# Khorda Avesta - Book of Common Prayer pt. 1 *Exported from [Holy-Writings.com](https://www.holy-writings.com/) on 2026-06-19 — 1 clipping.* --- > AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (Book of Common Prayer) > > Translation by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the > East, American Edition, 1898.) > > CONTENTS > Miscellaneous short prayers: > Ashem Vohu (invocation of Asha) > Ahunwar (most sacred manthra of Zoroastrianism) > Kem Na Mazda (exorcism) > Padyab-Kusti (ablution and formula for tying the kusti) > Baj before meals > Baj when answering the call of nature > Nirang-i Abezar > The Gah dedications > Srosh Baj > Hoshbam "hbsbe.html" (prayer at dawn) > > Gahs (prayers for each period of the day) > Hawan - (sunrise to midday) > Rapithwin - (midday to mid-afternoon) > Uzerin - (mid-afternoon to sunset) > Aiwisruthrem - (sunset to midnight) > Ushahin - (midnight to dawn) > > Niyayeshes (litanies) > Khwarshed Niyayesh (Sun Litany) > Mihr Niyayesh (Litany to Mithra) > Vispa Humata > Nam Stayishn > Namaz-i chahar nemag > Mah Niyayesh (Moon Litany) > Aban Niyayesh (Litany to Water) > Atash Niyayesh (Litany to Fire) > > Yashts (Hymns to Ahura Mazda, the Archangels, and the Angels) > > 1. Ohrmazd Yasht > 2. Haft Amahraspand Yasht > 3. Ardwahisht Yasht > 4. Awerdad Yasht > 5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht > 6. Khwarshed Yasht > 7. Mah Yasht > 8. Tishtar Yasht > 9. Drvasp Yasht > 10. Mihr Yasht > 11. Srosh Yasht Hadokht > 11a. Srosh Yasht > 12. Rashn Yasht > 13. Frawardin Yasht > 14. Warharan Yasht > 15. Ram Yasht > 16. Den Yasht > 17. Ard Yasht > 18. Ashtad Yasht > 19. Zam Yasht > 20. Hom Yasht > 21. Vanand Yasht > > Sirozas (Dedications for the thirty days of the month) > Siroza 1 > Siroza 2 > > Afrinagans (prayers of blessing) > Afrinagan-i Dahman > Afrinagan-i Gatha > Afrinagan-i Gahambar > Afrinagan-i Rapithwin > > ==================================================================== > > Miscellaneous short prayers: > ---------------------------- > > Ashem Vohu (invocation of Asha) > ------------------------------ > Holiness (Asha) is the best of all good: it is also happiness. > Happy the man who is holy with perfect holiness! > > Ahunwar (most sacred manthra of Zoroastrianism) > ----------------------------------------------- > The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness. > The gifts of Vohu-mano to the deeds done in this world for Mazda. > He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king. > > Kem Na Mazda (exorcism) > ----------------------- > What protector hast thou given unto me, O Mazda! while the > hate of the wicked encompasses me? Whom but thy Atar and Vohu-mano, > through whose work I keep on the world of righteousness? Reveal > therefore to me thy Religion as thy rule! > > (Ke verethrem-ja:) > Who is the victorious who will protect thy teaching? Make > it clear that I am the guide for both worlds. May Sraosha come > with Vohu-mano and help whomsoever thou pleasest, O Mazda! > > (Pata-no:) > Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Armaiti Spenta! Perish, > O fiendish Druj! Perish, O brood of the fiend! Perish, O creation > of the fiend! Perish, O world of the fiend! Perish away, O Druj! > Rush away, O Druj! Perish away, O Druj! Perish away to the regions > of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of > Righteousness! > > Homage, with which (are combined) devotion and milk offerings. > > Padyab-Kusti (ablution and formula for tying the kusti) > ------------------------------------------------------- > 0. With satisfaction for Ahura Mazda. Ashem Vohu.... > Kem Na Mazda: What protector hast thou given ... > > Ohrmazd is Lord! Ahriman he keeps at bay, he holds him back. > May Ahriman be struck and defeated, with devs and drujs, sorcerers > and sinners, kayags and karbs, tyrants, wrongdoers and heretics, > sinners, enemies and witches! May they (all) be struck and defeated! > May evil rulers not exist, (or) be far away! May enemies be defeated! > May enemies all not exist, (or) be far away! > O Ohrmazd, Lord! I am contrite for all sins and I desist from > them, from all bad thoughts, bad words and bad acts which I have > thought, spoken or done in the world, or which have happened through > me, or have originated with me. For those sins of thinking, speaking > and acting, of body and soul, worldly or spiritual, O Ohrmazd! > I am contrite, I renounce them. With three words I distance myself > (from them). > 1. With satisfaction for Ahura Mazda, scorn for Angra Mainyu! > The true achievement of what is most wonderful, according to wish! > > I praise Asha! Ashem Vohu.... > Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > Ashem Vohu.... > 2. Come to my aid, O Mazda (3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a Zoroastrian, having > vowed it and professed it. I pledge myself to the well-thought > thought, I pledge myself to the well-spoken word, I pledge myself > to the well-done action. > > I pledge myself to the Mazdayasnian religion, which causes > the attack to be put off and weapons put down; which upholds khvaetvadatha > (kin-marriage), which possesses Asha; which of all religions that > exist or shall be, is the greatest, the best, and the most beautiful: > Ahuric, Zoroastrian. I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda. This is > the creed of the Mazdayasnian religion. > > Ashem Vohu...!! > > Baj before meals > ---------------- > Thus therefore do we worship Ahura Mazda, > who made the Kine (the living creation), and the > (embodied) Righteousness (which is incarnate in the > clean), and the waters, and the wholesome plants, > the stars, and the earth, and all (existing) objects > that are good. > > (after meal:) > Ashem vohu...(4). > Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > To him splendor... > > Baj when answering the call of nature > ------------------------------------- > (Modi 374. This prayer is also known as "Pishab ni Baj".) > May wrong actions be done away with a hundred-thousand times. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo... > > (here perform the natural function) > > Ashem vohu...(3). > > >>We are praisers of good thoughts, of good > words, and of good actions, of those now and those > hereafter [(Pazand) of those being done; and of those > completed]. We implant (?) them (with our homage, > and we do this) the more, and yet the more since we > are (praisers) of the good (from whom they spring). > (y35.2)<<(2). > > >>To the best of good rulers (is) verily the Kingdom, > because we render and ascribe it to Him, and > make it thoroughly His own (?), to Mazda Ahura > do we ascribe it, and to Righteousness the Best. > (y35.5)<<(3). > > Yatha ahu Vairyo...(4). > Ashem vohu...(3). > > We worship the Ahunwar. > We worship Best Asha, the most beautiful Amesha Spenta. > Yenghe... (Y18.9). > > Nirang-i Abezar > --------------- > >>Broken, broken be Satan Ahriman. .... not reach me. > May the thirty-three Ameshaspands and the creator Ormazd be victorious. > I praise Asha. Ashem vohu....<<(3) > > The Gah dedications > ------------------- > > (Hawan Gah) > To Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, > propitiation and praise. To Savanghi and Visya, Ashavan, the > master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > > (Rapithwin Gah) > To Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, > adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Fshu and > Zangtuma, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, > adoration, propitiation and praise. > > (Uzerin Gah) > To Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, > adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Vira > and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, > adoration, propitiation and praise. > > (Aiwisruthrem Gah) > To Aiwisruthrem that furthers life, Ashavan, the master > of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > To Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti and Zarathushtrotema, Ashavan, > the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation > and praise. > > (Ushahin Gah) > To Ushahin that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of > Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > To Berejya and Nmanya, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, > for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > > Srosh Baj > --------- > 0. In the name of God , May the bounteous miraculous power and > glory of Ohrmazd the lord increase. May it (i.e. the prayer) reach > Srosh, the righteous, the vigorous, whose body is the command, > having a hard weapon, powerful of weapon, the lord of the creations > of Ohrmazd. I am contrite for all sins and I desist from them, > from all bad thoughts, bad words and bad acts which I have thought, > spoken or done in the world, or which have happened through me, > or have originated with me. For those sins of thinking, speaking > and acting, of body and soul, worldly or spiritual, o Ohrmazd! > I am contrite, I renounce them. With three words I distance myself > (from them). > 1. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(5). > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > > (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) > > With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi , the brave, who > has the Manthra for body, with bold club, the ahurian, for worship, > adoration, propitiation, and praise. > 'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me > 'Atha ratush ashatchit hacha', the Asha-sanctified knowing one > should say. > 2. We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious, > world-promoting, the Ashavan, master of Asha . The Ahuna Vairya > prayer protects the body. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... > > (Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.) > > Yatha Ahu Vairyo....(2) > 4. I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for > Sraosha, companion of Ashi, the brave, who has the Manthra for > body, with bold club, the ahurian. > Ashem Vohu.... > 5. Bestow on him riches and good things; bestow health of body, > toughness of body, and resistance of body; bestow on him possessions > giving abundant ease, future noble offspring, and a lengthy long > life; bestow on him the best existence of the Asha-sanctified, > the luminous, offering all happy. [This paragraph follows Bailey, > p. 10.] > Thus may it come as I wish. > Ashem Vohu.... > A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies (3). Ashem Vohu.... > > Come to my help, O Mazda (3). > To Ama, well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created; > and to Triumphing Uparatat; and to Raman of good pastures, and > to Vayu of superior activity, superior to other creatures. That > part of you, Vayu, which belongs to Spenta Mainyu; to self-governed > Thwasha, to boundless Zurwan, to Zurwan of the long dominion. > > Ashem Vohu.... > For the reward of virtue and the forgiveness of sins, I do (deeds > of) righteousness for the love of my soul. May all virtuousness > of all good ones of the earth of seven climes reach the width > of the earth, the length of the rivers, the height of the sun > in their original form. May it be righteous, live long. Thus may > it come as I wish. > Ashem Vohu...!! > > Hoshbam (Prayer at Dawn) > ------------------------ > 1. Then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words; > thou shalt chant the Ahunwar five times: > Yatha ahu vairyo... (5). > The Ahunwar protects the body.... > > (Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.) > > Ashem vohu.... > Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(21). > Ashem vohu...(12) > 2. Homage to you, O Dawn (3). > (Y27.1-2:) > This is to render Him who is of all the greatest, our lord > and master (even) Ahura Mazda. And this to smite the wicked Angra > Mainyu, and to smite Aeshma of the bloody spear, and the Mazainya > Daevas, and to smite all the wicked Varenya Daevas. > 3. And this is to further Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious, > to further the Bountiful Immortals, and the influences of the > star Tishtrya, the resplendent, the glorious, (and) to the furtherance > of the holy man, and of all the (bountiful and) holy creatures > of the Bounteous Spirit. > (Y52.1-4:) > 4. I pray with benedictions for a benefit, and for the good, > even for the entire creation of the holy (and the clean); I beseech > for them for the (generation which is) now alive, for that which > is just coming into life, and for that which shall be hereafter. > And (I pray for that) sanctity which leads to prosperity, and > which has long afforded shelter, which goes on hand in hand with > it, which joins it in its walk, and of itself becoming its close > companion as it delivers forth its precepts, bearing every form > of healing virtue which comes to us in waters, appertains to cattle, > or is found in plants, and overwhelming, all the harmful malice > of the Daevas, (and their servants) who might harm this dwelling > and its lord, bringing good gifts, and better blessings, given > very early, and later (gifts), leading to successes, and for a > long time giving shelter. And so the greatest, and the best, and > most beautiful benefits of sanctity fall likewise to our lot. > > For the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and the praise of the > Bountiful Immortals, for the bringing prosperity to this abode, > and for the prosperity of the entire creation of the holy, and > the clean, (and as for this, so) for the opposition of the entire > evil creation. (And I pray for this) as I praise through Righteousness, > I who am beneficent, those who are (likewise of a better mind). > (Y8.5-7:) > May'st Thou, O Ahura Mazda! reign at Thy will, and with a > saving rule over Thine own creatures, and render Ye the holy (man) > also a sovereign at his will over waters, and over plants, and > over all the clean and sacred (creatures) which contain the seed > of Righteousness. Strip ye the wicked of all power! > Absolute in power may the holy be, bereft of all free choice the > wicked ! Gone (may he be), met as foe, carried out from the creatures > of Spenta Mainyu, hemmed in without power over any wish! ---------- > > I will incite, even I who am Zarathushtra, the heads of the houses, > villages, Zantus, and provinces, to the careful following of this > Religion which is that of Ahura, and according to Zarathushtra, > in their thoughts, their words, and their deeds. > (Y60.11 seq.:) > 5. In order that our minds may be delighted, and our souls the > best, let our bodies be glorified as well, and let them; O Mazda! > go likewise openly (unto Heaven) as the best world of the saints > as devoted to Ahura, and accompanied by Asha Vahishta (who is > Righteousness the Best), and the most beautiful! And may we see > Thee, and may we, approaching, come around about Thee, and attain > to entire companionship with Thee! > Ashem Vohu...(3). > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > Ashem Vohu...!! > > Gahs (prayers for each period of the day) > ----------------------------------------- > Hawan Gah - (sunrise to midday) > ------------------------------- > 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > To Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, > propitiation and praise. To Savanghi and Visya, Ashavan, the master(s) > of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > 2. With propitiation of Mithra of wide pastures, with a thousand > ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata who is invoked by name, (and) > Raman Khwastra, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me Atha ratush ashatchit > hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. > 3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi > of Ashavan Zarathushtra. We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. > 4. We worship the Ashavan, good, powerful, holy Fravashis, the > material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, > the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters > of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the > Ashavan master of Asha! > 5. We worship Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship > Haurvatat, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship Ameretat, Ashavan, > the master of Asha, We worship the Ahuric question, Ashavan, the > master of Asha, We worship the Ahuric doctrine, Ashavan, the master > of Asha, We worship the mighty Yasna Haptanghaiti, Ashavan, the > master of Asha. > 6. We worship Savanghe and Visya, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, > We worship the Airyema-ishyo (prayer), Ashavan, the master of > Asha, mighty, victorious against the hostility [of Daevas], overcoming > all hostility, destroying all hostility, which is the last, middle, > and the foremost of the Manthras to be invoked, the five Gathas. > 7. We worship Mithra of wide pastures, And we worship Raman Khwastra, > and the master Visya, for worship and praise; and we worship Visya, > Asha- sanctified, the master of Asha. > 8. We worship Mithra of wide pastures, with a thousand ears, > ten thousand eyes, a Yazata who is invoked by name. We worship > Raman Khwastra! > 9. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided > with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Apam Napat, Nairyosangha, and the brave Yazata Damoish Upamana. > We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the Fravashis of the > Ashavan. > We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest > in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings > of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) > done, and those that will be done. > We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best > for worship according to Asha, male and female. > 10. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Mithra > of wide pastures, with a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata > who is invoked by name, (and) Raman Khwastra. > Ashem Vohu.... > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > > Rapithwin Gah - (midday to mid-afternoon) > ----------------------------------------- > 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > To Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, > propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Fshu and Zangtuma, Ashavan, > the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and > praise. > 2. With propitiation of Asha Vahishta and Atar, (son) of Ahura > Mazda, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me > Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. > 3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi > of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. > 4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the > material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, > the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters > of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the > Ashavan master of Asha! > 5. We worship Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship > the Ahunawad Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the > Ushtawad Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Spentomad > Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Wohukhshathra > Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Wahishtoisht > Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. > 6. We worship Fradat-Fshu and the Ashavan Zantuma, the master > of Asha, and we worship the Fshusho Manthra, and we worship the > truthfully spoken word; we worship the truthfully spoken sayings, > victorious, Daeva smiting. We worship the waters and the Earth; > we worship the plants and the spiritual Ashavan Yazatas, conferring > good; and we worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. > 7. We worship the Ashavan, good, powerful, holy Fravashis; and > we worship the peak of Asha Vahishta: of great Manthra, of great > operation, of great fidelity, of great performance, of great > effect in spreading the Mazdayasnian religion. > 8. We worship that assembly and meeting of the Amesha Spentas > when they visit the heights of Heaven, to worship and praise the > master Zantuma, and the Ashavan Zantuma, the master of Asha. > 9. We worship Asha Vahishta, and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda! > 10. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided > with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata > Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the > Fravashis of the Asha- sanctified. > 11. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest > in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings > of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) > done, and those that will be done. > We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best > for worship according to Asha, male and female. > 12. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Asha > Vahishta and Atar (son) of Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu.... > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > > Uzerin Gah - (mid-afternoon to sunset) > -------------------------------------- > 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > To Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, > propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Vira and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, > the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and > praise. > 2. With propitiation of the lofty Ahura Apam Napat, and the waters > made by Mazda, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me > Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. > 3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi > of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. > 4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the > material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, > the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters > of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the > Ashavan master of Asha! > 5. We worship Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship > the Zaotar, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Havanan, > Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Aterevaxsh, Ashavan, > the master of Asha; we worship the Fraberetar, Ashavan, the master > of Asha; we worship the Aberet, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we > worship the Asnatar, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the > Rathwishkara, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Sraoshavarez, > Ashavan, the master of Asha; > 6. We worship the Fradat-Vira and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, the master(s) > of Asha; we worship the stars and the Moon and the Sun, the [celestial] > luminosity. We worship Anagra Raochah; and we worship the comfortable > abode of the blissful, which is the torment of the druj-followers. > 7. We worship those Asha-ones who perform their duty, the master(s) > of Asha; and we worship the later doctrine. We worship the Asha-believing > creation of Asha, performing its duty by day and night with worthy > offering of Zaothra, for worship and adoration of the master Dahvyuma; > and we worship the Ashavan Dahvyuma, the master of Asha. > 8. We worship the lofty Ahura, the radiant Khshathra, Apam Napat, > possessing swift horses; and we worship the Ashavan waters, made > by Mazda. > 9. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided > with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata > Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the > Fravashis of the Ashavan. > 10. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest > in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings > of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) > done, and those that will be done. > We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best > for worship according to Asha, male and female. > 11. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Asha > Vahishta and the fire of Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu.... > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > > Aiwisruthrem Gah - (sunset to midnight) > --------------------------------------- > 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > To Aiwisruthrem that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of Asha, > for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti > and Zarathushtrotema, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, > adoration, propitiation and praise. > 2. With propitiation of the Ashavan Fravashis, and to the women > with their troops of heroes, and the Yairya Hushitay and to Ama, > well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created; and to > Triumphing Uparatat, for worship, adoration, propitiation and > praise. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me > Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. > 3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi > of Ashavan Zarathushtra. We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. > 4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the > material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, > the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters > of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the > Ashavan master of Asha! > 5. We worship Aiwisruthrima, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We > worship Aibigaya, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship you, > Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We > worship the stone mortar, the master of Asha. We worship the iron > mortar, the master of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with > Asha and provided with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship the waters (and) plants; we worship the Aourvatam > Urunay , Ashavan, the master of Asha. > 6. We worship the Fradat-vispam-hujyatay, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. > We worship the sacred Manthra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We > worship the Geush Urvan, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > the Zarathushrotema, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship Zarathushtra, > Ashavan, the master of Asha. > 7. We worship the Athravan, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > the warrior, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the cattle > farmer, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the cattle farmer, > Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the homes with a house-lord, > Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the villages with a village-lord, > Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the provinces with a province-lord, > Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the countries with a country-lord, > Ashavan, the master of Asha. > 8. We worship the youth of good thought, good words, good deeds, > good Daena , Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the youth > (who) makes intercession, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > the Khvaetvadatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the > (priest) within the country, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > the blessed (priest who) goes about abroad, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship the homes with a house-lady, Ashavan, the > master of Asha. > 9. We also worship the Ashavan woman, predominating in good thoughts, > predominating in good words, predominating in good deeds, well > instructed, having power over the masters , Ashavan, (as are) > Spenta Armaiti and your females, O Ahura Mazda. > We also worship the Ashavan man, predominating in good thoughts, > predominating in good words, predominating in good deeds, knowing > the creed, not knowing the Kayadha, through whose activity Creation > is advanced in Asha, for worship and adoration of the master Zarathushtrotema, > and we worship the Ashavan Zarathushtrotema, the master of Asha. > 10. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the > material and the spiritual. We also worship the women with their > troops of heroes, and we worship the Yairya Hushitay. And we worship > Ama, well-built, fair of form; and we worship Verethraghna, Ahura-created; > and we worship Triumphing Uparatat. > 11. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided > with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata > Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the > Fravashis of the Ashavan. > 12. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest > in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings > of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) > done, and those that will be done. > We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best > for worship according to Asha, male and female. > 13. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the > Ashavan Fravashis, and to the women with their troops of heroes, > and the Yairya Hushitay and to Ama, well-built, fair of form, > Verethraghna, Ahura-created; and to Triumphing Uparatat. > Ashem Vohu.... > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > > Ushahin Gah - (midnight to dawn) > -------------------------------- > 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > To Ushahin that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for > worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. To Berejya and Nmanya, > Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation > and praise. > 2. With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi, procuring > rewards, victorious, who furthers the world, (and) the very straight > Razishta and Arshtad, who further the world, who augment the world, > for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. > Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me > Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. > 3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi > of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. > 4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the > material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, > the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters > of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the > Ashavan master of Asha! > 5. We worship Ushahin, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > the beautiful Ushah; we worship the radiant Ushah, with swift > horses, the men ..., the insight of men ..., the deceased, together > with (?) Nmanya; the swift Ushah, with swift horses, which appear > throughout the seven regions of the earth; we worship that Ushah. > We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Vohu Mano; we worship Asha Vahishta; we worship Khshathra Vairya; > we worship the good Spenta Armaiti. > 6. We worship Berejya, Ashavan, the master of Asha; for the practice > of Asha Vahishta, for the practice of the good Mazdayasnian > religion , for worship and adoration of the master Nmanya; and > we worship Nmanya, Ashavan, the master of Asha. > 7. We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious, > world-promoting, the Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the > very straight Rashnu; and we worship Arshtad, who further the > world, who augment the world! > 8. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master > of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided > with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship > Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata > Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the > Fravashis of the Ashavan. > 9. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest > in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings > of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) > done, and those that will be done. > We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best > for worship according to Asha, male and female. > 10. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Sraosha, > companion of Ashi, procuring rewards, victorious, who furthers > the world, (and) the very straight Razishta and Arshtad, who further > the world, who augment the world. > Ashem Vohu.... > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > > Niyayeshes (litanies) > --------------------- > Khwarshed Niyayesh (Sun Litany) > ------------------------------- > Translation by Dhalla, 1908. > > 0. In the name of God. I praise and invoke the creator Ormazd, > the radiant, glorious, omniscient, maker, lord of lords, king > over all kings, watchful, creator of the universe, giver of daily > bread, powerful, strong, eternal, forgiver, merciful, loving, > mighty, wise, holy, and nourisher. May (his) just kingdom be imperishable. > May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the beneficent lord, increase. > (Hither) may come the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. Of > all sins ... I repent. > 1. Homage to you, O Ahura Mazda, trice prior to other creatures. > Homage to you, O Amesha Spentas, all of one accord with the Sun. > May this (homage) seek its way so as to reach to Ahura Mazda, > this (homage) to the Amesha Spentas, this (homage) to the Fravashis > of the righteous, this to Vayu, that follows its own law for the > Long Period. > 2. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.... I praise Asha. > 3. I praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds and those > that are to be thought, spoken, and done. I do accept all good > thoughts, good words, and good deeds. I do renounce all evil thoughts, > evil words, and evil deeds. > 4. I proffer to you, O Amesha Spentas, sacrifice and prayer, > with thought, with word, with deed, with (my) being, with the > very life of my body. I praise Asha. > 5. Homage to Ahura Mazda. Homage to the Amesha Spentas. Homage > to Mithra of wide cattle pastures. Homage to the Sun, the swift-horsed. > Homage to these two eyes that are of Ahura Mazda. Homage to the > Bull. Homage to Gaya (Maretan). Homage to the Fravashi of the > righteous Spitama Zarathushtra. Homage to the whole creation of > the Righteous One, that is, that is coming into being and that > will be. > (At the Hawan Gah:) > Further the body through Vohuman, Khshathra, and Asha in accordance > with (my) desire. > (At the Rapithwin Gah:) > (To) these lights, the highest (light) of the high. > (At the Uzerin Gah:) > At which end you (i.e. Ahura Mazda) will come with your Beneficent > Spirit. > 6. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. We > sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, > Whose word is true, who is of the assembly, > Who has a thousand ears, the well-shaped one, > Who has ten thousand eyes, the exalted one, > Who has wide knowledge, the helpful one, > Who sleeps not, the ever wakeful. > 7. We sacrifice to Mithra > The lord of all countries, > Whom Ahura Mazda created the most glorious > Of the supernatural yazads. > So may there come to us for aid > Both Mithra and Ahura, the two exalted ones. > We sacrifice to the immortal, > Radiant, swift-horsed Sun. > 8. We sacrifice to Tishtrya of sound eyes. We sacrifice to Tishtrya. > We sacrifice to those attendants on Tishtrya. We sacrifice to > Tishtrya, the radiant (and) glorious. We sacrifice to the star > Vanant, made by Mazda. We sacrifice to the star Tishtrya, the > radiant (and) glorious. We sacrifice to the Sky that follows its > own law. We sacrifice to the boundless Time. We sacrifice to Time, > that follows its own law for the long period. We sacrifice to > the wind, the holy (and) beneficent. We sacrifice to Wisdom, the > most upright, righteous, made by Mazda. We sacrifice to the good > Mazdayasnian Religion. We sacrifice to the Path leading to the > good state. We sacrifice to the golden shaft. We sacrifice to > Mount Saokanta, made by Mazda. > 9. We sacrifice to every righteous Yazad of the spiritual world. > We sacrifice to every righteous Yazad of the material world. We > sacrifice to our own soul. We sacrifice to our own Fravashi. Come > to my help, O Mazda. We sacrifice to the good, helpful, holy Fravashis > of the righteous. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed > Sun. > 10. I proclaim ... of the Ahurian Faith. > > (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication) > > Propitiation ... glorification to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed > Sun. As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one who > knows it pronounce it to me. > 11. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. When > the Sun warms with its light, when the sunlight gives warmth, > there stand the spiritual Yazads, a hundred and a thousand. They > gather together this glory. They distribute this glory. They bestow > this glory upon the earth made by Ahura, with the furtherance > of the world of Asha, with the furtherance of the material existence > of Asha, with the furtherance of the Sun that (is) immortal, radiant, > swift-horsed. > 12. When the Sun rises up, purification comes to the earth made > by Ahura, purification to the flowing waters, purification to > the waters of the wells, purification to the water of the seas, > purification to the water that is standing. Purification comes > to the righteous creation, which is of the Beneficent Spirit. > 13. If indeed the Sun were not to rise, then the daevas would > kill all things that are in the seven regions. Not at all would > the spiritual Yazads find support and stability in the material > world. > 14. Whoever sacrifices to the Sun that is immortal, radiant, (and) > swift-horsed, in order to withstand darkness, to withstand the > daevas, the progeny of darkness, to withstand the theives and > robbers, to withstand the sorcerers and the enchantresses, to > withstand death that creeps on, > He sacrifices to Ahura Mazda, he sacrifices to the Amesha Spentas, > he sacrifices to his own soul. > He propitiates all heavenly and earthly Yazads, who sacrifices > to the Sun that is immortal, radiant, swift-horsed. > 15. I shall sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who has > a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I shall sacrifice to his mace, > well aimed against the skulls of the Daevas, Mithra of wide cattle > pastures. And I shall sacrifice to that friendship which is the > best of friendships, that between the Moon and the Sun. > 16. For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with > audible worship, the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun, with > libations. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed > Sun, with milk provided with Haoma, with the Barsom, with skill > of tongue, and with the spell, and with word, and with deeds, > and with libations, and with rightly spoken words. > Of whomsoever among beings Ahura Mazda has known the excellence > (lit. something better) in Yasna-sacrifice in accordance with > Asha, to both these males and females we sacrifice. > (Recite quietly:) .... > Y.A.V.(2) > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the > immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. > 17. I bless the sacrifice ... of the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed > Sun. > 18. (Whoso sacrifices to) the Ahuranis (Ladies) of Ahura with > most excellent libation, with fairest libations, with libations > filtered by the pious man, (give) to that man radiance ... as > I bless. > A thousand ... ten thousand of the healing remedies. > Come to me for help, O Mazda! ... of the Time of Long Duration. > > (Paz.) The reward of merit ... as I bless. > 19. Homage to the creator of the creatures of the world, on the > day (N.) of good name, of holy name, of auspicious name, of the > month (N.) of auspicious name, of the gah (N.). > Propitiation ... I praise Asha. > May there be an increase in the luster and glory of the immortal, > radiant, swift-horsed Sun, the courageous, victorious in courage > and victory. May the knowledge, promulgation, and glory of the > good Mazdayasnian Law and Religion be in the seven regions of > the earth. So be it. I must go thither (i.e. the next world). > > (Homage) to the Creator of the world, to the Mazdayasnian Religion, > the Law of Zartusht. Homage to you, O righteous Ardvisura Anahita, > most profitable, righteous one. > Homage to you, good Tree, righteous one, created by Ormazd! > We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. > (Hither) may reach the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. > > Mihr Niyayesh (Litany to Mithra) > -------------------------------- > 0. In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the > beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come Mithra of wide cattle pastures, > the true judge. Of all sins ... I repent. > 1-9. Homage to you, O Ahura Mazda ... come to my help, O Mazda. We > sacrifice to the good, helpful, holy Fravashis of the righteous. > We sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures. > 10. I proclaim ... of the Ahurian Faith. > > (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication) > > Propitiation ... glorification to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who has a > thousand ears, who has ten thousand eyes, the Yazad who is invoked by name, > (and) to Rama Khvastra. As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one > who knows it pronounce it to me. > 11. We sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, whose word is true > ... the ever wakeful. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is around the country. We > sacrifice to Mithra, who is within the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who > is in the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is above the country. We > sacrifice to Mithra, who is under the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is > before the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is behind the country. > 12. We sacrifice to Mithra and Ahura, the exalted, imperishable, > righteous ones, and the Stars, the Moon, and the Sun, by means of trees > yielding Barsom. We sacrifice to Mitha, the Lord of all countries. > 13. For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with audible > worship, Mithra of wide cattle pastures with libations. We sacrifice to > Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who gives an abode of joy, and a good abode to > the Aryan countries. > 14. May he come hither to us in order to help > (us). May he come hither to us for spaciousness. May he come hither to > us to support (us). May he come hither to us to (grant us) mercy. May > he come hither to us to cure (us of disease). May he come hither to us > so that we are able to defeat our enemies. May he come hither to us to > (grant us) a good life. May he come hither to us to grant us possession > of Truth. (May) strong, unshakable, undeceivable Mithra of wide pastures, > who is worthy of worship and praise, (come hither) for the sake of the > whole material world. > 15. This powerful strong god Mithra, strongest in the (world of) > creatures, I will worship with libations. I will cultivate him with praise > and reverence, worship him with audible prayer, with libations, Mithra of wide > cattle pastures. > We worship Mithra of wide cattle pastures with Haoma-containing milk and > baresman twigs, with skill of tongue and magic word, with speech and action > and libations, and with correctly uttered words. > We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom Ahura Mazda > knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. better) according to Asha. > > Vispa Humata > ------------ > All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds I do willingly. > All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds I do unwillingly. > All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise. > All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell. > And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the > badge of the Ashavans for Paradise. Ashem Vohu.... > > Nam Stayishn > ------------ > (Translation by B. N. Dhabhar, Translation of Zand-i Khurtak > Avistak, Bombay, 1963, pp. 44 ff.) > 1. With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Ashem Vohu.... > Praise be to the name of Him Who always was, always is and > always will be. (He is), by name, the Yazad Spena Menoi. Even > among the spiritual (yazads). He is Menoi (i.e. an invisible spirit). > One of His own names is also Ohrmazd. (He is) the greatest Lord, > powerful and wise, creator, nourisher, protector, compassionate, > virtuous, forgiver, pure, a good dispenser of justice and all > powerful. > 2. Thanks be to that Great Architect who, with His own unrivaled > strength and wisdom, created the sublime world, the six Amahraspands > of higher rank, many wonderful Yazads, the bright paradise Garothman, > the revolution of the sky, the shining sun, the brilliant moon, > stars of different germs, the wind, atmosphere, water, fire, the > earth, trees, beneficent cattle, the metals and mankind. > 3. Adoration and praise be to the righteous Lord Who made man > the greatest of all earthly creatures and through (the gift of) > speech and the power of reasoning, created them for the sovereignty > of the times and for the management of the creatures through the > contest in battles against the daevas. > 4. Homage to the Omniscient One, to him who is compassionate, > who, through Zartosht Spitaman of holy farohar, sent for the creatures > the apostleship (of religion), the knowledge of and the trustworthiness > with regard to, the Religion, innate wisdom and wisdom acquired > through the ears, and the instruction of, and guidance for all > who are, were, and will be, and the science of sciences, viz., > the bountiful Manthra, so that the soul at the Chinwad bridge > may be released from hell, and may cause them to pass over the > Best Existence of the holy, the bright sweet-smelling, and all-beneficent. > 5. In obedience to your command, o compassionate one, I accept > your pure religion, and think, speak, and practice (in accordance > with it). I am steadfast on every meritorious deed and desist > from all sins. I keep pure my own personal conduct and completely > preserve the six powers of life, viz., first, thought, second, > word, third, deed, and again fourth, reasoning, fifth, memory, > and sixth, intellect. > 6. O righteous one, according to your will, I shall accomplish > to the extent of (my) power, your worship with good thoughts, > good words, and good deeds. I shall open (for myself) the brilliant > way (of paradise) so that the grievous punishment of hell may > not be inflicted on me. I shall pass over the Chinwad bridge and > attain to the abode of paradise (which is) very fragrant, all-embroidered, > and of all happiness. > 7. Praise be to the merciful Lord who bestows rewards for meritorious > deeds on those who obey his commands according to his will, and > at last will liberate even the wicked from (the torture of) hell > and will embellish with purity the whole creation. > 8. All praise to the creator Ohrmazd the omniscient, omnipotent, > and powerful, and to the seven Amahraspands, to the victorious > Yazad Warharan, the vanquisher of foes, and to the well-shapen > (Yazad) Ama (strength). (May all these) come (to my help). > > [May the glory of the pure and good religion of the Mazdayasnians > be triumphant]. > > 9. Homage to these places and cities [these regions and districts], > [know that they are not specially mentioned], pasture lands [i.e., > stalls of cattle are so called], houses [i.e., dwellings], drinking > places [i.e., fountains of water], to the waters, lands, and trees, > to this earth and the yonder sky, and even to the holy wind, to > the stars, the moon and the sun, and also to the self-sustained > eternal lights, [know that the self-sustainedness is this that > every one of them acts for itself] and to all creations of Spena > Menoi, males and females, [especially] the lords of holiness. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > > Namaz-i Chahar nemag > -------------------- > Of all sins I repent. Ashem Vohu.... > (Recite once facing East, West, South, and North respectively:) > >> Homage to these places and these lands, and for these > pastures, and these abodes vith their hay-racks, and for the waters, > land, and plants, and for this earth and for yon heaven, and for > tbe Asha-owning wind, and for the stars, moon, and sun, and for > the eternal stars without beginning, and self-disposing, and for > all the Asha-owning creatures of Spenta Mainyu, male and female, > the regulators of Asha. Ashem Vohu.... (4)<< > Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > Ashem Vohu.... > > Mah Niyayesh (Moon Litany) > -------------------------- > 0. In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the > beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come the purifier Moon, the Yazad > Moon. Of all sins ... I repent. > 1. Homage to Ahura Mazda. Homage to the Amesha Spentas. Homage to the > Moon that has the seed of the Bull. Homage (to the Moon) when looked at. > Homage with the look. > 2. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. ... I praise Asha. I proclaim ... of > Ahurian Faith. > > (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) > > Propitiation ... glorification to the Moon that has the seed of > the Bull. To the sole-created Bull. To the Bull of many species. > As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one who knows it > pronounce it to me. > 3. Homage to Ahura Mazda .... Homage with the look. > 4. How does the Moon wax? How does the Moon wane? Fifteen (days) does > the Moon wax. Fifteen days does the moon wane. As long as (is) her waxing, > so long the waning. So long (is) the waning, even as the waxing. Who (is it) > through whom the Moon waxes (and) wanes, (other) than you? > 5. We sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the > righteous and master of Asha. Now I look at the Moon. Now I present myself > to the Moon. Now I behold the brilliant Moon. I present myself to the > brilliant Moon. There stand up the Amesha Spentas, they hold the glory. > There stand the Amesha Spentas, they bestow the glory on the earth created by > Ahura. > 6. When the Moon warms with its light, then the golden-colored plants > always grow up together from the earth in the spring. (We sacrifice to) the > new-moon days, the full-moon days, and the intervening seventh day. We > sacrifice to the new-moon, the righteous, master of Asha. We sacrifice to the > full-moon, the righteous, master of Asha. We sacrifice to the intervening > day, the righteous, master of Asha. > 7. I will sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the > bestower, radiant, glorious, possessed of water, possessed of warmth, > possessed of knowledge, possessed of wealth, possessed of riches, possessed of > discernment, possessed of weal, possessed of verdure, possessed of good, the > bestower, the healing. > 8. For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with audible > worship, the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, with libations. > We sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the righteous, > master of Asha, > With Haoma-containing milk ... and with correctly uttered words. > We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom Ahura > Mazda knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. better) according to > Asha. > 9. Y.A.V.(2). > I desire worship ... of the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, of the sole- > created Bull, of cattle of all species. Ashem...(3). 10.Give strength > and victory. Give a satisfactory supply of cattle. Give a multitude of men, > steadfast, belonging to the assembly, vanquishing, not vanquished, vanquishing > adversaries at one stroke, vanquishing enemies at one stroke, of manifest help > to the blessed. > 11. O Yazads full of fortune! O Yazads full of healing! Manifest by > your greatness, manifest be those of you who help when invoked. O waters give > indeed just your own manifest fortune to the worshiper. > > Aban Niyayesh (Litany to Water) > ------------------------------- > 0. In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the > beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come Banu Aban Ardvisur. > Of all sins ... I repent. > 1. To the good waters, created by Mazda. To the waters of Aredvi > Anahita, the righteous. To all waters created by Mazda. To all > plants created by Mazda. Propitiation ... glorification. As (he > is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one who knows it pronounce > it to me. > 2. Ahura Mazda spoke to Spitama Zarathushtra: 'May you sacrifice > for me, O Spitama Zarathushtra, to her who is Aredvi Sura Anahita, > The wide-expanding, the healing, > Foe to the daevas, of Ahura's Faith, > Worthy of sacrifice in the material world, > Worthy of prayer in the material world, > Life-increasing, the righteous, > Herd-increasing, the righteous, > Fold-increasing, the righteous, > Wealth-increasing, the righteous, > Country-increasing, the righteous.' > 3. Who purifies the seed of all males. > Who purifies the wombs of > All females for bearing. Who makes all females have easy childbirth. > Who bestows on all females > Right (and) timely milk. > 4. The great, far-famed, > Who is as much in greatness > As all these waters > That run along on this earth. > Who, the strong one, flows forth > From the height Hukairya > To the Sea Vourukasha. > 5. All the shores around the Sea Vourukasha > Are in commotion, > The whole middle is bubbling up > When she flows forth to them, > When she streams forth to them, > Aredvi Sura Anahita. > To whom belong a thousand lakes, > To whom a thousand outlets; > Anyone of these lakes > And any of these outlets > (Is) a forty days' ride > For a man mounted on a good horse. > 6. And the outflow of this > One water of mine penetrates to all the seven zones. And (the > outflow) of this one water of mine > Flows continuously > Both summer and winter. > She purifies my waters, she (purifies) the seed of males, the > wombs of females, the milk of females. > 7. Whom I, Ahura Mazda by movement of tongue (?) brought forth > for the furtherance of the house, village, town, and country. > 8. Inasmuch as I shall henceforth recite the Staota Yasna, and > shall recite the Ahuna Vairya, and shall pour forth (?) the Asha > Vahishta, and shall purify the good waters with (lit. together > with) that Gathic word 'Ahura Mazda attained first in the Abode > of Praise' - she will therefore give me reward. > 9. For her splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to her with > audible worship, I shall sacrifice to her with the well-sacrificed > worship. Through this may you be commanded when invoked! Through > this may you be more than well-sacrificed! (We sacrifice) to Aredvi > Sura Anahita, the righteous, with libations. We sacrifice to Aredvi > Sura Anahita, the righteous, master of Asha, > With Haoma-containing milk ... and with correctly uttered words. > > We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom > Ahura Mazda knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. > better) according to Asha. > > Atash Niyayesh (Litany to Fire) > ------------------------------- > 0. With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of > Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. > Ashem Vohu.... In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of > Ormazd, the beneficent Lord, increase. > (Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:) > To the Fire Behram, the great Fire. > (Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:) > To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire. > (Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:) > To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire. > > Of all sins ... I repent. > 1. Arise unto me, O Ahura! give vigor through Armaiti, Strength > by the good reward through Thy Holy Spirit, O Mazda! Mighty power > through Asha, supremacy through Vohu Manah. > 2. For my support, O Far-seeing One, may Ye manifest unto me > those incomparable things > Of your Khshathra, O Ahura, which are the reward of Vohu Manah; > Instruct our consciences, O Holy Armaiti, through Asha. > 3. So Zarathushtra gives as an offering even the life of his body, > And the excellence of Vohu Manah unto Mazda, > As also obedience and power of deed and word unto Asha. > 4. Propitiation unto Ahura Mazda. Homage unto thee, O Fire of > Ahura Mazda, thou good-created, great Yazata. > Ashem Vohu...(3). > I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, > opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. > > (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) > > Unto Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda. Unto thee, O Fire, son of Ahura > Mazda. > 5. To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to the good fortune and Prosperity, > created by Mazda; to the Aryan good fortune, created by Mazda; > to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, the son > of Ahura Mazda; to Kavi Husravah, to the Lake of Husravah; to > Mount Asnavant, created by Mazda; to Lake Chaechista, created > by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda. > 6. To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, created > by Mazda, to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, > the son of Ahura Mazda; O Fire! holy warrior, O Yazata full of > fortune, O Yazata full of healing; to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, > with all fires; to the Yazata Nairyosangha, offspring of sovereignty > (Khshathra). Propitiation for worship, adoration, propitiation, > and praise. > 'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me > 'Atha ratush ashatchit hacha', the Asha-owning, knowing one should > say. > 7. I bless in reverence and adoration the abiding offering, the > joyous offering, and the devotional offering (offered) to you, > O Fire! son of Ahura Mazda. > Worthy of sacrifice you are, worthy of prayer, > worthy of sacrifice may you always be, worthy of prayer, > in the dwellings of men. > May there be hope to that man who verily shall sacrifice to you > with fuel in his hand, with the Baresma in his hand, > with milk in his hand, with the mortar in his hand. > 8. May you be provided with proper fuel! May you be provided > with proper incense! May you be provided with proper nourishment! > May you be provided with proper upkeep! May you be maintained > by one of full age! May you be maintained by one wise (in religion), > O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda. > 9. In order to be burning in this house, in order to be ever > burning in this house, in order to be blazing in this house, in > order to be increasing in this house, > Even throughout the Long Time, > until the mighty Renovation, including the mighty, good Renovation. > 10. Give me, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda! well-being immediately, > sustenance immediately; life immediately, well-being in abundance; > sustenance in abundance, life in abundance; knowledge, holiness, > a ready tongue, understanding for (my) soul; and afterwards wisdom > (which is) comprehensive, great, imperishable. > 11. (Give me) then the manly valor, which is ever afoot, sleepless, > (for one third of the days and nights), watchful while lying in > bed. (Give me) native offspring that give support, ruling over > the region, belonging to the assembly, thoroughly developed, possessed > of good works, delivering from distress, of good intellect, that > may further my house, village, town, country, (and) the renown > of the country. > 12. Give me, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, the Best > World of the righteous, the shining, the all-happy, so that it > may fulfill my wish, now and for ever, so as to attain to good > reward, and to good renown, and to long happiness of my soul! > 13. The Fire of Ahura Mazda > Gives command to all > For whom he cooks > The night and the morning meals. > From all he solicits > A good offering, and a wished-for offering, > And a devotional offering, O Spitama! > 14. The Fire looks at the hands of all passers-by - 'what does > the friend bring to the friend, the one that goes forth to the > one that sits still?' We sacrifice unto the holy Fire, the bold, > good warrior. > 15. Then if that one brings unto him either fuel righly brought, > or Baresma rightly spread, or the plant Hadhanaepata, to him thereupon, > in fulfillment of his wish, the Fire of Ahura Mazda, propitiated, > unoffended, gives a blessing: > 16. 'May a herd of cattle attend you, > A multitude of men to you, > And may an active mind > And an active spirit attend you. > May you live with a joyous life > The nights which you live!' > This is the Fire's blessing (on him) > Who brings him fuel, > Dry, exposed to the light, > Purified in accordance with the ritual of Asha. > 17. (Recite silently:) > Ormazd the Lord! the increaser of mankind, of the species > of mankind, of all species, and of all good ones! May he cause > intelligence, steadfastness, and goodness, unto me (who am) one > of the good Mazdayasnians. So be it! > (Recite aloud:) > Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2). > I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Fire, > son of Ahura Mazda. For Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, to the good > fortune and prosperity, created by Mazda, to the Aryan good fortune, > created by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; > to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Kavi Husravah; to the Lake > of Husravah, to Mount Asnavant, created by Mazda; to Lake Chaechista, > created by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda. > To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, created by > Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, > the son of Ahura Mazda; O Fire! holy warrior, O Yazata full of > fortune, O Yazata full of healing; to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, > with all fires; to the Yazata Nairyosangha, offspring of sovereignty > (Khshathra). > Ashem Vohu...(3). > 18. Then through Asha, O Ahura! we wish your mighty and powerful > Fire, which is taught through Asha, to be a manifest help to the > ally, but a visible harm at your beck, O Mazda! to the foe. > Ashem Vohu.... > 19. Bestow on him riches... (SrB5) > 20. Homage to the creator of the creatures of the world, on the > day (name the day) of good name, of holy name, of auspicious name, > on the month (name the month) of auspicious name, of the Gah (name > the Gah). With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire > of Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. > Ashem Vohu.... > > May there be an increase in the luster and fortune . > (Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:) > To the Fire Behram, the great Fire. > (Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:) > To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire. > (Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:) > To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire. > > May the powerful and victorious fires - Adar Gushasp, Adar Khordad > and Adar Burzin Meher and other Adaran and Atashan which are established > in their proper places (dad-gah) be on the increase. May the greatness > and brightness of Menoi Karko which is powerful and victorious > be on the increase. May these be on the increase - these fires > which possess power and victory. May the knowledge, promulgation, > and glory of the Mazdayasnian law and religion be in the seven > regions of the earth! So be it! > I must go thither (3). > Ashem Vohu.... > (Recite facing south:) > To the creator of the world, to the Mazdayasnian religion, > the Law of Zarthusht. Homage to you! O righteous Ardvisura Anahita, > most profitable, O righteous one. > Ashem Vohu.... > Homage to you, O good tree, righteous, created by Mazda. > Ashem Vohu.... > With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of Ahura > Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. > Ashem Vohu.... > > Yashts (Hymns to Ahura Mazda, the Archangels, and the Angels) > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > 1. Ohrmazd Yasht (Hymn to Ahura Mazda) > -------------------------------------- > (Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the > East, American Edition, 1898.) > > 0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be destroyed > by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God). > I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, > and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; > I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds. > I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O Amesha-Spentas! even with > the fullness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of > my heart: I give unto you even my own life. > I recite the 'Praise of Holiness:' > 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for > it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness!' > > 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; > For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Savanghi > and Visya], the holy and masters of holiness; > For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto the > Masters of the days, of the periods of the day, of the months, > of the seasons, and of the years; > Unto AHURA MAZDA, bright and glorious, be propitiation, with sacrifice, > prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness: > the riches of Vohu-Mano shall he given to him who works in this > world for Mazda, and wields according to the will of Ahura the > power he gave him to relieve the poor. > 1. Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! > 'What of the Holy Word is the strongest? What is the most victorious? > What is the most glorious? What is the most effective? > 2. 'What is the most fiend-smiting? What is the best-healing? > What destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men? What maketh > the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes? > What freeth the material world best from the anxieties of the > heart?' > 3. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Our Name, O Spitama Zarathushtra! who > are the Amesha-Spentas, that is the strongest part of the Holy > Word; that is the most victorious; that is the most glorious; > that is the most effective; > 4. 'That is the most fiend-smiting; that is the best-healing; > that destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men: that maketh > the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes; > that freeth the material World best from the anxieties of the > heart.' > 5. Then Zarathushtra said: 'Reveal unto me that name of thine, > O Ahura Mazda! that is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the > most effective, the most fiend-smiting, the best-healing, that > destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men; > 6. 'That I may afflict all Daevas and Men; that I may afflict > all Yatus and Pairikas; that neither Daevas nor Men may be able > to afflict me; neither Yatus nor Pairikas.' > 7. Ahura Mazda replied unto him: 'My name is the One of whom > questions are asked, O holy Zarathushtra! > 'My second name is the Herd-giver > 'My third name is the Strong One > 'My fourth name is Perfect Holiness. > 'My fifth name is All good things created by Mazda, the offspring > of the holy principle. > 'My sixth name is Understanding; > 'My seventh name is the One with understanding. > 'My eighth name is Knowledge; > 'My ninth name is the One with Knowledge. > 8. 'My tenth name is Weal; > 'My eleventh name is He who produces weal. > 'My twelfth name is AHURA (the Lord). > 'My thirteenth name is the most Beneficent. > 'My fourteenth name is He in whom there is no harm. > 'My fifteenth name is the unconquerable One. > 'My sixteenth name is He who makes the true account. > 'My seventeenth name is the All-seeing One. > 'My eighteenth name is the healing One. > 'My nineteenth name is the Creator. > 'My twentieth name is MAZDA (the All-knowing One). > 9. Worship me, O Zarathushtra, by day and by night, with offerings > of libations well accepted I will come unto thee for help and > joy, I, Ahura Mazda; the good, holy Sraosha will come unto thee > for help and joy; the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of > the holy ones will come unto thee for help and joy. > 10. 'If thou wantest, O Zarathushtra, to destroy the malice of > Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, > of the blind and of the deaf, of the two-legged ruffians, of the > two-legged Ashemaoghas, of the four-legged wolves; > 11. 'And of the hordes with the wide front, with the many spears, > with the straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the > spear of havock; then, recite thou these my names every day and > every night. > 12. 'I am the Keeper; I am the Creator and the Maintainer; I am > the Discerner; I am the most beneficent Spirit. > 'My name is the bestower of health; my name is the best bestower > of health. > 'My name is the Athravan; my name is the most Athravan-like of > all Athravans. > 'My name is Ahura (the Lord) > 'My name is Mazdau (the all-knowing). > 'My name is the Holy; my name is the most Holy. > 'My name is the Glorious; my name is the most Glorious. > 'My name is the Full-seeing; my name is the Fullest-seeing. > 'My name is the Far-seeing; my name is the Farthest-seeing. > 13. 'My name is the Protector; my name is the Well-wisher; my > name is the Creator; my name is the Keeper; my name is the Maintainer. > 'My name is the Discerner; my name is the Best Discerner. > 'My name is the Prosperity-producer; my name is the Word of Prosperity. > 'My name is the King who rules at his will; my name is the King > who rules most at his will. > 'My name is the liberal King; my name is the most liberal King. > 14. 'My name is He who does not deceive; my name is He who is > not deceived. > 'My name is the good Keeper; my name is He who destroys malice; > my name is He Who conquers at once; my name is He who conquers > everything; my name is He who has shaped everything. > 'My name is All weal; my name is full weal; my name is the Master > of weal. > 15. 'My name is He who can benefit at his wish; my name is He > who can best benefit at his wish. > 'My name is the Beneficent One; my name is the Energetic One; > my name is the most Beneficent. > 'My name is Holiness; my name is the Great One; my name is the > good Sovereign; my name is the Best of Sovereigns. > 'My name is the Wise One; my name is the Wisest of the Wise; my > name is He who does good for a long time. > 16. 'These are my names. > 'And he who in this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! shall > recite and pronounce those names of mine either by day or by night; > 17. 'He who shall pronounce them, when he rises up or when he > lays him down; when he lays him down or when he rises up; when > he binds on the sacred girdle or when he unbinds the sacred girdle; > when he goes out of his dwelling-place, or when he goes out of > his town, or when he goes out of his country and comes into another > country: > 18. 'That man, neither in that day nor in that night, shall be > wounded by the weapons of the foe who rushes Aeshma-like and is > Druj-minded; not the knife, not the cross-bow, not the arrow, > not the sword, not the club, not the sling-stone shall reach and > wound him. > 19. 'But those names shall come in to keep him from behind and > to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female Varenya > fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that fiend > who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were a > thousand men watching over one man. > 20. '"Who is he who will smite the fiend in order to maintain > thy ordinances? Teach me clearly thy rules for this world and > for the next, that Sraosha may come with Vohu-Mano and help whomsoever > thou pleasest." > 21. 'Hail to the Glory of the Kavis! Hail to the Airyanem Vaejah! > Hail to the Saoka, made by Mazda! Hail to the waters of the Daitya! > Hail to Ardvi, the undefiled well! Hail to the whole world of > the holy Spirit! > 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord... > 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... > 22. 'We worship the Ahuna Vairya. We worship Asha-Vahishta, most > fair, undying, and beneficent. We worship Strength and Prosperity > and Might and Victory and Glory and Vigour. We worship Ahura Mazda, > bright and glorious. > 'Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the > goodness for a sacrifice [performed] in holiness, all those beings, > males and females, do we worship. > 23. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > I bless the sacrifice and the prayer unto Ahura Mazda, bright > and glorious, and his strength and vigour.' > > (Bahman Yasht.) > 24. 'O Zarathushtra! keep thou for ever that man who is friendly > [to me] from the foe unfriendly [to me]! Do not give up that friend > unto the stroke (of the foe), unto vexations to be borne; wish > no harm unto that man who would offer me a sacrifice, be it ever > so great or ever so small, if it has reached unto us, the Amesha-Spentas. > 25. 'Here is Vohu-Mano, my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Asha-Vahishta, > my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Khshathra-Vairya, my creature, > O Zarathushtra! here is Spenta-Armaiti, my creature, O Zarathushtra! > here are Haurvatat and Ameretat, who are the reward of the holy > ones, when freed from their bodies, my creatures, O Zarathushtra! > 26. 'Thou knowest this, and how it is, O holy Zarathushtra! from > my understanding and from my knowledge; namely, how the world > first began, and how it will end. > 'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! > 'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! > 'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! > 27. '[We worship] the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; Verethraghna, > made by Ahura; the crushing Ascendant, and Spenta-Armaiti. > 28. 'And with the help of Spenta-Armaiti, break ye asunder their > malice, turn their minds astray, bind their hands, make their > knees quake against one another, bind their tongues. > 'When, O Mazda! shall the faithful smite the wicked? When shall > the faithful smite the Druj? When shall the faithful smite the > wicked?' > 29. Then Zarathushtra said: 'I threw you back into the earth, > and by the eyes of Spenta-Armaiti the ruffian was made powerless. > 30. 'We worship the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda; the powerful > Gaokerena, made by Mazda. > 31. 'We worship the memory of Ahura Mazda to keep the Holy Word. > We worship the understanding of Ahura Mazda, to study the Holy > Word. > 'We worship the tongue of Ahura Mazda, to speak forth the Holy > Word. > 'We worship the mountain that gives understanding, that preserves > understanding; [we worship it] by day and by night, with offerings > of libations well-accepted. > 32. 'We worship that creation [of Ahura's], Spenta-Armaiti; and > the holy creations of that creature and of Asha [Vahishta], that > are foremost in holiness. > 'Here I take as lord and master the greatest of all, Ahura Mazda; > to smite the fiend Angra Mainyu; to smite Aeshma of the wounding > spear; to smite the Mazainya fiends; to smite all the Daevas and > the Varenya fiends; to increase Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; > to increase the Amesha-Spentas; to increase the star Tishtrya, > the bright and glorious; to increase the faithful men; to increase > all the holy creatures of the beneficent Spirit. > 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... > > 33. Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) > 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....' > > 2. Haft Amahraspand Yasht > ------------------------- > 0. 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.... > > I. > 1. To Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the > Amesha-Spentas; > To Vohu-Mano; to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is > more powerful to destroy than all other creatures; to the > heavenly Wisdom, made by Mazda, and to the Wisdom acquired > through the ear, made by Mazda; > > 2. To Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; to the much-desired Airyaman; > to the instrument made by Mazda: and to the good Saoka, with eyes > of love, made by Mazda and holy; > To Khshathra-Vairya; to the metals; to Mercy and Charity. > > 3. To the good Spenta-Armaiti, and to the good Rata, with eyes > of love, made by Mazda and holy; > To Haurvatat, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons > and to the years, the masters of holiness; > And to Ameretat, the master; to fatness and flocks; to the > plenty of corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. > > 4. (At the Gah Hawan): To Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and > to Rama Hvastra. > (At the Gah Rapithwin): To Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the > son of Ahura Mazda. > (At the Gah, Uzerin): To Apam Napat, the tall lord, and to > water, made by Mazda. > > 5. (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): To the Fravashis of the faithful > and to the females that bring forth flocks of males; to the > prosperity of the seasons; to the well-shapen and tall-formed > Strength; to Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing > Ascendant. > (At the Gah Usahin): To the holy, devout, fiend-smiting > Sraosha, who makes the world grow; to Rashnu-Razishta and to > Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase; > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation and > glorification! > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of > holiness.... > > II. > > 6. We sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; we > sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the > all-beneficent. > We sacrifice unto Vohu-Mano, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice > unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more powerful to > destroy than all other creatures; we sacrifice unto the heavenly > Wisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired > through the ear, made by Mazda. > > 7. We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the > Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice unto the much-desired Airyaman; we > sacrifice unto the instrument made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto > the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. > We sacrifice unto Khshathra-Vairya; we sacrifice unto the > metals; we sacrifice unto Mercy and Charity. > > 8. We sacrifice unto the good Spenta-Armaiti; we sacrifice unto > the good Rata, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. > We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice > unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years, > the holy and masters of holiness. > We sacrifice unto Ameretat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice > unto fatness and flocks; we sacrifice unto the plenty of corn; we > sacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. > > 9. (At the Gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of > wide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra. > (At the Gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta and > Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. > (At the Gah Uzerin): We sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the > swift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females; > we sacrifice unto the holy waters, made by Mazda. > > 10. (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): We sacrifice unto the good, > powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; we sacrifice unto > the females who bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice unto > the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen, > tall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by > Mazda; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant. > (At the Gah Ushahin): We sacrifice unto the holy, > tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha; who makes the world grow, the > holy an master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu-Razishta; we > sacrifice unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the > world increase > > III. > > > 11. Let the Yatus be crushed, O Zarathushtra! both Daevas and > men. > Who is he in whose house, O Spitama Zarathushtra! every Druj > is destroyed, every Druj perishes, when he pronounces these > words: > > 12. ........? > > 13. It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, > the all-beneficent, as a shield against his enemies. > We worship the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; we worship > the waters coming in the shape of a horse, made by Mazda. > 14-15. > He has renounced trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! he > has renounced all trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! when he > throws down the destroyer of Vohu-Mano and his words, with a > hundred times hundredfold, with a many times manifold preaching > and smiting, and he takes away the Law of Mazda, that was carried > away as a prisoner, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are > destroyed by his strength. > Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... > > 16. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of > holiness.... > I bless the sacrifice and the prayer, the strength and > vigour > Of Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and of the > Amesha-Spentas; > Of Vohu-Mano; of Peace, whose breath is friendly.... > Of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired > Airyaman.... > Of Khshathra-Vairya, of the metals.... > Of the good Spenta-Armaiti and of the good Rata.... > Of Haurvatat, the master.... > Of Ameretat, the master.... > (At the Gah Hawan): Of Mithra.... > (At the Gah Rapithwin): Of Asha-Vahishta.... > (At the Gah Uzerin): Of the high lord Apam Napat.... > (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): Of the Fravashis of the > faithful.... > (At the Gah Ushahin): Of the holy, devout, fiend-smiting > Sraosha, who makes the world grow; of Rashnu-Razishta and of > Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. > Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... > Give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of > body, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious strength > of body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous > offspring, > give him long, long life, give him the bright, all-happy, > blissful abode of the holy Ones. > > 3. Ardwahisht Yasht > ------------------- > 0. 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 Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; unto the much-desired > Airyaman, made by Mazda, and unto the good Saoka, with eyes of > love, made by Mazda and holy; > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and > glorification. > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of > holiness.... > > I. > 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'That > thou mayest increase Asha-Vahishta, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with > hymns of praise, with performance of the office, with > invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration - > once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful > abodes - for the sacrifice and invocation of us, the > Amesha-Spentas'.... > > 2. Zarathushtra said: 'Say unto me the right words, such as > they are, O Ahura Mazda! that I may increase Asha-Vahishta, with > hymns of praise, with performance of the office, with > invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration, - > once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful > abodes, - for the sacrifice and invocation of you, the > Amesha-Spentas. > > 3. '.... I proclaim Asha-Vahishta: if I proclaim Asha-Vahishta, > then easy is the way to the abode of the other Amesha-Spentas, > which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Thoughts, which Ahura Mazda > keep with Good Words, which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Deeds; > > 4. '(Easy is the way to the Garo-nmana of Ahura Mazda): the > Garo-nmana is for the holy souls, and no one of the wicked can > enter the Garo-nmana and its bright, wide, holy ways; (no one of > them can go) to Ahura Mazda. > > II. > 5. 'The Airyaman prayer smites down the strength of all the > creatures of Angra Mainyu, of the Yatus and Pairikas. It is the > greatest of spells, the best of spells, the very best of all > spells; the fairest of spells, the very fairest of all spells; > the fearful one amongst spells, the most fearful of all spells; > the firm one amongst spells, the firmest of all spells; the > victorious one amongst spells, the most victorious of all spells; > the healing one amongst spells, the best-healing of all spells. > > 6. 'One may heal with Holiness, one may heal with the Law, one > may heal with the knife, one may heal with herbs, one may heal > with the Holy Word: amongst all remedies this one is the healing > one that heals with the Holy Word; this one it is at will best > drive away sickness from the body of the faithful: for this one > is the best-healing of all remedies. > > 7. 'Sickness fled away [before it], Death fled away; the Daeva > fled away, the Daeva's counter-work fled away; the unholy > Ashemaogha fled away, the oppressor of men fled away. > > 8. 'The brood of the Snake fled away; the brood of the Wolf > fled away; the brood of the Two-legged fled away. Pride fled > away; Scorn fled away; Hot Fever fled away; Slander fled away; > Discord fled away; the Evil Eye fled away. > > 9. 'The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the Jahi, > addicted to the Yatu, fled away; the Jahi, who makes one pine, > fled away; the wind that blows from the North fled away; the > wind that blows from the North vanished away. > > 10. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who > might smite those Daevas by thousands of thousands, by ten > thousands of ten thousands; he smites sickness, he smites death, > he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva's counter-work, he > smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men. > > 11. 'He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of > the Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites > Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander; > he smites Discord; he smites the Evil Eye. > > 12. 'He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the > Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; he smites the Jahi, who makes one > pine. He smites the wind that blows from the North; the wind > that blows from the North vanished away. > > 13. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and > who might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten > thousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the > worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him: > > 14. 'He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu: "Woe is me! Here is the > god Asha-Vahishta, who will smite the sickliest of all > sicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses; > '"He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict > the deadliest of all deaths; > '"He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will > afflict the most fiendish of all fiends; > '"He will smite the most counter-working of all > counter-works, he will afflict the most counter-working of all > counter-works; > '"He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the > unholy Ashemaogha; > '"He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of > men, he will afflict most oppressive of the oppressors of men. > > 15. '"He will smite the snakiest of the Snake's brood, he will > afflict the snakiest of the Snake's brood; > '"He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood, he > will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood; > '"He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will > afflict the worst of the two-legged brood; > '"He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride; > '"He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn; > '"He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict > the hottest of hot fevers; > '"He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will > afflict the most slanderous of slanders; > '"He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will > afflict the most discordant of discords; > '"He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict > the worst of the Evil Eye. > > 16. '"He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will > afflict the most lying words of falsehood; > '"He will smite the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu, he will > afflict the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; > '"He will smite the Jahi, who makes one pine, he will > afflict the Jahi, who makes one pine; > '"He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will > afflict the wind that blows from the North." > > 17. 'The Druj will perish away, the Druj will perish; the Druj > will rush, the Druj will vanish. Thou perishest away to the > regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living > world of the holy spirit. > > 18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a > sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Asha-Vahishta, the > fairest - the Amesha-Spenta. Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the > Amesha-Spenta, 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 knows the > goodness.... > > 19. '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 Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired > Airyaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of > love, made by Mazda and holy. > '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.' > > 4. Awerdad Yasht > ---------------- > 0. 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 Haurvatat, the master; unto the prosperity of the > seasons and unto the years, the masters of holiness, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and > glorification. > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of > holiness.... > We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice > unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years, > the holy and masters of holiness. > > 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I > created for the faithful the help, the enjoyments, the comforts, > and the pleasures of Haurvatat. We unite them with him who would > come up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spentas, as he would come to > any of the Amesha-Spentas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahishta, > Khshathra-Vairya, Spenta-Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat. > > 2. 'He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas, > against their ten thousands of ten thousands, against their > numberless myriads would invoke the name of Haurvatat, as one of > the Amesha-Spentas, he would smite the Nasu, he would smite > Hashi, he would smite Bashi, he would smite Saeni, he would > smite Buji. > > 3. 'I proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men]; if I > proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men], then Rashnu > Razishta, then every heavenly Yazata of male nature in company > with the Amesha-Spentas will free the faithful man > > 4. 'From the Nasu, from Hashi, from Gashi, from Saeni, from > Buji; from the hordes with the wide front, from the hordes with > the many spears uplifted, from the evil man who oppresses, from > the willful sinner, from the oppressor of men, from the Yatu, > from the Pairika, from the straying way. > > 5. 'How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the way > of the wicked?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is when a man pronouncing my > spell, either reading or reciting it by heart, draws the furrows > and hides there himself, [saying]: > > 6. '"I will smite thee, O Druj! whomsoever thou art, whomsoever > thou art amongst the Drujes that come in an open way, whomsoever > thou art amongst the Drujes that come by hidden way, whomsoever > thou art amongst the Drujes that defile by contact; whatsoever > Druj thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan countries; > whatsoever Druj thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Druj! > I throw thee down below, O Druj!" > > 7. 'He draws [then] three furrows: I proclaim him one of the > faithful; he draws six furrow: I proclaim him one of the > faithful; he draws nine furrows: I proclaim him one of the > faithful. > > 8. 'The names of those (Amesha-Spentas) smite the men turned to > Nasus by the Drujes: the seed and kin of the deaf are smitten, > the scornful are dead, as the Zaotar Zarathushtra blows them > away to woe, however fierce, at his will and wish, as many as he > wishes. > > 9. 'From the time when the sun is down he smites them with > bruising blows; from the time when the sun is no longer up, he > deals deadly blows on the Nasu with his club struck down, for the > propitiation and glorification of the heavenly gods. > > 10. 'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one, > except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother > from the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil in black > hair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted to the good law, > holy and brave, stills all the Drujes. > > 11. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a > sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Haurvatat, the > Amesha-Spenta. Unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta, 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. > 12. > '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 Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons > and of the years, the masters of holiness. > '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.' > > 5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht (Hymn to the Waters) > -------------------------------------------- > > Translated by James Darmesteter. (From Sacred Books of the > East, American Edition, 1898.) > > 0. 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 the good Waters, made by Mazda; unto the holy water-spring > ARDVI ANAHITA; unto all waters, made by Mazda; unto all plants, > made by Mazda, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > I. > 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Offer > up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of mine, > Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who > hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of > sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material > world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, > the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, > the country-increasing and holy; > 2. > 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb > of all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females > bring forth in safety, who puts milk into the breasts of all females > in the right measure and the right quality; > 3. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole > of the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully from > the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-Kasha. > 4. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all > the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when > she streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand > cells and a thousand channels: the extent of each of those cells, > of each of those channels is as much as a man can ride in forty > days, riding on a good horse. > 5. 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread > all over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on > bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine > purifies the seed in males, the womb in females the milk in females' > breasts. > 6. 'I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with mighty vigor, for the > increase of the house, of the borough of the town, of the country, > to keep them, to maintain them, to look over them, to keep and > maintain them close. > 7. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Spitama Zarathushtra! proceeded > forth from the Maker Mazda. Beautiful were her white arms, thick > as a horse's shoulder or still thicker; beautiful was her ...., > and thus came she, strong, with thick arms, thinking thus in her > heart: > 8. '"Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice, > with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with > the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, > and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good > will unto me?" > 9. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice > worth being heard; I will offer up unto the holy Ardvi Sura Anahita > a good sacrifice with an offering of libations;- thus mayest thou > advise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be most fully > worshipped, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! 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.... > > II. > 10. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, > who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy > of sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material > world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, > the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, > the country-increasing and holy; > 11. 'Who drives forwards on her chariot, holding the reins of > the chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot, longing for men > and thinking thus in her heart: "Who will praise me? Who > will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and > well-strained, together with the Haoma and meat? To whom shall > I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with me, and bestows > gifts unto me, and is of good will unto me?" > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth > being heard.... > > III. > 12. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 13. 'Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and the same color, > of the same blood, tall, crushing down the hates of all haters, > of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, > of the blind and of the deaf. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice .... > > IV. > 14. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 15. 'Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends > down by day and by night a flow of motherly waters as large as > the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs > powerfully. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > V. > 16. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 17. 'To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice to > 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 words, with the deeds, with the libations, > and with the rightly-spoken words. > 18. He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of > Pourushaspa, the holy Zarathushtra, to think after my law, to > speak after my law, to do after my law!" > 19. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would > grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > VI. > 20. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 21. 'To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice > on the enclosure of the Hara, with a hundred male horses, a thousand > oxen, and ten thousand lambs. > 22. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita, that I may become the sovereign > lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and > Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that > I may smite down two thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the > fiends of Varena." > 23. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > VII. > 24. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 25. 'To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice > from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand > oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 26. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign > lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and > Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that > I may take from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness > and flocks, both weal and Glory." > 27. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > VIII. > 28. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 29. 'To her did Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, offer up a sacrifice > in the land of Bawri, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, > and ten thousand lambs. > 30. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this boon, > O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may make all > the seven Karshvares of the earth empty of men." > 31. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon, although > he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating > her that she would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > IX. > 32. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi > Sura Anahita.... > 33. 'To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, > offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred > male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 34. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Azi 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, Savanghavach and Erenavach, > who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful > creatures in the world." > 35. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > X. > 36. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi > Sura Anahita.... > 37. 'To her did Keresaspa, the manly-hearted, offer up a sacrifice > behind the Vairi Pisanah, with a hundred male horses, a thousand > oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 38. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the golden-heeled > Gandarewa, though all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling > over; and that I may run up to the stronghold of the fiend on > the wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar." > 39. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XI. > 40. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sara Anahita.... > 41. 'To her did the Turanian murderer, Frangrasyan, offer up a > sacrifice in his cave under the earth, with a hundred male horses, > a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 42. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may seize hold of that > Glory, that is waving in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha and > that belongs to the Aryan people, to those born and to those not > yet born, and to the holy Zarathushtra." > 43. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > II. > 44. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 45. 'To her did the great, most wise Kavi Usa offer up a sacrifice > from Mount Erezifya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, > ten thousand lambs. > 46. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me, this, O > good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the > sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the > Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf." > 47. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XIII. > 48. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 49. '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, with a hundred male horses, > a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 50. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign > lord of all countries, of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, > of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may have > the lead in front of all the teams and that he may not pass through > the forest , he, the murderer, who now is fiercely striving against > me on horseback." > 51. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XIV. > 52. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 53. 'To her did the valiant warrior Tusa offer worship on the > back of his horse, begging swiftness for his teams, health for > his own body, and that he might watch with full success those > who hated him, smite down his foes, and destroy at one stroke > his adversaries, his enemies, and those who hated him. > 54. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the gallant > sons of Vaesaka, by the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high > up on the lofty, holy Kangha; that I may smite of the Turanian > people 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." > 55. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XV. > 56. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 57. 'To her did the gallant sons of Vaesaka offer up a sacrifice > in the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high up on the lofty, > holy Kangha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten > thousand lambs. > 58. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O > good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome > the valiant warrior Tusa, and that we may smite of the Aryan people > 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." > 59. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XVI. > 60. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 61. 'The old Vafra Navaza worshipped her when the strong fiend-smiter, > Thraetaona, flung him up in the air in the shape of a bird, of > a vulture. > 62. 'He went on flying, for three days and three nights, towards > his own house; but he could not, he could not turn down. At the > end of the third night, when the beneficent dawn came dawning > up, then he prayed unto Ardvi Sura Anahita, saying: > 63. '"Ardvi Sura Anahita! do thou quickly hasten helpfully > and bring me assistance at once. I will offer thee a thousand > libations, cleanly prepared and well strained, along with Haomas > and meat, by the brink of the river Rangha, if I reach alive the > earth made by Ahura and my own house." > 64. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, > fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girdled, pure, nobly > born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle wearing > a golden...., and radiant. > 65. 'She seized him by the arm: quickly was it done, nor was it > long till, speeding, he arrived at the earth made by Mazda and > at his own house, safe, unhurt, unwounded, just as he was before. > [66. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, entreating that she would > grant him that boon.] > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XVII. > 67. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 68. 'To her did Jamaspa offer up a sacrifice, with a hundred horses, > a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, when he saw the army of the > wicked, of the worshippers of the Daevas, coming from afar in > battle array. > 69. 'He asked of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may be as constantly > victorious as any one of all the Aryans." > 70. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XVIII. > 71. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 72. 'To her did Ashavazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti, and Ashavazdah > and Thrita, the sons of Sayuzhdri, offer up a sacrifice, with > a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, by Apam > Napat, the tall lord, the lord of the females, the bright and > swift-horsed. > 73. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O > good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome > the assemblers of the Turanian Danus, Kara Asabana, and Vara Asabana, > and the most mighty Duraekaeta, in the battles of this world. > 74. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering > up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant them that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, l will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XIX. > 75. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 76. 'Vistauru, the son of Naotara, worshipped her by the brink > of the river Vitanghuhaiti, with well-spoken words, speaking thus: > 77. '"This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten > as many of the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on > my head. Do thou then, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! leave me a dry passage, > to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti." > 78. