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1. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacri- fice worth being heard .... 1 §§ 8-9 = Kh6rsha^ Nyayij, §§ 8-9. ^ Yt. X, o. ' §§ ii-i2=Yt. X, 144-145. ' §§ i3-i5=Yt. X, 4-6. MAH NYAYI.S. 355 We offer up libations unto Mithra .... 14. May he come to us for help! May he come to us for ease ! . . . . 15. I will offer up libations unto him, the strong Yazata, the powerful Mithra .... Yenhe hatfim: AUthose beings of whom Ahura IMazda .... 16 \ Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Mithra .... Ashem Vohfi: Holiness is the best of. all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. III. MAH NYAYI^-. I ^. Hail to Ahura Mazda I Hail to the Amesha-Spewtas ! Hail to the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull 1 Hail to thee when we look at thee ! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us ! 2^ Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; unto the only-created Bull and unto the Bull of many species ; Be propitiation .... 3. Hail to Ahura Mazda ! . . . . 4. How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane? .... 5. We sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull 6. And when the light of the moon waxes warmer .... 7. I will sacrifice unto the Moon .... 8. For its brightness and glory .... 9. Yatha ahil vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... lo*. Give us strength and victory! Give us wel- fare in cattle and in bread! Give us a great number of male children, praisers [of God] and chiefs in assemblies, who smite and are not smitten, who smite at one stroke their enemies, who smite at one stroke their foes, ever in joy and ready to help. ' Yt. X, 146. - § I =Mah Yast, § i . » §§ 2-9 = Mah Yast. * §§io-ii; cf.Yt. XXiV, 6-8. A a 2 35^ NYAYI5. 1 1 . Ye gods of full Glory, ye gods of full healing, let your greatness become manifest! let your assistance become manifest as soon as you are called for ! and ye, Waters, manifest your Glory, and impart it to the man who offers you a sacrifice. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. IV. ABAN NYAYI^-. I. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....
2e man who offers you a sacrifice. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. IV. ABAN NYAYI^-. I. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... Unto the good Waters, made by Mazda ; unto the holy water-spring Ardvi Anahita; unto all waters, made by Mazda ; unto all plants, made by Mazda, Be propitiation ^ . . . . 2 ^. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathujtra, saying : ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 3. 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb of all females pure for bringing forth .... 4. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole of the waters that run along the earth .... 5. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there .... 6. 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread all over the seven Karshvares ; 7. * I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with mighty vigour, for the increase of the house, of the borough, of the town, of the country^. 8. ' He from whom she will hear the staota yesnya'^; he from whom she will hear the Ahuna 1 As Aban Ya^t, o. ^ §§ 2-6 = Aban Yajt, §§ 1-5. ^ Cf. Aban Y3.st, § 6. * See above, p. 152, note i. ATA5 NYAYI5. 357 vairya^ he from whom she will hear the Asha- vahi^ta^; he by whom the good waters, will be made pure ; with the words of the holy hymns \ he will enter first the Gar6-nmana of Ahura Mazda : she will give him the boons asked for*. 95. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well-performed. Thus mayest thou advise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be most fully worshipped. ' We sacrifice unto the holy Ardvi Sflra Anahita with libations. We sacrifice unto Ardvi Siira Anahita, the holy and master of holi- ness, 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 .... 10. ' Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anahita. ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' V. Ata^- nyAyi5.
3the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anahita. ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' V. Ata^- nyAyi5. I ^ Take me out \ O Ahura ! give me perfect piety and strength .... 4^ May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... ^ The Yatha ahft vairyo prayer, "^ The Ashem Vohij prayer. 3 Cf. Yt. XXII, 2, and Yt. XXIV, 39. * Cf. Aban Ya^t, §§ 19, 23, 27, 35, 39, 47, &c. Cf, Aban Ya^t, § 9. 6 §§ i-3=Yasna XXXIII, 12-14. ' Deliver me from Ahriman ' (Pahl. Comm.). ^ As in Ormazd Ya^t, o. 6 7 n 58 NYAYI5. Hail unto thee, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, thou beneficent and most great Yazata! ^ Ash em Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda .... For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification .... Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; unto thee Atar, son of Ahura Mazda ! 5I Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; unto the Glory and the Weal, made by Mazda; unto the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda ; unto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda ; unto king Husravah ; unto the lake of Husravah ; unto Mount Asnava;^/*, made by Mazda; unto Lake A'ae/C'asta, made by Mazda; unto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. 6. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; unto Mount Raeva;//, made by Mazda; unto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. Unto Atar, the beneficent, the warrior ; the God who is a full source of Glory, the God who is a full source of healing. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, with all Atars ; unto the God Nairyo-sangha, who dwells in the navel of kings ; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glori- fication. Yatha ahft vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 7 2. I bless the sacrifice and invocation, and the ' As in Ormazd Ya.st, o. ^ Cf. Sirozah, § 9. ^ §§7-i6=Yasna LXII, i-io (LXI). See the Sanskrit transla- tion in Etudes Iraniennes, II. AT AS NYAYW. 359 good offering, the beneficent offering, the offering of assistance offered unto thee, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda ! Thou art worthy of sacrifice and invocation ; mayest thou receive the sacrifice and the invoca- tion in the houses of men. Well may it be unto the man who ever worships thee with a sacrifice, holding the sacred wood in his hand, the baresma in his hand, the meat in his hand, the mortar ^ in his hand, 8.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacri- fice worth being heard .... 