# Yashts — Yasht 16

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> Source: Avesta.org. The Yashts, Yasht 16, translation: L.H. Mills / J. Darmesteter (Sacred Books of the East, 1880-1887), Avesta.org. License: Public domain (translation predates 1928).
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> AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (English): Den Yasht
> 
> 16. DEN 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....
> 
> To the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good
> Law of the worshippers of Mazda.
> 
> Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation,
> and glorification.
> 
> Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.....
> 
> [[1]]
> 
> 1.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the
> supplier of good stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees
> one best from dangers, who brings libations, who is holy, clever,
> and renowned, speedy to work and quick of work; who goes quickly
> and cleanses well; the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda;
> 2.
> To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice, saying: 'Rise up from
> thy seat, come forward from the Abode, thou most right Chista,
> made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if
> thou art behind me, overtake me.
> 3.
> 'Let everything be as friendly to us as anything can be: may
> we go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains,
> run easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!'
> 4.
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard, namely, unto the most right Chista, made by
> Mazda and holy. I will offer up a sacrifice unto the most right
> Chista, made by Mazda and holy, with the libations, with the Haoma
> and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with
> the holy spells, with the words and deeds, with the libations,
> with the well spoken words.
> 
> Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....
> 
> [[2]]
> 
> 5.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... (repeat
> verse 1).
> 6.
> To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,
> for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for
> this boon,
> 7.
> That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would
> give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,
> 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 waters not
> thicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose
> depth is a thousand times the height of a man.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard....
> 
> [[3]]
> 
> 8.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
> 9.
> To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,
> for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for
> this boon,
> 10.
> That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would
> give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,
> 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, through the rain, the snow, the hail,
> or the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse's
> hair, mingled with the earth, and knows whether it is from the
> head or from the tail.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard....
> 
> [[4]]
> 
> 11.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
> 12.
> To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,
> for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for
> this boon,
> 13.
> That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would
> give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,
> 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 a fist, giving just as much light as
> a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard....
> 
> [[5]]
> 
> 14.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
> 15.
> To whom the holy Hvovi did sacrifice with full knowledge,
> wishing that the holy Zarathushtra would give her his good narcotic,
> that she might think according to the law, speak according to
> the law, and do according to the law.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard....
> 
> [[6]]
> 
> 16.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
> 17.
> To whom the Athravans, sent afar, did sacrifice, wishing a
> good memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their
> own body.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard....
> 
> [[7]]
> 
> 18.
> We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
> we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
> 19.
> To whom the king of the country, the lord of the country does
> sacrifice, wishing peace for his country, wishing strength for
> his own body.
> 
> For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
> worth being heard....
> 20.
> 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 most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and of the good
> Law of the worshippers of Mazda.
> 
> Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
> 
> [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him long,
> long life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the
> holy Ones.
> 
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