(This Yasht, inscribed to the Genius of the Earth, is devoted to a description of the mountains and the kingly Glory (kavaem Hvareno), which are invoked, together with the Earth, in the corresponding formula of he Sirozah (par. 28) there is no Yasht devoted to the Earth itself.)

The mountains are simply enumerated (pars. 1-8). The rest of the Yasht is devoted to the praise of the Hvareno, or, more precisely, to that of those who possessed it, whose powers or feats are described. The list begins with Ahura Mazda (par. 10), and closes with Saoshyant (par. 89); that is to say, it begins with the beginning of the world, and closes with its end. It includes the Amesha-Spentas (par. 15), Haoshyangha (par. 26), Takhma Urupa (par. 28), Yima (par. 31), Mithra (par. 35), Thraetaona (par. 36), Keresaspa (par. 38), the kings of the Kaianyan dynasty (pars. 66-72), Kavi Husravah (par. 74), Zarathushtra (par. 79), Vishtaspa (par. 84). The unsuccessful efforts of Franghrasyan to take possession of it are described at length (pars. 56-64).

This Yasht would serve as a short history of the Iranian monarchy, an abridged Shah Namah.)

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May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],the holy and master of holiness....Unto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness;unto the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; unto that Glory that cannotbe forcibly seized, made by Mazda,Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....

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The first mountain that rose up out of the earth, O SpitamaZarathushtra! was the Haraiti Barez. That mountain stretches allalong the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east.The second mountain was Mount Zeredho, outside Mount Manusha:this mountain too stretches all along the shores of the land washedby waters towards the east.

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From there grew up Mount Ushi-dhau, Ushi-darena, Mount Erezifya,and Mount Fraorepa. The sixth was Mount Erezura. The seventh wasMount Bumya. The eighth was Mount Raoidhita. The ninth was MountMazishishvau. The tenth was Mount Antare-danghu. The eleventhwas Mount Erezisha. The twelfth was Mount Vaiti-gaesa.

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And Mount Adarana, Mount Bayana, Mount Ishkata Upairi-saena,with the .... snows; the two Hamankuna mountains, the eight Vasnamountains, the eight powerful Fravanku, the four Vidhvana summits;

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Mount Aezakha, Mount Maenakha, Mount Vakhedrakae, Mount Asaya,Mount Tudhaskae, Mount Isavae, Mount Draoshishvau, Mount Sairivau,Mount Nanghushmau, Mount Kakahyu, Mount Antare-Kangha;

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Mount Sichidava, Mount Ahuna, Mount Raemana, Mount Asha-stembana,Mount Urunyo-vaidhkae, Mount Asnavant, Mount Ushaoma, Mount Ushta-hvarenah,Mount Syamaka, Mount Vafrayau, Mount Vourusha;

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Amongst which stand Mount Jatara, Mount Adhutavau, Mount Spitavarena,Mount Spento-data, Mount Kadrva-aspa, Mount Kaoirisa, Mount Taera,Mount Bara-srayana, Mount Barana, Mount Frapayau, Mount Udrya,and Mount Raevant, and all those heights to which men have giventhe name of mount,

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To the number of two thousand mountains, and two hundred andforty and four, O Spitama Zarathushtra!

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For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrificeworth being heard, namely, unto the awful kingly Glory. Unto theawful kingly Glory we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat,the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech,the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words.Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda; mostconquering, highly working, that possesses health. wisdom, andhappiness, and is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures;

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That belongs to Ahura Mazda, as (through it) Ahura Mazda madethe creatures, many and good, many and fair, many and wonderful,many and prosperous, many and bright;

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So that they may restore the world, which will (thenceforth)never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting,ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, whenthe dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and theworld will be restored at its wish;

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When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creationof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she mayrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfoldbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That belongs to the Amesha-Spentas, the bright ones, whoselooks perform their wish, tall, quickly coming to do, strong,lordly, who are undecaying and holy;

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Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of onespeech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same,whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose fatherand commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda.

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Who see one another's soul thinking of good thoughts, thinkingof good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana,and whose ways are shining as they go down to the libations;

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Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers,the keepers and preservers of these creations of Ahura Mazda.

