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YASTS AND SIRÔZAHS.
XX. VANANT YAST.
This Yast ought to follow immediately after the Tîr Yast, as it is derived from the same Sîrôzah formula; the one in which Tistrya is invoked along with Vanant and Haptôiringa (Sîrôzah, § 13). It is a mere supplement to that Yast. On Vanant, see p. 97, note 6.
o. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ..
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hâvani], the holy and master of holiness . . . .
Unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda,
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
1. We sacrifice unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda, the holy and master of holiness.
I will sacrifice unto Vanant, strong, invoked by his own name1, healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most foul Khrafstras 2 of the most abominable Angra Mainyu.
2. Yathâ ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness
I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the star Vanant, made by Mazda.
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good [Give] unto that man3 brightness and glory, . bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.
give him the
1 See p. 13, note 2.
2 The reptiles and other Ahrimanian creatures (Vendîdâd, Introd. V, 11) which are destroyed by the rain (Bund. VII, 7).
3 Who sacrifices to Vanant.
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| SR No. | 007677 |
| Book Title | Saddharma Pundarika |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | H Kern |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 2546 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 46 MB |