# Yashts — Yasht 17

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> Source: Avesta.org. The Yashts, Yasht 17, translation: L.H. Mills / J. Darmesteter (Sacred Books of the East, 1880-1887), Avesta.org. License: Public domain (translation predates 1928).
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> AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (English): Ashi Yasht ("Hymn to Ashi")
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> 17. ASHI YASHT ("Hymn to Ashi")
> 
> This digital edition copyright © 1995
> by Joseph H. Peterson. All rights reserved.
> 
> English translation by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the
> East, American Edition, 1898.)
> 
> Avestan text based on edition of Karl F. Geldner, Avesta, the Sacred
> Books of the Parsis, Stuttgart, 1896.
> 
> This hymn is also known as the "Ard Yasht."
> 
> "Ashi Vanghuhi or 'the good Ashi1' is a feminine impersonation
> of piety2, and she is, at the same time, the source of all the good
> and riches that are connected with piety3. She is described, therefore,
> as a goddess of Fortune and Wealth, and is invoked in company
> with Parendi, the goddess of Treasures (Sirozah 25).
> 
> She appears in the latter character in the first part of the Yasht
> (§§ 1-14); she praises and loves Zarathushtra
> (§§ 15-21). She is worshipped by Haoshyangha
> (§ 26), Yima (§ 28), Thraetaona [Faridoon] (§ 33),
> Haoma (§ 37), Husravah (§ 41), Zarathushtra (§ 45), and Vishtaspa
> (§ 49)4. She rejects the offerings of all sterile people (old men,
> courtezans, and children, §§ 53-61).
> 
> Notes:
> 
> 1. In Parsi Ardishvang or Ard (Ardish from Artish, the Persian
> form of Ashish); she presides over the 25th day of the month; cf.
> Sirozah 25.
> 
> 2. Ashi is not the feminine adjective of Asha, as the i was
> originally short (genitive ashôish, not ashyau); ashi is ar-ti, and
> means bhakti, piety (Neriosengh).
> 
> 3. The so-called Ashi's remedies (ashôish baêshaza; cf.
> Yt13.32.)
> 
> 4. This enumeration is the same as in the Gosh Yasht
> (§§ 3, 8, 14, 17, 21, 26, 29).
> 
> I.
> 
> 0. (pa nãm i ýazdã, hôrmezd i hvadâe
> i awazûnî gurz hvarahe awazâyât,
> 
> mainyô arshasañg bê rasât,
> 
> ezh hamâ gunâh ... pa patit hôm!)
> 
> xshnaothra ahurahe mazdå, tarôidîti angrahe
> mainyêush, haithyâvarshtãm hyat vasnâ
> ferashôtemem. staomî ashem,
> 
> ashem vohû...(3).
> 
> fravarâne mazdayasnô zarathushtrish vîdaêvô
> ahura-tkaêshô,
> 
> (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.)
> 
> ashôish vanghuyå cistôish vanghuyå erethê
> vanghuyå rasãstâtô vanghuyå hvarenanghô
> savanghô mazdadhâtahe
> 
> xshnaothra ýasnâica vahmâica xshnaothrâica
> frasastayaêca,
> 
> ýathâ ahû vairyô zaotâ frâ-mê
> mrûtê,
> 
> athâ ratush ashâtcît haca frâ ashava vîdhvå
> mraotû!
> 
> 1. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm,
> 
> 1. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining,
> high, tall-formed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a
> loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing,
> with fulness of intellect5, and powerful;
> 
> 5. Perethu-vîra; see Études Iraniennes, II, 183.
> 
> 2. dukhdharem ahurahe mazdå hvangharem ameshanãm
> speñtanãm ýâ vîspanãm
> saoshyañtãm frasha xrathwa frathañjayeiti
> uta-hê âsnem xratûm ava-baraiti vârema
> uta-hê âsnaêca zbayañtâi dûraêca
> zbayañtâi jasaiti avanghe, ýô ashîm
> ýazâite zaothrâbyô hô mithrem ýazâite
> zaothrâbyô.
> 
> 2. The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of
> the Amesha-Spentas, who endows all the Saoshyants6
> 
> with the enlivening intelligence; she also
> brings heavenly wisdom at her wish, and comes to
> help him who invokes her from near and him who
> invokes her from afar, and worships her with offerings
> of libations.
