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1e law ^ of the first who listened to the teaching (of Ahura), holy men and holy women, who struggled for holiness^; we worship the spirit, conscience, per- ception, soul, and Fravashi of our next-of-kin, holy men and holy women, who struggled for holiness^. 150. We worship the men of the primitive law who will be in these houses, boroughs, towns, and countries ; We worship the men of the primitive law who have been in these houses, boroughs, towns, and countries ; We worship the men of the primitive law who are in these houses, boroughs, towns, and countries. 151. We worship the men of the primitive law * Itinerant priests are received here. 2 Doubtful. ^ Cf. p. 198, note i. * The Paoiryo-Zkaejas ; see p. 180, note i. * For the triumph of the Zoroastrian law. FARVARDiN YA^-T. 229 in all houses, boroughs, towns, and countries, who obtained these houses, who obtained these boroughs, who obtained these towns, who obtained these coun- tries, who obtained holiness, who obtained the Mathra, who obtained the [blessedness of the] soul, who ob- tained all the perfections of goodness. 152. We worship Zarathu^tra, the lord and master of all the material world, the man of the primitive law ; the wisest of all beings, the best- ruling of all beings, the brightest of all beings, the most glorious of all beings, the most worthy of sacrifice amongst all beings, the most worthy of prayer amongst all beings, the most worthy of pro- pitiation amongst all beings, the most worthy of glorification amongst all beings, whom we call well-desired and worthy of sacrifice and prayer as much as any being can be, in the perfection of his holiness, 153. We worship this earth ; We worship those heavens ; We worship those good things that stand between (the earth and the heavens) and that are worthy of sacrifice and prayer and are to be worshipped by the faithful man. 154. We worship the souls of the wild beasts and of the tame \ We worship the souls of the holy men and women, born at any time, whose consciences struggle, or will struggle, or have struggled, for the good. ' Daitika, Persian j^ ; Neriosengh has 'that go by herds,' pahkti^arin. Aidyu; the Pahlavi translation has ayyar, 'that are of help' (domesticated?) ; Neriosengh has misread it as suvar and translated a9vacarin. The expression daitika aidyu answers to the Persian ^bj i^, meaning all sorts of animals (see ^fitudes Iraniennes, II, 150). 2^0 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. 155.
2ayyar, 'that are of help' (domesticated?) ; Neriosengh has misread it as suvar and translated a9vacarin. The expression daitika aidyu answers to the Persian ^bj i^, meaning all sorts of animals (see ^fitudes Iraniennes, II, 150). 2^0 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. 155. We worship the spirit, conscience, percep- tion, soul, and Fravashi of the holy men and holy women who struggle, will struggle, or have strug- gled, and teach the Law, and who have struggled for holiness. Y^nhe hatam: All those beings to whom Ahura Mazda .... Yatha ahii vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 156. The Fravashls of the faithful, awful and overpowering, awful and victorious ; the Fravashls of the men of the primitive law ; the Fravashls of the next-of-kin ; may these Fravashls come satisfied into this house ; may they walk satisfied through this house ! 157. May they, being satisfied, bless this house with the presence of the kind AshI Vanguhl ! May they leave this house satisfied! May they carry back from here hymns and worship to the Maker, Ahura Mazda, and the Amesha-Spe;nas ! May they not leave this house of us, the worshippers of Mazda, complaining ! 158. Yatha ahii vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the awful, overpowering Fravashls of the faithful ; of the Fravashls of the men of the primitive law ; of the Fravashls of the next-of-kin. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Who shall worship the Fravashis. BAH RAM YA^T. 23 I XIV. BAHRAM YA^'T. Regarding Bahram (Verethraghna), the Genius of Victory, see Vend. Introd. V, 8. This Yast can be divided into four parts: — I (§§ 1-28). An enumeration of the ten incarnations in which Verethraghna appeared to Zarathui'tra (as a wind, § 2 ; as a bull, § 7 ; as a horse, § 9 ; as a camel, §11; as a boar, §15; as a youth, § 17 ; as a raven, § 19 ; as a ram, § 23 ; as a buck, § 25 ; and as a man, § 27). II (§§ 30-33). The powers given by Verethraghna to his wor- shipper, Zarathujtra. III (§§ 34-46). The magical powers, ascribed to the raven's feather, of striking terror into an army and dispersing it (the raven being the seventh incarnation of Verethraghna). IV (§§ 47-64). The glorification of Verethraghna. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good ....
3ther, of striking terror into an army and dispersing it (the raven being the seventh incarnation of Verethraghna). IV (§§ 47-64). The glorification of Verethraghna. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thujtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness .... Unto Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and unto the crushing Ascendant^ ; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorifi- cation. Yatha ahft vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I. I. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. Zarathu.ytra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! ^ Sirozah I, 20. 232 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. 'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?' Ahura Mazda answered : 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathui"tra!' 2. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him first, running in the shape of a strong, beautiful wind, made by Mazda ; he bore the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, that is both health and strength. 3. Then he, who is the strongest \ said unto him^: ' I am the strongest in strength ; I am the most vic- torious in victory ; I am the most glorious in Glory ; I am the most favouring in favour ; I am the best giver of welfare ; I am the best- healing in health- giving. 4. ' And I shall destroy the malice of all the malicious, the malice of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. 5. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ; namely, unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. We worship Vere- thraghna, made by Ahura, with an offering of liba- tions, according to the primitive ordinances of Ahura ; with the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly- spoken words. 'Ye«he hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... II. 6. 'We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.' ^ Verethraghna. ^ Zarathujtra. BAHRAM YA5T. 233 Zarathu5tra asked Ahiira Mazda : * Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! ' Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods ?' Ahura Mazda answered : ' It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathu^tra !' 7.
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.
