broke into the creation of the good holiness, then came in across Vohu Mano and Atar ^ 78. They destroyed the malice of the fiend Angra Mainyu, so that the waters did not stop flowing nor did the plants stop growing ; but at once the most beneficent waters of the creator and * There seems to be in this paragraph a distinction of five faculties of the soul, asna, mana, daena, urvan, fravashi. The usual classification, as given in this Yast, § 149, and in later Parsism (Spiegel, Die traditionelle Literatur der Parsen, p. 172), is: ahu, spirit of life (?); daena, conscience; b aodh 6, perception ; urvan, the soul; fravashi. ^ The Fravashis, ' on war horses and spear in hand, were around the sky .... and no passage was found by the evil spirit, who rushed back ' (Bund. VI, 3-4 ; tr. West). ^ Cf Ormazd et Ahriman, § 107. FARVARDiN VAST. I 99 ruler, Ahura Mazda, flowed forward and his plants went on growing. 79. We worship all the waters ; We worship all the plants ; We worship all the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We worship the waters by their names ^ ; We worship the plants by their names ^ ; We worship the good, strong, beneficent Frava- shis of the faithful by their names. 80. Of all those ancient Fravashis, we worship the Fravashi of Ahura Mazda ; who is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the most solid, the wisest, the finest of body and supreme in holiness ^ ; 81. Whose soul is the Mathra Spe;^ta, who is white, shining, seen afar ; and we worship the beau- tiful forms, the active forms wherewith he clothes the Amesha-Spe;^tas ; we worship the swift-horsed sun. XXIII. 82. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the Amesha-Spe;^tas, the bright ones, whose looks perform what they wish, the tall, quickly coming to do, strong, and lordly, who are undecaying and holy ; 8^. Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one speech, who are all seven of one deed ; whose thought is the same, whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father and ^ That is to say, after their different kinds (described in Yasna XXXVIII, 3, 5 [7-9, 13-14]; LXVIII, 8 [LXVII, 15]; and Bund. XXI). 2 After their kinds (Bund. XXVII). " Cf. Yasna I, i. 200 YA^TS AND siROZAHS.
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