> 
> 6. The allies of Saoshyant, who are to be active in the restoration
> of the world to eternal life (frashegird). Cf. Yt11.17, note 1.
> Ashi gives them the 'intelligence of life' (frasha khratu), through
> which they will be enabled to perform their task.
> 
> 3. ahe raya hvarenanghaca
> 
> tãm ýazâi surunvata ýasna
> 
> tãm ýazâi huyashta ýasna
> 
> ashîm vanguhîm zaothrâbyô, ashîm
> vanguhîm ýazamaide
> 
> haomayô gava baresmana hizvô danghangha mãthraca
> vacaca shyaothnaca zaothrâbyasca arshuxdhaêibyasca
> vâkhzhibyô.
> 
> ýenghê hâtãm âat ýesnê
> paitî vanghô mazdå ahurô vaêthâ
> ashât hacâ ýånghãmcâ tãscâ
> tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 37. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her
> a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer up unto
> Ashi Vanguhi a good sacrifice with an offering of
> libations. We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi with
> the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the
> baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the
> holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with
> the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words.
> 
> Yenhe-hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....
> 
> 7. Cf. Yt5.10.
> 
> II.
> 
> 4. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 4. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,
> well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,
> welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful.
> 
> 5. haomaheca nemô mãthraheca ashaonaêca zarathushtrahe,
> 
> atcit bâ nemô haomâi
> 
> ýat vîspe anye madhånghô
> 
> aêshma haciñte xrvidrvô
> 
> âat hô ýô haomahe madhô
> 
> asha hacaite hvaê-paithe.
> 
> 5. Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mathra8,
> and unto the holy Zarathushtra!
> 
> Homage unto Haoma, because all other drinks
> are attended with Aeshma9, the fiend of the wounding
> spear: but the drinking of Haoma is attended
> with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself10.
> 
> 8. The Holy Word.
> 
> 9. The Daeva of anger.
> 
> 10. As drinking of Haoma is an act of religion (cf.
> Yasna 11, 12 seq.)
> 
> 6. ashish vanguhi ashi srîre ashi bânumaiti shâiti
> vyâvaiti bânubyô
> 
> ashi dâthre vohûm hvarenô
> 
> aêshãm narãm ýôi hacahi,
> 
> hubaoidhish baodhaite nmânem
> 
> ýenghe nmâne ashish vanguhi
> 
> sûra pâdha nidathaite
> 
> âgremaitish darekhâi haxedhrâi.
> 
> 6. Ashi is fair; Ashi is radiant with joy; she is
> far-piercing with her rays. Ashi gives good Glory
> 
> unto those men whom thou dost follow, O Ashi!
> Full of perfumes is the house in which the good,
> powerful Ashi Vanguhi puts her ....11 feet, for long
> friendship.
> 
> 11. ? Âgairimaitish.
> 
> 7. tê narô xshathra xshayeñte ash-baourva
> 
> nidhâtô-pitu hubaoidhi
> 
> ýahmya staretasca gâtush
> 
> anyåsca berexdhå avaretå
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi,
> 
> ushta bâ ýim hacahi
> 
> uta mãm upanghacahi
> 
> vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 7. Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi!
> are kings of kingdoms, that are rich in horses, with
> large tributes, with snorting horses, sounding chariots,
> flashing swords, rich in aliments and in stores of
> food12; well-scented where the beds are spread and
> full of all the other riches that may be wished for.
> Happy the man whom thou dost attend! do thou
> attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things
> and strong!
> 
> 12. Cf. Yt5.130.
> 
> 8. aêshãm nmânå hvidhâtå
> 
> gaosûrånghô hishteñte
> 
> ash-paourvå darekhô-upastêe
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi,
> 
> ushta bâ ýim hacahi
> 
> uta mãm upanghacahi
> 
> vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 8. Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have houses that stand well laid up, rich in
> cattle, foremost in Asha, and long-supported. Happy
> the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend
> me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and
> strong!
> 
> 9. aêshãm gâtava hishteñte
> 
> hustareta hupô-busta
> 
> hukereta barezish-havañtô
> 
> zaranyapaxshta-pâdhånghô
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta bâ ýim
> hacahi uta mãm upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 9. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have beds that stand well-spread, well-adorned,
> well-made, provided with cushions and with feet
> inlaid with gold. Happy the man whom thou dost
> attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts
> of desirable things and strong!
