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1rry them, they flee away out of the prison ^ 53.0 thou Vayu ! who strikest fear upon all men and horses, who in all creatures workest against the Daevas, both into the lowest places and into those a thousand times deep dost thou enter with equal power ^ 54. * With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee ? With what manner of sacrifice shall I forward and worship thee ? With what manner of sacrifice will be achieved thy adoration, O great Vayu ! thou who art high-up girded, firm, swift-moving, high- footed, wide-breasted, wide-thighed, with untrembling eyes, as powerful in sovereignty as any absolute sovereign in the world ? ' o ' Literally, coveting, 2 The translation of this clause is doubtful ; the text is corrupt. ^ Cf. § 42. 262 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. 55. 'Take thou a baresma, O holy Zarathu^tra ! turn it upwards or downwards, according as it is full day or dawning ; upwards during the day, down- wards at the dawn\ 56. ' If thou makest me worshipped with a sacri- fice, then I shall say unto thee with my own voice things of health, made by Mazda and full of glory, so that Angra Mainyu may never do harm unto thee, nor the Yatus, nor those addicted to the works of the Yatu, whether Daevas or men.' 57. We sacrifice unto thee, O great Vayu ! we sacrifice unto thee, O strong Vayu ! We sacrifice unto Vayu, the greatest of the great ; we sacrifice unto Vayu, the strongest of the strong. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden helm. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden crown. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden necklace. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden chariot. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden wheel. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden weapons. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden garment. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden shoe. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden girdle. We sacrifice unto the holy Vayu ; we sacrifice unto Vayu, who works highly. To this part of thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu ! that belongs to the Good Spirit. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the awful Vayu, who works highly .... 58. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and invocation unto, and the ^ Etudes Iraniennes, II, no. RAM VA^T. 263 Strength and vigour of Rama i7'^^astra, and Vayu, who works highly, more powerful to afflict than all the other creatures : this part of thee that belongs to the Good Spirit. Ashem Vohii : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, ....
2our of Rama i7'^^astra, and Vayu, who works highly, more powerful to afflict than all the other creatures : this part of thee that belongs to the Good Spirit. Ashem Vohii : 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. 264 YAS-TS AND sIrOZAHS. XVI. DlN VAST. Din (Daena) presides over the 24th day of the month (Sirozah 24) and gives it her name ; she is invoked in company with ^ista, and in fact this Ya^t, though it bears the name of Daena, is consecrated to jSTista (§§ 2, 7). These two Genii are, however, very closely connected in their nature, as Daena is the impersonation of the Zoroastrian Law or Religion, and A'ista is religious knowledge, the knowledge of what leads to bliss (far^anak, nirvawa^ilana ; the same as ^isti). The description of Alsta is rather pallid, and does not rise above abstractions (see, however, Mihir Ya-rt, § 126). She was not wor- shipped by the old epic heroes as Anahita was, but by Zarathujtra and his wife, because she must have been, from her very name and nature, a goddess of Zoroastrian origin and growth. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . AshemVohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathu^tra, 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 .... To the most right iv'ista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I. I. We sacrifice to the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the supplier of good dJn vast. 265 stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees one best from dangers ^ who brings libations, who is holy, clever, and renowned, speedy to work and quick of work ; who goes quickly and cleanses well ; the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; 2. To whom Zarathui"tra did sacrifice, saying : ' Rise up from thy seat, come forward from the Abode 2, thou most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if thou art behind me, overtake me. 3.