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It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth)never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting,ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, whenthe dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and theworld will be restored at its wish;

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When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creationof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she mayrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfoldbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That belongs to the gods in the heavens and to those in thematerial world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born,who are to perform the restoration of the world.

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It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth)never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting,ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, whenthe dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and theworld will be restored at its wish;

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When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creationof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she mayrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfoldbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, for a long time,when he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over theDaevas and men, over the Yatus and the Pairikas, over the oppressors,the blind, and the deaf; he who smote two-thirds of the Daevasof Mazana and of the Varenya fiends.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto Takhma Urupa, the well-armed, while he ruledover the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the paevas and men,the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf;

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When he conquered all Daevas and men, all the Yatus and Pairikas,and rode Angra Mainyu, turned into the shape of a horse, all aroundthe earth from one end to the other, for thirty years.For its brightness and glory, I win offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for along time, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth,over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors,the blind, and the deaf;

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He who took from the Daevas both riches and welfare, bothfatness and flocks, both weal and Glory;In whose reign both aliments were never failing for feeding creatures,flocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying;

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In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neitherold age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas, in the times beforehis lie, before he began to have delight in words of falsehoodand untruth.

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But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood anduntruth, the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shapeof a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great YimaKhshaeta, the good shepherd, trembled and was in sorrow beforehis foes; he was confounded, and laid him down on the ground.

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The first time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima,the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shapeof a Varaghna bird.Then Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,whose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We sacrificeunto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda has createdthe most glorious of all the gods in the heavens.

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The second time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima,the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shapeof a Varaghna bird.Then Thraetaona seized that Glory, he, the heir of the valiantAthwya clan, who was the most victorious of all victorious mennext to Zarathushtra;

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Who smote Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed,the six-eyed, who had a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendishDruj, that demon baleful to the world, the strongest Druj thatAngra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy theworld of the good principle.

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The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima,that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shapeof a Varaghna bird.Then the manly-hearted Keresaspa seized that Glory; he who wasthe sturdiest of the men of strength, next to Zarathushtra, forhis manly courage.

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For Manly Courage clave unto him. We worship Manly Courage,firm of foot, unsleeping, quick to rise, and fully awake, thatclave unto Keresaspa;

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Who killed the snake Srvara, the horse-devouring, men-devouring,yellow, poisonous snake, over which yellow poison flowed a thumb'sbreadth thick. Upon him Keresaspa was cooking his food in a brassvessel: at the time of noon, the fiend felt the heat, and stoodupon his feet: he rushed from under the brass vessel and upsetthe boiling water: the manly-hearted Keresaspa fell back affrighted;

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Who killed the golden-heeled Gandarewa, that was rushing withopen jaws, eager to destroy the living world of the good principle;Who killed the brood of Pathana, all the nine; and the brood ofNivika, and the brood of Dashtayana;Who killed the golden-crowned Hitaspa, and Vareshava, the sonof Dana and Pitaona, attended by many Pairikas;

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Who killed Arezo-shamana, him of the manly courage, who wasstrong, well-beloved, hail, energetically rushing, fully awake,never falling back....;

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Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, thestone-handed: thus did he exclaim to all around: 'I am an infantstill, I am not yet of age: if I ever grow of age, I shall makethe earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot;

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'I shall bring down the Good Spirit from the shining Garo-nmana;I shall make the Evil Spirit rush up from the dreary Hell. Theywill carry my chariot, both the Good Spirit and the Evil One,unless the manly-hearted Keresaspa kill me.'The manly-hearted Keresaspa killed him, his life went away, hisspirit vanished.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forciblyseized, made by Mazda ....

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For which the Good Spirit and the Evil One did struggle withone another: for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized theyflung each of them their darts most swift.The Good Spirit flung a dart, and so did Vohu-Mano, and Asha-Vahishtaand Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda.The Evil Spirit flung a dart, and so did Akem-Mano, and Aeshmaof the wounding spear and Azhi Dahaka and Spityura, he who sawedYima in twain.

