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may the rewarded sanctity and the strength of the holy man be here, most speedily as well Ahura's lore. 4. And may the good and heroic and bountiful Fravashis of the saints come here, and may they go hand in hand with us with the healing virtues of (their) blessed gifts as wide-spread as the earth, as far-spread as the rivers, as high-reaching? as the sun, for the furtherance of the better men, for the hindrance of the hostile, and for the abundant growth of riches and of glory.
5. May Sraosha (Obedience) conquer disobediences within this house, and may peace triumph over discord here, and generous giving over avarice, reverences over contempt, speech with truthful words over lying utterance. May the Righteous Order gain the victory over the Demon of the Lie“.
6. As in this (house) the Bountiful Immortals seek for good Yasnas and good praises from the blessed Sraosha (who governs here), and as they seek for (one) good sacrifice and act of homage (more especially their own) which is a good offering (to them) for (our) salvation, and a good offering in praise, together with a long continued offering of the entire self", (7) let not then (their) brilliant glory? ever desert this house, nor the bright abundance, nor an illustrious & offspring legitimatelyborn, nor that long continued companionship which is the
Earth-wide, stream-long, sun-high. Isti seems a dative. $ The name Sraosha had not lost its original meaning; so of Âr(a)maiti. • Asha-Drugem?
5 Possibly, 'good support.' . Pahl. benafsman. * Hváthravat hvareno determines the sense. See 'hvathravat.'
• The Pahl. does not necessarily render 'heavenly;' the word elsewhere means original.'
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| SR No. | 007672 |
| Book Title | Zend Avesta Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Darmesteter |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1883 |
| Total Pages | 2221 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 41 MB |