3f the worshippers of Mazda ; 2. To whom Zarathui"tra did sacrifice, saying : ' Rise up from thy seat, come forward from the Abode 2, thou most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if thou art behind me, overtake me. 3. ' Let everything be as friendly to us as any- thing can be : may we go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains, run easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!' 4. For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy. I will offer up a sacrifice unto the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy, with the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words and deeds, with the libations, with the well- spoken words. YenhQ hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... n. 5. We sacrifice to the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda . . 3 ^ Reading nimarezijta; cf. vimarezijtem, Yt. I, 2. 2 The heavenly abode, the Garolhmdn. ' The rest as in § i. 266 YASTS AND siROZAHS. 6. To whom Zarathiutra did sacrifice for right- eousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon, 7. That the most right ATista, made by Mazda and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives beneath the waters, and can measure a rippling of the waters not thicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose depth is a thousand times the height of a man \ For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth bemg heard .... III. 8. We sacrifice to the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda .... 9. To whom Zarathu^tra did sacrifice for righteous- ness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon, 10. That the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that, in the dark of the night, through the rain, the snow, the hail, or the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse's hair, mingled
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1rry them, they flee away out of the prison ^ 53.0 thou Vayu ! who strikest fear upon all men and horses, who in all creatures workest against the Daevas, both into the lowest places and into those a thousand times deep dost thou enter with equal power ^ 54. * With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee ? With what manner of sacrifice shall I forward and worship thee ? With what manner of sacrifice will be achieved thy adoration, O great Vayu ! thou who art high-up girded, firm, swift-moving, high- footed, wide-breasted, wide-thighed, with untrembling eyes, as powerful in sovereignty as any absolute sovereign in the world ? ' o ' Literally, coveting, 2 The translation of this clause is doubtful ; the text is corrupt. ^ Cf. § 42. 262 YA^-TS AND SIROZAHS. 55. 'Take thou a baresma, O holy Zarathu^tra ! turn it upwards or downwards, according as it is full day or dawning ; upwards during the day, down- wards at the dawn\ 56. ' If thou makest me worshipped with a sacri- fice, then I shall say unto thee with my own voice things of health, made by Mazda and full of glory, so that Angra Mainyu may never do harm unto thee, nor the Yatus, nor those addicted to the works of the Yatu, whether Daevas or men.' 57. We sacrifice unto thee, O great Vayu ! we sacrifice unto thee, O strong Vayu ! We sacrifice unto Vayu, the greatest of the great ; we sacrifice unto Vayu, the strongest of the strong. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden helm. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden crown. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden necklace. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden chariot. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden wheel. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden weapons. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden garment. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden shoe. We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden girdle. We sacrifice unto the holy Vayu ; we sacrifice unto Vayu, who works highly. To this part of thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu ! that belongs to the Good Spirit. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the awful Vayu, who works highly .... 58. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and invocation unto, and the ^ Etudes Iraniennes, II, no. RAM VA^T. 263 Strength and vigour of Rama i7'^^astra, and Vayu, who works highly, more powerful to afflict than all the other creatures : this part of thee that belongs to the Good Spirit. Ashem Vohii : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, ....
2our of Rama i7'^^astra, and Vayu, who works highly, more powerful to afflict than all the other creatures : this part of thee that belongs to the Good Spirit. Ashem Vohii : 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. 264 YAS-TS AND sIrOZAHS. XVI. DlN VAST. Din (Daena) presides over the 24th day of the month (Sirozah 24) and gives it her name ; she is invoked in company with ^ista, and in fact this Ya^t, though it bears the name of Daena, is consecrated to jSTista (§§ 2, 7). These two Genii are, however, very closely connected in their nature, as Daena is the impersonation of the Zoroastrian Law or Religion, and A'ista is religious knowledge, the knowledge of what leads to bliss (far^anak, nirvawa^ilana ; the same as ^isti). The description of Alsta is rather pallid, and does not rise above abstractions (see, however, Mihir Ya-rt, § 126). She was not wor- shipped by the old epic heroes as Anahita was, but by Zarathujtra and his wife, because she must have been, from her very name and nature, a goddess of Zoroastrian origin and growth. o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . . AshemVohu: Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathu^tra, 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 .... To the most right iv'ista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I. I. We sacrifice to the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the supplier of good dJn vast. 265 stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees one best from dangers ^ who brings libations, who is holy, clever, and renowned, speedy to work and quick of work ; who goes quickly and cleanses well ; the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ; 2. To whom Zarathui"tra did sacrifice, saying : ' Rise up from thy seat, come forward from the Abode 2, thou most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if thou art behind me, overtake me. 3.
3f the worshippers of Mazda ; 2. To whom Zarathui"tra did sacrifice, saying : ' Rise up from thy seat, come forward from the Abode 2, thou most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if thou art behind me, overtake me. 3. ' Let everything be as friendly to us as any- thing can be : may we go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains, run easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!' 4. For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy. I will offer up a sacrifice unto the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy, with the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words and deeds, with the libations, with the well- spoken words. YenhQ hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda .... n. 5. We sacrifice to the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda . . 3 ^ Reading nimarezijta; cf. vimarezijtem, Yt. I, 2. 2 The heavenly abode, the Garolhmdn. ' The rest as in § i. 266 YASTS AND siROZAHS. 6. To whom Zarathiutra did sacrifice for right- eousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon, 7. That the most right ATista, made by Mazda and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives beneath the waters, and can measure a rippling of the waters not thicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose depth is a thousand times the height of a man \ For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth bemg heard .... III. 8. We sacrifice to the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda .... 9. To whom Zarathu^tra did sacrifice for righteous- ness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon, 10. That the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that, in the dark of the night, through the rain, the snow, the hail, or the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse's hair, mingled
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