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, > fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, pure, nobly > born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all > sorts of ornaments and radiant. A part of the waters she made > stand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward, and she > left him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti. > [79. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon.] > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XX. > 80. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 81. 'To her did Yoishta, one of the Fryanas, offer up a sacrifice > with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs on > the Pedvaepa of the Rangha. > 82. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the evil-doing > Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine > hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, > the offspring of darkness." > 83. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXI. > 84. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 85. 'Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus, saying: "Come, > O Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars down to the earth > made by Ahura, that the great lords may worship thee, the masters > of the countries, and their sons. > 86. '"The men of strength will beg of thee swift horses and > supremacy of Glory. > '"The Athravans who read and the pupils of the Athravans > will beg of thee knowledge and prosperity, the Victory made by > Ahura, and the crushing Ascendant. > 87. '"The maids of barren womb, longing for a lord, will > beg of thee a strong husband; > '"Women, on the point of bringing forth, will beg of thee > a good delivery. > '"All this wilt thou grant unto them, as it lies in thy power, > O Ardvi Sura Anahita!" > 88. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita came forth, O Zarathushtra! down > from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Sura Anahita > spake thus: > 89. '"O pure, holy Zarathushtra! Ahura Mazda has established > thee as the master of the material world: Ahura Mazda has established > me to keep the whole of the holy creation. > '"Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged > men go on, upon the earth: I, forsooth, keep all good things, > made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle, just as a > shepherd keeps his flock." > 90. 'Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: "O Ardvi Sura > Anahita! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With > what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward thee? So > that Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth), that he may > not make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun; and that > the Serpent may not injure thee with...., with...., with...., > and.... poisons." > 91. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama! > this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is > the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship and forward me, from > the time when the sun is rising to the time when the sun is setting. > > '"Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou who art > an Athravan, who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art > wise, clever, and the Word incarnate. > 92. '"Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man fever-sick, > no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one > who does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined. > 93. '"I do not accept those libations that are drunk in my > honor by the blind, by the deaf, by the wicked, by the destroyers, > by the niggards, by the...., nor any of those stamped with those > characters which have no strength for the holy Word. > '"Let no one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed > or bulged forward; no fiend with decayed teeth." > 94. 'Then Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: "O Ardvi > Sura Anahita! What becomes of those libations which the wicked > worshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set?" > 95. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama Zarathushtra! > howling, clapping, hopping, and shouting, six hundred and a thousand > Daevas, who ought not to receive that sacrifice, receive those > libations that men bring unto me after [the sun has set]." > 96. 'I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices, > made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from > a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of > as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, > and she runs powerfully. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXII. > 97. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 98. 'Before whom the worshippers of Mazda stand with baresma in > their hands: the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did worship > her; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift > horses. Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches an full prosperity; > quickly became Vishtaspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest > horses in these countries. > 99. ['Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were > offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating > that she would grant them that boon.] > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXIII. > 100. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 101. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels: the extent > of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much > as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse. In each > channel there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred > windows, with a thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand > balconies, and mighty. > 102. 'In each of those palaces there lies a well-laid, well-scented > bed, covered with pillows, and Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathushtra! > runs down there from a thousand times the height of a man, and > she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that > run along the earth, and she runs powerfully. > > XXIV. > 103. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 104. 'Unto 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. > 105. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of > Aurvat-aspa, the valiant Kavi Vistaspa, to think according to > the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the > law." > 106. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was > offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating > that she would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXV. > 107. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 108. 'Unto her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice > behind Lake Frazdanava, with a hundred male horses, a thousand > oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 109. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Tathravant, > of the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas and > the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world!" > 110. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering > up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she > would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXVI. > 111. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 112. 'Unto her did Zairi-vairi, who fought on horseback, offer > up a sacrifice behind the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, > a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 113. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, > most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Pesho-Changha > the corpse-burier, Humayaka the worshipper of the Daevas, and > the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world. > 114. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was > offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating > that she would grant him that boon. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXVII. > 115. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 116. 'Unto her did Arejat-aspa and Vandaremaini offer up a sacrifice > by the sea Vouru-Kasha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand > oxen, ten thousand lambs. > 117. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O > good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may conquer > the valiant Kavi Vishtaspa and Zairivairi who fights on horseback, > and that we may smite of the Aryan people 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." > 118. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that favor, though > they were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and > entreating that she should grant them that favor. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXVIII. > 119. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 120. 'For whom Ahura Mazda has made four horses -- the wind, > the rain, the cloud, and the sleet -- and thus ever a upon the > earth it is raining, snowing, hailing, and sleeting; and whose > armies are so many and numbered by nine-hundreds and thousands. > 121. 'I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices, > made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from > a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of > as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, > and she runs powerfully. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXIX. > 122. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 123. 'She stands, the good Ardvi Sura Anahita, wearing a golden > mantle, waiting for a man who shall offer her libations and prayers, > and thinking thus in her heart: > 124. "'Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice, > with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with > the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, > and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon, me, and is of good > will unto me?" > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > > XXX. > 125. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring > of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... > 126. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita, who stands carried forth in the shape > of a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, > pure, nobly born of a glorious race, wearing along her.... a mantle > fully embroidered with gold; > 127. 'Ever holding the baresma in her hand, according to the rules, > she wears square golden earrings on her ears bored, and a golden > necklace around her beautiful neck, she, the nobly born Ardvi > Sura Anahita; and she girded her waist tightly, so that her breasts > may be well-shaped, that they may be tightly pressed. > 128. 'Upon her head Ardvi Sura Anahita bound a golden crown, with > a hundred stars, with eight rays, a fine ...., a well-made crown, > in the shape of a ...., with fillets streaming down. > 129. 'She is clothed with garments of beaver, Ardvi Sura Anahita; > with the skin of thirty beavers of those that bear four young > ones, that are the finest kind of beavers; for the skin of the > beaver that lives in water is the finest-colored of all skins, > and when worked at the right time it shines to the eye with full > sheen of silver and gold. > 130. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of > thee this favor: that I, fully blessed, may conquer large kingdoms, > rich in horses, with high tributes, with snorting horses, sounding > chariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments, with stores of food, > with well-scented beds; that I may have at my wish the fullness > of the good things of life and whatever makes a kingdom thrive. > 131. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of > thee two gallant companions, one two-legged and one four-legged: > one two-legged, who is swift, quickly rushing, and clever in turning > a chariot round in battle; and one four-legged, who can quickly > turn towards either wing of the host with a wide front, towards > the right wing or the left, towards the left wing or the right. > 132. 'Through the strength of this sacrifice, of this invocation, > O Ardvi Sura Anahita! come down from those stars, towards the > earth made by Ahura, towards the sacrificing priest, towards the > full boiling [milk]; come to help him who is offering up libations > giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that thou wouldst grant > him thy favors; that all those gallant warriors may be strong, > like king Vishtaspa. > 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... > 133. 'Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > 'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigor > of the holy water-spring Anahita. > '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!' > > 6. Khwarshed Yasht (Hymn to the Sun) > ------------------------------------ > 0. 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 the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun; > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > 1. We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. > > When the light of the sun waxes warmer, when the brightness of > the sun waxes warmer, then up stand the heavenly Yazatas, by hundreds > and thousands: they gather together its Glory, they make its Glory > pass down, they pour its Glory upon the earth made by Ahura, for > the increase of the world of holiness, for the increase of the > creatures of holiness, for the increase of the undying, shining, > swift-horsed Sun. > 2. And when the sun rises up, then the earth, made by Ahura, > becomes clean; the running waters become clean, the waters of > the wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the > standing waters become clean; all the holy creatures, the creatures > of the Good Spirit, become clean. > 3. Should not the sun rise up, then the Daevas would destroy > all the things that are in the seven Karshvares, nor would the > heavenly Yazatas find any way of withstanding or repelling them > in the material world. > 4. He who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed > Sun - to withstand darkness, to withstand the Daevas born of darkness, > to withstand the robbers and bandits, to withstand the Yatus and > Pairikas, to withstand death that creeps in unseen - offers it > up to Ahura Mazda, offers it up to the Amesha-Spentas, offers > it up to his own soul. He rejoices all the heavenly and worldly > Yazatas, who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, > swift-horsed Sun. > 5. I will sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who > has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. > I will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > well struck down upon the skulls of the Daevas. > I will sacrifice unto that friendship, the best of all friendships, > that reigns between the moon and the sun. > 6. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard, namely, unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed > Sun. Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun 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. > Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... > 7. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > I bless the sacrifice and the invocation, and the strength and > vigour of the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. > 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. > > 7. Mah Yasht (Hymn to the Moon) > ------------------------------- > 0. 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 the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; unto the > only-created Bull and unto the Bull of many species; > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > 1. Hail to Ahura Mazda! Hail to the Amesha-Spentas! Hail to the > Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull! Hail to thee when > we look at thee! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us! > 2. How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane? > For fifteen days does the moon wax; for fifteen days does the > moon wane. As long as her waxing, so long is the waning; as long > as her waning, so long is the waxing. > 'Who is there but thee who makes the moon wax and wane?' > 3. We sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the > Bull, the holy and master of holiness. > Here I look at the moon, here I perceive the moon; here I look > at the light of the moon, here I perceive the light of the moon. > The Amesha-Spentas stand up holding its glory; the Amesha-Spentas > stand up, pouring its glory upon the earth, made by Mazda. > 4. And when the light of the moon waxes warmer, golden-hued plants > grow on from the earth during the spring. > We sacrifice unto the new moons, the full moons, and the Vishaptathas. > We sacrifice unto the new moon, the holy and master of holiness; > We sacrifice unto the full moon, the holy and master of holiness; > We sacrifice unto the Vishaptatha, the holy and master of holiness. > 5. I will sacrifice unto the Moon, that keeps in it the seed > of the Bull, the liberal, bright, glorious, water-giving, warmth-giving, > wisdom-giving, wealth-giving, riches-giving, thoughtfulness-giving, > weal-giving, freshness-giving, prosperity-giving, the liberal, > the healing. > 6. For its brightness and glory, I will offer unto it a sacrifice > worth being heard, namely, unto the Moon that keeps in it the > seed of the Bull. > Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, 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. > Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... > 7. 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 the Moon, that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, and of the > only-created Bull, and of the Bull of many species. > 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. > > 8. Tishtar Yasht (Hymn to the Star Sirius) > ------------------------------------------ > (Tishtrya is the angel (Yazad) of the star Sirius. Tishtrya also > presides over the fourth month and the thirteenth day of each month. > Sirius also directs the rain.) > > 0. 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 Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and unto the powerful > Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > [[1]] > 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'We worship > the lordship and mastership [of Tishtrya], whereby he protects > the Moon, the dwelling, the food, when my glorious stars come > along and impart their gifts to men. I will sacrifice unto the > star Tishtrya, that gives the fields their share [of waters]. > 2. 'We offer up libations unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious > star, that gives happy dwelling and good dwelling; the white, > shining, seen afar, and piercing; the health-bringing, loud-snorting, > and high, piercing from afar with its shining, undefiled rays; > and unto the waters of the wide sea, the Vanguhi of wide renown, > and the species of the Bull, made by Mazda, the awful kingly Glory, > and the Fravashi of the holy Spitama Zarathushtra. > 3. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard, namely, unto the star Tishtrya. > 'Unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, 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.... > > [[2]] > 4. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > who is the seed of the waters, powerful, tall, and strong, whose > light goes afar; powerful and highly working, through whom the > brightness and the seed of the waters come from the high Apam > Napat. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[3]] > 5. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star; > for whom long flocks and herds and men, looking forward for him > and deceived in their hope: "When shall we see him rise up, > the bright and glorious star Tishtrya? When will the springs run > with waves as thick as a horse's size and still thicker? Or will > they never come?" > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[4]] > 6. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star; > who flies, towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow > darted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer, > the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot > from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvanvant. > 7. 'For Ahura Mazda gave him assistance; so did the waters and > the plants; and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, opened a wide > way unto him. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[5]] > 8. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > that afflicts the Pairikas, that vexes the Pairikas, who, in the > shape of worm-stars, fly between the earth and the heavens, in > the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, the large-sized, deep sea > of salt waters. He goes to its lake in the shape of a horse, in > a holy shape; and down there he makes the waters boil over, and > the winds flow above powerfully all around. > 9. 'Then Satavaesa makes those waters flow down to the seven > Karshvares of the earth, and when he has arrived down there, he > stands, beautiful, spreading ease and joy on the fertile countries > (thinking in himself): "How shall the countries of the Aryas > grow fertile?" > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[6]] > 10. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > who spoke unto Ahura Mazda, saying: "Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! > 11. '"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 should have come to the faithful at the appointed time; > I should have come in the appointed time of my beautiful, immortal > life, should it be one night, or two nights, or fifty, or a hundred > nights." > 12. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya; > 'We sacrifice unto the rains of Tishtrya. > 'We sacrifice unto the first star; we sacrifice unto the rains > of the first star. > 'I will sacrifice unto the stars Haptoiringa, to oppose the Yatus > and Pairikas. > 'We sacrifice unto Vanant, the star made by Mazda; for the well-shapen > strength, for the Victory, made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant, > for the destruction of what distresses us, for the destruction > of what persecutes us. > 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, whose eye-sight is sound. > 13. 'For ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! Tishtrya, the bright > and glorious star, mingles his shape with light, moving in the > shape of a man of fifteen years of age, bright, with clear eyes, > tall, full of strength, strong, and clever. > 14. 'He is active as the first man was; he goes on with the strength > of the first man; he has the virility of the first man. > 15. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying: > "Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the > holy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop > of male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I > ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by > the law of excellent holiness." > 16. 'The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and > glorious Tishtrya mingles his shape with light, moving in the > shape of a golden-horned bull. > 17. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying: > "Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the > holy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of oxen, a herd of oxen, > and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice > and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." > 18. 'The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and > glorious Tishtrya mingles his shape with light, moving in the > shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden > caparison. > 19. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying: > "Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the > holy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of horses, a troop of horses, > and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice > and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness." > 20. 'Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Tishtrya > goes down to the sea Vouru-Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful > horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison. > 21. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha, in the > shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black > back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. > 22. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathushtra! > the bright and glorious Tishtrya and the Daeva Apaosha. They fight > together, O Spitama Zarathushtra! for three days and three nights. > And then the Daeva Apaosha proves stronger than the bright and > glorious Tishtrya, he overcomes him. > 23. 'And Tishtrya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a > Hathra's length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright > and glorious Tishtrya: "Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in > distress, O Waters and Plants! O Fate and thou, Law of the worshippers > of Mazda! Men do not worship me with a sacrifice in which I am > invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with > sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names. > 24. '"If men had worshipped me with a sacrifice in which > I had been invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas > with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, > I should have taken to me the strength of ten horses, the strength > of ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten > mountains, the strength of ten rivers." > 25. 'Then I, Ahura Mazda, offer up to the bright and glorious > Tishtrya a sacrifice in which he is invoked by his own name, and > I bring him the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels, > the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the > strength of ten rivers. > 26. 'Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Tishtrya > goes down to the sea Vouru-Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful > horse, with golden ears and golden caparison. > 27. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha in the > shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black > back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. > 28. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathushtra! > the bright and glorious Tishtrya, and the Daeva Apaosha; they > fight together, O Zarathushtra! till the time of noon. Then the > bright and glorious Tishtrya proves stronger than the Daeva Apaosha, > he overcomes him. > 29. 'Then he goes from the sea Vouru-Kasha as far as a Hathra's > length: "Hail!" cries the bright and glorious Tishtrya. > "Hail unto me, O Ahura Mazda! Hail unto you, O waters and > plants! Hail, O Law of the worshippers of Mazda! Hail will it > be unto you, O lands! The life of the waters will flow down unrestrained > to the big-seeded corn fields, to the small-seeded pasture-fields, > and to the whole of the material world!" > 30. Then the bright and glorious Tishtrya goes back down to the > sea Vouru-Kasha, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with > golden ears and a golden caparison. > 31. 'He makes the sea boil up and down; he makes the sea stream > this and that way; he makes the sea flow this and that way: all > the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle > of it is boiling over. > 32. 'And the bright and glorious Tishtrya rises up from the sea > Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Satavaesa > rises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha; and vapours rise up above Mount > Us-hindu, that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha. > 33. 'Then the vapours push forward, in the regular shape of clouds; > they go following the wind, along the ways which Haoma traverses, > the increaser of the world. Behind him travels the mighty wind, > made by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down > to the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares > of the earth. > 34. 'Apam Napat, O Spitama Zarathushtra! divides the waters amongst > the countries in the material world, in company with the mighty > wind, the Glory, made by the waters, and the Fravashis of the > faithful. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[7]] > 35. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > who from the shining east, moves along his long winding course, > along the path made by the gods, along the way appointed for him > the watery way, at the will of Ahura Mazda, at the will of the > Amesha-Spentas. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[8]] > 36. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > whose rising is watched by men who live on the fruits of the year, > by the chiefs of deep understanding; by the wild beasts in the > mountains, by the tame beasts that run in the plains; they watch > him, as he comes up to the country for a bad year, or for a good > year, (thinking in themselves): "How shall the Aryan countries > be fertile?" > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[9]] > 37. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > swift-flying and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, > as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which > Erekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow > was the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvanvant. > 38. 'Ahura Mazda gave him assistance, and the Amesha-Spentas and > Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, pointed him the way: behind > him went the tall Ashish Vanguhi and Parendi on her light chariot: > always till, in his course, he reached Mount Hvanvant on the shining > waters. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 39. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > who afflicts the Pairikas, who destroys the Pairikas, that Angra > Mainyus flung to stop all the stars that have in them the seed > of the waters. > 40. 'Tishtrya afflicts them, he blows them away from the sea Vouru-Kasha; > then the wind blows the clouds forward, bearing the waters of > fertility, so that the friendly showers spread wide over, they > spread helpingly and friendly over the seven Karshvares. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 41. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > for whom long the standing waters, and the running spring-waters, > the stream-waters, and the rain-waters: > 42. '"When will the bright and glorious Tishtrya rise up > for us? When will the springs with a flow and overflow of waters, > thick as a horse's shoulder, run to the beautiful places and fields, > and to the pastures, even to the roots of the plants, that they > may grow with a powerful growth?" > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 43. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > who washes away all things of fear, who stunts the growth of all > ...., and brings health to all these creations, being most beneficent, > when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated, > rejoiced, and satisfied. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 44. 'I will sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > whom Ahura Mazda has established as a lord and overseer above > all stars, in the same way as he has established Zarathushtra > above men; whom neither Angra Mainyu, nor the Yatus and the Pairikas, > nor the men Yatus can deliver unto death, nor can all the Daevas > together prevail for his death. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 45. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > to whom Ahura Mazda has given a thousand senses, and who is the > most beneficent amongst the stars that have in them the seed of > the waters: > 46. 'Who moves in light with the stars that have in them the seed > of the waters: he, from the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, > the large-sized, deep, and salt of waters, goes to all the lakes, > and to all the beautiful caves, and to all the beautiful channels, > in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and > a golden caparison. > 47. 'Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the waters flow down from the > sea Vouru-Kasha, mother-like, friendly, and healing: he divides > them amongst these countries, being most beneficent, when he has > been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated rejoiced, and > satisfied. 'For his brigbtness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[10]] > 48. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > for whom long all the creatures of Spenta-Mainyu, those that live > under the ground, and those that live above the ground; those > that live in the waters, and those that live on dry land; those > that fly, and those that run in the plains; and all those that > live within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit. > > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 49. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, > the healthful, wise, happy, and powerful, who is the lord of a > thousand boons, and grants many boons to that man who has pleased > him, whether begging or not begging for them. > 50. 'I, O Spitama Zarathushtra! have created that star Tishtrya > as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of progitiation, > as worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda; > 51. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive > back the malice of that Pairika Duzyairya, whom evil-speaking > people call Huyairya. > 52. 'Had I not created that star Tishtrya as worthy of sacrifice, > as worthy of prayer, as worthy of propitiation, as worthy of glorification > as myself, Ahura Mazda; > 53. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive > back the malice of that Pairika Duzyairya, whom evil-speaking > people call Huyairya; > 54. 'Then all day long, all night long, that Pairika Duzyairya > would wage war against this material world of mine, wanting to > extinguish its life, and she goes on, rushing upon and around > it. > 55. 'But the bright and glorious Tishtrya keeps that Pairika in > bonds, with twofold bonds, with threefold bonds, that cannot be > overcome, with bonds all over the body: it is as if there were > a thousand men keeping one man in bonds, a thousand men of those > who are the strongest in strength. > 56. 'If the Aryan countries, O Spitama Zarathushtra! would perform > in honour of the bright and glorious Tishtrya the due sacrifice > and invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to > be performed in the perfection of holiness; never should a hostile > horde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, > nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted > spear of a foe.' > 57. Zarathushtra asked: 'What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice > and invocation in honour of the bright and glorious Tishtrya, > as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?' > 58. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Let the Aryan nations bring libations > unto him; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him; > let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, > or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same > colour. > 59. 'Let not a murderer take of these offerings, nor a whore, > nor a .... who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in > the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra. > 60. 