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Zoroaster · James Darmesteter, 1898
Translated by James Darmesteter, 1898 HOLINESS (ASHA) IS the best of all good: it is also happiness. Happy the man who is holy with perfect holiness! 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. 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, …
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