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Let us continue with selections from the “Mihir Yast,” a hymn that praises Mithra, the God of Heavenly Light. MIHIR YAST. Yast to Mithra SECTION 10 “We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, . . . . sleepless, and ever awake; Whose dwelling, wide as the Earth, extends over the material world, large, unconfined, and bright, a far-and-wide-extending abode. Whose eight friends sit as spies for Mithra, on all the heights, at all the watching-places, observing the man who lies unto Mithra, looking at those, remembering those who have lied unto Mithra, but guarding the ways of those whose life is sought by men who lie unto Mithra, and, verily, by the fiendish killers of faithful men. Helping and guarding, guarding behind and guarding, in front, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, proves an undeceivable spy and watcher for the man to whom he comes to help with all the strength of his soul, he of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable God. For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard . . . .” SECTION 13 “We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, . . . . sleepless, and ever awake; Who, with hands lifted up, ever cries unto Ahura Mazda, saying: ‘I am the kind keeper of all creatures, I am the kind maintainer of all creatures; yet men worship me not with a sacrifice in which I am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names. If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I were invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, then I would come to the faithful at the appointed time; I would come in the appointed time of my beautiful, immortal life.’ But the pious man, holding libations in his hands, does worship thee with a sacrifice, in which thou are invoked by thy own name, and with the proper words. […]”“We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, . . . . sleepless, and ever awake; Firm-legged, a watcher fully awake; valiant, a chief in assemblies; making the waters flow forward; listening to appeals; making the waters run and the plants grow up; ruling over the Karshwares; delivering; happy; undeceivable; endowed with many senses; a creature of wisdom. […]”