> 
> 10. aêshãm vañtånghô bât
> mainyånghô
> 
> gâtush paiti ångheñti
> 
> ýôi srîra barezish-havañtô
> 
> merezyumnå añku-paêsemnå
> 
> frâ gaoshâvara sispimna
> 
> cathru-karana minuca zaranyô-pisi. kadha nô avi âjasât
> nmânô-paitish kadha shâiti paitishâm fryâ
> paiti tanvi
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta bâ ýim
> hacahi uta mãm upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 10. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have their ladies that sit on their beds,
> waiting for them: they lie on the cushions, adorning
> themselves, ....13, with square bored ear-rings and
> a necklace of gold: 'When will our lord come?
> when shall we enjoy in our bodies the joys of love?'
> 
> Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou
> attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things
> and strong!
> 
> 13. ? Ankupasmanau.
> 
> 11. aêshãm kaininô ångheñte
> 
> ãkhmô-paidhish urvizô-maidhyå
> 
> sraotanvô darekhô-añgushtå
> 
> kehrpa avavatãm sraya
> 
> ýatha didhayatãm zaoshô
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta bâ ýim
> hacahi uta mãm upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 11. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have daughters that sit ....14; thin is
> their waist, beautiful is their body, long are their
> fingers; they are as fair of shape as those who look
> on can wish. Happy the man whom thou dost
> attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts
> of desirable things and strong!
> 
> 14. ? Âgamô-paidhisha.
> 
> 12. aêshãm aspånghô bayeñte
> 
> âsavô ravô-fraothemanô
> 
> raom vâshem vâshayañte
> 
> mrâtem carema thañjayeñte
> 
> taxmem staotârem vazeñti
> 
> âsu-aspem derezi-rathem
> 
> tizhi-arshtîm darekha-âreshtaêm
> 
> xshviwi-ishûm parô-kevîdhem
> 
> vîtârem paskât hamerethem
> 
> jañtârem parô dushmainyûm
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta bâ ýim
> hacahi uta mãm upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 12. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have horses swift and loud-neighing;
> they drive the chariot lightly, they take it to the
> battle15, they bear a gallant praiser (of the gods),
> who has many horses, a solid chariot, a sharp spear,
> a long spear, and swift arrows, who hits his aim,
> pursuing after his enemies, and smiting his foes.
> Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou
> attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things
> and strong!
> 
> 15. Doubtful.
> 
> 13. aêshãm ushtrånghô bayeñte
> 
> saêni-kaofa ash-manangha aojayeni zemat peretamna vadhairyavô
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta bâ ýim
> hacahi uta mãm upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 13. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have large-humped, burden-bearing camels,
> flying from the ground or fighting with holy fieriness16.
> Happy the man whom thou dost attend!
> Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable
> things and strong!
> 
> 16. Cf. Yt14.11.
> 
> 14. aêshãm erezatem zaranim
> 
> niberethi âbereta baraiti
> 
> aiwitarâbyô haca danghubyô
> 
> vastråsca keshå bâmanivå
> 
> ýôi hacahi ashish vanguhi,
> 
> ushta bâ ýim hacahi
> 
> uta mãm upanghacahi
> 
> vouru-saredha amavaiti.
> 
> 14. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
> have hoards of silver and gold brought
> together from far distant regions; and garments of
> splendid make. Happy the man whom thou dost
> attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts
> of desirable things and strong!
> 
> 15. apa mãm apa-daidhya
> 
> frâ-mãm aiwi-urvaêsayanguha
> 
> marzhdikem ashish berezaiti,
> 
> hudhâta ahi hucithra
> 
> vasatha ahi xshayamna
> 
> tanuye hvarenanghe dâite.
> 
> 15. Do not turn thy look from me! turn thy
> mercy towards me, O great Ashi! thou art well-made
> and of a noble seed17; thou art sovereign at
> thy wish; thou art Glory in a bodily form.
> 
> 17. Born from the gods; cf. Hadhokht Nask, Part II, § 9.