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Then forward came Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, thinking thusin his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forciblyseized.'But Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushedon his back, thinking of extinguishing it:

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'Here give it up to me; O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda: if thouseizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rushupon thee, so that thou mayest never more blaze on the earth madeby Ahura and protect the world of the good principle.'And Atar took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed,so much had Azhi affrighted him.

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Then Azhi, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward,thinking thus in his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannotbe forcibly seized.'But Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, advanced behind him, speakingin these words:

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'There give it up to me, thou three-mouthed Azhi Dahaka. Ifthou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then Iwill enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so thatthou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by Mazda and destroythe world of the good principle.'Then Azhi took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed,so much had Atar affrighted him.

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That Glory swells up and goes to the sea Vouru-Kasha. Theswift-horsed Son of the Waters seizes it at once: this is thewish of the Son of the Waters, the swift-horsed: 'I want to seizethat Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, down to the bottomof the sea Vouru-Kasha, in the bottom of the deep rivers.'

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We sacrifice unto the Son of the Waters, the swift-horsed,the tall and shining lord, the lord of females; the male god,who helps one at his appeal; who made man, who shaped man, a godwho lives beneath waters, and whose ear is the quickest to hearwhen he is worshipped.

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'And whosoever of you, O men,' - thus said Ahura Mazda, -'O holy Zarathushtra! shall seize that Glory that cannot be forciblyseized, he has the gifts of an Athravan; whosoever shall longfor the illumination of knowledge, he has the gifts of an Athravan;whosoever shall long for fulness of knowledge, he has the giftsof an Athravan;

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'And Riches will cleave unto him, giving him full welfare,holding a shield before him, powerful, rich of cattle and garments;and Victory will cleave unto him, day after day; and likewiseStrength, that smites more than a year. Attended by that Victory,he will conquer the havocking hordes; attended by that Victory,he will conquer all those who hate him.' For its brightness andglory, I will offer it a sacrifice....

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We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forciblyseized, made by Mazda ....

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Which the Turanian ruffian Frangrasyan tried to seize in thesea Vouru-Kasha. He stripped himself naked, wishing to seize thatGlory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, andto the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fledaway, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kashawas produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Husravah.

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Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of thesea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thoughts:'.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs tothe Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.

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'Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness,goodness, and fairness.'- 'Ahura Mazda will come against thee, ever eager to create newcreatures.'Then the most crafty Turania Frangrasyan rushed down into thesea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra!

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A second time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seizethat Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn,and to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Gloryfled away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kashawas produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Vanghazdau.

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Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of thesea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thoughts:'.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs tothe Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.

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'Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness,goodness, and fairness.'- 'Ahura Mazda will come against thee, ever eager to create newcreatures.'Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed down into thesea Vouru-Kasha.

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A third time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize theGlory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, andto the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fledaway, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm was produced in thesea Vouru-Kasha, namely, the water that is called Awzh-danva.

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Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of thesea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thought:'.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs tothe Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra!'

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He was not able to seize the Glory that belongs to the Aryannations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful Glory that cannot be forciblyseized, made by Mazda ....

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That cleaves unto him who grows up there, where lies LakeKasava, along with the Haetumant river; there where stands MountUshidhau, surrounded by waters, that run from the mountain.

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It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bringing goodpastures and fine horses, bringing plenty, full of glory; withbeauty and weal; powerful and friendly, rich of pastures, prolificand golden. It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, brightand glorious, making the white .... grow, smiting away all plagues.

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And there comes with him a horse's strength, there comes withhim a camel's strength, there comes with him a man's strength,there comes with him the kingly Glory: and there is in him, Oholy Zarathushtra! so much of kingly Glory as might extinguishat once all the non-Aryan nations.

