Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 — The Zend-Avesta, Part II / Yasts & Nyayis (Darmesteter, page scans)
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the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.*
^ Arshukhdha va.k6, the words conformable to the rites. ^ Haoma/^inem; see Etudes Iraniennes, II, 148. ^ Who shall have sacrificed to the Aryan Glory.
286 YA^'TS AND siROZAHS.
XIX. ZAMYAD YA^'T.
This Yast, inscribed to the Genius of the Earth, is devoted to a description of the mountains and the kingly Glory (kavaem IlvzTend), which are invoked, together with the Earth, in the corresponding formula of the Sirdzah (§ 28): there is no Ya^t devoted to the Earth itself
The mountains are simply enumerated (§§ 1-8). The rest of the Yajt is devoted to the praise of the ffvaveno, or, more precisely, to that of those who possessed it, whose powers or feats are described. The list begins with Ahura Mazda (§ 10), and closes with Saoshya«/ (§ 89); that is to say, it begins with the beginning of the world, and closes with its end. It includes the Amesha- Spewtas (§ 15), Haoshyangha {§ 26), Takhma Urupa (§ 28), Yima (§ 31), Mithra (§ 35), Thraetaona (§ 36), Keresaspa (§ 38), the kings of the Kaianyan dynasty (§§ 66-72), Kavi Husravah (§ 74), Zarathujtra (§ 79), Vi^taspa (§ 84). The unsuccessful efforts of Franghrasyan to take possession of it are described at length
(§§ 56-64).
This Yaj-t would serve as a short history of the Iranian monarchy, an abridged Shah Namah.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . .
Ashem Vohu: Hohness is the best of all good ....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathujtra, 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 Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness ; unto the kingly Glory, made by Mazda ; unto that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda \
^ Sirozah I, 28.
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Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ah(a vairyo : The will of the Lord is the law of holiness ....
I.
1. The first mountain that rose up out of the earth, O Spitama Zarathu^-tra ! was the Haraiti Barez^ That mountain stretches all along the shores of the land washed by waters^ towards the east.
The second mountain was Mount Zeredho, outside^ Mount Manusha^: this mountain too stretches all along the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east.
2. From there grew up Mount Ushi-dh^u
Ushi-darena^, Mount Erezifya®, and Mount
Fraorepa.
The sixth was Mount Erezura'^.
The seventh was Mount Bumya^.
The eighth was Mount Raoidhita^.
too stretches all along the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east.
2. From there grew up Mount Ushi-dh^u
Ushi-darena^, Mount Erezifya®, and Mount
Fraorepa.
The sixth was Mount Erezura'^.
The seventh was Mount Bumya^.
The eighth was Mount Raoidhita^.
^ The same as the Hara Berezaiti, the later Alborz; see p. 58, note 3.
^ The Caspian sea.
' Doubtful: pare«tarem aredho; possibly beyond.
* According- to the Bundahij, Manusha is another name of Mount Zeredho (XII, 2). It is the mountain on which Manm/iihar was born (ibid. 10).
® * The mountain that gives understanding, that preserves understanding,' the later Mount O^da^tar; see p. 33, note i.
'' Sec p. 65, note 2.
' Mount Arziir 'is a summit at the gate of hell' (Bundahij
XII, 8; cf.Vend. Ill, 7 (23); XIX, 140).
* The Arzur Bdm of Bundahijr XII, 2, which ' is in the direction of Arum ' (Asia Minor, Bundahij XII, 16).
^ The Royijn-omand mountain of Bundahij XII, 27; its name
p. 288
The ninth was Mount Mazl^i^v^u.
The tenth was Mount A^^tare-danghu.
The eleventh was Mount Erezisha.
The twelfth was Mount Vaiti-gaesa^
3. And Mount Adarana, Mount Bayana, Mount I^kata Upairi-saena^, with the . . . .^ snows; the two Hama;2kuna mountains, the eight Vasna mountains, the eight powerful Frava^^ku, the four Vidhvana summits;
4. Mount Aezakha, Mount Maenakha, Mount Vakhedrakae, Mount Asaya, Mount Tudhaskae, Mount li'avae, Mount Draoshii-v^u, Mount Siiriv^u, Mount Nanghui'm^u, Mount Kakahyu, Mount A;2tare-Kangha*;
5. Mount Si/^idava^ Mount Ahuna, Mount Raemana, Mount Asha-stembana, Mount Uru-
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nyo-vaidhkae, Mount Asnava/2/°, Mount Ushaoma, Mount Usta.-/iva.ren2ih, Mount Syamaka"^, Mount Vafray^u, Mount Vourusha;
means 'the mountain on which vegetation has grown' (ibid. tr. West).
^ The Badghes mountain near Herat, jjMwJ:.>b.
^ Or * Mount Ijkata (" rugged "), belonging to the Upairi-saena ridge.' The Upairi-saena ridge or Aparsen ridge is ' the mountain of Persia, and its beginning is in Seistan and its end in Susiana' (Bund. XII, 9).
^ ? Kaso-tafedhra; possibly the name of a mountain : Mount Kaso-tafedhra Vafra.
* See p. 67, note 4.
^ ' Si/^idav, a mountain among those which are in Kangdez' (Bund. XII, 2, tr.West).
" See p. 7, note 5.
■^ The Mount Siyak-omand ('the black mountain') and Mount Vafar-omand ('the snowy mountain') of Bundahij XII, 22, which are said to have grown out of the Aparsen ridge and to extend towards China.
p. 289
6.
XII, 2, tr.West).
" See p. 7, note 5.
■^ The Mount Siyak-omand ('the black mountain') and Mount Vafar-omand ('the snowy mountain') of Bundahij XII, 22, which are said to have grown out of the Aparsen ridge and to extend towards China.
p. 289
6. Amongst which stand Mount 6^atara, Mount Adhutav^u, Mount Spitavarena, Mount Spentodata^, Mount Kadrva-aspa^, Mount Kaoirisa^, Mount Taera*, Mount Baro-srayana, Mount Barana, Mount Frapay^Ju, Mount Udrya, and Mount 'Ra.evB.n^^, and all those heights to which men have given the name of mount,
7. To the number of two thousand mountains,
and two hundred and forty and four^, O Spitama
Zarathu^tra !
8. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto the awful kingly Glory. Unto the awful kingly Glory we offer up the libations, 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;2he hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura
Mazda "^ ....
II.
9. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ; most conquering, highly working, that possesses health, wisdom, and happiness, and is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures ;
^ The Spendyad mountain, near Mount Revand (Bundahix XII, 23).
2 The K6ndrasp mountain, by the town of Tiis (in Khorasan,
Bund. XII, 24).
^ The Koiras mountain in Iran-Ve^ (Bund. XII, 25).
* Cf. Yt. XV, 7, and p. 58, note 2.
^ See p. 8, notes i and 2.
^ ' The other mountains have grown out of AlbCir^, in number 2244 mountains' (Bund. XII, 2).
' See notes to Yt. Ill, 17 (p. 47).
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10. That belongs to Ahura Mazda, as (through it) Ahura Mazda made the creatures, many and good, many and fair, many and wonderful, many and prosperous, many and bright ;
11^. So that they may restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world will be restored at its wish ;
12. When the creation will grow deathless, — the prosperous creation of the Good Spirit, — and the Dru^ shall perish, though she may rush on every side to kill the holy beings ; she and her hundredfold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord ^.
13. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....
III.
14. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by
Mazda . . . .^
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