> 
> 16. pita-tê ýô ahurô mazdå
> 
> ýô mazishtô ýazatanãm
> 
> ýô vahishtô ýazatanãm,
> 
> mâta ârmaitish speñta
> 
> brâta tê ýô vanghush sraoshô ashyô
> 
> rashnushca berezô amavå
> 
> mithrasca vouru-gaoyaoitish ýô baêvare-spasanô
> hazangra-gaoshô hvangha daêna mâzdayesnish.
> 
> 16. Thy father is Ahura Mazda, the greatest of
> all gods, the best of all gods; thy mother is Armaiti Spenta;
> thy brothers are Sraosha18, a god of Asha,
> and Rashnu19, tall and strong, and Mithra20, the lord
> of wide pastures, who has ten thousand spies and
> a thousand ears; thy sister is the Law [Daena]21 of the worshippers
> of Mazda.
> 
> 18. See Yt11.
> 
> 19. See Yt12.
> 
> 20. See Yt10.
> 
> 21. [See Yt16.]
> 
> 17. upa-staota ýazatanãm
> 
> amuyamna razishtanãm
> 
> paiti-stayata raithya
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> uiti vacêbish aojana,
> 
> kô ahi ýô mãm zbayehi
> 
> ýenghe azem frâyô zbayeñtãm
> 
> sraêshtem susruye vâcim.
> 
> 17. Praised of the gods, unoffended by the righteous22,
> the great Ashi Vanguhi stood up on her
> chariot, thus speaking: 'Who art thou who dost
> invoke me, whose voice is to my ear the sweetest
> of all that invoked me most?'
> 
> 22. Or, 'doing no harm to the righteous.'
> 
> 18. adhât uiti fravashata,
> 
> ýô spitâmô zarathushtrô
> 
> ýô paoiryô mashyâkô
> 
> staota ashem ýat vahishtem
> 
> ýazata ahurem mazdãm
> 
> ýazata ameshê speñtê
> 
> ýenghe zãthaêca vaxshaêca
> 
> urvâsen âpô urvaråsca
> 
> ýenghe zãthaêca vaxshaêca
> 
> uxshin âpô urvaråsca,
> 
> 18. And he said aloud: 'I am Spitama Zarathushtra,
> who, first of mortals, recited the praise of
> the excellent Asha23 and offered up sacrifice unto
> Ahura Mazda and the Amesha-Spentas; in whose
> birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced;
> in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants
> grew; in whose birth and growth all the creatures
> of the good creation cried out, Hail24!
> 
> 23. The Ahunwar.
> 
> 24. Cf. Yt13.93.
> 
> 19. ýehe zãthaêca vaxshaêca
> 
> apa-dvarat angrô mainyush
> 
> haca zemat ýat pathanayå
> 
> skarenayå dûraêpârayå,
> 
> uiti davata hô ýô duzhdå
> 
> angrô mainyush pouru-mahrkô,
> 
> nôit mãm vîspe ýazatånghô
> 
> anuseñtem fraoreciñta
> 
> âat mãm aêvô zarathushtrô
> 
> anuseñtem apayeiti,
> 
> 19. 'In whose birth and growth Angra Mainyu
> rushed away from this wide, round earth, whose
> ends lie afar, and he, the evil-doing Angra Mainyu,
> who is all death, said: "All the gods together
> 
> have not been able to smite me down in spite
> of myself, and Zarathushtra alone can reach me in
> spite of myself.
> 
> 20. jaiñti mãm ahuna vairya avavata snaithisha ýatha
> asma katô-maså, tâpayeiti mãm asha vahishta
> mãnayen ahe ýatha ayaoxshustem, raêkô
> mê haca anghå zemat vanghô kerenaoiti
> 
> ýô mãm aêvô jâmayeiti
> 
> ýô spitâmô zarathushtrô.
> 
> 20. '"He smites me with the Ahuna Vairya, as
> strong a weapon as a stone big as a house25; he
> burns me with Asha-Vahishta, as if it were melting
> brass26. He makes it better for me that I should
> leave this earth, he, Spitama Zarathushtra, the only
> one who can daunt me."'
> 
> 25. Cf. Vd19.4.
> 
> 26. Cf. Yt3.
