Khordeh Avesta — Zoroaster ========================== Translation/edition: James Darmesteter, 1898 Language: English Read in Plato Scroll: https://plato-scroll.com/s/khordeh-avesta/ This file: https://plato-scroll.com/text/khordeh-avesta.txt Sources and licences: https://plato-scroll.com/attribution.html Numbers in [brackets] are the edition's reference loci (Stephanus, Bekker, book.line, page...). Superscript numerals refer to the Notes at the end. ## Khordeh Avesta [1.1] Translated by James Darmesteter, 1898 A third century Mithraic depiction of Zoroaster found in Dura Europos, Syria ## Ashem Vohu (invocation of Asha) [4.1] HOLINESS (ASHA) IS the best of all good: it is also happiness. [4.2] Happy the man who is holy with perfect holiness! ## Ahunwar (most sacred manthra of Zoroastrianism) [5.1] THE WILL OF the Lord is the law of righteousness. [5.2] The gifts of Vohu-mano to the deeds done in this world for Mazda. [5.3] He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king. ## Kem Na Mazda (exorcism) [6.1] WHAT PROTECTOR HAST thou given unto me, O Mazda! while the [6.2] hate of the wicked encompasses me? Whom but thy Atar and Vohu-mano, [6.3] through whose work I keep on the world of righteousness? Reveal [6.4] therefore to me thy Religion as thy rule! [6.5] (Ke verethrem-ja:) [6.6] Who is the victorious who will protect thy teaching? Make [6.7] it clear that I am the guide for both worlds. May Sraosha come [6.8] with Vohu-mano and help whomsoever thou pleasest, O Mazda! [6.9] (Pata-no:) [6.10] Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Armaiti Spenta! Perish, [6.11] O fiendish Druj! Perish, O brood of the fiend! Perish, O creation [6.12] of the fiend! Perish, O world of the fiend! Perish away, O Druj! [6.13] Rush away, O Druj! Perish away, O Druj! Perish away to the regions [6.14] of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of [6.15] Righteousness! [6.16] Homage, with which (are combined) devotion and milk offerings. ## Padyab-Kusti (ablution and formula for tying the kusti) [7.0] WITH SATISFACTION for Ahura Mazda. Ashem Vohu.... [7.0a] Kem Na Mazda: What protector hast thou given... [7.0b] Ohrmazd is Lord! Ahriman he keeps at bay, he holds him back. [7.0c] May Ahriman be struck and defeated, with devs and drujs, sorcerers [7.0d] and sinners, kayags and karbs, tyrants, wrongdoers and heretics, [7.0e] sinners, enemies and witches! May they (all) be struck and defeated! [7.0f] May evil rulers not exist, (or) be far away! May enemies be defeated! [7.0g] May enemies all not exist, (or) be far away! [7.0h] O Ohrmazd, Lord! I am contrite for all sins and I desist from [7.0i] them, from all bad thoughts, bad words and bad acts which I have [7.0j] thought, spoken or done in the world, or which have happened through [7.0k] me, or have originated with me. For those sins of thinking, speaking [7.0l] and acting, of body and soul, worldly or spiritual, O Ohrmazd! [7.0m] I am contrite, I renounce them. With three words I distance myself [7.0n] (from them). [7.1] With satisfaction for Ahura Mazda, scorn for Angra Mainyu! [7.1a] The true achievement of what is most wonderful, according to wish! [7.1b] I praise Asha! Ashem Vohu.... [7.1c] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [7.1d] Ashem Vohu.... [7.2] Come to my aid, O Mazda. [7.2a] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a Zoroastrian, having [7.2b] vowed it and professed it. I pledge myself to the well-thought [7.2c] thought, I pledge myself to the well-spoken word, I pledge myself [7.2d] to the well-done action. [7.2e] I pledge myself to the Mazdayasnian religion, which causes [7.2f] the attack to be put off and weapons put down; which upholds khvaetvadatha [7.2g] (kin-marriage), which possesses Asha; which of all religions that [7.2h] exist or shall be, is the greatest, the best, and the most beautiful: [7.2i] Ahuric, Zoroastrian. I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda. This is [7.2j] the creed of the Mazdayasnian religion. [7.2k] Ashem Vohu...!! ## Baj before meals [8.1] THUS THEREFORE DO we worship Ahura Mazda, [8.2] who made the Kine (the living creation), and the [8.3] (embodied) Righteousness (which is incarnate in the [8.4] clean), and the waters, and the wholesome plants, [8.5] the stars, and the earth, and all (existing) objects [8.6] that are good. [8.7] (after meal:) [8.8] Ashem vohu.... [8.9] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [8.10] To him splendor... ## Baj when answering the call of nature [9.1] (Modi 374. This prayer is also known as “Pishab ni Baj”.) [9.2] May wrong actions be done away with a hundred-thousand times. [9.3] Yatha Ahu Vairyo... [9.4] (here perform the natural function) [9.5] Ashem vohu.... [9.6] We are praisers of good thoughts, of good [9.7] words, and of good actions, of those now and those [9.8] hereafter [(Pazand) of those being done; and of those [9.9] completed]. We implant (?) them (with our homage, [9.10] and we do this) the more, and yet the more since we [9.11] are (praisers) of the good (from whom they spring). [9.12] (y35.2). [9.13] To the best of good rulers (is) verily the Kingdom, [9.14] because we render and ascribe it to Him, and [9.15] make it thoroughly His own (?), to Mazda Ahura [9.16] do we ascribe it, and to Righteousness the Best. [9.17] (y35.5). [9.18] Yatha ahu Vairyo.... [9.19] Ashem vohu.... [9.20] We worship the Ahunwar. [9.21] We worship Best Asha, the most beautiful Amesha Spenta. [9.22] Yenghe... (Y18.9). ## Nirang-i Abezar [10.1] BROKEN, BROKEN BE Satan Ahriman..... not reach me. [10.2] May the thirty-three Ameshaspands and the creator Ormazd be victorious. [10.3] I praise Asha. Ashem vohu.... [10.4] The Gah Dedications [10.5] (Hawan Gah) [10.6] To Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, [10.7] propitiation and praise. To Savanghi and Visya, Ashavan, the [10.8] master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [10.9] (Rapithwin Gah) [10.10] To Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, [10.11] adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Fshu and [10.12] Zangtuma, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, [10.13] adoration, propitiation and praise. [10.14] (Uzerin Gah) [10.15] To Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, [10.16] adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Vira [10.17] and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, [10.18] adoration, propitiation and praise. [10.19] (Aiwisruthrem Gah) [10.20] To Aiwisruthrem that furthers life, Ashavan, the master [10.21] of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [10.22] To Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti and Zarathushtrotema, Ashavan, [10.23] the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation [10.24] and praise. [10.25] (Ushahin Gah) [10.26] To Ushahin that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of [10.27] Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [10.28] To Berejya and Nmanya, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, [10.29] for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. ## Srosh Baj [11.0] IN THE name of God, May the bounteous miraculous power and [11.0a] glory of Ohrmazd the lord increase. May it (i.e. the prayer) reach [11.0b] Srosh, the righteous, the vigorous, whose body is the command, [11.0c] having a hard weapon, powerful of weapon, the lord of the creations [11.0d] of Ohrmazd. I am contrite for all sins and I desist from them, [11.0e] from all bad thoughts, bad words and bad acts which I have thought, [11.0f] spoken or done in the world, or which have happened through me, [11.0g] or have originated with me. For those sins of thinking, speaking [11.0h] and acting, of body and soul, worldly or spiritual, o Ohrmazd! [11.0i] I am contrite, I renounce them. With three words I distance myself [11.0j] (from them). [11.1] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [11.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [11.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [11.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [11.1d] (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) [11.1e] With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi, the brave, who [11.1f] has the Manthra for body, with bold club, the ahurian, for worship, [11.1g] adoration, propitiation, and praise. [11.1h] ‘Yatha Ahu Vairyo’, the zaotar should say to me [11.1i] ‘Atha ratush ashatchit hacha’, the Asha-sanctified knowing one [11.1j] should say. [11.2] We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious, [11.2a] world-promoting, the Ashavan, master of Asha. The Ahuna Vairya [11.2b] prayer protects the body. [11.2c] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [11.2d] (Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.) [11.2e] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [11.4] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for [11.4a] Sraosha, companion of Ashi, the brave, who has the Manthra for [11.4b] body, with bold club, the ahurian. [11.4c] Ashem Vohu.... [11.5] Bestow on him riches and good things; bestow health of body, [11.5a] toughness of body, and resistance of body; bestow on him possessions [11.5b] giving abundant ease, future noble offspring, and a lengthy long [11.5c] life; bestow on him the best existence of the Asha-sanctified, [11.5d] the luminous, offering all happy. [This paragraph follows Bailey] [11.5e] Thus may it come as I wish. [11.5f] Ashem Vohu.... [11.5g] A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies. Ashem Vohu.... [11.5h] Come to my help, O Mazda. [11.5i] To Ama, well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created; [11.5j] and to Triumphing Uparatat; and to Raman of good pastures, and [11.5k] to Vayu of superior activity, superior to other creatures. That [11.5l] part of you, Vayu, which belongs to Spenta Mainyu; to self-governed [11.5m] Thwasha, to boundless Zurwan, to Zurwan of the long dominion. [11.5n] Ashem Vohu.... [11.5o] For the reward of virtue and the forgiveness of sins, I do (deeds [11.5p] of) righteousness for the love of my soul. May all virtuousness [11.5q] of all good ones of the earth of seven climes reach the width [11.5r] of the earth, the length of the rivers, the height of the sun [11.5s] in their original form. May it be righteous, live long. Thus may [11.5t] it come as I wish. [11.5u] Ashem Vohu...!! ## Hoshbam (Prayer at Dawn) [12.1] THEN THOU shalt say those victorious, most healing words; [12.1a] thou shalt chant the Ahunwar five times: [12.1b] Yatha ahu vairyo... [12.1c] The Ahunwar protects the body.... [12.1d] (Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.) [12.1e] Ashem vohu.... [12.1f] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [12.1g] Ashem vohu... [12.2] Homage to you, O Dawn. [12.2a] (Y27.1-2:) [12.2b] This is to render Him who is of all the greatest, our lord [12.2c] and master (even) Ahura Mazda. And this to smite the wicked Angra [12.2d] Mainyu, and to smite Aeshma of the bloody spear, and the Mazainya [12.2e] Daevas, and to smite all the wicked Varenya Daevas. [12.3] And this is to further Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious, [12.3a] to further the Bountiful Immortals, and the influences of the [12.3b] star Tishtrya, the resplendent, the glorious, (and) to the furtherance [12.3c] of the holy man, and of all the (bountiful and) holy creatures [12.3d] of the Bounteous Spirit. [12.3e] (Y52.1-4:) [12.4] I pray with benedictions for a benefit, and for the good, [12.4a] even for the entire creation of the holy (and the clean); I beseech [12.4b] for them for the (generation which is) now alive, for that which [12.4c] is just coming into life, and for that which shall be hereafter. [12.4d] And (I pray for that) sanctity which leads to prosperity, and [12.4e] which has long afforded shelter, which goes on hand in hand with [12.4f] it, which joins it in its walk, and of itself becoming its close [12.4g] companion as it delivers forth its precepts, bearing every form [12.4h] of healing virtue which comes to us in waters, appertains to cattle, [12.4i] or is found in plants, and overwhelming, all the harmful malice [12.4j] of the Daevas, (and their servants) who might harm this dwelling [12.4k] and its lord, bringing good gifts, and better blessings, given [12.4l] very early, and later (gifts), leading to successes, and for a [12.4m] long time giving shelter. And so the greatest, and the best, and [12.4n] most beautiful benefits of sanctity fall likewise to our lot. [12.4o] For the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and the praise of the [12.4p] Bountiful Immortals, for the bringing prosperity to this abode, [12.4q] and for the prosperity of the entire creation of the holy, and [12.4r] the clean, (and as for this, so) for the opposition of the entire [12.4s] evil creation. (And I pray for this) as I praise through Righteousness, [12.4t] I who am beneficent, those who are (likewise of a better mind). [12.4u] (Y8.5-7:) [12.4v] May’st Thou, O Ahura Mazda! reign at Thy will, and with a [12.4w] saving rule over Thine own creatures, and render Ye the holy (man) [12.4x] also a sovereign at his will over waters, and over plants, and [12.4y] over all the clean and sacred (creatures) which contain the seed [12.4z] of Righteousness. Strip ye the wicked of all power! [12.4aa] Absolute in power may the holy be, bereft of all free choice the [12.4ba] wicked! Gone (may he be), met as foe, carried out from the creatures [12.4ca] of Spenta Mainyu, hemmed in without power over any wish! [12.4da] I will incite, even I who am Zarathushtra, the heads of the houses, [12.4ea] villages, Zantus, and provinces, to the careful following of this [12.4fa] Religion which is that of Ahura, and according to Zarathushtra, [12.4ga] in their thoughts, their words, and their deeds. [12.4ha] (Y60.11 seq.:) [12.5] In order that our minds may be delighted, and our souls the [12.5a] best, let our bodies be glorified as well, and let them; O Mazda! [12.5b] go likewise openly (unto Heaven) as the best world of the saints [12.5c] as devoted to Ahura, and accompanied by Asha Vahishta (who is [12.5d] Righteousness the Best), and the most beautiful! And may we see [12.5e] Thee, and may we, approaching, come around about Thee, and attain [12.5f] to entire companionship with Thee! [12.5g] Ashem Vohu.... [12.5h] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) [12.5i] Ashem Vohu...!! ## Hawan Gah (sunrise to midday) [14.1] PROPITIATION TO Ahura Mazda. [14.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [14.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [14.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [14.1d] To Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, [14.1e] propitiation and praise. To Savanghi and Visya, Ashavan, the master(s) [14.1f] of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [14.2] With propitiation of Mithra of wide pastures, with a thousand [14.2a] ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata who is invoked by name, (and) [14.2b] Raman Khwastra, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [14.2c] Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me Atha ratush ashatchit [14.2d] hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. [14.3] We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [14.3a] Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi [14.3b] of Ashavan Zarathushtra. We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. [14.4] We worship the Ashavan, good, powerful, holy Fravashis, the [14.4a] material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, [14.4b] the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters [14.4c] of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the [14.4d] Ashavan master of Asha! [14.5] We worship Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship [14.5a] Haurvatat, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship Ameretat, Ashavan, [14.5b] the master of Asha, We worship the Ahuric question, Ashavan, the [14.5c] master of Asha, We worship the Ahuric doctrine, Ashavan, the master [14.5d] of Asha, We worship the mighty Yasna Haptanghaiti, Ashavan, the [14.5e] master of Asha. [14.6] We worship Savanghe and Visya, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, [14.6a] We worship the Airyema-ishyo (prayer), Ashavan, the master of [14.6b] Asha, mighty, victorious against the hostility [of Daevas], overcoming [14.6c] all hostility, destroying all hostility, which is the last, middle, [14.6d] and the foremost of the Manthras to be invoked, the five Gathas. [14.7] We worship Mithra of wide pastures, And we worship Raman Khwastra, [14.7a] and the master Visya, for worship and praise; and we worship Visya, [14.7b] Asha-sanctified, the master of Asha. [14.8] We worship Mithra of wide pastures, with a thousand ears, [14.8a] ten thousand eyes, a Yazata who is invoked by name. We worship [14.8b] Raman Khwastra! [14.9] We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master [14.9a] of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided [14.9b] with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [14.9c] Apam Napat, Nairyosangha, and the brave Yazata Damoish Upamana. [14.9d] We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the Fravashis of the [14.9e] Ashavan. [14.9f] We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest [14.9g] in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings [14.9h] of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) [14.9i] done, and those that will be done. [14.9j] We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best [14.9k] for worship according to Asha, male and female. [14.10] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [14.10a] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Mithra [14.10b] of wide pastures, with a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata [14.10c] who is invoked by name, (and) Raman Khwastra. [14.10d] Ashem Vohu.... [14.10e] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) ## Rapithwin Gah (midday to mid-afternoon) [15.1] PROPITIATION TO Ahura Mazda. [15.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [15.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [15.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [15.1d] To Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, [15.1e] propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Fshu and Zangtuma, Ashavan, [15.1f] the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and [15.1g] praise. [15.2] With propitiation of Asha Vahishta and Atar, (son) of Ahura [15.2a] Mazda, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [15.2b] Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me [15.2c] Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. [15.3] We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [15.3a] Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi [15.3b] of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. [15.4] We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the [15.4a] material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, [15.4b] the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters [15.4c] of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the [15.4d] Ashavan master of Asha! [15.5] We worship Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship [15.5a] the Ahunawad Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the [15.5b] Ushtawad Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Spentomad [15.5c] Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Wohukhshathra [15.5d] Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Wahishtoisht [15.5e] Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. [15.6] We worship Fradat-Fshu and the Ashavan Zantuma, the master [15.6a] of Asha, and we worship the Fshusho Manthra, and we worship the [15.6b] truthfully spoken word; we worship the truthfully spoken sayings, [15.6c] victorious, Daeva smiting. We worship the waters and the Earth; [15.6d] we worship the plants and the spiritual Ashavan Yazatas, conferring [15.6e] good; and we worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. [15.7] We worship the Ashavan, good, powerful, holy Fravashis; and [15.7a] we worship the peak of Asha Vahishta: of great Manthra, of great [15.7b] operation, of great fidelity, of great performance, of great [15.7c] effect in spreading the Mazdayasnian religion. [15.8] We worship that assembly and meeting of the Amesha Spentas [15.8a] when they visit the heights of Heaven, to worship and praise the [15.8b] master Zantuma, and the Ashavan Zantuma, the master of Asha. [15.9] We worship Asha Vahishta, and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda! [15.10] We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master [15.10a] of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided [15.10b] with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [15.10c] Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata [15.10d] Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the [15.10e] Fravashis of the Asha-sanctified. [15.11] We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest [15.11a] in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings [15.11b] of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) [15.11c] done, and those that will be done. [15.11d] We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best [15.11e] for worship according to Asha, male and female. [15.12] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [15.12a] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Asha [15.12b] Vahishta and Atar (son) of Ahura Mazda. [15.12c] Ashem Vohu.... [15.12d] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) ## Uzerin Gah (mid-afternoon to sunset) [16.1] PROPITIATION TO Ahura Mazda. [16.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [16.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [16.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [16.1d] To Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration, [16.1e] propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Vira and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, [16.1f] the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and [16.1g] praise. [16.2] With propitiation of the lofty Ahura Apam Napat, and the waters [16.2a] made by Mazda, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [16.2b] Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me [16.2c] Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. [16.3] We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [16.3a] Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi [16.3b] of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. [16.4] We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the [16.4a] material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, [16.4b] the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters [16.4c] of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the [16.4d] Ashavan master of Asha! [16.5] We worship Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship [16.5a] the Zaotar, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Havanan, [16.5b] Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Aterevaxsh, Ashavan, [16.5c] the master of Asha; we worship the Fraberetar, Ashavan, the master [16.5d] of Asha; we worship the Aberet, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we [16.5e] worship the Asnatar, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the [16.5f] Rathwishkara, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Sraoshavarez, [16.5g] Ashavan, the master of Asha; [16.6] We worship the Fradat-Vira and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, the master(s) [16.6a] of Asha; we worship the stars and the Moon and the Sun, the [celestial] [16.6b] luminosity. We worship Anagra Raochah; and we worship the comfortable [16.6c] abode of the blissful, which is the torment of the druj-followers. [16.7] We worship those Asha-ones who perform their duty, the master(s) [16.7a] of Asha; and we worship the later doctrine. We worship the Asha-believing [16.7b] creation of Asha, performing its duty by day and night with worthy [16.7c] offering of Zaothra, for worship and adoration of the master Dahvyuma; [16.7d] and we worship the Ashavan Dahvyuma, the master of Asha. [16.8] We worship the lofty Ahura, the radiant Khshathra, Apam Napat, [16.8a] possessing swift horses; and we worship the Ashavan waters, made [16.8b] by Mazda. [16.9] We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master [16.9a] of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided [16.9b] with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [16.9c] Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata [16.9d] Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the [16.9e] Fravashis of the Ashavan. [16.10] We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest [16.10a] in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings [16.10b] of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) [16.10c] done, and those that will be done. [16.10d] We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best [16.10e] for worship according to Asha, male and female. [16.11] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [16.11a] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Asha [16.11b] Vahishta and the fire of Ahura Mazda. [16.11c] Ashem Vohu.... [16.11d] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) ## Aiwisruthrem Gah (sunset to midnight) [17.1] PROPITIATION TO Ahura Mazda. [17.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [17.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [17.