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enter there. Therefore do thou pronounce these prayers.
Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good ....
VI. 40. 'Converse ye with the Amesha-Spentas,' said Zarathustra unto the young king Vistâspa, 'and with the devout Sraosha, and Nairyô-sangha, the tall-formed, and Âtar, the son of Ahura Mazda, and the well-desired kingly Glory.
41. 'Men with lustful deeds address the body i; but thou, all the night long, address the heavenly Wisdom?; but thou, all night long, call for the Wisdom that will keep thee awake.
* Three times a day raise thyself up and go to take care of the beneficent cattle.
42. 'Of these men may the lordships belong to the wisest of all beings, O Zarathustra! May their lord belong to the wisest, O Zarathustra! Let him show them the way of holiness, let him show them at once the way thereto, which the Law of the worshippers of Mazda enters victoriously. Thus the soul of man, in the joy of perfect holiness, walks over the bridge, known afar, the powerful Kinvat-bridge 4, the well-kept, and kept by virtue.
43. How the worlds were arranged was said to thee first, O Zarathustra! Zarathustra said it again to the young king Vistâspa; therefore do thou 5 praise him who keeps and maintains the moon and the sun.
1 Cf. § 26.
Cf. Vend. IV, 45; XVIII, 6. $ The supervision and care.
* See § 27. 5 Thou Vîstâspa.
6 Ahura Mazda. 22
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