Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 — The Zend-Avesta, Part II / Yasts & Nyayis (Darmesteter, page scans)
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s, 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 with the earth, and knows whether it is from the head or from the tail ^.
1 Cf.Yt. XIV, 29. ' Cf.Yt.XIV, 31.
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For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
lY.
11. We sacrifice to the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ....
12. To whom Zarathu^tra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon,
13. That the most right TiTista, 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 vulture with a golden collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece of flesh, not thicker than a fist, giving just as much light as a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives \
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
V.
14. We sacrifice to the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ....
15. To whom the holy Hvovi^ did sacrifice with full knowledge, wishing that the holy ZarathuJtra would give her his good narcotic ■\ that she might
' Cf. Yt. XIV, 33. ^ Zarathu.ftra's wife.
3 JBangha; the so-called Bang of Zoroaster (Vend. XV, 14 [44] ; Phi. tr.). What must have been its virtue may be gathered from the legends of Gu^tasp and Arda Viraf, who are said to have been transported in soul to the heavens, and to have had the higherp. 268 think according to the law, speak according to the law, and do according to the law.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard
VI.
1 6. We sacrifice to the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy : we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ....
1 7. To whom the Athravans, sent afar ^ did sacrifice ^ wishing a good memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their own body.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
VII.
18.
ippers of Mazda ....
1 7. To whom the Athravans, sent afar ^ did sacrifice ^ wishing a good memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their own body.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
VII.
18. We sacrifice to the most right Arista, made by Mazda and holy: we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ....
19. To whom the king of the country, the lord of the country does sacrifice, wishing peace for his country, wishing strength for his own body.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
20. Yatha ahu vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of hoUness ....
I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength mysteries revealed to them, on drinking from a cup prepared by the prophet (Zardu^t Namah), or from a cup of Gmtasp-bang (Arda Viraf, II, 29).
1 The itinerant priests, the ancestors of the modern dervishes.
2 Or better, do sacrifice ; cf. Yt. XIV, 39.
dJn yast. 269 and vigour of the most right A'ista, made by Mazda and holy, and of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.
Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good ....
[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him long,
long life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy
Ones.
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XVII. ASHI YAST.
Ashi Vanguhi or 'the good Ashi^'is a feminine impersonation of piety ^ and she is, at the same time, the source of all the good and riches that are connected with piety ■'. She is described, therefore, as a goddess of Fortune and Wealth, and is invoked in company with Pare;;di, the goddess of Treasures {Sirozah 25)
She appears in the latter character in the first part of the Yast
(§§ 1-14); she praises and loves Zarathujtra (§§ 15-21). She is
worshipped by Hao^yangha(§ 26), Yima (§ 28), Thraetaona (§ 33),
Haoma (§ 37), Husravah (§ 41), Zarathui'tra (§ 45), and Vij'taspa
(§ 49)*. She rejects the offerings of all sterile people (old men,
courtezans, and children, §§ .53-61).
I.
1 . We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect^, and powerful ;
2. The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of the Amesha-Spe;^tas, who endows all the Sao-
^ In Parsi Ardijvang or Ard (Ardii- from Artij-, the Persian form of Ashij); she presides over the 25th day of the month; cf. Sirozah 25.
^, and powerful ;
2. The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of the Amesha-Spe;^tas, who endows all the Sao-
^ In Parsi Ardijvang or Ard (Ardii- from Artij-, the Persian form of Ashij); she presides over the 25th day of the month; cf. Sirozah 25.
^ Ashi is not the feminine adjective of Ash a, as the i was originally short (genitive ashoij, not ashyau); ashi is ar-ti, and means bhakti, piety (Neriosengh).
^ The so-called Ashi's remedies (ashoi^ baeshaza; cf. Yt. XIII, 32).
* This enumeration is the same as in the Gos Ya^t (§§ 3, 8, 14, 17, 21, 26, 29).
° Perethu-vira; see Etudes Iraniennes, II, 183.
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shya;^/s ^ with the enlivenhig intelhgence ; she also brings heavenly wisdom at her wish, and comes to help him who invokes her from near and him who invokes her from afar, and worships her with offerings of libations.
32. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard ; I will offer up unto Ashi Vansfuhi a orood sacrifice with an offering of libations. We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi with the libations ; with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words.
Ye;^he hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura
Mazda ....
II.
4. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tallformed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful.
5. Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mathra^ and unto the holy Zarathu^tra !
Homage unto Haoma, because all other drinks are attended with Aeshma ^ the fiend of the wounding spear : but the drinking of Haoma is attended with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself ^
6. Ashi is fair ; Ashi is radiant with joy ; she is far-piercing with her rays. Ashi gives good Glory
^ The allies of Saoshya?;/, who are to be active in the restoration of the world to eternal life (frasho-kereti). Cf. p. 165, note i. Ashi gives them the ' intelligence of life' (frasha khratu), through which they will be enabled to perform their task.
2 Cf Yt. V, 10. ' The Holy Word.
* The Daeva of anger.
^ As drinking Haoma is an act of religion (cf Yasna XI, 12 [31] seq.).
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unto those men whom thou dost follow, O Ashi! Full of perfumes is the house in which the good, powerful Ashi Vanguhi puts her . . . .^ feet, for long friendship.
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