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________________ YASNA IX. 235 O H(a)oma! for the corporeal world? What blessedness was given him? what gain did he acquire ? 13. Thereupon gave H(a)oma answer, he the holy, and driving death afar: Pourushaspa' was the fourth man who prepared me for the corporeal world. This blessedness was given him, this gain did he acquire, that thou, O Zarathustra! wast born to him, the just, in Pourushaspa's house, the D(a)êva's foe, the friend of Mazda's lore, (14) famed in Airyêna Vaegah ; and thou, O Zarathustra ! didst recite the first the Ahunavairya”, four times intoning it, and with verses kept apart ((Pâzand) each time with louder and still louder voice). 15. And thou didst cause, O Zarathustra ! all the demon-gods to vanish in the ground who aforetime flew about this earth in human shape (and power. This hast thou done), thou who hast been the strongest, and the staunchest, the most active, and the swiftest, and (in every deed) the most victorious in the two spirits' 3 world. 16. Thereupon spake Zarathustra: Praise to H(a)oma. Good is H(a)oma, and the well-endowed, exact and righteous in its nature, and good inherently, and healing, beautiful of form, and good in deed, and most successful in its working“, goldenhued, with bending sprouts. As it is the best for drinking, so (through its sacred stimulus) is it the most nutritious for the soul. 17. I make my claim on thee, O yellow one! for Son of Pâîtirasp or Spêtârasp; Bundahis XXXII, 1, 2, &c. ? The Ahuna-vairya is in the Gâthic dialect, and in the Ahunavaiti metre; it may have been composed by Z. It named the Gâlha. 3 Comp. Y. XXX, 6? • Free. * Comp. pathmeng gavôi. Digitized by Digitized by Google
SR No.007672
Book TitleZend Avesta Part 02
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJames Darmesteter
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1883
Total Pages2221
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size41 MB
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