1 §§ 8-9 = Kh6rsha^ Nyayij, §§ 8-9. ^ Yt. X, o. ' §§ ii-i2=Yt. X, 144-145. ' §§ i3-i5=Yt. X, 4-6. MAH NYAYI.S. 355 We offer up libations unto Mithra .... 14. May he come to us for help! May he come to us for ease ! . . . . 15. I will offer up libations unto him, the strong Yazata, the powerful Mithra .... Yenhe hatfim: AUthose beings of whom Ahura IMazda .... 16 \ Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Mithra .... Ashem Vohfi: Holiness is the best of. all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. III. MAH NYAYI^-. I ^. Hail to Ahura Mazda I Hail to the Amesha-Spewtas ! Hail to the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull 1 Hail to thee when we look at thee ! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us ! 2^ Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; unto the only-created Bull and unto the Bull of many species ; Be propitiation .... 3. Hail to Ahura Mazda ! . . . . 4. How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane? .... 5. We sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull 6. And when the light of the moon waxes warmer .... 7. I will sacrifice unto the Moon .... 8. For its brightness and glory .... 9. Yatha ahil vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... lo*. Give us strength and victory! Give us wel- fare in cattle and in bread! Give us a great number of male children, praisers [of God] and chiefs in assemblies, who smite and are not smitten, who smite at one stroke their enemies, who smite at one stroke their foes, ever in joy and ready to help. ' Yt. X, 146. - § I =Mah Yast, § i . » §§ 2-9 = Mah Yast. * §§io-ii; cf.Yt. XXiV, 6-8. A a 2 35^ NYAYI5. 1 1 . Ye gods of full Glory, ye gods of full healing, let your greatness become manifest! let your assistance become manifest as soon as you are called for ! and ye, Waters, manifest your Glory, and impart it to the man who offers you a sacrifice. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. IV. ABAN NYAYI^-. I. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....
2e man who offers you a sacrifice. Ashem Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. IV. ABAN NYAYI^-. I. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... Unto the good Waters, made by Mazda ; unto the holy water-spring Ardvi Anahita; unto all waters, made by Mazda ; unto all plants, made by Mazda, Be propitiation ^ . . . . 2 ^. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathujtra, saying : ' Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathu^tra ! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita .... 3. 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb of all females pure for bringing forth .... 4. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole of the waters that run along the earth .... 5. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there .... 6. 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread all over the seven Karshvares ; 7. * I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with mighty vigour, for the increase of the house, of the borough, of the town, of the country^. 8. ' He from whom she will hear the staota yesnya'^; he from whom she will hear the Ahuna 1 As Aban Ya^t, o. ^ §§ 2-6 = Aban Yajt, §§ 1-5. ^ Cf. Aban Y3.st, § 6. * See above, p. 152, note i. ATA5 NYAYI5. 357 vairya^ he from whom she will hear the Asha- vahi^ta^; he by whom the good waters, will be made pure ; with the words of the holy hymns \ he will enter first the Gar6-nmana of Ahura Mazda : she will give him the boons asked for*. 95. ' For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well-performed. Thus mayest thou advise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be most fully worshipped. ' We sacrifice unto the holy Ardvi Sflra Anahita with libations. We sacrifice unto Ardvi Siira Anahita, the holy and master of holi- ness, 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 .... 10. ' Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anahita. ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' V. Ata^- nyAyi5.
3the law of holiness .... ' I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the holy water-spring Anahita. ' [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.' V. Ata^- nyAyi5. I ^ Take me out \ O Ahura ! give me perfect piety and strength .... 4^ May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... ^ The Yatha ahft vairyo prayer, "^ The Ashem Vohij prayer. 3 Cf. Yt. XXII, 2, and Yt. XXIV, 39. * Cf. Aban Ya^t, §§ 19, 23, 27, 35, 39, 47, &c. Cf, Aban Ya^t, § 9. 6 §§ i-3=Yasna XXXIII, 12-14. ' Deliver me from Ahriman ' (Pahl. Comm.). ^ As in Ormazd Ya^t, o. 6 7 n 58 NYAYI5. Hail unto thee, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, thou beneficent and most great Yazata! ^ Ash em Vohu : Holiness is the best of all good .... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda .... For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification .... Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; unto thee Atar, son of Ahura Mazda ! 5I Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; unto the Glory and the Weal, made by Mazda; unto the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda ; unto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda ; unto king Husravah ; unto the lake of Husravah ; unto Mount Asnava;^/*, made by Mazda; unto Lake A'ae/C'asta, made by Mazda; unto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. 6. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; unto Mount Raeva;//, made by Mazda; unto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. Unto Atar, the beneficent, the warrior ; the God who is a full source of Glory, the God who is a full source of healing. Unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, with all Atars ; unto the God Nairyo-sangha, who dwells in the navel of kings ; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glori- fication. Yatha ahft vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness .... 7 2. I bless the sacrifice and invocation, and the ' As in Ormazd Ya.st, o. ^ Cf. Sirozah, § 9. ^ §§7-i6=Yasna LXII, i-io (LXI). See the Sanskrit transla- tion in Etudes Iraniennes, II. AT AS NYAYW. 359 good offering, the beneficent offering, the offering of assistance offered unto thee, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda ! Thou art worthy of sacrifice and invocation ; mayest thou receive the sacrifice and the invoca- tion in the houses of men. Well may it be unto the man who ever worships thee with a sacrifice, holding the sacred wood in his hand, the baresma in his hand, the meat in his hand, the mortar ^ in his hand, 8.
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