'If a murderer take of these offerings, or a whore, or a .... > who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and > withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra, then the > bright and glorious Tishtrya takes back his healing virtues. > 61. 'Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan nations; hostile hordes > will ever fall upon the Aryan nations; the Aryans will be smitten, > by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their > thousands, by thetr thousands and their tens of thousands, by > their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads. > 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 Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and of the powerful > Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward. > '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.' > > 9. Drvasp Yasht > --------------- > 0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be afflicted!.... > > 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, satisfaction, and glorification unto Havani, > the holy and master of holiness. > Unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > [[1]] > 1. We sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and > holy, who heeps the flocks in health, the herds in health, the > grown-up (cattle) in health, the young ones in health; who watches > well from afar, with a wide-spread and long-continued welfare-giving > friendship; > 2. Who yokes teams of horses, who makes her chariot turn and > its wheels sound, fat and glistening, strong, tall-formed, weal-possessing, > health-giving, powerful to stand and powerful to turn for assistance > to the faithful. > 3. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice > on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda, > with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand > lambs, and with an offering of libations: > 4. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! 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.' > 5. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the > maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, > giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant > him that boon. > 6. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice > worth being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, > namely, unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. We > offer up libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and > holy; we offer her 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. > Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... > > [[2]] > 7. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by > Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... > Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. > 8. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice > from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand > oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations: > 9. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! 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; > 10. '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.' > 11. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the > maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering lipbations, > giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant > him that boon. > For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[3]] > 12. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by > Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... > Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. > 13. To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, > offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred > male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an > offering of libations: > 14. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! 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, > Savanghavack and Erenavach, who are the fairest of body amongst > women, and the most wonderful creatures in the world.' > 15. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvasya, the > maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, > giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant > him that boon. > For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[4]] > 16. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by > Mazda and holy, who keeps flocks in health.... > Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. > 17. 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. He begged of her a boon > saying: > 18. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that > I may bind the Turanian murderer Franghrasyan, that I may drag > him bound, that 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.' > 19. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the > maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, > giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would give > him that boon. > For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[5]] > 20. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by > Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... > Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. > 21. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Arya nations > into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta > lake, the deep lake of salt waters, with a hundred male horses, > a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and an offering of libations: > 22. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! 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.' > 23. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the > maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, > giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant > him that boon. > For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[6]] > 24. We offer up a sacrifice unlo the powerful Drvaspa, made by > Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... > Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful, > 25. 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. He begged of her a boon, saying: > 26. 'O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! grant me this boon, 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 Mazdean law and make it known, and that > she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.' > 27. The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, > granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving > gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that > boon. > For her brightness and glory, I wiII offer her a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[7]] > 28. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by > Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... > Who yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful. > 29. To her did the tall Kavi Vistaspa offer up a sacrifice behind > the waters of the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, a > thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations: > 30. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that > I may put to flight Ashta-aurvant, the son of Vispa-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; > 31. 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 Huyaona 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. > 32. The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, > granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving > gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that > boon. > For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth > being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, namely, > unto the powerful Drvaspa made by Mazda and holy. We offer up > libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy; we > offer her 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. > 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 the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. > 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. > > 10. Mihr Yasht (Hymn to Mithra) > ------------------------------- > 0. 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 Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, > ten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name, and unto > Rama Hvastra, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > [[1]] > 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Verily, > when I created Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, O Spitama! I > created him as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer as myself > Ahura Mazda. > 2. 'The ruffian who lies unto Mithra brings death unto the whole > country, injuring as much the faithful world as a hundred evil-doers > could do. Break not the contract, O Spitama! neither the one that > thou hadst entered into with one of the unfaithful, nor the one > that thou hadst entered into with one of the faithful who is one > of thy own faith. For Mithra stands for both the faithful and > the unfaithful. > 3. 'Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, gives swiftness to the > horses of those who lie not unto Mithra. > 'Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, gives the straightest way to those > who lie not unto Mithra. > 'The good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful give a > virtuous offspring to those who lie not unto Mithra. > 4. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. > > 'We offer up libations unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > who gives a happy dwelling and a good dwelling to the Aryan nations. > 5. 'May he come to us for help! May he come to us for ease! May > he come to us for joy! May he come to us for mercy! May he come > to us for health! May he come to us for victory! May he come to > us for good conscience! May he come to us for bliss! he, the awful > and overpowering, worthy of sacrifice and prayer, not to be deceived > anywhere in the whole of the material world, Mithra, the lord > of wide pastures. > 6. 'I will offer up libations unto him, the strong Yazata, the > powerful Mithra, most beneficent to the creatures: I will apply > unto him with charity and prayers: I will offer up a sacrifice > worth being heard unto him, Mithra, the lord ofwide pastures, > 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. 'Yenhe > hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... > > [[2]] > 7. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who > is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, > well-shapen, with ten thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, > strong, sleepless, and ever awake; > 8. 'To whom the chiefs of nations offer up sacrifices, as they > go to the field, against havocking hosts, against enemies coming > in battle array, in the strife of conflicting nations. > 9. 'On whichever side he has been worshipped first in the fulness > of faith of a devoted heart, to that side turns Mithra, the lord > of wide pastures, with the fiend-smiting wind, with the cursing > thought of the wise. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[3]] > 10. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake. > 11. 'Whom the horsemen worship on the back of their horses, begging > swiftness for their teams, health for their own bodies, and that > they may watch with full success those who hate them, smite down > their foes, and destroy at one stroke their adversaries, their > enemies, and those who hate themn, > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[4]] > 12. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 13. 'Who first of the heavenly gods reaches over the Hara, before > the undying, swift-horsed sun; who, foremost in a golden array, > takes hold of the beautiful summits, and from thence looks over > the abode of the Aryans with a beneficent eye. > 14. 'Where the valiant chiefs draw up their many troops in array; > where the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters, yield plenty > to the cattle; where the deep lakes, with salt waters, stand; > where wide-flowing rivers swell and hurry towards Ishkata and > Pouruta, Mouru and Haroyu, the Gava-Sughdha and Hvairizem; > 15. 'On Arezahi and Savahi, on Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, on > Vourubareshti and Vourujareshti, on this bright Karshvare of Hvaniratha, > the abode of cattle, the dwelling of cattle, the powerful Mithra > looks with a health-bringing eye; > 16. 'He who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and > brings glory; he who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata > unseen, and brings sovereignty; and increases strength for victory > to those who, with a pious intent, holily offer him libations. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[5]] > 17. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor > the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of > a province. > 18. 'If the master of a house lies unto him, or the lord of a > borough, or the lord of a town, or the lord ofa province, then > comes Mithra, angry and offended, and he breaks asunder the house, > the borough, the town, the province; and the masters of the houses, > the lords of the boroughs, the lords of the towns, the lords of > the provinces, and the foremost men of the provinces. > 19. 'On whatever side there is one who has lied unto Mithra, on > that side Mithra stands forth, angry and offended, and his wrath > is slow to relent. > 20. 'Those who lie unto Mithra, however swift they may be running, > cannot overtake; riding, cannot ....; driving, cannot ..... The > spear that the foe of Mithra flings, darts backwards, for the > number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out. > 21. 'And even though the spear be flung well, even though it reach > the body, it makes no wound, for the number of the evil spells > that the foe of Mithra works out. The wind drives away the spear > that the foe of Mithra flings, for the number of the evil spells > that the foe of Mithra works out. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[6]] > 22. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who takes out of distress the man who has not lied unto him, > who takes him out of death. > 23. 'Take us out of distress, take us out of distresses, O Mithra! > as we have not lied unto thee. Thou bringest down terror upon > the bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the > strength from their arms, being angry and all-powerful; thou takest > the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, > the hearing from their ears. > 24. 'Not the wound of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying > arrow reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all > the strength of his soul, he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, > all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[7]] > 25. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who is lordly, deep, strong, and weal-giving; a chief in assemblies, > pleased with prayers, high, holily clever, the incarnate Word, > a warrior with strong arms; > 26. 'Who breaks the skulls of the Daevas, and is most cruel in > exacting pains; the punisher of the men who lie unto Mithra, the > withstander of the Pairikas; who, when not deceived, establisheth > nations in supreme strength; who, when not deceived, establisheth > nations in supreme victory; > 27. 'Who confounds the ways of the nation that delights in havoc, > who turns away their Glory, takes away their strength for victory, > blows them away helpless, and delivers them unto ten thousand > strokes; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, > undeceivable Mithra. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[8]] > 28. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who upholds the columns of the lofty house and makes its pillars > solid; who gives herds of oxen and male children to that house > in which he has been satisfied; he breaks to pieces those in which > he has been offended, > 29. 'Thou, O Mithra! art both bad and good to nations; thou, O > Mithra! art both bad and good to men; thou, O Mithra! keepest > in thy hands both peace and trouble for nations. > 30. 'Thou makest houses large, beautiful with women, beautiful > with chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high above their > groundwork; thou makest that house lofty, beautiful with women, > beautiful with chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high > above its groundwork, of which the master, pious and holding libations > in his hand, offers thee a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked > by thy own name and with the proper words. > 31. 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, > with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful > Mithra! > 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, > with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent > Mithra! > 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, > with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable > Mithra! > 32. 'Listen unto our sacrifice, O Mithra! Be thou pleased with > our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept > our libations! Accept them as they have been consecrated! Gather > them together with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana! > 33. 'Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god > I in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, > strength, and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and > a good soul; wisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness, the > victorious strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of > Asha Vahishta, and conversation (with God) on the Holy Word. > 34. 'Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted > in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in > a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, > may smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high > spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice > of Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, > the blind, and the deaf. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[9]] > 35. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Victory-making, army-governing, endowed with a thousand senses; > power-wielding, power-possessing, and all-knowing; > 36. 'Who sets the battle a going, who stands against (armies) > in battle, who, standing against (armies) in battle, breaks asunder > the lines arrayed. The wings of the columns gone to battle shake, > and he throws terror upon the centre of the havocking host. > 37. 'He can bring and does bring down upon them distress and fear; > he throws down the heads of those who lie to Mithra, he takes > off the heads of those who lie unto Mithra. > 38. 'Sad is the abode, unpeopled with children, where abide men > who lie unto Mithra, and, verily, the fiendish killer of faithful > men. The grazing cow goes a sad straying way, driven along the > vales of the Mithradrujes: they stand on the road, letting tears > run over their chins. > 39. 'Their falcon-feathered arrows, shot from the string of the > well-bent bow, fly towards the mark, and hit it not, as Mithra, > the lord of wide pastures, angry, offended, and unsatisfied, comes > and meets them. > 'Their spears, well whetted and sharp, their long spears fly from > their hands towards the mark, and hit it not, as Mithra, the lord > of wide pastures, angry, offended, and unsatisfied, comes and > meets them. > 40. 'Their swords, well thrust and striking at the heads of men, > hit not the mark, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, > offended, and unsatisfied, comes and meets them. > 'Their clubs, well falling and striking at the heads of men, hit > not the mark, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, offended, > and unsatisfied, comes and meets them. > 41. 'Mithra strikes fear into them; Rashnu strikes a counter-fear > into them; the holy Sraosha blows them away from every side towards > the two Yazatas, the maintainers of the world. They make the ranks > of the army melt away, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, > offended, and unsatisfied, comes and meets them. > 42. 'They cry unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, saying: > "O Mithra, thou lord of wide pastures! here are our fiery > horses taking us away, as they flee from Mithra; here are our > sturdy arms cut to pieces by the sword, O Mithra!" > 43. 'And then Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, throws them to > the ground, killing 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; as Mithra, > the lord of wide pastures, is angry and offended, > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[10]] > 44. '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. > 45. '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. > 46. '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.... > > [[11]] > 47. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'A god of high renown and old age, whom wide-hoofed horses carry > against havocking hosts, against enemies coming in battle array, > in the strife of conflicting nations. > 48. 'And when Mithra drives along towards the havocking hosts, > towards the enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of the > conflicting nations, then he binds the hands of those who have > lied unto Mithra, he confounds their eye-sight, he takes the hearing > from their ears; they can no longer move their feet; they can > no longer withstand those people, those foes, when Mithra, the > lord of wide pastures, bears them ill-will. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[12]] > 49. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 50. 'For whom the Maker, Ahura Mazda, has built up a dwelling > on the Hara Berezaiti, the bright mountain around which the many > (stars) revolve where come neither night nor darkness, no cold > wind and no hot wind, no deathful sickness, no uncleanness made > by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot reach up unto the Haraiti > Bareza; > 51. 'A dwelling that all the Amesha-Spentas, in one accord with > the sun, made for him in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart, > and he survevs the whole of the material world from the Haraiti > Bareza. > 52. 'And when there rushes a wicked worker of evil, swiftly, with > a swift step, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, goes and yokes > his horses to his chariot, along with the holy, powerful Sraosha > and Nairyo-sangha, who strikes a blow that smites the army, that > smites the strength of the malicious. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[13]] > 53. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 54. '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. > 55. '"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." > 56. 'But the pious man, holding libations in his hands, does worship > thee with a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own ame, > and with the proper words. > 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, > with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful > Mithra! > 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, > with the groper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent > Mithra! > 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, > with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable > Mithra! > 57. 'Listen unto our sacrifice, 'O Mithra! Be thou pleased with > our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept > our libations! Accept them as they have been consecrated! Gather > them together with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana! > 58. 'Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god! > in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, strength, > and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and a good soul; > wisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness, the victorious > strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of Asha-Vahishta, > and conversation (with God) on the Holy Word. > 59. 'Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted > in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in > a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, > may smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high > spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice > of Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, > the blind, and the deaf. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[14]] > 60. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Whose renown is good, whose shape is good, whose glory is good; > who has boons to give at his will, who has pasture-fields to give > at his will; harmless to the tiller of the ground, ...., beneficent; > 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.... > > [[15]] > 61. '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 Karshvares; > delivering; happy; undeceivable; endowed with many senses; a creature > of wisdom; > 62. 'Who gives neither strength nor vigour to him who has lied > unto Mithra; who gives neither glory nor any boon to him who has > lied unto Mithra. > 63. 'Thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry > and all-powerful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the > eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. > 'Not the wound of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying arrow > reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for 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.... > > [[16]] > 64. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who takes possession of the beautiful, wide-expanding law, greatly > and powerfully and whose face looks over all the seven Karshvares > of the earth; > 65. 'Who is swift amongst the swift, liberal amongst the liberal, > strong amongst the strong, a chief of assembly amongst the chiefs > of assemblies; increase-giving, fatness-giving, cattle-giving, > sovereignty-giving, son-giving, cheerfulness-giving, and bliss-giving. > 66. 'With whom proceed Ashi Vanguhi, and Parendi on her light > chariot, the awful Manly Courage, the awful kingly Glory, the > awful sovereign Sky, the awful cursing thought of the wise, the > awful Fravashis of the faithful, and he who keeps united together > the many faithful worshippers of Mazda. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[17]] > 67. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastares, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who drives along on his high-wheeled chariot, made of a heavenly > substance, from the Karshvare of Arezahi to the Karshvare of Hvaniratha, > the bright one; accompanied by the wheel of sovereignty, the Glory > made by Mazda, and the Victory made by Ahura; > 68. 'Whose chariot is embraced by the great Ashi Vanguhi; to whom > the Law of Mazda opens a way, that he may go easily; whom four > heavenly steeds, white, shining, seen afar, beneficent, endowed > with knowledge, swiftly carry along the heavenly space, while > the cursing thought of the wise pushes it forward; > 69. 'From whom all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee > away in fear. Oh! may we never fall across the rush of the angry > lord, who goes and rushes from a thousand sides against his foe, > 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.... > > [[18]] > 70. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Before whom Verethraghna, made by Ahura, runs opposing the foes > in the shape of a boar, a sharp-toothed he-boar, a sharp-jawed > boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, wrathful, with a dripping > face; strong, with iron feet, iron fore-paws, iron weapons, an > iron tail, and iron jaws; > 71. 'Who, eagerly clinging to the fleeing foe, along with Manly > Courage, smites the foe in battle, and does not think he has smitten > him, nor does he consider it a blow till he has smitten away the > marrow and the column of life, the marrow and the spring of existence. > 72. 'He cuts all the limbs to pieces, and mingles, together with > the earth, the bones, hair, brains, and blood of the men who have > lied unto Mithra. > 'For his brightness and glory, we offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[19]] > 73. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who, with hands lifted up, rejoicing, cries out, speaking thus: > 74. '"O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent spirit! Maker of the > material world, thou Holy One! > '"If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I were > invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices > in which they are invoked by their own names, then I should come > to the faithful at the appointed time; I should come in the appointed > time of my beautiful, immortal life." > 75. 'May we keep our field; may we never be exiles from our field, > exiles from our house, exiles from our borough, exiles from our > town, exiles from our country. > 76. 'Thou dashest in pieces the malice of the malicious, the malice > of the men of malice: dash thou in pieces the killers of faithful > men! > 'Thou hast good horses, thou hast a good chariot: thou art bringing > help at every appeal, and art powerful. > 77. 'I will pray unto thee for help, with many consecrations, > with good consecrations of libations; with many offerings, with > good offerings of libations, that we, abiding in thee, may long > inhabit a good abode, full of all the riches that can be wished > for. > 78. 'Thou keepest those nations that tender a good worship to > Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; thou dashest in pieces those > that delight in havoc. Unto thee will I pray for help: may he > come to us for help, the awful, most powerful Mithra, the worshipful > and praiseworthy, the glorious lord of nations. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[20]] > 79. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who made a dwelling for Rashnu, and to whom Rashnu gave all his > soul for long friendship; > 80. 'Thou art a keeper and protector of the dwelling of those > who lie not: thou art the maintainer of those who lie not. With > thee hath Verethraghna, made by Ahura, contracted the best of > all friendships, and thus it is how so many men who have lied > unto Mithra, even privily, lie smitten down on the ground. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[21]] > 81. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who made a dwelling for Rashnu, and to whom Rashnu gave all his > soul for long friendship; > 82. 'To whom Ahura Mazda gave a thousand senses and ten thousand > eyes to see. With those eyes and those senses, he watches the > man who injures Mithra, the man who lies unto Mithra. Through > those eyes and those senses, he is, undeceivable, 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.... > > [[22]] > 83. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Whom the lord of the country invokes for help, with hands uplifted; > 'Whom the lord of the town invokes for help, with hands uplifted; > 84. 'Whom the lord of the borough invokes for help, with hands > uplifted; > 'Whom the master of the house invokes for help, with hands uplifted; > 'Whom the .... in danger of death invokes for help, with hands > uplifted; > 'Whom the poor man, who follows the good law, when wronged and > deprived of his rights, invokes for help, with hands uplifted. > 85. 'The voice of his wailing reaches up to the sky, it goes over > the earth all around, it goes over the seven Karshuares, whether > he utters his prayer in a low tone of voice or aloud. > 86. 'The cow driven astray invokes him for help, longing for the > stables: > '"When will that bull, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > bring us back, and make us reach the stables? when wilt he turn > us back to the right way from the den of the Druj where we were > driven?" > 87. 'And to him with whom Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, has > been satisfied, he comes with help; and of him with whom Mithra, > the lord of wide pastures, has been offended, he crushes down > the house, the borough, tne town, the province, the country. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[23]] > 88. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'To whom the enlivening, healing, fair, lordly golden-eyed Haoma > offered up a sacrifice on the highest of the heights, on the Haraiti > Bareza, he the undefiled to one undefiled, with undefiled baresma, > undefiled libations, and undefiled words; > 89. 'Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has established as a priest, quick > in performing the sacrifice and loud in song. He performed the > sacrifice with a loud voice, as a priest quick in sacrifice and > loud in song, a priest to Ahura Mazda, a priest to the Amesha-Spentas. > His voice reached up to the sky; went over the earth all around, > went over the seven Karshvares. > 90. 'Who first lifted up Haomas, in a mortar inlaid with stars > and made of a heavenly substance. Ahura Mazda longed for him, > the Amesha-Spentas longed for him, for the well-slapen body of > him whom the swift-horsed sun awakes for prayer from afar. > 91. 'Hail to Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand > ears and ten thousand eyes! Thou art worthy of sacrifice and prayer: > mayest thou have sacrifice and prayer in the houses of men! Hail > to the man who shall offer thee a sacrifice, with the holy wood > in his hand, the baresma in his hand, the holy meat in his hand, > the holy mortar in his hand, with his hands well-washed, with > the mortar well-washed, with the bundles of baresma tied up, the > Haoma uplifted, and the Ahuna Vairya sung through. > 92. 'The holy Ahura Mazda confessed that religion and so did Vohu-Mano, > so did Asha-Vahishta, so did Khshathra-Vairya, so did Spenta-Armaiti, > so did Haurvatat and Ameretat; and all the Amesha-Spentas longed > for and confessed his religion. The kind Mazda conferred upon > him the mastership of the world; and [so did they] who saw thee > amongst all creatures the right lord and master of the world, > the best cleanser of these creatures. > 93. 'So mayest thou in both worlds, mayest thou keep us in both > worlds, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! both in this material > world and in the world of the spirit, from the fiend of Death, > from the fiend Aeshma, from the fiendish hordes, that lift up > the spear of havoc, and from the onsets of Aeshma, wherein the > evil-doing Aeshma rushes along with Vidotu, made by the Daevas. > 94. 'So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness > to our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch > with full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and > destroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies and those who > hate us. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[24]] > 95. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who goes over the earth, all her breadth over, after the setting > of the sun, touches both ends of this wide, round earth, whose > ends tie afar, and surveys everything that is between the earth > and the heavens, > 96. 'Swinging in his hands a club with a hundred knots, a hundred > edges, that rushes forwards and fells men down; a club cast out > of red brass, of strong, golden brass; the strongest of all weapons, > the most victorious of all weapons; > 97. 'From whom Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; > from whom Aeshma, the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees away in fear; > from whom the long-handed Bushyasta flees away in fear; from whom > all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away in fear. > 98. 'Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord > of wide pastures, when in anger! May Mithra, the lord of wide > pastures, never smite us in his anger; he who stands up upon this > earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, > the most energetic of all god , th swiftest of all gods, the most > fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. > > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[25]] > 99. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'From whom all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away > in fear. > 'The lord of nations, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, drives > forward at the right-hand side of this wide, round earth, whose > ends lie afar. > 100. 'At his right hand drives the good, holy Sraosha; at his left > hand drives the tall and strong Rashnu; on all sides around him > drive the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of the faithful. > 101. 'In his might, he ever brings to them falcon-feathered arrows, > and, when diiving, he himself comes there, where are nations, > enemy to Mithra, he, first and foremost, strikes blows with his > club on the horse and his rider; he throws fear and fright upon > the horse and his rider. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[26]] > 102. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'The warrior of the white horse, of the sharp spear, the tong > spear, the quick arrows; foreseeing and clever; > 103. 'Whom Ahura Mazda has established to maintain and look over > all this moving world, and who maintains and looks over all this > moving world; who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation > of Mazda; who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation > of Mazda; > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[27]] > 104. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Whose long arms, strong with Mithra-strength, encompass what > he seizes in the easternmost river and what he beats with the > westernmost river, what is by the Sanaka of the Rangha and what > is by the boundary of the earth. > 105. 'And thou, O Mithra! encompassing all this around, do thou > reach it, all over, with thy arms. > 'The man without glory, led astray from the right way, grieves > in his heart; the man without glory thinks thus in himself: "That > careless Mithra does not see all the evil that is done, nor all > the lies that are told." > 106. 'But I think thus in my heart: > '"Should the evil thoughts of the earthly man be a hundred > times worse, they would not rise so high as the good thoughts > of the heavenly Mithra; > '"Should the evil words of the earthly man be a hundred times > worse, they would not rise so high as the good words of the heavenly > Mithra; > '"Should the evil deeds of the earthly man be a hundred times > worse, they would not rise so high as the good deeds of the heavenly > Mithra; > 107. '"Should the heavenly wisdom in the earthly man be a > hundred times greater, it would not rise so high as the heavenly > w'isdom in the heavenly Mithra; > ''And thus, should the ears of the earthly man hear a hundred > time better, he would not hear so well as the heavenly Mithra, > whose ear hears well who has a thousand senses, and sees every > man that tells a lie." > 'Mithra stands up in his strength, he drives in the awfulness > of royalty, and sends from his eyes beautiful looks that shine > from afar, (saying): > 108. '"Who will offer me a sacrifice? Who will lie unto me? Who > thinks me a god worthy of a good sacrifice? Who thinks me worthy > only of a bad sacrifice? To whom shall I, in my might, impart > brightness and glory? To whom bodily health? To whom shall I, > in my might, impart riches and full weal? Whom shall I bless by > raising him a virtuous offspring? > 109. '"To whom shall I give in return, without his thinking > of it, the awful sovereignty, beautifully. arrayed, with many > armies, and most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant, > who fells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders > chastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he > has ordered in his anger?" > 'O Mithra! when thou art offended and not satisfied, he soothes > thy mind, and makes Mithra satisfied. > 110. '"To whom shall I, in my might, impart sickness and death? > To whom shall I impart poverty and sterility? Of whom shall I > at one stroke cut off the offspring! > 111. '"From whom shall I take away, without his thinking of > it, the awful sovereignty, beautifully arrayed, with many armies, > and most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant, who > fells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders > chastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he > has ordered in his anger." > 'O Mithra! while thou art satisfied and not angry, he moves thy > heart to anger, and makes Mithra unsatisfied. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[28]] > 112. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'A warrior with a silver helm, a golden cuirass, who kills with > the poniard, strong, valiant, lord of the borough. Bright are > the ways of Mithra, by which he goes towards the country, when, > wishing well, he turns its plains and vales to pasture grounds, > 113. 'And then cattle and males come to graze, as many as he wants. > > 'May Mithra and Ahura, the high gods, come to us for help, when > the poniard lifts up its voice aloud, when the nostrils of the > horses quiver, when the poniards ...., when the, strings of the > bows whistle and shoot sharp arrows; then the brood of those whose > libations are hated fall smitten to the ground, with their hair > torn off. > 114. 'So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness > to our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch > with full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and > destroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies, and those > who hate us. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[29]] > 115. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake. > 'O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! thou master of the house, of > the borough, of the town, of the country, thou Zarathushtrotema! > 116. 'Mithra is twentyfold between two friends or two relations; > 'Mithra is thirtyfold between two men of the same group; > 'Mithra is fortyfold between two partners; > 'Mithra is fiftyfold between wife and husband; > 'Mithra is sixtyfold between two pupils (of the same master); > 'Mithra is seventyfold between the pupil and his master; > 'Mithra is eightyfold between the son-in-law and his father-in-law; > 'Mithra is ninetyfold between two brothers; > 117. 'Mithra is a hundredfold between the father and the son; > 'Mithra is a thousandfold between two nations; > 'Mithra is ten thousandfold when connected with the Law of Mazda, > and then he will be every day of victorious strength. > 118. 'May I come unto thee with a prayer that goes lowly or goes > highly! As this sun rises up above the Hara Berezaiti and then > fulfils its career, so may I, O Spitama! with a prayer that goes > lowly or goes highly, rise up above the will of the fiend Angra > Mainyu! > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[30]] > 119. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastwes, .... > sleepless, and ever awake, > 'Offer up a sacrifice unto Mithra, O Spitama! and order thy pupils > to do the same. > 'Let the worshipper of Mazda sacrifice unto thee with small cattle, > with black cattle, with flying birds, gliding forward on wings. > 120. 'To Mithra all the faithful worshiypers of Mazda must give > strength and energy with offered and proffered Haomas, which the > Zaotar proffers unto him and gives in sacrifice. Let the faithful > man drink of the libations cleanly prepared, which if he does, > if he offers them unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, Mithra > will be pleased with him and without anger.' > 121. Zarathushtra asked him: 'O Ahura Mazda! how shall the faithful > man drink the libations cleanly prepared, which if he does and > he offers them unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, Mithra > will be pleased vvith him and without anger?' > 122. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Let them wash their bodies three days > and three nights; let them undergo thirty strokes for the sacrifice > and prayer unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. Let them wash > their bodies two days and two nights; let them undergo twenty > strokes for the sacrifice and prayer unto Mithra, the lord of > wide pastures. Let no man drink of these libations who does not > know the staota yesnya: Vispe ratavo. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacriace worth > being heard.... > > [[31]] > 123. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'To whom Ahura Mazda offered up a sacrifice in the shining Garo-nmana. > 124. 'With his arms lifted up towards Immortality, Mithra, the > lord of wide pastures, drives forward from the shining Garo-nmana, > in a beautiful chariot that drives on, ever-swift, adorned with > all sorts of ornaments, and made of gold. > 125. 'Four stallions draw that chariot, all of the same white colour, > living on heavenly food and undying. The hoofs of their fore-feet > are shod with gold, the hoofs of their hind-feet are shod with > silver; all are yoked to the same pole, and wear the yoke and > the cross-beams of the yoke, fastened with hooks of Khshathra > vairya to a beautiful.... > 126. 'At his right hand drives Rashnu-Razishta, the most beneficent > and most well-shapen. > 'At his left hand drives the most upright Chista, the holy one, > bearing libations in her hands, clothed with white clothes, and > white herself; and the cursing thought of the Law of Mazda. > 127. 'Close by him drives the strong cursing thought of the wise > man, opposing foes in the shape of a boar, a sharp-toothed he-boar, > a sharp- jawed boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, wrathful, > with a dripping face, strong and swift to run, and rushing all > around. > 'Behind him drives Atar, all in a blaze, and the awful kingly > Glory. > 128. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stand a thousand bows well-made, with a string of cowgut; they > go through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly > space upon the skulls of the Daevas. > 129. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stand a thousand vulture-feathered arrows, with a golden mouth, > with a horn shaft, with a brass tail, and well-made. They go through > the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon > the skulls of the Daevas. > 130. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stand a thousand spears well-made and sharp-piercing. They go > through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space > upon the skulls of the Daevas. > 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stand a thousand steel-hammers, two-edged, well-made. They go > through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space > upon the skulls of the Daevas. > 131. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stand a thousand swords, two-edged and well-made. They go through > the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon > the skulls of the Daevas. > 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stand a thousand maces of iron, well-made. They go through the > heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the > skulls of the Daevas. > 132. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > stands a beautiful well-falling club, with a hundred knots, a > hundred edges, that rushes forward and fells men down; a club > cast out of red brass, of strong, golden brass; the strongest > of all weapons, the most victorious of all weapons. It goes through > the heavenly space, it falls through the heavenly space upon the > skulls of the Daevas. > 133. After he has smitten the Daevas, after he has smitten down > the men who lied unto Mithra, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > drives forward through Arezahe and Savahe, through Fradadhafshu > and Vidadhafshu, through Vourubareshti and Vouru-jareshti, through > this our Karshvare, the bright Hvaniratha. > 134. 'Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; Aeshma, > the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees away in fear; the long-handed > Bushyasta flees away in fear; all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya > fiends flee away in fear. > 135. 'Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord > of wide pastures, when in anger! May Mithra, the lord of wide > pastures, never smite us in his anger; he who stands up upon this > earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, > the most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the > most fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. > > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[32]] > 136. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'For whom white stallions, yoked to his chariot, draw it, on one > golden wheel, with a full shining axle. > 137. 'If Mithra takes his libations to his own dwelling, "Happy > that man, I think," - said Ahura Mazda,- "O holy Zarathra! > for whom a holy priest, as pious as any in the world, who is the > Word incarnate, offers up a sacrifice unto Mithra with bundles > of baresma and with the [proper] words. > '"Straight to that man, I think, will Mithra come, to visit > his dwelling, > 138. '"When Mithra's boons will come to him, as he follows > God's teaching, and thinks according to God's teaching. > '"Woe to that man, I think," - said Ahura Mazda, - "O > holy Zarathushtra! for whom an unholy priest, not pious, who is > not the Word incarnate, stands behind the baresma, however full > may be the bundles of baresma he ties, however long may be the > sacrifice he performs." > 139. 'He does not delight Ahura Mazda, nor the other Amesha-Spentas, > nor Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, he who thus scorns Mazda, > and the other Amesha-Spentas, and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, > and the Law, and Rashnu, and Arstat, who makes the world grow, > who makes the world increase. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[33]] > 140. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake. > 'I will offer up a sacrifice unto the good Mithra, O Spitama! > unto the strong, heavenly god, who is foremost, highly merciful, > and peerless; whose house is above, a stout and strong warrior; > 141. 'Victorious and armed with a well-fashioned weapon, watchful > in darkness and undeceivable. He is the stoutest of the stoutest, > he is the strongest of the strongest, he is the most intelligent > of the gods, he is victorious and endowed with Glory: he, of the > ten thousand eyes, 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.... > > [[34]] > 142. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, .... > sleepless, and ever awake; > 'Who, with his manifold knowledge, powerfully increases the creation > of Spenta Mainyu, and is a well-created and most great Yazata, > self-shining like the moon, when he makes his own body shine; > 143. 'Whose face is flashing with light like the face of the star > Tistrya; whose chariot is embraced by that goddess who is foremost > amongst those who have no deceit in them, O Spitama! who is fairer > than any creature in the world, and full of light to shine. I > will worship that chariot, wrought by the Maker, Ahura Mazda, > inlaid with stars and made of a heavenly substance; (the chariot) > of Mithra, who has ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, > undeceivable god. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth > being heard.... > > [[35]] > 144. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who > is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, > well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, > strong, sleepless, and ever awake. > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries; > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries; > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country; > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries; > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries; > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries; > 'We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries. > 145. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, > holy gods; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with > the trees that yield up baresma. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the > lord of all countries. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. > > 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > 'I bless the sacrifice and p yer, and the strength and vigour > of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, > ten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name; and that > of Rama Hvastra. > '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!' > > 11. Srosh Yasht Hadokht yt11sbe > ----------------------- > > 11. SROSH YASHT HADHOKHT. > Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the > East, American Edition, 1898.) > > 0 > 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 the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared > and lordly god, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > [[1]] > > 1 > We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, > who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness. > > Good prayer, excellent prayer to the worlds, O Zarathushtra! > 2 > This it is that takes away the friendship of the fiend and > fiends, of the he-fiend and of the she-fiend; it turns away in > giddiness their eyes, minds, ears, hands, feet, mouths, and tongues; > as good prayer, without deceit and without harm, is Manly Courage, > and turns away the Druj. > 3 > The holy Sraosha, the best protector ofthe poor, is fiend-smiting; > he is the best smiter of the Druj. > The faithful one who pronounces most words of blessing is the > most victorious in victory; the Mathra Spenta takes best the unseen > Druj way. The Ahuna Vairya is the best fiend-smiter among all > spells; the word of truth is the fighter that is the best of all > fiend-smiters. > The Law of the worshippers of Mazda is the truest giver of all > the good things of all those that are the offspring of the good > principle; and so is the Law of Zarathushtra. > 4 > And he who should pronounce that word, O Zarathushtra! either > a man or a woman with a mind all intent on holiness, with words > all intent on holiness, with deeds all intent on holiness, when > he is in fear either of high waters or of the darkness of a rainy > night; > Or at the fords of a river, or at the branching-off of roads; > > Or in the meeting together of the faithful, or the rushing together > of the worshippers of the Daevas; > 5 > Whether on the road or in the law he has to fear, not in that > day nor in that night shall the tormenting fiend, who wants to > torment him, prevail to throw upon him the look of his evil eye, > and the malice of the thief who carries off cattle shall not reach > him. > 6 > Pronounce then that word, O Zarathushtra! that word to be > spoken, when thou fall upon the idolaters and thieves and Daevas > rushing together. Then the malice of the wicked worshippers of > the Daevas, of the Yatus and their followers, of the Pairikas > and their followers, will be affrighted and rush away. Down are > the Daevas! Down are the Daeva-worshippers, and they take back > their mouths from biting. > 7 > And therefore we take around us the holy-natured Sraosha, > the holy, the fiend-smiter, as one does with shepherds' dogs; > therefore we sacrifice unto the holy-natured Sraosha, the holy, > the fiend-smiter, with good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. > 8 > For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious > power, for his offering sacrifices unto the gods, I will offer > him a sacrifice worth being heard. I will offer up libations unto > the holy Sraosha, unto the great Ashi Vanguhi, and unto Nairyo-sangha, > the tall-formed. > So may the holy Sraosha, the fiend-smiter, come to us for help! > 9 > We worship the holy Sraosha; we worship the great master, > Ahura Mazda, who is supreme in holiness, who is the foremost to > do deeds of holiness. > We worship all the words of Zarathushtra, and all the good deeds, > those done and those to be done. > Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... > > [[2]] > > 10 > We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed fiend-smiting Sraosha, > who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness > ; > Who strikes the evil-doing man, who strikes the evil-doing woman; > who smites the fiendish Druj, and is most strong and world-destroying; > who maintains and looks over all this moving world; > 11 > Who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation of Mazda; > who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation of Mazda; > who protects all the material world with his club uplifted, from > the hour when the sun is down; > 12 > Who never more did enjoy sleep from the time when the two > Spirits made the world, namely, the good Spirit and the evil One; > who every day, every night, fights with the Mazainya Daevas. > 13 > He bows not for fear and fright before the Daevas: before > him all the Daevas bow for fear and fright reluctantly, and rush > away to darkness. > For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious > power.... > > [[3]] > > 14 > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, > who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; > > Who with peace and friendship watches the Druj and the most beneficent > Spirit: so that the Amesha-Spentas may go along the seven Karshvares > of the earth; who is the teacher of the Law: he himself was taught > it by Ahura Mazda, the holy One. > For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious > power.... > > [[4]] > > 15 > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, > who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; > > Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has created to withstand Aeshma, the > fiend of the wounding spear; we sacrifice unto Peace, whose breath > is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt, > 16 > The friends of the holy Sraosha; > The friends of Rashnu Razista; > The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; > The friends of Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes the > world increase, who makes the world prosper; > The friends of Ashi Vanguhi; > The friends of the good Chisti; > The friends of the most right Chista; > 17 > The friends of all gods; > The friends of the Mathra Spenta; > The friends of the fiend-destrqying Law; > The friends of the long-traditional teaching; > The friends of the Amesha-Spentas; > The friends of ourselves, the Saoshyants, the two-footed part > of the holy creation; > The friends of all the beings of the holy world. > For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious > power.... > > [[5]] > > 18 > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of tbe Lord is the law of holiness.... > > We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, > who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; > > The first [Sraosha], the next, the middle, and the highest; with > the first sacrifice, with the next, with the middle, and with > the highest. We sacrifice unto all [the moments] of the holy and > strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word; > 19 > The strong Sraosha, of the manly courage, the warrior of the > strong arms, who breaks the skulls of the Daevas; who smites with > heavy blows and is strong to smite; the holy Sraosha, who smites > with heavy blows; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant of > both the holy Sraosha and Arshti. > 20 > We sacrifice for all the houses protected by Sraosha, where > the holy Sraosha is dear and friendly treated and satisfied, as > well as the faithful man, rich in good thoughts, rich in good > words, rich in good deeds. > 21 > We sacrifice unto the body of the holy Sraosha; > We sacrifice unto the body of Rashnu Razishta; > We sacrifice unto the body of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; > > We sacrifice unto the body of the holy wind; > We sacrifice unto the body of the good Law of the worshippers > of Mazda; > We sacrifice unto the body of Arshtat, who makes the world grow, > who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper; > We sacrifice unto the body of Ashi Vanguhi; > We sacrifice unto the body of the good Chisti; > We sacrifice unto the body of the most right Chista; > We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the gods; > 22 > We sacrifice unto the body of the Mathra Spenta; > We sacrifice unto the body of the fiend-destroying Law; > We sacrifice unto the body of the long-traditional teaching; > We sacrifice unto the bodies of the Amesha-Spentas; > We sacrifice unto the bodies of ourselves, the Saoshyants, the > two-footed part of the holy creation; > We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the beings of the holy world. > > For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious > power.... > 23 > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > I bless the sacrifice and prayer, the strength and vigour of the > holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared > and lordly god > [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, ... give him the bright, > all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones! > > 11a. Srosh Yasht > ---------------- > (See Yasna, chapter 57) > > 12. Rashn Yasht yt12sbe > --------------- > > 12. RASHN YASHT. > > 0. > 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 Rashnu Razishta; unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow, > who makes the world increase; unto the true-spoken speech, that > makes the world grow; > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > [[1]] > > 1. > The holy (Zarathushtra) asked him: 'O holy Ahura Mazda! I > ask thee; answer me with words of truth, thou who knowest the > truth. Thou art undeceivable, thou hast an undeceivable understanding; > thou art undeceivable, as thou knowest everything. > 'What of the Holy Word is created true? what is created progress-making? > what is fit to discern? what is healthful? what is wise? what > is happy and more powerful to destroy than all other creatures?' > 2. > Ahura Mazda answered: 'I will declare that unto thee, O pure, > holy Spitama! > 'The most glorious Holy Word (itself), this is what in the Holy > Word is created true, what is created progress making, what is > fit to discern, what is healthful, wise, and happy, what is more > powerful to destroy than all other creatures.' > 3. > Ahura Mazda said: 'Bind up a three-twigged baresma against > the way of the sun. [Address] unto me, Ahura Mazda, these words: > "We invoke, we bless [Ahura]; I invoke the friendship [of > Ahura] towards this var (ordeal) prepared, towards the fire and > the baresma, towards the full boiling [milk], towards the var > of oil and the sap of the plants." > 4. > 'Then I, Ahura Mazda, shall come for help unto thee, towards > this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, towards the > full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the sap of the > plants; > 'Along with the fiend-smiting Wind, along with the cursing thought > of the wise, along with the kingly Glory, along with Saoka, made > by Mazda. > 5. > 'We invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong; I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, towards > the full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the sap of: > the plants. > 6. > 'Then Rashnu the tall, the strong, will come for help unto > thee, towards this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, > towards the full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the > sap of the plants: > 'Along with the fiend-smiting Wind, along with the cursing thought > of the wise, along with the kingly Glory, along with Saoka, made > by Mazda. > 7. > 'O thou, holy Rashnu! O most true Rashnu! most beneficent > Rashnu! most knowing Rashnu! most discerning Rashnu I most fore-knowing > Rashnu! most far-seeing Rashnu I Rashnu, the best doer of justice! > Rashnu, the best smiter of thieves; > 8. > 'The uninjured, the best killer, smiter, destroyer of thieves > and bandits! in whatever part of the world thou art watching the > doings of men and making the account... (obscure). > > [[2]] > > 9. > 'Whether thou, O hoIy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Arezahi, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou > art. > > [[3]] > > 10. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Savahi, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this > var prepared ... in whatever part of the world thou art. > > [[4]] > > 11. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Fradadhafshu, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou > art. > > [[5]] > > 12. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vidadhafshu, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou > art. > > [[6]] > > 13. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vouru-bareshti, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou > art. > > [[7]] > > 14. ' Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vouru-jareshti, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou > art. > > [[8]] > > 15. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in this Karshvare, the bright > Hvaniratha, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his > friendship towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of > the world thou art. > > [[9]] > > 16. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sea Vouru-Kasha, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou > art. > > [[10]] > > 17. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the tree of the eagle, > that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha, that is called > the tree of good remedies, the tree of powerful remedies, the > tree of all remedies, and on which rest the seeds of all plants; > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[11]] > > 18. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Aodhas of the Rangha, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[12]] > > 19. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Sanaka of the Rangha, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[13]] > > 20. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at one of the angles of > this earth, we invoke we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[14]] > > 21. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at the boundary of this > earth, we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards > this var prepared.... > > [[15]] > > 22. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in any place of this earth, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this > var prepared.... > > [[16]] > > 23. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Hara Berezaiti, the > bright mountain around which the many (stars) revolve, where come > neither night nor darkness, no cold wind and no hot wind, no deathful > sickness, no uncleanness made by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot > reach up unto the Haraiti Bareza; we invoke, we bless Rashnu. > I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[17]] > > 24. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art upon the highest Hukairya, > of the deep precipices, made of gold, where from this river of > mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, leaps from a thousand times the height > of a man, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his > friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[18]] > > 25. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art upon the Taera of the height > Haraiti, around which the stars, the moon, and the sun revolve, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[19]] > > 26. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the star Vanant, made > by Mazda, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his > friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[20]] > > 27. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright and glorious > star Tishtrya, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke > his friendship towards the var prepared.... > > [[21]] > > 28. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the group of the Haptoiringa > stars, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[22]] > > 29. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have > the seed of the waters in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the > strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[23]] > > 30. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have > the seed of the earth in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the > strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[24]] > > 31. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have > the seed of the plants in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the > strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[25]] > > 32. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the stars that belong > to the Good Spirit, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I > invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[26]] > > 33. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the moon which has the > seed of the Bull in it, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. > I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[27]] > > 34. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the swift-horsed sun, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[28]] > > 35. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sovereign endless > Light, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[29]] > > 36. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright, all-happy, > blissful abode of the holy Ones, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the > strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... > > [[30]] > > 37. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the shining Garo-demana, > we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship > towards this var prepared.... > > [[31]] > > 38. > 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art, ... (obscure) we invoke, > we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this > var prepared.... > 39. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > 'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... > 40. > '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 Rashnu Razishta; of Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who > makes the world increase; and of the true-spoken speech that makes > the world grow. > '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.' > > 13. Frawardin Yasht yt13sbe > ------------------- > > 13. FRAWARDIN YASHT > > Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the East, > American Edition, 1898.) > > 0. > 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 the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the faithful; unto the > Fravashis of the men of the primitive law; unto the Fravashis > of the next-of-kin, > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > 1. > Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Do thou > proclaim, O pure Zarathushtra! the vigour and strength, the glory, > the help and the joy that are in the Fravashis of the faithful, > the awful and overpowering Fravashis; do thou tell how they come > to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis > of the faithful. > 2. > 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain > that sky, there above, shining and seen afar, and encompassing > this earth all around. > 3. > 'It looks like a palace, that stands built of a heavenly substance, > firmly established, with ends that lie afar, shining in its body > of ruby over the three-thirds (of the earth)"; it is like > a garment inlaid with stars, made of a heavenly substance, that > Mazda puts on, along with Mithra and Rashnu and Spenta-Armaiti, > and on no side can the eye perceive the end of it. > 4. > 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain > Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who > hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura who is worthy of > sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material > world, the life-increasing and holy, the flocks-increasing and > holy, the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth increasing and > holy, the country increasing and holy; > 5. > 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb > of all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females > bring forth in safety, who puts milk in the breasts of all females > in the right measure and the right quality; > 6. > 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole > of all the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully > from the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-kasha. > 7. > 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-kasha are boiling over, all > the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when > she streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand > cells and a thousand channels; the extent of each of those cells, > of each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty > days, riding on a good horse. > 8. > 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread > all over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on > bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine > purifies the seed in males, the womb in females, the milk in females' > breasts. > 9. > 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain > the wide earth made by Ahura, the large and broad earth, that > bears so much that is fine, that bears all the bodily world, the > live and the dead, and the high mountains, rich in pastures and > waters; > 10. > 'Upon which run the many streams and rivers; upon which the > many kinds of plants grow up from the ground, to nourish animals > and men, to nourish the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds > of animals, and to help the faithful. > 11. > 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain > in the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does > not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and I develop in it the bones, > the hair, the ..., the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs. > 12. > 'Had not the awful Fravashis of the faithful given help unto > me, those animals and men of mine, of which there are such excellent > kinds, would not subsist; strength would belong to the Druj, the > dominion would belong to the Druj, the material world would belong > to the Druj. > 13. > 'Between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would > be harassed by the Druj; between the earth and the sky the immaterial > creatures would be smitten by the Druj; and never afterwards would > Angra-Mainyu give way to the blows of Spenta-Mainyu. > 14. > 'Through their brightness and glory the waters run and flow > forward from the never-failing springs; through their brightness > and glory the plants grow up from the earth, by the never-failing > springs; through their brightness and glory the winds blow, driving > down the clouds towards the never-failing springs. > 15. > 'Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring; > through their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety; > it is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed > with children. > 16. > 'Through their brightness and glory a man is born who is a > chief in assemblies and meetings, who listens well to the (holy) > words, whom Wisdom holds dear, and who returns a victor from discussions > with Gaotema, the heretic. > 'Through their brightness and glory the sun goes his way; through > their brightness and glory the moon goes her way; through their > brightness and glory the stars go their way. > 17. > 'In fearful battles they are the wisest for help, the Fravashis > of the faithful. > 'The most powerful amongst the Fravashis of the faithful, O Spitama! > are those of the men of the primitive law or those of the Saoshyants > not yet born, who are to restore the world. Of the others, the > Fravashis of the living faithful are more powerful, O Zarathushtra! > than those of the dead, O Spitama! > 18. > 'And the man who in life shall treat the Fravashis of the > faithful well, will become a ruler of the country with full power, > and a chief most strong; so shall any man of you become, who shall > treat Mithra well, the lord of wide pastures, and Arshtat, who > makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. > 19. > 'Thus do I proclaim unto thee, O pure Spitama! the vigour > and strength, the glory, the help, and the joy that are in the > Fravashis of the faithful, the awful and overpowering Fravashis; > and how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, > the awful Fravashis of the faithful.' > > [[2]] > > 20. > Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'If in > this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thou happenest to > come upon frightful roads, full of dangers and fears, O Zarathushtra! > and thou fearest for thyself, then do thou recite these words, > then proclaim these fiend-smiting words, O Zarathushtra! > 21. > '"I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice > unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We > worship the Fravashis of the masters of the houses, those of the > lords of the boroughs, those of the lords of the towns, those > of the lords of the countries, those of the Zarathustrotemas; > the Fravashis of those that are, the Fravashis of those that have > been, the Fravashis of those that will be; all the Fravashis of > all nations, and most friendly the Fravashis of the friendly nations; > 22. > '"Who maintain the sky, who maintain the waters, who > maintain the earth, who maintain the cattle, who maintain in the > womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die > from the assaults of Vidotu, and develop in it the bones, the > hair, the ...., the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs; > 23. > '"Who are much-bringing, who move with awfulness, well-moving, > swiftly moving, quickly moving, who move when invoked; who are > to be invoked in the conquest of good, who are to be invoked in > fights against foes, who are to be invoked in battles; > 24. > '"Who give victory to their invoker, who give boons to > their lover, who give health to the sick man, who give good Glory > to the faithful man that brings libations and invokes them with > a sacrifice and words of propitiation, > 25. > '"Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most > devoted to holiness, and where is the greatest piety, where the > faithful man is rejoiced, and where the faithful man is not ill-treated."' > > [[3]] > > 26. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who are the mightiest of drivers, the lightest of those driving > forwards, the slowest of the retiring, the safest of all bridges, > the least-erring of all weapons and arms, and who never turn their > backs. > 27. > At once, wherever they come, we worship them, the good ones, > the excellent ones, the good, the strong, the beneficent Fravashis > of the faithful. They are to be invoked when the bundles of baresma > are tied; they are to be invoked in fights against foes, in battles, > and there where gallant men strive to conquer foes. > 28. > Mazda invoked them for help, when he fixed the sky and the > waters and the earth and the plants; when Spenta-Mainyu fixed > the sky, when he fixed the waters, when the earth, when the cattle, > when the plants, when the child conceived in the womb, so that > it should not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and developed in > it the bones, the hair, the ...., the entrails, the feet, and > the sexual organs. > 29. > Spenta-Mainyu maintained the sky, and they sustained it from > below, they, the strong Fravashis, who sit in silence, gazing > with sharp looks; whose eyes and ears are powerful, who bring > long joy, high and high-girded; well-moving and moving afar, loud-snorting, > possessing riches and a high renown. > > [[4]] > > 30. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; > whose friendship is good, and who know how to benefit; whose friendship > lasts long; who like to stay in the abode where they are not harmed > by its dwellers; who are good, beautiful afar, health-giving, > of high renown, conquering in battle, and who never do harm first. > > [[5]] > > 31. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; > whose will is dreadful unto those who vex them; powerfully working > and most beneficent; who in battle break the dread arms of their > foes and haters. > > [[6]] > > 32. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; > liberal, valiant, and full of strength, not to be seized by thought, > welfare-giving, kind, and health-giving, following with Ashi's > remedies, as far as the earth extends, as the rivers stretch, > as the sun rises. > > [[7]] > > 33. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who gallantly and bravely fight, causing havoc, wounding, breaking > to pieces all the malice of the malicious, Daevas and men, and > smiting powerfully in battle, at their wish and will. > 34. > You kindly deliver the Victory made by Ahura, and the crushing > Ascendant, most beneficently, to those countries where you, the > good ones, unharmed and rejoiced, unoppressed and unoffended, > have been held worthy of sacrifice and prayer, and proceed the > way of your wish. > > [[8]] > > 35. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > of high renown, smiting in battle, most strong, shield-bearing > and harmless to those who are true, whom both the pursuing and > the fleeing invoke for help: the pursuer invokes them for a swift > race, and for a swift race does the fleer invoke them; > 36. > Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most devoted > to holiness, and where is the greatest piety, where the faithful > man is rejoiced, and where the faithful man is not ill-treated. > > [[9]] > > 37. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who form many battalions, girded with weapons, lifting up spears, > and full of sheen; who in fearful battles come rushing along where > the gallant heroes go and assail the Danus. > 38. > There you destroy the victorious strength of the Turanian > Danus; there you destroy the malice of the Turanian Danus; through > you the chiefs are of high intellect and most successful; they, > the gallant heroes, the gallant Saoshyants, the gallant conquerors > of the offspring of the Danus chiefs of myriads, who wound with > stones. > > [[10]] > > 39. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who rout the two wings of an army standing in battle array, who > make the centre swerve, and swiftly pursue onwards, to help the > faithful and to distress the doers of evil deeds. > > [[11]] > > 40. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; > awful, overpowering, and victorious, smiting in battle, sorely > wounding, blowing away (the foes), moving along to and fro, of > good renown, fair of body, godly of soul, and holy; who give victory > to their invoker, who give boons to their lover, who give health > to the sick man; > 41. > Who give good glory to him who worships them with a sacrifice, > as that man did worship them, the holy Zarathushtra, the chief > of the material world, the head of the two-footed race, in whatever > struggle he had to enter, in whatever distress he did fear; > 42. > Who, when well invoked, enjoy bliss in the heavens; who, when > well invoked, come forward from the heavens, who are the heads > of that sky above, possessing the well-shapen Strength, the Victory > made by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant, and Welfare, the wealth-bringing, > boon-bringing, holy, well fed, worthy of sacrifice and prayer > in the perfection of holiness. > 43. > They shed Satavaesa between the earth and the sky, him to > whom the waters belong, who listens to appeals and makes the waters > flow and the plants grow up, to nourish animals and men, to nourish > the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds of animals and to > help the faithful. > 44. > Satavaesa comes down and flows between the earth and the sky, > he to whom the waters belong, who listens to appeals and makes > the waters and the plants grow up, fair, radiant, and full of > light, to nourish animals and men, to nourish the Aryan nations, > to nourish the five kinds of animals, and to help the faithful. > > [[12]] > > 45. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; > with helms of brass, with weapons of brass, with armour of brass; > who struggle in the fights for victory in garments of light, arraying > the battles and bringing them forwards, to kill thousands of Daevas. > > When the wind blows from behind them and brings their breath unto > men, > 46. > Then men know where blows the breath of victory: and they > pay pious homage unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of > the faithful, with their hearts prepared and their arms uplifted. > 47. > Whichever side they have been first worshipped in the fulness > of faith of a devoted heart, to that side turn the awful Fravashis > of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu and the awful cursing > thought of the wise and the victorious wind. > 48. > And those nations are smitten at one stroke by their fifties > and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by > their thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of > thousands and their myriads of myriads, against which turn the > awful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu, > and the awful cursing thought of the wise and the victorious wind. > > [[13]] > > 49. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who come and go through the borough at the time of the Hamaspathmaidyem; > they go along there for ten nights, asking thus: > 50. > 'Who will praise us? Who will offer us a sacrifice? Who will > meditate upon us? Who will bless us? Who will receive us with > meat and clothes in his hand and with a prayer worthy of bliss? > Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation? Of which > of you will the soul be worshipped by you with a sacrifice? To > whom will this gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing > food for ever and ever?' > 51. > And the man who offers them up a sacrifice, with meat and > clothes in his hand, with a prayer worthy of bliss, the awful > Fravashis of the faithful, satisfied, unharmed, and unoffended, > bless thus: > 52. > 'May there be in this house flocks of animals and men! May > there be a swift horse and a solid chariot! May there be a man > who knows how to praise God and rule in an assembly, who will > offer us sacrifices with meat and clothes in his hand, and with > a prayer worthy of bliss.' > > [[14]] > > 53. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who show beautiful paths to the waters, made by Mazda, which had > stood before for a long time in the same place without flowing: > 54. > And now they flow along the path made by Mazda, along the > way made by the gods, the watery way appointed to them, at the > wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas. > > [[15]] > > 55. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who show a beautiful growth to the fertile plants, which had stood > before for a long time in the same place without growing; > 56. > And now they grow up along the path made by Mazda, along the > way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish > of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas. > > [[16]] > > 57. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who showed their paths to the stars, the moon, the sun, and the > endless lights, that had stood before for a long time in the same > place, without moving forwards, through the oppression of the > Daevas and the assaults of the Daevas. > 58. > And now they move around in their far-revolving circle for > ever, till they come to the time of the good restoration of the > world. > > [[17]] > > 59. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who watch over the bright sea Vouru-Kasha, to the number of ninety > thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. > > [[18]] > > 60. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who watch over the stars Haptoiringa, to the number of ninety > thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. > > [[19]] > > 61. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who watch over the body of Keresaspa, the son of Sama, the club-bearer > with plaited hair, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine > thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. > > [[20]] > > 62. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who watch over the seed of the holy Zarathushtra, to the number > of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. > > [[21]] > > 63. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who fight at the right hand of the reigning lord, if he rejoices > the faithful and if the awful Fravashis of the faithful are not > hurt by him, if they are rejoiced by him, unharmed and unoffended. > > [[22]] > > 64. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who are greater, who are stronger, who are swifter, who are more > powerful, who are more victorious, who are more healing, who are > more effective than can be expressed by words; who run by tens > of thousands into the midst of the Myazdas. > 65. > And when the waters come up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama > Zarathushtra! along with the Glory made by Mazda, then forwards > come the awful Fravashis of the faithful, many and many hundreds, > many and many thousands, many and many tens of thousands, > 66. > Seeking water for their own kindred, for their own borough, > for their own town, for their own country, and saying thus: 'May > our own country have a good store and full joy!' > 67. > They fight in the battles that are fought in their own place > and land, each according to the place and house where he dwelt > (of yore): they look like a gallant warrior who, girded up and > watchful, fights for the hoard he has treasured up. > 68. > And those of them who win bring waters to their own kindred, > to their own borough, to their own town, to their own country, > saying thus: 'May my country grow and increase!' > 69. > And when the all-powerful sovereign of a country has been > surprised by his foes and haters, he invokes them, the awful Fravashis > of the faithful. > 70. > And they come to his help, if they have not been hurt by him, > if they have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed > nor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful: they come flying > unto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds. > 71. > They come in as a weapon and as a shield, to keep him behind > and to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female > Varenya fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that > fiend who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were > a thousand men watching over one man; > 72. > So that neither the sword well-thrust, neither the club well-falling, > nor the arrow well-shot, nor the spear well-darted, nor the stones > flung from the arm shall destroy him. > 73. > They come on this side, they come on that side, never resting, > the good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, asking > for help thus: 'Who will praise us? Who will offer us a sacrifice? > Who will meditate upon us? Who will bless us? Who will receive > us with meat and clothes in his hand and with a prayer worthy > of bliss? Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation? > Of which of you will the soul be worshipped by you with a sacrifice? > To whom will that gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing > food for ever and ever?' > 74. > We worship the perception; we worship the intellect; we worship > the conscience; we worship those of the Saoshyants; > We worship the souls; those of the tame animals; those of the > wild animals; those of the animals that live in the waters; those > of the animals that live under the ground; those of the flying > ones; those of the running ones; those of the grazing ones. > We worship their Fravashis. > 75. > We worship the Fravashis. > We worship them, the liberal; > We worship them, the valiant; we worship them, the most valiant; > > We worship them, the beneficent; we worship them, the most beneficent; > > We worship them, the powerful; > We worship them, the most strong; > We worship them, the light; we worship them, the most light; > We worship them, the effective; we worship them, the most effective. > 76. > They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two > Spirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, > who stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world, > the Good Spirit and the Evil One. > 77. > When Angra Mainyu broke into the creation of the good holiness, > then came in across Vohu Mano and Atar. > 78. > They destroyed the malice of the fiend Angra Mainyu, so that > the waters did not stop flowing nor did the plants stop growing; > but at once the most beneficent waters of the creator and ruler, > Ahura Mazda, flowed forward and his plants went on growing. > 79. > We worship all the waters; > We worship all the plants; > We worship all the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. > > We worship the waters by their names; > We worship the plants by their names; > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful > by their names. > 80. > Of all those ancient Fravashis, we worship the Fravashi of > Ahura Mazda; who is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the most > solid, the wisest, the finest of body and supreme in holiness; > 81. > Whose soul is the Mathra Spenta, who is white, shining, seen > afar; and we worship the beautiful forms, the active forms wherewith > he clothes the Amesha-Spentas; we worship the swift-horsed sun. > > [[23]] > > 82. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the Amesha-Spentas, > the bright ones, whose looks perform what they wish, the tall, > quickly coming to do, strong, and lordly, who are undecaying and > holy; > 83. > Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one > speech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same, > whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father > and commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda; > 84. > Who see one another's soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking > of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana, > and whose ways are shining as they go down towards the libations. > > [[24]] > > 85. > We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis: that of > the most rejoicing fire, the beneficent and assembly-making; and > that of the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a > mighty-speared and lordly god; and that of Nairyo-sangha. > 86. > And that of Rashnu Razishta; > That of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; > That of the Mathra-Spenta; > That of the sky; > That of the waters; > That of the earth; > That of the plants; > That of the Bull; > That of the living man; > That of the holy creation. > 87. > We worship the Fravashi of Gaya Maretan, who first listened > unto the thought and teaching of Ahura Mazda; of whom Ahura formed > the race of the Aryan nations, the seed of the Aryan nations. > > We worship the piety and the Fravashi of the holy Zarathushtra; > 88. > Who first thought what is good, who first spoke what is good, > who first did what is good; who was the first Priest, the first > Warrior, the first Plougher of the ground; who first knew and > first taught; who first possessed and first took possession of > the Bull, of Holiness, of the Word, the obedience to the Word, > and dominion, and all the good things made by Mazda, that are > the offspring of the good Principle; > 89. > Who was the first Priest, the first Warrior, the first Plougher > of the ground; who first took the turning of the wheel from the > hands of the Daeva and of the cold-hearted man; who first in the > material world pronounced the praise of Asha, thus bringing the > Daevas to naught, and confessed himself a worshipper of Mazda, > a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas, and obeys > the laws of Ahura. > 90. > Who first in the material world said the word that destroys > the Daevas, the law of Ahura; who first in the material world > proclaimed the word that destroys the Daevas, the law of Ahura; > who first in the material world declared all the creation of the > Daevas unworthy of sacrifice and prayer; who was strong, giving > all the good things of life, the first bearer of the Law amongst > the nations; > 91. > In whom was heard the whole Mathra, the word of holiness; > who was the lord and master of the world, the praiser of the most > great, most good and most fair Asha; who had a revelation of the > Law, that most excellent of all beings; > 92. > For whom the Amesha-Spentas longed, in one accord with the > sun, in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart; they longed for > him, as the lord and master of the world, as the praiser of the > most great, most good, and most fair Asha, as having a revelation > of the Law, that most excellent of all beings; > 93. > 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 creations cried > out, Hail! > 94. > 'Hail to us! for he is born, the Athravan, Spitama Zarathushtra. > Zarathushtra will offer us sacrifices with libations and bundles > of baresma; and there will the good Law of the worshippers of > Mazda come and spread through all the seven Karshvares of the > earth. > 95. > 'There will Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, increase all > the excellences of our countries, and allay their troubles; there > will the powerful Apam-Napat increase all the excellences of our > countries, and allay their troubles.' > We worship the piety and Fravashi of Maidhyo-maungha, the son > of Arasti, who first listened unto the word and teaching of Zarathushtra. > > [[25]] > > 96. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asmo-hvanvant; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asan-hvanvant. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gavayan. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshat-gaush. the son of > Frata; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohvasti, the son of Snaoya; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Isvat, the son of Varaza. > 97. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Saena, the son of Ahum-stut, > who first appeared upon this earth with a hundred pupils. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhidaya. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmanara, the son of Paeshata. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-raochah, the son of Franya; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-raochah, the son of Franya; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmo-raochah, the son of > Franya. > 98. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Isat-vastra, the son of > Zarathushtra; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Urvatat-nara, the son of Zarathushtra; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chithra, the son of > Zarathushtra. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daevo-tbis, the son of Takhma. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrimithwant, the son of Spitama. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daungha, the son of Zairita. > 99. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Vistaspa; the gallant > one, who was the incarnate Word, the mighty-speared, and lordly > one; who, driving the Druj before him, sought wide room for the > holy religion; who, driving the Druj before him, made wide room > for the holy religion, who made himself the arm and support of > this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathushtra. > 100. > Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus, > and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high > ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle > and pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures. > 101. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairi-vairi; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhta-vairi; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Sriraokhshan; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaokhshan; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanara; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varaza; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Bujisravah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezyarshti; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tizyarshti; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Perethu-arshti; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vizhyarshti. > 102. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Naptya; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vazhaspa; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Habaspa. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vistauru, the son of Naotara. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frash-ham-vareta; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasho-kareta. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-vanu; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-pata; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-data; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-chithra; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-hvarenah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-savah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-zantu; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-danghu. > 103. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hushkyaothna; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pishkyaothna; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spento-data. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Basta-vairi; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kava-razem. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frashaoshtra, the son of Hvova; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jamaspa, the son of Hvova; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avaraoshtri. > 104. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hushkyaothna, the son > of Frashaoshtra; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvadaena, the son of Frashaoshtra. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hanghaurvaungh, the son of > Jamaspa; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vareshna, the son of Hanghaurvaungh. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-nemah, the son of Avaraoshtri, > > To withstand evil dreams, to withstand evil visions, to withstand > evil ....(?), to withstand the evil Pairikas. > 105. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mathravaka, the son of > Simaezhi, the Aethrapati, the Hamidhpati, who was able to smite > down most of the evil, unfaithful Ashemaoghas, that shout the > hymns, and acknowledge no lord and no master, the dreadful ones > whose Fravashis are to be broken; to withstand the evil done by > the faithful. > 106. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-stu, the son of Maidhyo-maungha. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avarethrabah, the son of Rastare-vaghant. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Bujra, the son of Dazgaraspa. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zbaurvant; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Karesna, the son > of Zbaurvant; who was the incarnate Word, mighty-speared and lordly; > 107. > In whose house did walk the good, beautiful, shining Ashi > Vanguhi, in the shape of a maid fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, > high-up girded, pure, nobly born of a glorious seed; who, rushing > to the battle, knew how to make room for himself with his own > arms; who, rushing to the battle, knew how to fight the foe with > his own arms. > 108. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Viraspa, the son of Karesna; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Azata, the son of Karesna: > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frayaodha, the son of Karesna. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy and good Arshya; Arshya, the > chief in assemblies, the most energetic of the worshippers of > Mazda. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Darayat-ratha; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frayat-ratha; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Skarayat-ratha. > 109. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arshvant; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vyarshvant; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paityarshvant. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Amru; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Chamru. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Dratha; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paiti-dratha; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paiti-vangha. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasha-vakhsha. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Nemo-vanghu, the son of Vaedhayangha. > 110. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Visadha. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-vanghu, the son of Bivandangha; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jaro-danghu, the son of Pairishtira; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Neremyazdana, the son of Athwyoza. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezishnu, the son of Ara; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kasupatu, the son of Ara. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frya. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA. > > [[26]] > > 111. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaopi-vanghu. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Ham-baretar vanghvam. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Staotar-Vahishtahe-Ashyehe. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru-dhakhshti, the son of > Khshtavaenya; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Khshoi-wraspa, the son of > Khshtavaenya. > 112. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ayo-asti, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohv-asti, the son of Pount-dhakhshti; > > We-worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaya-dhasti, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-vazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Urudhu, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Khshathro-chinah, the son > of Khshvoiwraspa. > 113. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ashahura, the son of Jishti. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fraya-zanta; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frenah, the son of Frayazanta; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jaro-vanghu, the son of Frayazanta. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy Asha-vazdah and Thrita, the > sons of Sayuzhdri. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-raochah, the son of Varakasa. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arejan-ghant, the Turanian. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usinemah. > 114. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhtaspa. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-skyaothna, the son of > Gayadhasti. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-nemah, the son of Katu; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-vazdah, the son of Katu. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-saredha, the son of Asha-sairyach; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-saredha, the son of Zairyach. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Chakhshni. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Syavaspi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pourushti, the son of Kavi. > 115. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmapa, the son of > Janara. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Nanarasti, the son of Paeshatah; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holv Zarazdati, the son of Paeshatah. > > We worship tke Fravashi of the holy Gaevani, the son of Vohu-nemah. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy Arezva and Sruta-spadha > We worship the Fravashis Of the holy Zrayah and Spento-khratu. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varshni, the son of Vagereza. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frachya, the son of Taurvati. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vahmae-data, the son of Mathravaka, > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtra, the son of Sadhanah. > 116. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Danghu-sruta; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Danghu-fradhah. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aspo-padho-makhshti; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Payanghro-makhshti. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtazanta. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-savah, > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-urvatha. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Haomo-hvarenah. > 117. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frava. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usnaka. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvanvant. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daeno-vazah. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arejaona. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aiwi-hvarenah. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huyazata. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hare-dhaspa. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pazinah. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvakhshathra. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-paoirya, > We worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA. > > [[27]] > > 118. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hugau. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Anghuyu. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gauri; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yushta, the son of Gauri. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mazdra-vanghu; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Srira-vanghu. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ayuta. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Suro-yazata. > 119. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Eredhwa > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kavi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshan, the son of the great > Vidi-sravah, known afar. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanghu-dhata, the son of Hvadhata; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzya, the son of Vanghu-dhata; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frya. > 120. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yenhe-raochau; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yenhe-vereza; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yahmai-ushta. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yoishta, of the Fryana house. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmanara, the son of Paeshatah > Paitisrira, to withstand the evil done by one's kindred. > 121. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Spiti, the son of Uspasnu; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Erezraspa, the son of Uspasnu. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usadhan, the son of Mazdayasna. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-vanghu, the son of > Stivant. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Raochas-chaeshman; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chaeshman > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasrutara; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Visrutara. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Baremna. We worship the Fravashi > of the holy Visruta. > 122. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvaspa; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Chathwaraspa. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Dawra-maeshi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fraora-ostra, the son of Kaosha. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frinaspa, the son of Kaeva. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-nara, the son of Gravaratu. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-ushtra, the son of Akhnangha. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vivare-shvant, the son of > Ainyu. > 123. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frarazi, the son of Tura. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Stipi, the son of Ravant. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshanta, the son of Gandarewa. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avahya, the son of Spenta. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aeta, the son of Mayu; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yaetush-gau, the son of Vyatana. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Garshta, the son of Kavi. > 124. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru-bangha, the son > of Zaosha. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-data, the son of Kata. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Baungha, the son of Saungha. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy Hvareza and Ankasa. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aravaoshtra, the son of Erezvat-danghu. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frachithra, the son of Berezvant. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-peresa, the son of Ainyu. > 125. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paro-dasma, the son of > Dashtaghni, a Miza man of the Miza land. > We worship the Fravashis of the holy Fratira and Baeshatastira. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy and pure Avare-gau, the son > of Aoighimatastira. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaomant, the son of Zavan, > a Raozhdya man of the Raozhdya land. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrit, the son of Aevo-saredha-fyaeshta, > a Tanya man of the Tanya land. > 126. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tiro-nakathwa, of the > Uspaeshta-Saena house. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Utayuti Vit-kavi, the son > of Zighri, of the Saena house; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frohakafra, the son of Merezishmya, > of the Saena house. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmo-raochah, the son of > Perethu-afzem. > 127. > We worship the Fravashis of the holy Asha-nemah and Vidat-gau, > of this country. > We worship the Fravashis of the holy Par-shat-gau and Dazgara-gau, > of the Apakhshira country. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hufra-vakhsh, of the Kahrkana > house. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Akayadha, of the Pidha house. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jamaspa, the younger. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Maidhyo-maungha, the younger. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Urvatat-nara, the younger. > 128. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Raochas-chaeshman; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chaeshman; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-hvarenah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varedat-hvarenah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vouru-nemah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vouru-savah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyat-ereta; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyat-nemah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA; > > [[28]] > > 129. > Whose name will be the victorious SAOSHYANT and whose name > will be Astvat-ereta. He will be SAOSHYANT (the Beneficent One), > because he will benefit the whole bodily world; he will be ASTVAT-ERETA > (he who makes the bodily creatures rise up), because as a bodily > creature and as a living creature he will stand against the destruction > of the bodily creatures, to withstand the Druj of the two-footed > brood, to withstand the evil done by the faithful. > > [[29]] > > 130. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yima, the son of Vivanghant; > the valiant Yima, who had flocks at his wish; to stand against > the oppression caused by the Daevas, against the drought that > destroys pastures, and against death that creeps unseen. > 131. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thraetaona, of the Athwya > house; to stand against itch, hot fever, humours, cold fever, > and incontinency, to stand against the evil done by the Serpent. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aoshnara, the son of Pouru-jira. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzava, the son of Tumaspa. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aghraeratha, the demi-man. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Manushchithra, the son of > Airyu. > 132. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Kavata; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Aipivanghu; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Usadhan; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arshan; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pisanah; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Byarshan; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Syavarshan; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Husravah; > 133. > For the well-shapened Strength, for the Victory made by Ahura, > for the crushing Ascendant for the righteousness of the law, for > the innocence of the law, for the unconquerable power of the law; > for the extermination of the enemies at one stroke; > 134. > 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; and > for that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to > those who do not follow impiety; > 135. > For a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, and > for all boons and remedies; to withstand the Yatus and Pairikas, > the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; to withstand the evil > done by oppressors. > 136. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaspa, the Sama, the > club-bearer with plaited hair; to withstand the dreadful arm and > the hordes with the wide battle array, with the many spears, with > the straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the spears > of havoc; to withstand the dreadful brigand who works destruction, > the man-slayer who has no mercy; to withstand the evil done by > the brigand. > 137. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Akhrura, the son of Husravah; > > To withstand the wicked one that deceives his friend and the niggard > that causes the destruction of the world. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Haoshyangha; > To withstand tke Mazainya Daevas and the Varenya fiends; to withstand > the evil done by the Daevas. > 138. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhakhshti, the son > of the jar, > To withstand Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear, and the > Daevas that grow through Aeshma; to withstand the evil done by > Aeshma. > > [[30]] > > 139. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvovi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thriti; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouruchista. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hutaosa; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huma. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairichi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vispa-taurvashi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtavaiti. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tushnamaiti. > 140. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of Usenemah; > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of the son > of Frayazanta; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of the son > of Khshoiwraspa; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of Gayadhasti. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asabani, the wife of Pourudhakhsti. > > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyeinti, the wife of Staotar-Vahishtahe-Ashyehe. > 141. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vadhut. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Jaghrudh. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Franghadh. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Urudhayant. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Paesanghanu. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvaredhi. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huchithra. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kanuka. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Srutat-fedhri. > 142. > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vanghu-fedhri; > We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Eredat-fedhri, who is > called Vispa-taurvairi. She is Vispa-taurvairi (the all-destroying) > because she will bring him forth, who will destroy the malice > of Daevas and men, to withstand the evil done by the Jahi. > 143. > We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Aryan countries; > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Aryan countries. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Turanian countries; > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Turanian countries. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan countries; > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Sairimyan countries. > 144. > We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan > countries; > We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Saini countries. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Dahi countries; > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Dahi countries. > > We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in all countries; > We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in all countries. > 145. > We worship all the good, awful, beneficent Fravashis of the > faithful, from Gaya Mareta down to the victorious Saoshyant. May > the Fravashis of the faithful come quickly to us! May they come > to our help! > 146. > They protect us when in distress with manifest assistance, > with the assistance of Ahura Mazda and of the holy, powerful Sraosha, > and with the Mathra-Spenta, the all-knowing, who hates the Daevas > with a mighty hate, a friend of Ahura Mazda, whom Zarathushtra > worshipped so greatly in the material world. > 147. > May the good waters and the plants and the Fravashis of the > faithful abide down here! May you be rejoiced and well received > in this house! Here are the Athravans of the countries, thinking > of good holiness. Our hands are lifted up for asking help, and > for offering a sacrifice unto you, O most beneficent Fravashis! > 148. > We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women > whose souls are worthy of sacrifice, whose Fravashis are worthy > of invocation. > We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women, our > sacrificing to whom makes us good in the eyes of Akura Mazda: > of all of those we have heard that Zarathushtra is the first and > best, as a follower of Ahura and as a performer of the law. > 149. > We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi > of men of the primitive law, of the first who listened to the > teaching (of Ahura), holy men and holy women, who struggled for > holiness; we worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, > and Fravashi of our next-of-kin, holy men and holy women, who > struggled for holiness. > 150. > We worship the men of the primitive law who will be in these > houses, boroughs, towns, and countries; > We worship the men of the primitive law who have been in these > houses, boroughs, towns, and countries; > We worship the men of the primitive law who are in these houses, > boroughs, towns, and countries. > 151. > We worship the men of the primitive law in all houses, boroughs, > towns, and countries, who obtained these houses, who obtained > these boroughs, who obtained these towns, who obtained these countries, > who obtained holiness, who obtained the Mathra, who obtained the > [blessedness of the] soul, who obtained all the perfections of > goodness. > 152. > We worship Zarathushtra, the lord and master of all the material > world, the man of the primitive law; the wisest of all-beings, > the best-ruling of all beings, the brightest of all beings, the > most glorious of all beings, the most worthy of sacrifice amongst > all beings, the most worthy of prayer amongst all beings, the > most worthy of propitiation amongst all beings, the most worthy > of glorification amongst all beings, whom we call well-desired > and worthy of sacrifice and prayer as much as any being can be, > in the perfection of his holiness. > 153. > We worship this earth; we worship those heavens; > We worship those good things that stand between (the earth and > the heavens) and that are worthy of sacrifice and prayer and are > to be worshipped by the faithful man. > 154. > We worship the souls of the wild beasts and of the tame. > We worship the souls of the holy men and women, born at any time, > whose consciences struggle, or will struggle, or have. struggled, > for the good. > 155. > We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi > of the holy men and holy women who struggle, will struggle, or > have struggled, and teach the Law and who have struggled for holiness. > > Yenhe hatam: All those beings to whom Ahura Mazda... > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > 156. > The Fravashis of the faithful, awful and overpowering, awful > and victorious; the Fravashis of the men of the primitive law; > the Fravashis of the next-of-kin; may these Fravashis come satisfied > into this house, may they walk satisfied through this house! > 157. > May they, being satisfied, bless this house with the presence > of the kind Ashi Vanguhi! May they leave this house satisfied! > May they carry back from here hymns and worship to the Maker, > Ahura Mazda, and the Amesha-Spentas! May they not leave this house > of us, the worshippers of Mazda, complaining! > 158. > 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 the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the faithful; of the Fravashis > of the men of the primitive law; of the Fravashis of the next-of-kin. > > 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. > > 14. Warharan Yasht yt14sbe > ------------------ > > 14. WARHARAN YASHT > > 0. > 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 Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and unto the crushing Ascendant; > > Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. > > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > 1. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the > best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 2. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him first, running in > the shape of a strong, beautiful wind, made by Mazda; he bore > the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, that is > both health and strength. > 3. > Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest > in strength; I am the most victorious in victory; I am the most > glorious in glory; I am the most favouring in favour; I am the > best giver of welfare: I am the best-healing in health-giving. > 4. > 'And I shall destroy the malice of all the malicious, the > malice of Daevas and men, of the 'Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, > the blind, and the deaf. > 5. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard; namely, unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. We > worship Verethraghna, made by Ahura, with an offering of libations, > according to the primitive ordinances of Ahura; with 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.... > > [[2]] > > 6. > 'We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.' > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! > Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 7. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the second time, > running in the shape of a beautiful bull, with yellow ears and > golden horns; upon whose horns floated the well-shapen Strength, > and Victory, beautiful of form, made by Ahura: thus did he come, > bearing the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, > that is both health and strength. > Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest > in strength...., > 'And I shall destroy the malice of all malicious.... > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[3]] > > 8. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! > 'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 9. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the third time, running > in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with yellow ears and > a golden caparison; upon whose forehead floated the well-shapen > Strength, and Victory, beautiful of form, made by Ahura: thus > did he come, bearing the good Glory, made by Mazda, that is both > health and strength. > Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest > in strength.... > 'And I shall destroy the malice of all malicious....' > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[4]] > > 10. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, 'Who is the best-armed of > the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 11. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the fourth time, > running in the shape of a burden-bearing camel, sharp-toothed, > swift ...., stamping forwards, long-haired, and living in the > abodes of men; > 12. > Who of all males in rut shows greatest strength and greatest > fire, when he goes to his females. Of all females those are best > kept whom a burden-bearing camel keeps, who has thick forelegs > and large humps, ...., quick-eyed, long-headed, bright, tall, > and strong; > 13. > Whose piercing look goes afar ...., even in the dark of the > night; who throws white foam along his mouth; well-kneed, well-footed, > standing with the countenance of an all-powerful master: Thus > did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, the > Glory made by Mazda > > [[5]] > > 14. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the > best-armed of the heavenly gods?' Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathushtra!' > 15. > 'Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the fifth time, > running in the shape of a boar, opposing the foes, a sharp-toothed > he-boar, a sharp-jawed boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, > wrathful, with a dripping face, strong, and swift to run, and > rushing all around. > Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, > the Glory made by Mazda. > > [[6]] > > 16. > We sacrifice unto Verethragna, made by ..... Zarathushtra > asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker > of the material world, thou Holy One! > 'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 17. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the sixth time, running > in the shape of a beautiful youth of fifteen, shining, clear-eyed, > thin-heeled. > Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, > the Glory made by Mazda.... > > [[7]] > > 18. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! > 'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 19. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the seventh time, > running in the shape of a raven that ... below and ... above, > and that is the swiftest of all birds, the lightest of the flying > creatures. > 20. > He alone of living things, - he or none, - overtakes the flight > of an arrow, however well it has been shot. He flies up joyfully > at the first break of dawn, wishing the night to be no more, wishing > the dawn, that has not yet come, to come. > 21. > He grazes the hidden ways of the mountains, he grazes the > tops of the mountains, he grazes the depths of the vales, he grazes > the summits of the trees, listening to the voices of the birds. > > Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, > the Glory made by Mazda. > > [[8]] > > 22. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world. thou Holy One! Who is the > best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 23. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the eighth time, > running in the shape of a wild, beautiful ram, with horns bent > round. > Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, > the Glory made by Mazda.... > > [[9]] > > 24. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the > best-armed of the heavenly gods?' Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathushtra!' > 25. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the ninth time, running > in the shape of a beautiful, fighting buck, with sharp horns. > Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, > the Glory made by Mazda.... > > [[10]] > > 26. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the > best-armed of the heavenly gods?' > Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama > Zarathushtra!' > 27. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the tenth time, running > in the shape of a man, bright and beautiful, made by Mazda: he > held a sword with a golden blade, inlaid with all sorts of ornaments. > > Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, > the Glory made by Mazda. > > [[11]] > > 28. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility, > who makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace, > who has a free way. > Unto him did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice, [asking] > for victorious thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, > victorious addressing, and victorious answering. > 29. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of manliness, > the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness > of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives > beneath the waters and can measure a rippling of the water, not > thicker than a hair, in the Rangha whose ends lie afar, whose > depth is a thousand times the height of a man. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[12]] > > 30. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility, > who makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace, > who has a free way. > Unto him did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice, [asking] > for victorious thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, > victorious addressing, and victorious answering. > 31. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of manliness, > the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness > of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that, > in the dark of the night, in its first half and through the rain, > can perceive a horse's hair lying on the ground and knows whether > it is from the head or from the tail. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[13]] > > 32. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility, > who makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace, > who has a free way. > Unto him did the holy Zarathushtra sacrifice, [asking] for victorious > thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, victorious addressing, > and victorious answering. > 33. > Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of virility, > the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness > of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden > collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece > of flesh not thicker than the fist, giving just as much light > as a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[14]] > > 34. > We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! > 'If I have a curse thrown upon me, a spell told upon me by the > many men who hate me, what is the remedy for it?' > 35. > Ahura Mazda answered: 'Take thou a feather of that bird with > ... feathers, the Varenjana, O Spitama Zarathushtra! With that > feather thou shalt rub thy own body, with that feather thou shalt > curse back thy enemies. > 36. > 'If a man holds a bone of that strong bird, or a feather of > that strong bird, no one can smite or turn to flight that fortunate > man. The feather of that bird of birds brings him help; it brings > unto him the homage of men, it maintains in him his glory. > 37. > 'Then the sovereign, the lord of countries, will no longer > kill his hundreds, though he is a killer of men; the .... will > not kill at one stroke; he alone smites and goes forwards. > 38. > 'All tremble before him who holds the feather, they tremble > therefore before me; all my enemies tremble before me and fear > my strength and victorious force and the fierceness established > in my body. > 39. > 'He carries the chariot of the lords; he carries the chariots > of the lordly ones, the chariots of the sovereigns. He carried > the chariot of Kavi Usa; upon his wings runs the male horse, runs > the burden-bearing camel, runs the water of the river. > 40. > 'Him rode the gallant Thraetaona, who smote Azhi Dahaka, the > three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who had 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. > > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[15]] > > 41. > 'We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > 'Verethraghna confounds the glory of this house with its wealth > in cattle. He is like that great bird, the Saena; he is like the > big clouds, full of water, that beat the mountains. > 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[16]] > > 42. > 'We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.' > Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent > Spirit, Maker of the material world thou Holy One! 'Where is it > that we must invoke the name of Verethraghna, made by Ahura? Where > is it that we must praise him? That we must humbly praise him?' > 43. > Ahura Mazda answered: 'When armies meet together in full array, > O Spitama Zarathushtra! (asking) which of the two is the party > that conquers and is not crushed, that smites and is not smitten; > 44. > 'Do thou throw four feathers in the way. Whichever of the > two will first worship the well-shapen Strength, and Verethraghna, > beautiful of form. made by Mazda, on his side will victory stand. > 45. > 'I will bless Strength and Victory, the two keepers, the two > good keepers, the two maintainers; the two who ..., the two who > ... the two who ...; the two who forgive, the two who strike off, > the two who forget. > 46. > 'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except > by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from > the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil. These are words > that are awful and powerful, awful and assembly-ruling, awful > and victorious, awful and healing: these are words that save the > head that was lost and chant away the uplifted weapon.' > > [[17]] > > 47. > We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura: who goes along > the armies arrayed, and goes here and there asking, along with > Mithra and Rashnu: 'Who is it who lies unto Mithra? Who is it > who thrusts [his oath] against Rashnu? To whom shall I, in my > might, impart illness and death?' > 48. > Ahura Mazda said: 'If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made > by Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him > just as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness, > never will a hostile horde enter the Aryan countries, nor any > plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a > foe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe. > 49. > Zarathushtra asked: 'What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice > and invocation in honour of Verethraghna, made by Ahura, as it > ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?' > 50. > Ahura Mazda answered: 'Let the Aryan nations bring libations > unto him; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him; > let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, > or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same > colour. > 51. > 'Let not a murderer take of those offerings, nor a whore, > nor a ...., who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in > the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra. > 52. > 'If a murderer take of those offerings, or a whore, or a ...., > who does not sing the Gathas, then Verethraghna, made by Ahura, > takes back his healing virtues. > 53. > 'Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan nations; hostile hordes > will ever fall upon the Aryan nations; the Aryans will be smitten > by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their > thousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by > their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.' > 54. > There Verethraghna, made by Ahura, proclaimed thus: 'The Soul > of the Bull, the wise creature, does not receive from man due > sacrifice and prayer; for now the Daevas and the worshippers of > the Daevas make blood flow and spill it like water; > 55. > 'For now the ... Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas > bring to the fire the plant that is called Haperesi, the wood > that is called Nemetka; > 56. > '(Therefore) when the (?Vyambura) Daevas and the worshippers > of the Daevas bow their backs, bend their waists, and arrange > all their limbs, they think they will smite and smite not, they > think they will kill and kill not; and then the (?Vyambura) Daevas > and the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds confounded > and their eyes made giddy.' > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[18]] > > 57. > We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > I offer up Haoma, who saves one's head; I offer up the victorious > Haoma; I offer him up, the good protector; I offer up Haoma, who > is a protector to my body, as a man who shall drink of him shall > win and prevail over his enemies in battle; > 58. > That I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army, > that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[19]] > > 59. > We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > The prince and his son and his sons who are chiefs of myriads > offer him up a bright ...(?) [saying]: 'He is strong, and Victorious > is his name; he is victorious, and Strong is his name;' > 60. > That I may be as constantly victorious as any one of all the > Aryans; that I may smite this army, that I may smite down this > army, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind > me. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > 61. > We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... > > In the ox is our strength, in the ox is our need; in the ox is > our speech, in the ox is our victory; in the ox is our food, in > the ox is our clothing; in the ox is tillage, that makes food > grow for us. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[21]] > > 62. > We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura; > Who breaks the columns asunder, who cuts the columns to pieces, > who wounds the columns, who makes the columns shake; who comes > and breaks the columns asunder, who comes and cuts the columns > to pieces, who comes and wounds the columns, who comes and makes > the columns shake, both of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, > of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. > For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > > [[22]] > > 63. > We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. > When Verethraghna, made by Ahura, binds the hands, confounds the > eye-sight, takes the hearing from the ears of the Mithradrujes > marching in columns, allied by cities, they can no longer move > their feet, they can no longer-withstand. > For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice > worth being heard.... > 64. > 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 Verethraghna, made by Mazda; and of the crushing Ascendant. > > 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. > > 15. Ram Yasht yt15sbe > ------------- > > 16. Den Yasht yt16sbe > ------------- > > 17. Ard Yasht yt17sbe > ------------- > > 18. Ashtad Yasht yt18sbe > ---------------- > > 19. Zam Yasht yt19sbe > ------------- > > 20. Hom Yasht y9to11s > ------------- > > 21. Vanand Yasht yt21sbe > ---------------- > > Sirozas (Dedications for the thirty days of the month) > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Siroza 1 s1sbe > -------- > Siroza 2 s2sbe > -------- > > Afrinagans (prayers of blessing) > -------------------------------- > > Afrinagan-i Dahman a1sbe > ------------------ > Afrinagan-i Gatha a2sbe > ----------------- > Afrinagan-i Gahambar a3sbe > -------------------- > Afrinagan-i Rapithwin a4sbe > --------------------- > > — *Khorda Avesta - Book of Common Prayer pt. 1*