> 
> 21. adhât uiti fravashata
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti,
> 
> nazdyô mãm upa-hishta
> 
> erezvô ashâum spitama
> 
> upa mê srayanguha vâshahe,
> 
> nazdyô tãm upa-hishtat
> 
> ýô spitâmô zarathushtrô
> 
> upa hê srayata vâshahe.
> 
> 21. And the great Ashi Vanguhi exclaimed: 'Come nearer unto me,
> thou pure, holy Spitama! lean against my chariot!'
> 
> Spitama Zarathushtra came nearer unto her, he leant against her
> chariot.
> 
> 22. â-dim usca pairi-marezat
> 
> hâvôya bâzvô dashinaca
> 
> dashina bâzvô hâvayaca
> 
> uiti vacêbish aojana,
> 
> srîrô ahi zarathushtra
> 
> hukeretô ahi spitama
> 
> hvascvô darekhô-bâzâush
> 
> dâtem tê tanuye hvarenô
> 
> urunaêca darekhem havanghem
> 
> ýatha imat ýat tê frâvaocim.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 22. And she caressed him with the left arm and the right, with
> the right arm and the left, thus speaking: 'Thou art beautiful,
> O Zarathushtra! thou art well-shapen, O Spitama! strong are thy
> legs and long are thy arms: Glory is given to thy body and long
> cheerfulness27 to thy soul, as sure as I proclaim it unto thee.'
> 
> 27. Bliss after death.
> 
> III.
> 
> 23. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 2328. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,
> well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,
> welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect and powerful.
> 
> 28. As § 1.
> 
> 24. tãm ýazata
> 
> haoshyanghô paradhâtô
> 
> upa upabdi harayå berezô
> 
> srîrayå mazdadhâtayå.
> 
> 2429. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice,
> upon the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by
> Mazda.
> 
> 29. For §§ 24-26, cf. Yt9.3-6.
> 
> 25. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
> 
> vîspe daêva mâzanya,
> 
> ýatha azem nôit tarshtô frânmâne
> 
> thwaêshât parô daêvaêibyô
> 
> frâ ahmât parô vîspe daêva
> 
> anusô tarshta nemåñte
> 
> tarshta temanghô dvaråñti.
> 
> 25. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant
> me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana; that I
> may never fear and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that
> all the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before
> me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness.'
> 
> 26. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, vîñdât
> tem ýânem haoshyanghô paradhâtô.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 26. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Haoshyangha,
> the Paradhata, obtained that boon.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
> 
> IV.
> 
> 27. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 27. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 28. tãm ýazata
> 
> ýô ýimô xshaêtô hvãthwô
> 
> hukairyât haca barezanghat.
> 
> 2830. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice
> from the height Hukairya.
> 
> 30. For §§ 28-31, cf. Yt9.8-11.
> 
> 29. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýatha azem fshaoni vãthwa ava-barâni avi mazdå
> dâmabyô ýatha azem amerextîm avi-barâni
> avi mazdå dâmabyô,
> 
> 29. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
> Vanguhi! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world
> created by Mazda; that I may bring immortality down to the world
> created by Mazda;
> 
> 30. uta azem apa-barâni va shudhemca tarshnemca haca mazdå
> dâmabyô uta azem apa-barâni va zaourvãmca
> merethyûmca haca mazdå dâmabyô uta azem
> apa-barâni va garememca vâtem aotemca haca mazdå
> dâmabyô hazangrem aiwi-gâmanãm.
> 
> 30. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world
> created by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death,
> from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot
> wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand
> years.'
> 
> 31. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, viñdât
> tem ýânem ýô ýimô xshaêtô
> hvãthwô.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 31. Then great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaeta,
> the good shepherd, obtained that boon.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
> 
> V.
> 
> 32. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 32. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 33. tãm ýazata
> 
> vîsô puthrô âthwyânôish
> 
> vîsô sûrayå thraêtaonô
> 
> upa varenem cathru-gaoshem.
> 
> 3331. To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,
> offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena.
> 
> 31. Cf. Yt5.34; Yt9.14;
> Yt15.24.
> 
> 34. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå azhîm dahâkem
> thrizafanem thrikameredhem xshvash-ashîm hazangrâ-ýaoxshtîm
> ashaojanghem daêvîm drujem akhem gaêthâvyô
> drvañtem ýãm ashaojastemãm drujem
> fraca kereñtat angrô mainyush aoi ýãm
> astvaitîm gaêthãm mahrkâi ashahe gaêthanãm,
> uta-hê vañta azâni sanghavâci arenavâci
> ýôi hen kehrpa sraêshta zazâtêe
> gaêthyâi tê ýôi abdôteme.
