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1glory of this house with its wealth in cattle. He is like that great bird, the Saena * ; he is like the big clouds, full of water, that beat the mountains. ' For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XVI. 42. *We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.' Zarathu^tra asked Ahura Mazda : 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! ' Where is it that we must invoke the name of Verethraghna, made by Ahura ? Where is it that 1 Kai Kaus; when he tried to ascend to heaven on a throne carried by eagles (Journal Asiatique, 1 881, I, 513). 2 A metaphor to express the swiftness of the wind, of the camel, and of the rivers. ' Cf. Yt.V, 34. * The Simurgh; cf. p. 241, note 2. BAHRAM VAST. 243 we must praise him ? That we must humbly praise him?' 43. Ahura Mazda answered : ' When armies meet together in full array, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! (ask- ing) which of the two is the party that conquers^ and is not crushed, that smites and is not smitten ; 44. 'Do thou throw ^ four feathers ^ in the way. Whichever of the two will first worship the well- shapen Strength, andVerethraghna, beautiful of form, made by Mazda, on his side will victory stand. 45. ' I will bless Strength and Victory, the two keepers, the two good keepers, the two maintainers ; the two who . . . .^, the two who . . . .^ the two who ... .3; the two who forgive, the two who strike off, the two who forget*. 46. 'O Zarathu^tra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupiP. These are words that are awful and powerful, awful and assembly-ruling, awful and victorious, awful and healing; these are words that save the head that was lost and chant away the uplifted weapon.' XVII. 47. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura : who goes along the armies arrayed, and goes here ^ Doubtful. ^ Or an arrow feathered with four Vare?/^ana's feathers. ' A-dhwaozen, vi-dhwaozen, fra-dhwaozen. * Amarezen, cf. ^JJo^^^T; vimarezen, cf. Yt. I, 2 ; fra mare- zen, cf. ^Jiy^. « Cf. Yt. IV, 10. R 2 244 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. and there asking, along with Mithra and Rashnu : ' Who is it who hes unto Mithra ? Who is it who thrusts [his oath] against Rashnu^ ? To whom shall I, in my might, impart illness and death ^ ?' 48 ^ Ahura Mazda said : * If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him just as it ought to be performed in the
2is oath] against Rashnu^ ? To whom shall I, in my might, impart illness and death ^ ?' 48 ^ Ahura Mazda said : * If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him just as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness, never will a hostile horde enter the Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe.' 49*. Zarathui-tra asked :' What is then, O Ahura Mazda ! the sacrifice and invocation in honour of Verethraghna, made by Ahura, as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?' 50. Ahura Mazda answered : ' Let the Aryan nations bring libations unto him ; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him ; let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same colour. 51. ' Let not a murderer take of those offerings, nor a whore, nor a .... , who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zara- thui^tra. 52. ' If a murderer take of those offerings, or a whore, or a .... , who does not sing the Gathis, then Verethraghna, made by Ahura, takes back his healing virtues. s Against truth. ^ Cf. Yt. X, 108 seq. § 48 ; cf. Yt. VIII, 56. * §§ 49-53 = Yt. VIII, 57-61. BAHRAM YA^T. 245 53. ' Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan na- tions ; hostile hordes will ever fall upon the Aryan nations ; the Aryans will be smitten 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.' 54. There Verethraghna, made by Ahura, pro- claimed thus : ' The Soul of the Bull \ the wise creature, does not receive from man due sacrifice and prayer ; for now the Daevas and the wor- shippers of the Daevas make blood flow and spill it like water ; 55. 'For now the . . . .^ Daevas and the wor- shippers of the Daevas bring to the fire the plant that is called Haperesi, the wood that is called Neme/ka^ ; 56. ' (Therefore) when the . . . .- Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas bow their backs, bend their waists, and arrange all their limbs'*, they think they will smite and smite not, they think they will kill and kill not ; and then the . . . . ^ Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds con- founded and their eyes made giddy ^' For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
3not, they think they will kill and kill not ; and then the . . . . ^ Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds con- founded and their eyes made giddy ^' For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ Gojurun or Drvaspa ; see Yt. IX. The destruction of any living being is an injury to Drvaspa. "^ ? Vyambura. ^ The Haperesi and the N erne /k a are probably some species of green wood ; it is forbidden to put green wood in the fire as it kills it, and injures the Genius of Water at the same time. * In order to strike. ^ The general meaning of the last four clauses is that the impious are defeated. 246 YA.STS AND siROZAHS. XVIII. 57. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. I offer up Haoma, who saves one's head^ ; I offer up the victorious Haoma ; I offer him up, the good protector; I offer up Haoma, who is a protector to my body, as a man who shall drink ^ of him shall win and prevail^ over his enemies in battle ; 58. That I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIX. 59. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. The prince and his son and his sons who are chiefs of myriads^ offer him up a bright . . . . ^ [saying] : * He is strong, and Victorious is his name ; he is victorious, and Strong is his name ;' 60. That I may be as constantly victorious as any one of all the Aryans^ ; that I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ ? Sairi-baoghem; cf. § 46. 2 Nivazaiti; literally, swallow (? frot 6 bun burtan, Vend. V, 8 [26]). ' Literally, overtake. " Cf. Yt. V, 85. ^ ? Asanem sighftire. « Cf. Yt. V, 69. BAHRAM VAST. 247 XX. 61. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... In the ox is our strength, in the ox is our need ^ ; in the ox is our speech, in the ox is our victory ; in the ox is our food, in the ox is our clothing ; in the ox is tillage, that makes food grow for us. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XXI. 62.
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.
