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1to kill the holy beings ; she and her hundred- fold 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 . . . .^ 15*. That belongs to the Amesha-Spe;2tas, the bright ones, whose looks perform their wish, tall, quickly coming to do, strong, lordly, who are un- decaying and holy ; 16. Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one speech, who are all seven of one deed ; whose thought is the same, whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father and commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda. ^ §§ ii-i2=§§ 19-20, 23-24, 89-90. ^ Doubtful. » As above, § 9. * §§ i5-i7 = Yt. XIII, 82-84. ZAMYAD YAST. 29 1 1 7. Who see one another's soul thuiking of good thoughts, thinking of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana, and whose ways are shining as they go down to the libations ; 18, Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers, the keepers and preservers of these creations of Ahura Mazda. 19^ It is they who shall 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 ; 20. 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 hundred- fold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... IV. 2 1. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 2 2. That belonofs to the eods in the heavens and to those in the material world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born, who are to perform the restoration of the world '-. 23 ^ It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never deca) ing and never rotting, ever living and ' §§ I9-20 = §§ 11-12. ^ The Saoshya?//s; see p. 165, note i. ^ §§ 23-24= §§ 19-20. U 2 292 YA^'TS AND SIROZAHS. 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 ; 24.
2§§ 11-12. ^ The Saoshya?//s; see p. 165, note i. ^ §§ 23-24= §§ 19-20. U 2 292 YA^'TS AND SIROZAHS. 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 ; 24. 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 hundred- fold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... V. 25. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 26. That clave unto Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, for a long time \ when he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, over the Yatus and the Pairikas, over the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; he who smote two-thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the Varenya fiends ^ For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... VI. 27. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 28. That clave unto Takhma Unipa, the well- armed, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; 29. When he conquered all Daevas and men, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and rode Angra Mainyu, ^ For forty years, according to the Bundahij (XXXIV, 4) ; for thirty years, according to Firdausi. 2 See Yt.V, 22. Z AMY AD YAST. 293 turned Into the shape of a horse, all around the earth from one end to the other, for thirty years \ For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... VII. 30. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 31. That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a long time -, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; 32. He who took from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory ^; In whose reign both aliments* were never failing for feeding creatures, flocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying ; 33. In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas ^, in the times before his lie, before he beean to have delight in words of false- hood and untruth. 34.
3, waters and plants were undrying ; 33. In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas ^, in the times before his lie, before he beean to have delight in words of false- hood and untruth. 34. But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood and untruth ^ the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shape of a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great '^ Yima 1 Cf. Yt. XV, 12, and notes. 2 For six hundred and sixteen years and six months (Bundahij XXXIV, 4). ' See Yt.V, 26, text and note. * Food and drink. ' Cf Yt. XV, 16. ^ He pretended to be a god (Firdausi). ■^ Doubtful : fraejta. A 294 YA5'TS AND SIROZAHS. Khshaeta, the good shepherd, trembled and was in sorrow before his foes ^ ; he was confounded, and laid him down on the ground. 35. The first time^ when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivangha;^^, in the shape of a Varaghna bird ^ Then Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, whose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda has created the most glorious of all the gods in the heavens. 36. The second time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivangha/?/, in the shape of a Varaghna bird. Then Thraetaona seized that Glory, he, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, who was the most vic- torious of all victorious men next to Zarathurtra ; 37. Who smote Az'i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who had 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 ^ ^ Az'i Dahaka and his followers. '^ The Glory is described as departing three limes, because it is threefold, according as it belongs to the king considered as a priest, a warrior, or a husbandman. In that threefold character it is identical with Adar Froba, Adar Gushasp, and Adar Biarzin Mihr (p. 7, notes). ^ A raven, one of the incarnations of the Genius of Victory (Yt. XIV, 18-21; cf ibid. § 35). * Cf. Yt. V, 34. ZAMYAD VAST. 295 2,S. The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghawi', in the shape of a Varaghna bird.