> 
> 34. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
> Vanguhi! that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the
> three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most
> powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful to the world, the
> strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material
> world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I
> may deliver his two wives, Savanghavak and Erenavak, who are the
> fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures
> in the world.'
> 
> 35. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, viñdât
> tem ýânem vîsô puthrô athwyânôish
> vîsô sûrayå thraêtaonô.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 35.
> The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Thraetaona,
> the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
> 
> VI.
> 
> 36. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 36. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 37. tãm ýazata
> 
> haomô frâshmish baêshazyô
> 
> srîrô xshathryô zairi-dôithrô
> 
> barezishte paiti barezahi
> 
> haraithyô paiti barezayå.
> 
> 3732. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening,
> the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon
> the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza.
> 
> 32. For §§ 37-39, cf. Yt9.17-19.
> 
> 38. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýatha azem bañdayeni mairîm tûirîm
> frangrasyânem uta bastem vâdhayeni uta bastem upanayeni
> bastem kavôish haosravanghahe janât tem kava haosrava
> pasne varôish caêcastahe jafrahe uruyâpahe puthrô
> kaêna syâvarshânâi zûrô-jatahe
> narahe akhraêrathaheca naravahe.
> 
> 38. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
> Vanguhi! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan,
> that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king
> Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta
> lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his
> father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.'
> 
> 39. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, viñdât
> tem ýânem haomô frâshmish baêshazyô
> srîrô xshathryô zairi-dôithrô.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the
> enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden
> eyes, obtained that boon.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
> 
> VII.
> 
> 40. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 40. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 41. tãm ýazata
> 
> arsha airyanãm dah'yunãm
> 
> xshathrâi hañkeremô haosrava.
> 
> 4133. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations
> into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta
> lake, the deep lake of salt waters.
> 
> 33. For §§ 41-43, cf. Yt9.21-23.
> 
> 42. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýatha azem nijanâni mairîm tûirîm
> frangrasyânem pasne varôish caêcastahe jafrahe
> urvyâpahe puthrô kaêna syâvarshânâi
> zûrô-jatahe narahe akhraêrathaheca naravahe.
> 
> 42.
> He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
> Vanguhi! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan,
> behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge
> the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha,
> a semi-man.'
> 
> 43. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, viñdât
> tem ýânem arsha airyanãm dah'yunãm
> xshathrâi hañkeremô haosrava.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 43. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant
> Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained
> that boon.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth
> being heard....
> 
> VIII.
> 
> 44. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 44. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 45. tãm ýazata ýô ashava zarathushtrô
> airyene vaêjahi vanghuyå dâityayå.
> 
> 4534. To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in the
> Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat,
> with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy
> spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and
> with the rightly-spoken words.
> 
> 34. For §§ 45-47, cf. Yt9.25-27.
> 
> 46. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýatha azem hâcayene vanguhîm âzâtãm
> hutaosãm anumatêe daênayâi anûxtêe
> daênayâi anu-varshtêe daênayâi ýâ-mê
> daênãm mâzdayasnîm zrasca dât apica
> aotât ýâ-mê varezânâi vanguhîm
> dât frasastîm.
> 
> 46. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
> Vanguhi! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think
> according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according
> to the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that
> she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.'
> 
> 47. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, viñdât
> tem ýânem ýô ashava zarathushtrô.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 47. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the holy
> Zarathushtra obtained that boon.
> 
> For her brightness, and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth
> being heard....
> 
> IX.
> 
> 48. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 48.
> We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 49. tãm ýazata
> 
> berezaidhish kava vîshtâspô
> 
> pasne âpô dâityayå.
> 
> 49.
> To her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice behind
> the waters of the river Daitya.
> 
> 50. âat hîm jaidhyat,
> 
> avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> ýatha azâni peshana ashta aurvañtô vîspa-thaurvô
> ashtôish puthrô vîspa-thaurvô urvi-xaodhô
> urvi-verethrô stvî-manaothrish ýenghe hapta
> sata ushtranãm jainyâvarat pasca hvîdhahe,
> ýatha azâni peshana mairyehe h'yaonahe arejat-aspahe,
> ýatha azâni peshana darshinikahe daêvayasnahe.
