Zend Avesta Part 02

SR No.: 007672
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

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VISPARAD XIX.
exists, who is now coming into existence, and who shall exist in future.
.VISPARAD XIX (Sp. XXII)". 1. We worship Ahura Mazda the bountiful; and we worship the Bountiful Immortals (saying the Spenta). And we sacrifice to the bountiful saint, and to the bountiful anticipative understanding ? Also we sacrifice to the good and bountiful Åramaiti (the ready mind). And we worship her together with the bountiful creatures in the creation of the pure. And we sacrifice to the holy creatures who have intelligence as their first", (to those foremost in their mind). And we worship the omniscient understanding, and Him who is Ahura Mazda (Himself). 2. And we sacrifice to the shining sun, which is the highest of the high; yea, we worship the sun together with the Bountiful Immortals, and the Mathras with their good ceremonies 6. Also we sacrifice to the glorious achievements, and to this glory (which we have gained). And we sacrifice to the herds which have the Fire and its blessings 6. Also we worship the holy benefit which is so widely
1 The word spenta throughout alludes to the Gâtha Spentamainyu, but it is of course not without grammatical application. . In the Bundahis especially referred to Ahura.
Or, together with the bountiful creatures we worship the holy creatures.'
• This expression may have been accidentally determined by the position of the word mano in the Ahuna-vairya formula ; see Y. XIX, 12. • Or, 'the well-fulfilled.'
Fire-made' is unintelligible ; 'fire gifts-having' may refer to the flocks and herds, as expressing the source of that prosperity which is represented by the holy Fire.
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