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SIRÔZAH I.
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25. Ard.
To Ashi Vanguhi1; to the good Kisti 2; to the good Erethe; to the good Rasãstât; to the Weal and Glory, made by Mazda; to Pârendi 5, of the light chariot; to the Glory of the Aryas made by Mazda; to the kingly Glory made by Mazda; to that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda; to the Glory of Zarathustra, made by Mazda,
26. Âstâd.
To Arstât, who makes the world grow; to Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness.
27. Âsmân.
To the high, powerful Heavens; to the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones.
28. Zemyâd
To the bounteous Earth; to these places, to these fields; to Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; to all the mountains made by Mazda, that are seats of holy happiness, of full happiness; to the kingly Glory made by Mazda ;
See Yt. XVII.
2 Religious knowledge, wisdom (fargânak; nirvânagnânam). 3 Thought (kittam). • Thoughtfulness (kittasthiti). 5 The keeper of treasures; cf. Vend. Introd. IV, 30. Ahvaretem hvarenô: 'the hvarenô of the priests: that it cannot be forcibly seized means that one must take possession of it through virtue and righteous exertion' (Neriosengh and Pahl. Comm. to Yasna I and IV, 14 [42]).
7 See Yt. XVIII.
See Yt. I, 31, text and note.
• See Yt. XIX.
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