> 
> 50.
> He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
> Vanguhi! that I may put to flight Ashta-aurvant, the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti,
> the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour,
> of the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred
> 
> camels ....; that I may put to flight the
> Hvyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I may put to
> flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the Daevas;
> 
> 51. uta azem nijanâni tãthryâvañtem
> duzhdaênem uta azem nijanâi spinjaurushem daêvayasnem,
> uta azem fraourvaêsayeni humaya varedhakanãmca h'yaonya
> haca dainghâvô, uta azem nijanâni h'yaonînãm
> dah'yunãm pañcasakhnâi satakhnâishca
> satakhnâi hazangrakhnâishca hazangrakhnâi baêvarekhnâishca
> baêvarekhnâi ahãxshtakhnâishca.
> 
> 51. 'And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may
> smite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I
> may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and
> of the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hvyaona nations their
> fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands,
> their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands
> and their myriads of myriads.'
> 
> 52. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti, viñdât
> tem ýânem berezaidhish kava vîshtâspô.
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 52. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall
> Kavi Vishtaspa obtained that boon.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth
> being heard ....
> 
> X.
> 
> 53. ashîm vanguhîm ýazamaide xshôithnîm
> berezaitîm huraodhãm huyazatãm hvanat-caxrãm
> amavaitîm dâtô-saokãm baêshazyãm
> perethvîrãm sûrãm.
> 
> 53. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
> powerful.
> 
> 54. âat aoxta ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti,
> mâ-cish mê ånghãm zaothranãm viñdita
> ýâ mâvôya nipârayeiñti mâ
> narô pairishtâ-xshudhrô mâ jahika para-daxshta
> mâ aperenâyu tauruna mâ kainina anupaêta
> mashyânãm.
> 
> 54. And the great Ashi Vanguhi said: 'None of
> those libations will be accepted by me, which are
> sent to me either by a man whose seed is dried out35,
> or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues36,
> or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man37.
> 
> 35. See Vd3.20, note.
> 
> 36. By procuring abortion.
> 
> 37. She refuses the offerings of all barren beings.
> 
> 55. ýat mãm tura pazdayañta
> 
> âsu-aspa naotaraca
> 
> âat azem tanûm aguze
> 
> adhairi pâdhem gêush arshnô baremâyaonahe
> 
> âat mãm fraguzayañta
> 
> ýôi aperenâyu tauruna
> 
> ýôi kainina anupaêta mashyânãm.
> 
> 55. 'When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras38, clapping their
> hands, ran after me39,
> 
> I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden;
> then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me,
> even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping
> their hands, were running after me.
> 
> 38. Cf. Yt5.98. The following clauses allude to some myth of
> Ashi Vanghuhi connected with the conflict between the Turanians
> and the Naotaras (either Tusa and Vistauru; cf. p. 71, note 7, or
> more likely Vishtaspa himself, to whom the preceding chapter
> [§§ 48-52] and the last but one clause of the Yasht refer). She tried
> to flee in the way practised by Ulysses in the Cyclops' cavern; both
> parties were pursuing the animal that bore her, though they knew
> not what it bore, till children discovered her.
> 
> 39. Dar. has this phrase in § 54. -JHP
> 
> 56. ýatcit mãm tura pazdayañta
> 
> âsu-aspa naotaraca
> 
> atcit azem tanûm aguze
> 
> adhairi maêshahe garô
> 
> ýat varshnôish satô-karahe
> 
> atcit mãm fraguzayañta
> 
> ýôi aperenâyu tauruna
> 
> ýôi kainina anupaêta mashyânãm
> 
> ýatcit mãm tura pazdayañta
> 
> âsu-aspaêm naotaraca.
> 
> 56. 'Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold
> energy: then again young boys, and girls who had known no man,
> discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras,
> clapping their hands, were running after me.'
> 
> 57. paoiryãm gerezãm gerezaêta
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> haca aputhrô-zanyâi jahikayâi,
> 
> mâ hê avi pâdhem ava-hishta
> 
> mâ gâtûm nipaidhyanguha,
> 
> kutha hîsh azem kerenavâni
> 
> asmanem avi frashusâni
> 
> zãm avi ni-urvisyâni.
