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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DÎn Yast.
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For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
IV.
11. We sacrifice to the most right Kista, made by Mazda and holy: we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ....
12. To whom Zarathustra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought, for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for this boon,
13. That the most right Kista, made by Mazda and holy, would give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece of flesh, not thicker than a fist, giving just as much light as a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives ?.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice worth being heard ....
V.
14. We sacrifice to the most right Kista, made by Mazda and holy: we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda ....
15. To whom the holy Hvôvi 2 did sacrifice with full knowledge, wishing that the holy Zarathustra would give her his good narcotic 3, that she might
* Cf. Yt. XIV, 33.
3 Zarathustra's wife. • Bangha; the so-called Bang of Zoroaster (Vend. XV, 14 [44]; Phl. tr.). What must have been its virtue may be gathered from the legends of Güstâsp and Ardâ Vîrâf, who are said to have been transported in soul to the heavens, and to have had the higher
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