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he Aryan nations and of the five kinds of animals ^ made to help the faithful and the Law of the worshippers of Mazda.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

XI.

70. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by
Mazda ....

71. That clave unto Kavi Kavata, and unto Kavi Aipivohu, and unto Kavi Usadha, and unto Kavi Arshan, and unto Kavi Pisina, and unto Kavi Byarshan, and unto Kavi Syavarshan^;

72. So that they were all of them brave, all of them strong, all of them healthful, all of them wise, all of them happy in their wishes, all of them powerful kings.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

XII.

73. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by
Mazda ....

74^ That clave unto Kavi Husravah for the well-shapen Strength, for the Victory made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant ; for the righteousness of the law, for the innocence of the law, for the

^ Doubtful. 2 See p. 182, note 2. ^ See Yt. XIII, § 132. * §§ 74-76=Yt.XIII, 133-135-p. 304 unconquerable power of the law ; for the extermination of the enemies at one stroke ;

75. And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda, for the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring, wise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees [their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect ; and for that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to those who do not follow impiety ;

76. And for a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, and for all boons and remedies ;

77. So that king Husravah [had the lead] all along the long race, and he could not pass through the forest, he\ the murderer, who was fiercely striving against him on horseback; the lord Kavi Husravah prevailed over all ; he put in bonds Frangrasyan and Keresavazda ^, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man ^

For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

XIII.

78. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by
Mazda ....

79. That clave unto the holy Zarathu^tra, so that he thought according to the Law, spake according

^ Aurvasara; see Yt. XV, 32 ; cf. Yt. V, 50 (where the words all along the long race have been omitted in the translation). The words have the lead here have been supplied from Yt. V, 50 : the text here has two words, tarn keresem, of which both the reading and the meaning are doubtful.

. Yt. V, 50 (where the words all along the long race have been omitted in the translation). The words have the lead here have been supplied from Yt. V, 50 : the text here has two words, tarn keresem, of which both the reading and the meaning are doubtful.

^ Keresavazda, the Karsivaz of Firdausi, the brother of Afrasyab and the murderer of Syavarshana : he was put to death by Husravah in company with his brother (£tudes Iraniennes, II, 227).

^ See p. 114, note 7.

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to the Law, and did according to the Law ; so that he was the holiest in hoHness in all the living world, the best-ruling in exercising rule, the brightest in brightness, the most glorious in glory, the most victorious in victory.

80. At his sight the Daevas rushed away ; at his sight the (demoniac) malices were extinguished ; at his sight the (7ainis ^ drew back their ways from the mortals and, lamenting^ and wailing, laid violent hands on the Daevas.

81. And that one prayer, the AhunaVairya, which the holy Zarathui-tra sang and repeated four times, with a song that waxed louder and louder, drove back all the Daevas beneath the earth, and took oif from them sacrifice and prayer ^

82. It was it, the Glory of Zarathui'tra, that the Turanian ruffian Frangrasyan tried to seize to rule over all the Karshvares ; round about the seven Karshvares did that ruffian Frangrasyan rush, trying to seize the Glory of Zarathui^tra \ But that Glory escaped to hidden inlets of the sea^; and there those two*' made my will" roll on^; they entered my will, as it was my wish, Ahura Mazda's, and as it was the wish of the Law of Mazda.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer ii a sacrifice ....

' SeeVend. XX, 10.

^ Doubtful. Perhaps: and lamenting and wailing the Daevas left off injuring.

3 Cf. Yt. XIII, 90.

* See above, §§ 56-64. ^ Cf. §§ 56, 59, 62.

^ Zarathujtra and Vijtaspa(?); cf. §§ 84-87.

^ Meaning my law. » Cf. Yt. XIII, 89, note 5.

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XIV.

83. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by
Mazda ....

84. That clave unto king Vi^taspa, so that he thought according to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according to the Law ; so that he professed that Law, destroying his foes and causing the Daevas to retire.

85 \ Who, driving the Dru^ before him ^ sought wide room for the holy religion ; who, driving the Dru^ before him, made wide room for the holy religion ; who made himself the arm and support of this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathurtra ;

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85 \ Who, driving the Dru^ before him ^ sought wide room for the holy religion ; who, driving the Dru^ before him, made wide room for the holy religion ; who made himself the arm and support of this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathurtra ;

S6. Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus, and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle and pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures.

87. The valiant king VUtaspa conquered all enemies, Tathrava;^^' of the evil law, Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas, and the fiendish wicked Are^a/-aspa and the other wicked Zfz/yaonas ^.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

XV.

88. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by
Mazda ....

89*. That will cleave unto the victorious Saoshya;z/ and his helpers ^ when he shall restore the

1 §§ 85-86= Yt. XIII, 99-100.

^ Or ' with his spear pushed forwards ;' see p. 205, note i. ' Of. Yt. V, 109. * §§ 89-90=§§ 11-12.

^ See p. 117, note 6.

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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 ;

90. 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.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

XVI.

91. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by ]\Iazda ....

92. When AstvaZ-ereta ^ shall rise up from Lake Kasava -, a friend of Ahura Mazda, a son of Vispataurvairi ^, knowing the victorious knowledge.

It was that Glory that Thraetaona bore with him when A^'i Dahaka was killed*;

93. That Frangrasyan, the Turanian, bore when
Drv«u° was killed, when the Bull was killed'' ;

That king Husravah bore when Frangrasyan, the
Turanian, was killed "^ ;

^ Saoshya;//; cf. Yt. XIII, 129.

2 Cf.§ 66 and Vend. XIX, 5 {18).

=> See Yt. XIII, 142. " Cf. § 36. ' Or 'the demon.'

® This Hne is in contradiction with w^hat we know of the Frangrasyan legend, unless the text is corrupt and the name of Frangrasyan has been introduced here by mistake (for Keresaspa?).