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HOLINESS NECESSARY FOR THE PRACTICE OF STAOTA.
(k) “At våo ýazâi stavas mazdâ ahurâ hadâ
ashâ vahishtâcâ mananghâ
Khshathrâchâ
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-50 § 4.
“O Ahura Mazda let me attune myself with Thee always with Staota by
means of Holiness, the Best Mind and Right-Power.”
(l) Tâish våo ýacnâish paitî stavas ayenî
Mazdâ ashâ vanghêush shyaothanâish mananghô -50 § 9.
“May 1 approach Thee, O Mazda, with Staota by means of these
attunements through Holiness and deeds of the Good Mind."
(m) “at vê staotâ aojâi mazdâ aonghâcâ,
Yavat ashâ tavâcâ isâichâ.”
“Then, 0 Mazda, I shall be as I have been called practitioner-of-Staota as
long as 1 can and will by means of Holiness.”
2. THE YASHTS -
(a) "mâ-chish mê åonghãm zaothranãm franghaurât, ýâ nôit staotanãm
ýacnyanãm âmâtô vîspe ratavô.”
-Maher Yasht § 122:
“None should partake of these my libations-of-attunement who has not taken
into his mind all the laws of Staota Yarna.”
(b) "Yo paoiryo stoish astavaithyao staota ashem naist daevo.”
-Fravardin Yasht § 89,
“(Zoroaster) who was the first in the entire physical existence to practice the
Staota of Ashem and of Naismi-Daevo for the destruction of evil forces.”
(c) “ýahmi paiti vîspem-mãthrem ashem sravô vîsruyata,ahu
ratushca gaêthanãm staota ashahe ýat mazishtaheca
vahishtaheca sraêshtaheca”
-Fravardin Yasht § 91.