> 
> 57. The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing
> about the courtezan who destroys her fruit: 'Stand thou not near
> her, sit thou not on her bed!' — 'What shall I do? Shall I go
> back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'
> 
> 58. bityãm gerezãm gerezaêta
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti
> 
> haca avanghâi jahikayâi
> 
> ýâ aom puthrem baraiti
> 
> anyahmâi arshânâi varshtem
> 
> paithe upa-baraiti,
> 
> kutha hîsh azem kerenavâni
> 
> asmanem avi frashusâni
> 
> zãm avi ni-urvisyâni.
> 
> 58. The second wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi
> is her wailing about the courtezan who brings forth
> a child conceived of a stranger and presents it to
> her husband: 'What shall I do? Shall I go back
> to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'
> 
> 59. thrityãm gerezãm gerezaêta
> 
> ashish vanguhi ýâ berezaiti,
> 
> imat mê stâvishtem shyaothnem
> 
> mashya vereziñti sâsta
> 
> ýat kainyô uzvâdhayeiñti
> 
> darekhem akhrvô nijâmayeiñti,
> 
> kutha hîsh azem kerenavâni
> 
> asmanem avi frashusâni
> 
> zãm avi ni-urvisyâni.
> 
> 59. This is the third wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi: 'This
> is the worst deed that men and tyrants do, namely, when they deprive
> maids, that have been barren for a long time, of marrying and
> bringing forth children. What shall I do? Shall I go back to the
> heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'
> 
> 60. âat mraot ahurô mazdå,
> 
> ashi srîre dâmidhâite
> 
> mâ avi asmanem frashusa
> 
> mâ avi zãm ni-urvise
> 
> itha mê tûm hãm-caranguha
> 
> añtare aredhem nmânahe
> 
> srîrahe xshathrô-keretahe,
> 
> 60. Ahura Mazda answered: 'O fair and wise
> Ashi, go not back to the heavens, sink not into the
> 
> earth! Stay here and walk inside the fine kingly
> palace.'
> 
> 61. ana thwâ ýasna ýazâne
> 
> ana ýasna frâyazâne
> 
> ýase-thwâ ýazata vîshtâspô
> 
> pasne âpô dâityayå,
> 
> berezem barât zaota vâcim
> 
> hishtemnô pasca baresma,
> 
> ana thwâ ýasna ýazâne
> 
> ana ýasna frâyazâne
> 
> ashi srîre dâmidhâite
> 
> ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
> 
> 61. I shall worship thee with such a sacrifice, I
> shall worship and forward thee with such a sacrifice
> as Vishtaspa offered unto thee, behind the river Daitya40.
> The Zaotar lifted up a loud voice, with
> baresma before him. With that sort of sacrifice
> shall I worship thee? With that sort of sacrifice
> shall I worship and forward thee, O fair and wise
> Ashi?
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth
> being heard....
> 
> 40. Cf. §§ 49 seq.
> 
> (Recite silently:)
> 
> 62. (hôrmezd i hvadâe i awazûnî mardum
> mardum sardagã hamâ sardagã ham bâ ýasht
> i vahã vaem vahe dîn i mâzdayasnã âgâhî
> âstvãnî nêkî rasãnât
> êduñ bât,)
> 
> (Recite aloud:)
> 
> ýathâ ahû vairyô...(2).
> 
> ýasnemca vahmemca aojasca zavareca âfrînâmi
> 
> ashôish vanghuyå cistôish vanghuyå erethê
> vanghuyå rasãstâtô vanghuyå hvarenanghô
> savanghô mazdadhâtahe.
> 
> ashem vohû....
> 
> ahmâi raêshca ... hazangrem ... jasa-mê ... (kerba mazhd) ... ashem vohû...!!
> 
> * *
> 
> *
> 
> 62. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
> 
> I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength
> and vigour of Ashi Vanguhi; of the good Chisti41; of the good Erethe; of the
> good Rasastat; of the Glory and Weal, made by Mazda.
> 
> Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
> 
> [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of
> body, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the
> holy Ones.
> 
> 41. Cf. Sirozah, § 25.
> 
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