1e law ^ of the first who listened to the teaching (of Ahura), holy men and holy women, who struggled for holiness^; we worship the spirit, conscience, per- ception, soul, and Fravashi of our next-of-kin, holy men and holy women, who struggled for holiness^. 150. We worship the men of the primitive law who will be in these houses, boroughs, towns, and countries ; We worship the men of the primitive law who have been in these houses, boroughs, towns, and countries ; We worship the men of the primitive law who are in these houses, boroughs, towns, and countries. 151. We worship the men of the primitive law * Itinerant priests are received here. 2 Doubtful. ^ Cf. p. 198, note i. * The Paoiryo-Zkaejas ; see p. 180, note i. * For the triumph of the Zoroastrian law. FARVARDiN YA^-T. 229 in all houses, boroughs, towns, and countries, who obtained these houses, who obtained these boroughs, who obtained these towns, who obtained these coun- tries, who obtained holiness, who obtained the Mathra, who obtained the [blessedness of the] soul, who ob- tained all the perfections of goodness. 152. We worship Zarathu^tra, the lord and master of all the material world, the man of the primitive law ; the wisest of all beings, the best- ruling of all beings, the brightest of all beings, the most glorious of all beings, the most worthy of sacrifice amongst all beings, the most worthy of prayer amongst all beings, the most worthy of pro- pitiation amongst all beings, the most worthy of glorification amongst all beings, whom we call well-desired and worthy of sacrifice and prayer as much as any being can be, in the perfection of his holiness, 153. We worship this earth ; We worship those heavens ; We worship those good things that stand between (the earth and the heavens) and that are worthy of sacrifice and prayer and are to be worshipped by the faithful man. 154. We worship the souls of the wild beasts and of the tame \ We worship the souls of the holy men and women, born at any time, whose consciences struggle, or will struggle, or have struggled, for the good. ' Daitika, Persian j^ ; Neriosengh has 'that go by herds,' pahkti^arin. Aidyu; the Pahlavi translation has ayyar, 'that are of help' (domesticated?) ; Neriosengh has misread it as suvar and translated a9vacarin. The expression daitika aidyu answers to the Persian ^bj i^, meaning all sorts of animals (see ^fitudes Iraniennes, II, 150). 2^0 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. 155.
2ayyar, 'that are of help' (domesticated?) ; Neriosengh has misread it as suvar and translated a9vacarin. The expression daitika aidyu answers to the Persian ^bj i^, meaning all sorts of animals (see ^fitudes Iraniennes, II, 150). 2^0 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. 155. We worship the spirit, conscience, percep- tion, soul, and Fravashi of the holy men and holy women who struggle, will struggle, or have strug- gled, and teach the Law, and who have struggled for holiness. Y^nhe hatam: All those beings to whom Ahura Mazda .... Yatha ahii vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 156. The Fravashls of the faithful, awful and overpowering, awful and victorious ; the Fravashls of the men of the primitive law ; the Fravashls of the next-of-kin ; may these Fravashls come satisfied into this house ; may they walk satisfied through this house ! 157. May they, being satisfied, bless this house with the presence of the kind AshI Vanguhl ! May they leave this house satisfied! May they carry back from here hymns and worship to the Maker, Ahura Mazda, and the Amesha-Spe;nas ! May they not leave this house of us, the worshippers of Mazda, complaining ! 158. Yatha ahii vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the awful, overpowering Fravashls of the faithful ; of the Fravashls of the men of the primitive law ; of the Fravashls of the next-of-kin. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man^ brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ^ Who shall worship the Fravashis. BAH RAM YA^T. 23 I XIV. BAHRAM YA^'T. Regarding Bahram (Verethraghna), the Genius of Victory, see Vend. Introd. V, 8. This Yast can be divided into four parts: — I (§§ 1-28). An enumeration of the ten incarnations in which Verethraghna appeared to Zarathui'tra (as a wind, § 2 ; as a bull, § 7 ; as a horse, § 9 ; as a camel, §11; as a boar, §15; as a youth, § 17 ; as a raven, § 19 ; as a ram, § 23 ; as a buck, § 25 ; and as a man, § 27). II (§§ 30-33). The powers given by Verethraghna to his wor- shipper, Zarathujtra. III (§§ 34-46). The magical powers, ascribed to the raven's feather, of striking terror into an army and dispersing it (the raven being the seventh incarnation of Verethraghna). IV (§§ 47-64). The glorification of Verethraghna. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good ....
3ther, of striking terror into an army and dispersing it (the raven being the seventh incarnation of Verethraghna). IV (§§ 47-64). The glorification of Verethraghna. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zara- thujtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura ; For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness .... Unto Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and unto the crushing Ascendant^ ; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorifi- cation. Yatha ahft vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I. I. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. Zarathu.ytra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! ^ Sirozah I, 20. 232 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. 'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?' Ahura Mazda answered : 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathui"tra!' 2. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him first, running in the shape of a strong, beautiful wind, made by Mazda ; he bore the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, that is both health and strength. 3. Then he, who is the strongest \ said unto him^: ' I am the strongest in strength ; I am the most vic- torious in victory ; I am the most glorious in Glory ; I am the most favouring in favour ; I am the best giver of welfare ; I am the best- healing in health- giving. 4. ' And I shall destroy the malice of all the malicious, the malice of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. 5. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ; namely, unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. We worship Vere- thraghna, made by Ahura, with an offering of liba- tions, according to the primitive ordinances of Ahura ; with the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly- spoken words. 'Ye«he hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... II. 6. 'We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.' ^ Verethraghna. ^ Zarathujtra. BAHRAM YA5T. 233 Zarathu5tra asked Ahiira Mazda : * Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! ' Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods ?' Ahura Mazda answered : ' It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathu^tra !' 7.
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