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1to kill the holy beings ; she and her hundred- fold 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 . . . .^ 15*. That belongs to the Amesha-Spe;2tas, the bright ones, whose looks perform their wish, tall, quickly coming to do, strong, lordly, who are un- decaying and holy ; 16. Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one speech, who are all seven of one deed ; whose thought is the same, whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father and commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda. ^ §§ ii-i2=§§ 19-20, 23-24, 89-90. ^ Doubtful. » As above, § 9. * §§ i5-i7 = Yt. XIII, 82-84. ZAMYAD YAST. 29 1 1 7. Who see one another's soul thuiking of good thoughts, thinking of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana, and whose ways are shining as they go down to the libations ; 18, Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers, the keepers and preservers of these creations of Ahura Mazda. 19^ It is they who shall 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 ; 20. 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 hundred- fold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... IV. 2 1. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 2 2. That belonofs to the eods in the heavens and to those in the material world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born, who are to perform the restoration of the world '-. 23 ^ It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never deca) ing and never rotting, ever living and ' §§ I9-20 = §§ 11-12. ^ The Saoshya?//s; see p. 165, note i. ^ §§ 23-24= §§ 19-20. U 2 292 YA^'TS AND SIROZAHS. 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 ; 24.
2§§ 11-12. ^ The Saoshya?//s; see p. 165, note i. ^ §§ 23-24= §§ 19-20. U 2 292 YA^'TS AND SIROZAHS. 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 ; 24. 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 hundred- fold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... V. 25. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 26. That clave unto Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, for a long time \ when he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, over the Yatus and the Pairikas, over the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; he who smote two-thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the Varenya fiends ^ For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... VI. 27. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 28. That clave unto Takhma Unipa, the well- armed, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; 29. When he conquered all Daevas and men, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and rode Angra Mainyu, ^ For forty years, according to the Bundahij (XXXIV, 4) ; for thirty years, according to Firdausi. 2 See Yt.V, 22. Z AMY AD YAST. 293 turned Into the shape of a horse, all around the earth from one end to the other, for thirty years \ For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice .... VII. 30. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda .... 31. That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a long time -, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; 32. He who took from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory ^; In whose reign both aliments* were never failing for feeding creatures, flocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying ; 33. In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas ^, in the times before his lie, before he beean to have delight in words of false- hood and untruth. 34.
3, waters and plants were undrying ; 33. In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas ^, in the times before his lie, before he beean to have delight in words of false- hood and untruth. 34. But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood and untruth ^ the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shape of a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great '^ Yima 1 Cf. Yt. XV, 12, and notes. 2 For six hundred and sixteen years and six months (Bundahij XXXIV, 4). ' See Yt.V, 26, text and note. * Food and drink. ' Cf Yt. XV, 16. ^ He pretended to be a god (Firdausi). ■^ Doubtful : fraejta. A 294 YA5'TS AND SIROZAHS. Khshaeta, the good shepherd, trembled and was in sorrow before his foes ^ ; he was confounded, and laid him down on the ground. 35. The first time^ when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivangha;^^, in the shape of a Varaghna bird ^ Then Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, whose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda has created the most glorious of all the gods in the heavens. 36. The second time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivangha/?/, in the shape of a Varaghna bird. Then Thraetaona seized that Glory, he, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, who was the most vic- torious of all victorious men next to Zarathurtra ; 37. Who smote Az'i Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who had 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 ^ ^ Az'i Dahaka and his followers. '^ The Glory is described as departing three limes, because it is threefold, according as it belongs to the king considered as a priest, a warrior, or a husbandman. In that threefold character it is identical with Adar Froba, Adar Gushasp, and Adar Biarzin Mihr (p. 7, notes). ^ A raven, one of the incarnations of the Genius of Victory (Yt. XIV, 18-21; cf ibid. § 35). * Cf. Yt. V, 34. ZAMYAD VAST. 295 2,S. The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghawi', in the shape of a Varaghna bird.
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