1glory of this house with its wealth in cattle. He is like that great bird, the Saena * ; he is like the big clouds, full of water, that beat the mountains. ' For his brightness and glory, I will oflfer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XVI. 42. *We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.' Zarathu^tra asked Ahura Mazda : 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One ! ' Where is it that we must invoke the name of Verethraghna, made by Ahura ? Where is it that 1 Kai Kaus; when he tried to ascend to heaven on a throne carried by eagles (Journal Asiatique, 1 881, I, 513). 2 A metaphor to express the swiftness of the wind, of the camel, and of the rivers. ' Cf. Yt.V, 34. * The Simurgh; cf. p. 241, note 2. BAHRAM VAST. 243 we must praise him ? That we must humbly praise him?' 43. Ahura Mazda answered : ' When armies meet together in full array, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! (ask- ing) which of the two is the party that conquers^ and is not crushed, that smites and is not smitten ; 44. 'Do thou throw ^ four feathers ^ in the way. Whichever of the two will first worship the well- shapen Strength, andVerethraghna, beautiful of form, made by Mazda, on his side will victory stand. 45. ' I will bless Strength and Victory, the two keepers, the two good keepers, the two maintainers ; the two who . . . .^, the two who . . . .^ the two who ... .3; the two who forgive, the two who strike off, the two who forget*. 46. 'O Zarathu^tra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupiP. These are words that are awful and powerful, awful and assembly-ruling, awful and victorious, awful and healing; these are words that save the head that was lost and chant away the uplifted weapon.' XVII. 47. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura : who goes along the armies arrayed, and goes here ^ Doubtful. ^ Or an arrow feathered with four Vare?/^ana's feathers. ' A-dhwaozen, vi-dhwaozen, fra-dhwaozen. * Amarezen, cf. ^JJo^^^T; vimarezen, cf. Yt. I, 2 ; fra mare- zen, cf. ^Jiy^. « Cf. Yt. IV, 10. R 2 244 YA^TS AND SIROZAHS. and there asking, along with Mithra and Rashnu : ' Who is it who hes unto Mithra ? Who is it who thrusts [his oath] against Rashnu^ ? To whom shall I, in my might, impart illness and death ^ ?' 48 ^ Ahura Mazda said : * If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him just as it ought to be performed in the
2is oath] against Rashnu^ ? To whom shall I, in my might, impart illness and death ^ ?' 48 ^ Ahura Mazda said : * If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him just as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness, never will a hostile horde enter the Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe.' 49*. Zarathui-tra asked :' What is then, O Ahura Mazda ! the sacrifice and invocation in honour of Verethraghna, made by Ahura, as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?' 50. Ahura Mazda answered : ' Let the Aryan nations bring libations unto him ; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him ; let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same colour. 51. ' Let not a murderer take of those offerings, nor a whore, nor a .... , who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zara- thui^tra. 52. ' If a murderer take of those offerings, or a whore, or a .... , who does not sing the Gathis, then Verethraghna, made by Ahura, takes back his healing virtues. s Against truth. ^ Cf. Yt. X, 108 seq. § 48 ; cf. Yt. VIII, 56. * §§ 49-53 = Yt. VIII, 57-61. BAHRAM YA^T. 245 53. ' Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan na- tions ; hostile hordes will ever fall upon the Aryan nations ; the Aryans will be smitten 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.' 54. There Verethraghna, made by Ahura, pro- claimed thus : ' The Soul of the Bull \ the wise creature, does not receive from man due sacrifice and prayer ; for now the Daevas and the wor- shippers of the Daevas make blood flow and spill it like water ; 55. 'For now the . . . .^ Daevas and the wor- shippers of the Daevas bring to the fire the plant that is called Haperesi, the wood that is called Neme/ka^ ; 56. ' (Therefore) when the . . . .- Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas bow their backs, bend their waists, and arrange all their limbs'*, they think they will smite and smite not, they think they will kill and kill not ; and then the . . . . ^ Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds con- founded and their eyes made giddy ^' For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
3not, they think they will kill and kill not ; and then the . . . . ^ Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds con- founded and their eyes made giddy ^' For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ Gojurun or Drvaspa ; see Yt. IX. The destruction of any living being is an injury to Drvaspa. "^ ? Vyambura. ^ The Haperesi and the N erne /k a are probably some species of green wood ; it is forbidden to put green wood in the fire as it kills it, and injures the Genius of Water at the same time. * In order to strike. ^ The general meaning of the last four clauses is that the impious are defeated. 246 YA.STS AND siROZAHS. XVIII. 57. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. I offer up Haoma, who saves one's head^ ; I offer up the victorious Haoma ; I offer him up, the good protector; I offer up Haoma, who is a protector to my body, as a man who shall drink ^ of him shall win and prevail^ over his enemies in battle ; 58. That I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XIX. 59. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. The prince and his son and his sons who are chiefs of myriads^ offer him up a bright . . . . ^ [saying] : * He is strong, and Victorious is his name ; he is victorious, and Strong is his name ;' 60. That I may be as constantly victorious as any one of all the Aryans^ ; that I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... ^ ? Sairi-baoghem; cf. § 46. 2 Nivazaiti; literally, swallow (? frot 6 bun burtan, Vend. V, 8 [26]). ' Literally, overtake. " Cf. Yt. V, 85. ^ ? Asanem sighftire. « Cf. Yt. V, 69. BAHRAM VAST. 247 XX. 61. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... In the ox is our strength, in the ox is our need ^ ; in the ox is our speech, in the ox is our victory ; in the ox is our food, in the ox is our clothing ; in the ox is tillage, that makes food grow for us. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard .... XXI. 62.
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