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1rifice from the height Hukairya. 29. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda ; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda ; 30. ' That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world created by Mazda ; that I may take away both old age and death, from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand years.' 31. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... 1 For §§ 28-31, cf.Yt. IX, 8-1 1. ASHI VAST. 277 V. 32. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 33 ^ To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the vahant Athwya clan, offer up a sacrifice in the four- cornered Varena. 34. He begged of her a boon, saying : 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may overcome A^i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Dru^, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Dru^ that Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle ; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghava/l' and Erenava/^, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most won- derful creatures in the world.' 35. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came^ to his side. Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VI. 36. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 37 2. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon the highest heioht of the Haraiti Bareza. o ' Cf. Yt.V, 34; IX, 14; XV, 24. 2 For §§ 37-39, cf.Yt. IX, 17-19. 278 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. 38. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the A'ae/^asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.' 39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, obtained that boon.
2ake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.' 39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VII. 40. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 41^. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the AT'aeiasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters. 42. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the isfae- /^asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aofhraeratha, a semi-man.' 43. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... For §§ 41-43, cf.Yt. IX, 21-23. ASHI VAST. 279 VIII. 44. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 45 \ To her did the holy Zarathu^ra offer up a sacrifice in the Airyana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. 46. He begged of her a boon, saying : 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.' 47. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : the holy Zarathu^tra obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... IX. 48. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 49. To her did the tall Kavi Vi^taspa offer up a sacrifice behind the waters of the river Diitya. 50. He begged of her a boon, saying : ' Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may put to flight A^ta-aurva;zA the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti, the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven For §§45-47. cf.Yt. IX, 25-27. 280 YA5TS AND siROZAHS. hundred camels . . . .
3I may put to flight A^ta-aurva;zA the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti, the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven For §§45-47. cf.Yt. IX, 25-27. 280 YA5TS AND siROZAHS. hundred camels . . . . ; that I may put to flight the ^z^yaona murderer, Are^a/-aspa ; that I may put to flight Dar^inika, the worshipper of the Daevas ; 51. 'And that I may smite Tathrava;^/^ of the bad law; that I may smite Spin^auru^ka, the worshipper of the Daevas ; and that I may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the iVz^yaonas ; and that 1 may smite of the //z/yaona nations their fifties and their hundreds, their hun- dreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.' 52. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : the tall Kavi Vi^taspa obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... X. 53. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 54. And the great Ashi Vanguhi said : ' None of those libations will be accepted by me, which are sent to me either by a man whose seed is dried out\ or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues 2, or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man^ * When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Nao- taras *, clapping their hands, ran after me, 1 See Vend. Ill, 20 [63], note. ^ By procuring abortion. ' She refuses the offerings of all barren beings. * Cf. Yt. V, 98. The following clauses allude to some myth of Ashi Vanguhi connected with the conflict between the Turanians and the Naotaras (either Tusa and Vistauru ; cf. p. 71, note 7, or more likely Vijtaspa himself, to whom the preceding chapter ASHI YASr. 281 55. * I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden ; then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me. 56. 'Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold energy : then again young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me.' 57. The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing about the courtezan who destroys her fruit : ' Stand thou not near her, sit thou not on her bed!'— 'What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens ? Shall I sink into the earth ?' 58.
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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1rifice from the height Hukairya. 29. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda ; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda ; 30. ' That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world created by Mazda ; that I may take away both old age and death, from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand years.' 31. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... 1 For §§ 28-31, cf.Yt. IX, 8-1 1. ASHI VAST. 277 V. 32. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 33 ^ To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the vahant Athwya clan, offer up a sacrifice in the four- cornered Varena. 34. He begged of her a boon, saying : 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may overcome A^i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Dru^, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Dru^ that Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle ; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghava/l' and Erenava/^, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most won- derful creatures in the world.' 35. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came^ to his side. Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VI. 36. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 37 2. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon the highest heioht of the Haraiti Bareza. o ' Cf. Yt.V, 34; IX, 14; XV, 24. 2 For §§ 37-39, cf.Yt. IX, 17-19. 278 YA^TS AND siROZAHS. 38. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the A'ae/^asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.' 39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, obtained that boon.
2ake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.' 39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... VII. 40. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 41^. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the AT'aeiasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters. 42. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the isfae- /^asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aofhraeratha, a semi-man.' 43. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... For §§ 41-43, cf.Yt. IX, 21-23. ASHI VAST. 279 VIII. 44. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 45 \ To her did the holy Zarathu^ra offer up a sacrifice in the Airyana Vae^ah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. 46. He begged of her a boon, saying : 'Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi ! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.' 47. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : the holy Zarathu^tra obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... IX. 48. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 49. To her did the tall Kavi Vi^taspa offer up a sacrifice behind the waters of the river Diitya. 50. He begged of her a boon, saying : ' Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may put to flight A^ta-aurva;zA the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti, the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven For §§45-47. cf.Yt. IX, 25-27. 280 YA5TS AND siROZAHS. hundred camels . . . .
3I may put to flight A^ta-aurva;zA the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti, the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven For §§45-47. cf.Yt. IX, 25-27. 280 YA5TS AND siROZAHS. hundred camels . . . . ; that I may put to flight the ^z^yaona murderer, Are^a/-aspa ; that I may put to flight Dar^inika, the worshipper of the Daevas ; 51. 'And that I may smite Tathrava;^/^ of the bad law; that I may smite Spin^auru^ka, the worshipper of the Daevas ; and that I may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the iVz^yaonas ; and that 1 may smite of the //z/yaona nations their fifties and their hundreds, their hun- dreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.' 52. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side : the tall Kavi Vi^taspa obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard .... X. 53. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and powerful. 54. And the great Ashi Vanguhi said : ' None of those libations will be accepted by me, which are sent to me either by a man whose seed is dried out\ or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues 2, or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man^ * When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Nao- taras *, clapping their hands, ran after me, 1 See Vend. Ill, 20 [63], note. ^ By procuring abortion. ' She refuses the offerings of all barren beings. * Cf. Yt. V, 98. The following clauses allude to some myth of Ashi Vanguhi connected with the conflict between the Turanians and the Naotaras (either Tusa and Vistauru ; cf. p. 71, note 7, or more likely Vijtaspa himself, to whom the preceding chapter ASHI YASr. 281 55. * I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden ; then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me. 56. 'Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold energy : then again young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me.' 57. The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing about the courtezan who destroys her fruit : ' Stand thou not near her, sit thou not on her bed!'— 'What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens ? Shall I sink into the earth ?' 58.
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