The Arctic Home in the Vedas c11.58

c11.58

The passage is in the Tîr Yasht, § 36 :—‘ *Tishtrîm stârem raevantem kharenanghuantem yazamaide, yim yâre-chareshō mashyehe Ahuracha khratu-gûto aurunacha gairishâcho sizdaracha ravas-charâto uziyoirentem hisposentem huyâiryâicha danghve uzjasentem duzyâiryâicha, kata Airyâo danghâvo huyâiryâo bavâonti.*’ Spiegel translates it thus, “We praise the star Tishtrya, the shining, the majestic, who brings here the circling years of men.” Darmesteter takes *yâre-chareshō mashyehe* &c., with the words following, viz., *uziyoirentem hisposentem*, and translates, “We praise Tishtrya, &c., whose rising is watched by men, who live on the fruits of the year.” According to Dastur Erachji Meherjirana (see his *Yasht bâ mâeni*), the meaning of the whole paragraph, in which this passage occurs, is:— “We praise Tishtrya, &c. who maketh the year revolve in accordance with the notions of the mountaineers and the nomads. He riseth and is visible towards the regions where there is no correct calculation of the year.”