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And then (through it) living creatures may keep away hungerand death, living creatures (may keep away) cold and heat. Suchis the kingly Glory, the keeper of the Aryan nations and of thefive kinds of animals, made to help the faithful and the Law ofthe worshippers of Mazda.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto Kavi Kavata, and unto Kavi Aipivohu, and untoKavi Usadha, and unto Kavi Arshan, and unto Kavi Pisina, and untoKavi Byarshan, and unto Kavi Syavarshan;

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So that they were all of them brave, all of them strong, allof them healthful, all of them wise, all of them happy in theirwishes, all of them powerful kings.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto Kavi Husravah for the well-shapen Strength,for the Victory made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant; forthe righteousness of the law, for the innocence of the law, forthe unconquerable power of the law; for the extermination of theenemies at one stroke;

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And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda,for the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring,wise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees[their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect; andfor that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and tothose who do not follow impiety;

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And for a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life,and for all boons and remedies; 77. So that king Husravah [hadthe lead] all along the long race, and he could not pass throughthe forest, he, the murderer, who was fiercely striving againsthim on horseback; the lord Kavi Husravah prevailed over all; heput in bonds Frangrasyan and Keresavazda, to avenge the murderof his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto the holy Zarathushtra, so that he thoughtaccording to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did accordingto the Law; so that he was the holiest in holiness in all theliving world, the best-ruling in exercising rule, the brightestin brightness, the most glorious in glory, the most victoriousin victory.

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At his sight the Daevas rushed away; at his sight the (demoniac)malices were extinguished; at his sight the Jainis drew hack theirways from the mortals and, lamenting and wailing, laid violenthands on the Daevas.

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And that one prayer, the Ahuna Vairya, which the holy Zarathushtrasang and repeated four times, with a song that waxed louder andlouder, drove back all the Daevas beneath the earth, and tookoff from them sacrifice and prayer.

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It was it, the Glory of Zarathushtra, that the Turanian ruffianFrangrasyan tried to seize to rule over all the Karshvares; roundabout the seven Karshvares did that ruffian Frangrasyan rush,trying to seize the Glory of Zarathushtra. But that Glory escapedto hidden inlets of the sea; and there those two made my willroll on; they entered my will, as it was my wish, Ahura Mazda's,and as it was the wish of the Law of Mazda.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That clave unto king Vistaspa, so that he thought accordingto the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according to theLaw; so that he professed that Law, destroying his foes and causingthe Daevas to retire.

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Who, driving the Druj before him, sought wide room for theholy religion; who, driving the Druj before him, made wide roomfor the holy religion; who made himself the arm and support ofthis law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathushtra;

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Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus,and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], highruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattleand pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures.

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The valiant king Vishtaspa conquered all enemies, Tathravantof the evil law, Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas, and thefiendish wicked Arejat-aspa and the other wicked Hvyaonas.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

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That will cleave unto the victorious Saoshyant and his helpers,when he shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) nevergrow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, everliving and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the deadwill rise, when life and immortality will come, and the worldwill be restored at its wish;

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When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creationof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she mayrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfoldbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....

92
When Astvat-ereta shall rise up from Lake Kasava, a friendof Ahura Mazda, a son of Vispa-taurvairi, knowing the victoriousknowledge.It was that Glory that Thraetaona bore with him when Azhi Dahakawas killed;

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That Frangrasyan, the Turanian, bore when Drvau was killed,when the Bull was killed;That king Husravah bore when Frangrasyan, the Turanian, was killed;That king Vishtaspa bore, when he victoriously maintained Holinessagainst the host of the fiends and took off the Druj from theworld of the good principle.

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He, with the eye of intelligence, shall look down upon allthe creatures of the Paeshish, her of the evil seed: he shalllook upon the whole living world with the eye of plenty, and hislook shall deliver to immortality the whole of the living creatures.

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And there shall his friends come forward, the friends of Astvat-ereta,who are fiend-smiting, well-thinking, well-speaking, well-doing,following the good law, and whose tongues have never uttered aword of falsehood.Before them shall Aeshma of the wounding spear, who has no Glory,bow and flee; he shall smite the most wicked Druj, her of theevil seed, born of darkness.

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Akem-Mano smites, but Vohu-Mano shall smite him; the Wordof falsehood smites, but the Word of truth shall smite it. Haurvatatand Ameretat shall smite both hunger and thirst: Haurvatat andAmeretat shall smite the evil hunger and the evil thirst. Theevil-doing Angra Mainyu bows and flees, becoming powerless.For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....

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Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigourof Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness;of the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; of the Glory that cannot beforcibly seized, made by Mazda.Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright,all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.