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [17.1d] To Aiwisruthrem that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of Asha, [17.1e] for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti [17.1f] and Zarathushtrotema, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, [17.1g] adoration, propitiation and praise. [17.2] With propitiation of the Ashavan Fravashis, and to the women [17.2a] with their troops of heroes, and the Yairya Hushitay and to Ama, [17.2b] well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created; and to [17.2c] Triumphing Uparatat, for worship, adoration, propitiation and [17.2d] praise. [17.2e] Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me [17.2f] Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. [17.3] We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [17.3a] Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi [17.3b] of Ashavan Zarathushtra. We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. [17.4] We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the [17.4a] material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, [17.4b] the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters [17.4c] of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the [17.4d] Ashavan master of Asha! [17.5] We worship Aiwisruthrima, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We [17.5a] worship Aibigaya, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship you, [17.5b] Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We [17.5c] worship the stone mortar, the master of Asha. We worship the iron [17.5d] mortar, the master of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with [17.5e] Asha and provided with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master [17.5f] of Asha. We worship the waters (and) plants; we worship the Aourvatam [17.5g] Urunay, Ashavan, the master of Asha. [17.6] We worship the Fradat-vispam-hujyatay, Ashavan, the master [17.6a] of Asha. We worship Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. [17.6b] We worship the sacred Manthra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We [17.6c] worship the Geush Urvan, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [17.6d] the Zarathushrotema, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship Zarathushtra, [17.6e] Ashavan, the master of Asha. [17.7] We worship the Athravan, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [17.7a] the warrior, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the cattle [17.7b] farmer, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the cattle farmer, [17.7c] Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the homes with a house-lord, [17.7d] Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the villages with a village-lord, [17.7e] Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the provinces with a province-lord, [17.7f] Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the countries with a country-lord, [17.7g] Ashavan, the master of Asha. [17.8] We worship the youth of good thought, good words, good deeds, [17.8a] good Daena, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the youth [17.8b] (who) makes intercession, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [17.8c] the Khvaetvadatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the [17.8d] (priest) within the country, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [17.8e] the blessed (priest who) goes about abroad, Ashavan, the master [17.8f] of Asha. We worship the homes with a house-lady, Ashavan, the [17.8g] master of Asha. [17.9] We also worship the Ashavan woman, predominating in good thoughts, [17.9a] predominating in good words, predominating in good deeds, well [17.9b] instructed, having power over the masters, Ashavan, (as are) [17.9c] Spenta Armaiti and your females, O Ahura Mazda. [17.9d] We also worship the Ashavan man, predominating in good thoughts, [17.9e] predominating in good words, predominating in good deeds, knowing [17.9f] the creed, not knowing the Kayadha, through whose activity Creation [17.9g] is advanced in Asha, for worship and adoration of the master Zarathushtrotema, [17.9h] and we worship the Ashavan Zarathushtrotema, the master of Asha. [17.10] We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the [17.10a] material and the spiritual. We also worship the women with their [17.10b] troops of heroes, and we worship the Yairya Hushitay. And we worship [17.10c] Ama, well-built, fair of form; and we worship Verethraghna, Ahura-created; [17.10d] and we worship Triumphing Uparatat. [17.11] We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master [17.11a] of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided [17.11b] with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [17.11c] Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata [17.11d] Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the [17.11e] Fravashis of the Ashavan. [17.12] We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest [17.12a] in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings [17.12b] of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) [17.12c] done, and those that will be done. [17.12d] We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best [17.12e] for worship according to Asha, male and female. [17.13] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [17.13a] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the [17.13b] Ashavan Fravashis, and to the women with their troops of heroes, [17.13c] and the Yairya Hushitay and to Ama, well-built, fair of form, [17.13d] Verethraghna, Ahura-created; and to Triumphing Uparatat. [17.13e] Ashem Vohu.... [17.13f] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) ## Ushahin Gah (midnight to dawn) [18.1] PROPITIATION TO Ahura Mazda. [18.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [18.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [18.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [18.1d] To Ushahin that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for [18.1e] worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. To Berejya and Nmanya, [18.1f] Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation [18.1g] and praise. [18.2] With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi, procuring [18.2a] rewards, victorious, who furthers the world, (and) the very straight [18.2b] Razishta and Arshtad, who further the world, who augment the world, [18.2c] for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. [18.2d] Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me [18.2e] Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say. [18.3] We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [18.3a] Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi [18.3b] of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas. [18.4] We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the [18.4a] material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters, [18.4b] the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters [18.4c] of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the [18.4d] Ashavan master of Asha! [18.5] We worship Ushahin, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [18.5a] the beautiful Ushah; we worship the radiant Ushah, with swift [18.5b] horses, the men... the insight of men... the deceased, together [18.5c] with (?) Nmanya; the swift Ushah, with swift horses, which appear [18.5d] throughout the seven regions of the earth; we worship that Ushah. [18.5e] We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [18.5f] Vohu Mano; we worship Asha Vahishta; we worship Khshathra Vairya; [18.5g] we worship the good Spenta Armaiti. [18.6] We worship Berejya, Ashavan, the master of Asha; for the practice [18.6a] of Asha Vahishta, for the practice of the good Mazdayasnian [18.6b] religion, for worship and adoration of the master Nmanya; and [18.6c] we worship Nmanya, Ashavan, the master of Asha. [18.7] We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious, [18.7a] world-promoting, the Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the [18.7b] very straight Rashnu; and we worship Arshtad, who further the [18.7c] world, who augment the world! [18.8] We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master [18.8a] of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided [18.8b] with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship [18.8c] Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata [18.8d] Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the [18.8e] Fravashis of the Ashavan. [18.9] We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest [18.9a] in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings [18.9b] of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already) [18.9c] done, and those that will be done. [18.9d] We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best [18.9e] for worship according to Asha, male and female. [18.10] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [18.10a] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Sraosha, [18.10b] companion of Ashi, procuring rewards, victorious, who furthers [18.10c] the world, (and) the very straight Razishta and Arshtad, who further [18.10d] the world, who augment the world. [18.10e] Ashem Vohu.... [18.10f] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) ## Khwarshed Niyayesh (Sun Litany) [20.1] Translation by Dhalla, 1908. [20.0] IN THE name of God. I praise and invoke the creator Ormazd, [20.0a] the radiant, glorious, omniscient, maker, lord of lords, king [20.0b] over all kings, watchful, creator of the universe, giver of daily [20.0c] bread, powerful, strong, eternal, forgiver, merciful, loving, [20.0d] mighty, wise, holy, and nourisher. May (his) just kingdom be imperishable. [20.0e] May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the beneficent lord, increase. [20.0f] (Hither) may come the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. Of [20.0g] all sins... I repent. [20.1a] Homage to you, O Ahura Mazda, trice prior to other creatures. [20.1aa] Homage to you, O Amesha Spentas, all of one accord with the Sun. [20.1b] May this (homage) seek its way so as to reach to Ahura Mazda, [20.1c] this (homage) to the Amesha Spentas, this (homage) to the Fravashis [20.1d] of the righteous, this to Vayu, that follows its own law for the [20.1e] Long Period. [20.2] Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.... I praise Asha. [20.3] I praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds and those [20.3a] that are to be thought, spoken, and done. I do accept all good [20.3b] thoughts, good words, and good deeds. I do renounce all evil thoughts, [20.3c] evil words, and evil deeds. [20.4] I proffer to you, O Amesha Spentas, sacrifice and prayer, [20.4a] with thought, with word, with deed, with (my) being, with the [20.4b] very life of my body. I praise Asha. [20.5] Homage to Ahura Mazda. Homage to the Amesha Spentas. Homage [20.5a] to Mithra of wide cattle pastures. Homage to the Sun, the swift-horsed. [20.5b] Homage to these two eyes that are of Ahura Mazda. Homage to the [20.5c] Bull. Homage to Gaya (Maretan). Homage to the Fravashi of the [20.5d] righteous Spitama Zarathushtra. Homage to the whole creation of [20.5e] the Righteous One, that is, that is coming into being and that [20.5f] will be. [20.5g] (At the Hawan Gah:) [20.5h] Further the body through Vohuman, Khshathra, and Asha in accordance [20.5i] with (my) desire. [20.5j] (At the Rapithwin Gah:) [20.5k] (To) these lights, the highest (light) of the high. [20.5l] (At the Uzerin Gah:) [20.5m] At which end you (i.e. Ahura Mazda) will come with your Beneficent [20.5n] Spirit. [20.6] We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. We [20.6a] sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, [20.6b] Whose word is true, who is of the assembly, [20.6c] Who has a thousand ears, the well-shaped one, [20.6d] Who has ten thousand eyes, the exalted one, [20.6e] Who has wide knowledge, the helpful one, [20.6f] Who sleeps not, the ever wakeful. [20.7] We sacrifice to Mithra [20.7a] The lord of all countries, [20.7b] Whom Ahura Mazda created the most glorious [20.7c] Of the supernatural yazads. [20.7d] So may there come to us for aid [20.7e] Both Mithra and Ahura, the two exalted ones. [20.7f] We sacrifice to the immortal, [20.7g] Radiant, swift-horsed Sun. [20.8] We sacrifice to Tishtrya of sound eyes. We sacrifice to Tishtrya. [20.8a] We sacrifice to those attendants on Tishtrya. We sacrifice to [20.8b] Tishtrya, the radiant (and) glorious. We sacrifice to the star [20.8c] Vanant, made by Mazda. We sacrifice to the star Tishtrya, the [20.8d] radiant (and) glorious. We sacrifice to the Sky that follows its [20.8e] own law. We sacrifice to the boundless Time. We sacrifice to Time, [20.8f] that follows its own law for the long period. We sacrifice to [20.8g] the wind, the holy (and) beneficent. We sacrifice to Wisdom, the [20.8h] most upright, righteous, made by Mazda. We sacrifice to the good [20.8i] Mazdayasnian Religion. We sacrifice to the Path leading to the [20.8j] good state. We sacrifice to the golden shaft. We sacrifice to [20.8k] Mount Saokanta, made by Mazda. [20.9] We sacrifice to every righteous Yazad of the spiritual world. [20.9a] We sacrifice to every righteous Yazad of the material world. We [20.9b] sacrifice to our own soul. We sacrifice to our own Fravashi. Come [20.9c] to my help, O Mazda. We sacrifice to the good, helpful, holy Fravashis [20.9d] of the righteous. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed [20.9e] Sun. [20.10] I proclaim... of the Ahurian Faith. [20.10a] (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication) [20.10b] Propitiation... glorification to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed [20.10c] Sun. As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen... let one who [20.10d] knows it pronounce it to me. [20.11] We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. When [20.11a] the Sun warms with its light, when the sunlight gives warmth, [20.11b] there stand the spiritual Yazads, a hundred and a thousand. They [20.11c] gather together this glory. They distribute this glory. They bestow [20.11d] this glory upon the earth made by Ahura, with the furtherance [20.11e] of the world of Asha, with the furtherance of the material existence [20.11f] of Asha, with the furtherance of the Sun that (is) immortal, radiant, [20.11g] swift-horsed. [20.12] When the Sun rises up, purification comes to the earth made [20.12a] by Ahura, purification to the flowing waters, purification to [20.12b] the waters of the wells, purification to the water of the seas, [20.12c] purification to the water that is standing. Purification comes [20.12d] to the righteous creation, which is of the Beneficent Spirit. [20.13] If indeed the Sun were not to rise, then the daevas would [20.13a] kill all things that are in the seven regions. Not at all would [20.13b] the spiritual Yazads find support and stability in the material [20.13c] world. [20.14] Whoever sacrifices to the Sun that is immortal, radiant, (and) [20.14a] swift-horsed, in order to withstand darkness, to withstand the [20.14b] daevas, the progeny of darkness, to withstand the theives and [20.14c] robbers, to withstand the sorcerers and the enchantresses, to [20.14d] withstand death that creeps on, [20.14e] He sacrifices to Ahura Mazda, he sacrifices to the Amesha Spentas, [20.14f] he sacrifices to his own soul. [20.14g] He propitiates all heavenly and earthly Yazads, who sacrifices [20.14h] to the Sun that is immortal, radiant, swift-horsed. [20.15] I shall sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who has [20.15a] a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I shall sacrifice to his mace, [20.15b] well aimed against the skulls of the Daevas, Mithra of wide cattle [20.15c] pastures. And I shall sacrifice to that friendship which is the [20.15d] best of friendships, that between the Moon and the Sun. [20.16] For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with [20.16a] audible worship, the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun, with [20.16b] libations. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed [20.16c] Sun, with milk provided with Haoma, with the Barsom, with skill [20.16d] of tongue, and with the spell, and with word, and with deeds, [20.16e] and with libations, and with rightly spoken words. [20.16f] Of whomsoever among beings Ahura Mazda has known the excellence [20.16g] (lit. something better) in Yasna-sacrifice in accordance with [20.16h] Asha, to both these males and females we sacrifice. [20.16i] (Recite quietly:).... [20.16j] Y.A.V. [20.16k] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the [20.16l] immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. [20.17] I bless the sacrifice... of the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed [20.17a] Sun. [20.18] (Whoso sacrifices to) the Ahuranis (Ladies) of Ahura with [20.18a] most excellent libation, with fairest libations, with libations [20.18b] filtered by the pious man, (give) to that man radiance... as [20.18c] I bless. [20.18d] A thousand... ten thousand of the healing remedies. [20.18e] Come to me for help, O Mazda!... of the Time of Long Duration. [20.18f] (Paz.) The reward of merit... as I bless. [20.19] Homage to the creator of the creatures of the world, on the [20.19a] day (N.) of good name, of holy name, of auspicious name, of the [20.19b] month (N.) of auspicious name, of the gah (N.). [20.19c] Propitiation... I praise Asha. [20.19d] May there be an increase in the luster and glory of the immortal, [20.19e] radiant, swift-horsed Sun, the courageous, victorious in courage [20.19f] and victory. May the knowledge, promulgation, and glory of the [20.19g] good Mazdayasnian Law and Religion be in the seven regions of [20.19h] the earth. So be it. I must go thither (i.e. the next world). [20.19i] (Homage) to the Creator of the world, to the Mazdayasnian Religion, [20.19j] the Law of Zartusht. Homage to you, O righteous Ardvisura Anahita, [20.19k] most profitable, righteous one. [20.19l] Homage to you, good Tree, righteous one, created by Ormazd! [20.19m] We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. [20.19n] (Hither) may reach the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. ## Mihr Niyayesh (Litany to Mithra) [21.0] IN THE name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the [21.0a] beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come Mithra of wide cattle pastures, [21.0b] the true judge. Of all sins... I repent. [21.0c] 1-9. Homage to you, O Ahura Mazda... come to my help, O Mazda. We [21.0d] sacrifice to the good, helpful, holy Fravashis of the righteous. [21.0e] We sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures. [21.10] I proclaim... of the Ahurian Faith. [21.10a] (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication) [21.10b] Propitiation... glorification to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who has a [21.10c] thousand ears, who has ten thousand eyes, the Yazad who is invoked by name, [21.10d] (and) to Rama Khvastra. As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen... let one [21.10e] who knows it pronounce it to me. [21.11] We sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, whose word is true [21.11a] ... the ever wakeful. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is around the country. We [21.11b] sacrifice to Mithra, who is within the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who [21.11c] is in the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is above the country. We [21.11d] sacrifice to Mithra, who is under the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is [21.11e] before the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is behind the country. [21.12] We sacrifice to Mithra and Ahura, the exalted, imperishable, [21.12a] righteous ones, and the Stars, the Moon, and the Sun, by means of trees [21.12b] yielding Barsom. We sacrifice to Mitha, the Lord of all countries. [21.13] For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with audible [21.13a] worship, Mithra of wide cattle pastures with libations. We sacrifice to [21.13b] Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who gives an abode of joy, and a good abode to [21.13c] the Aryan countries. [21.14] May he come hither to us in order to help [21.14a] (us). May he come hither to us for spaciousness. May he come hither to [21.14b] us to support (us). May he come hither to us to (grant us) mercy. May [21.14c] he come hither to us to cure (us of disease). May he come hither to us [21.14d] so that we are able to defeat our enemies. May he come hither to us to [21.14e] (grant us) a good life. May he come hither to us to grant us possession [21.14f] of Truth. (May) strong, unshakable, undeceivable Mithra of wide pastures, [21.14g] who is worthy of worship and praise, (come hither) for the sake of the [21.14h] whole material world. [21.15] This powerful strong god Mithra, strongest in the (world of) [21.15a] creatures, I will worship with libations. I will cultivate him with praise [21.15b] and reverence, worship him with audible prayer, with libations, Mithra of wide [21.15c] cattle pastures. [21.15d] We worship Mithra of wide cattle pastures with Haoma-containing milk and [21.15e] baresman twigs, with skill of tongue and magic word, with speech and action [21.15f] and libations, and with correctly uttered words. [21.15g] We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom Ahura Mazda [21.15h] knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. better) according to Asha. ## Vispa Humata [22.1] ALL GOOD THOUGHTS, all good words, all good deeds I do willingly. [22.2] All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds I do unwillingly. [22.3] All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise. [22.4] All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell. [22.5] And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the [22.6] badge of the Ashavans for Paradise. Ashem Vohu.... ## Nam Stayishn [23.1] (TRANSLATION BY B. N. Dhabhar, Translation of Zand-i Khurtak [23.2] Avistak, Bombay, 1963, p ff.) [23.1a] With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Ashem Vohu.... [23.1aa] Praise be to the name of Him Who always was, always is and [23.1b] always will be. (He is), by name, the Yazad Spena Menoi. Even [23.1c] among the spiritual (yazads). He is Menoi (i.e. an invisible spirit). [23.1d] One of His own names is also Ohrmazd. (He is) the greatest Lord, [23.1e] powerful and wise, creator, nourisher, protector, compassionate, [23.1f] virtuous, forgiver, pure, a good dispenser of justice and all [23.1g] powerful. [23.2a] Thanks be to that Great Architect who, with His own unrivaled [23.2aa] strength and wisdom, created the sublime world, the six Amahraspands [23.2b] of higher rank, many wonderful Yazads, the bright paradise Garothman, [23.2c] the revolution of the sky, the shining sun, the brilliant moon, [23.2d] stars of different germs, the wind, atmosphere, water, fire, the [23.2e] earth, trees, beneficent cattle, the metals and mankind. [23.3] Adoration and praise be to the righteous Lord Who made man [23.3a] the greatest of all earthly creatures and through (the gift of) [23.3b] speech and the power of reasoning, created them for the sovereignty [23.3c] of the times and for the management of the creatures through the [23.3d] contest in battles against the daevas. [23.4] Homage to the Omniscient One, to him who is compassionate, [23.4a] who, through Zartosht Spitaman of holy farohar, sent for the creatures [23.4b] the apostleship (of religion), the knowledge of and the trustworthiness [23.4c] with regard to, the Religion, innate wisdom and wisdom acquired [23.4d] through the ears, and the instruction of, and guidance for all [23.4e] who are, were, and will be, and the science of sciences, viz. [23.4f] the bountiful Manthra, so that the soul at the Chinwad bridge [23.4g] may be released from hell, and may cause them to pass over the [23.4h] Best Existence of the holy, the bright sweet-smelling, and all-beneficent. [23.5] In obedience to your command, o compassionate one, I accept [23.5a] your pure religion, and think, speak, and practice (in accordance [23.5b] with it). I am steadfast on every meritorious deed and desist [23.5c] from all sins. I keep pure my own personal conduct and completely [23.5d] preserve the six powers of life, viz. first, thought, second, [23.5e] word, third, deed, and again fourth, reasoning, fifth, memory, [23.5f] and sixth, intellect. [23.6] O righteous one, according to your will, I shall accomplish [23.6a] to the extent of (my) power, your worship with good thoughts, [23.6b] good words, and good deeds. I shall open (for myself) the brilliant [23.6c] way (of paradise) so that the grievous punishment of hell may [23.6d] not be inflicted on me. I shall pass over the Chinwad bridge and [23.6e] attain to the abode of paradise (which is) very fragrant, all-embroidered, [23.6f] and of all happiness. [23.7] Praise be to the merciful Lord who bestows rewards for meritorious [23.7a] deeds on those who obey his commands according to his will, and [23.7b] at last will liberate even the wicked from (the torture of) hell [23.7c] and will embellish with purity the whole creation. [23.8] All praise to the creator Ohrmazd the omniscient, omnipotent, [23.8a] and powerful, and to the seven Amahraspands, to the victorious [23.8b] Yazad Warharan, the vanquisher of foes, and to the well-shapen [23.8c] (Yazad) Ama (strength). (May all these) come (to my help). [23.8d] [May the glory of the pure and good religion of the Mazdayasnians be triumphant]. [23.9] Homage to these places and cities [these regions and districts], [23.9a] [know that they are not specially mentioned], pasture lands [i.e. [23.9b] stalls of cattle are so called], houses [i.e. dwellings], drinking [23.9c] places [i.e. fountains of water], to the waters, lands, and trees, [23.9d] to this earth and the yonder sky, and even to the holy wind, to [23.9e] the stars, the moon and the sun, and also to the self-sustained [23.9f] eternal lights, [know that the self-sustainedness is this that [23.9g] every one of them acts for itself] and to all creations of Spena [23.9h] Menoi, males and females, [especially] the lords of holiness. [23.9i] Ashem Vohu.... ## Namaz-i Chahar nemag [24.1] OF ALL SINS I repent. Ashem Vohu.... [24.2] (Recite once facing East, West, South, and North respectively:) [24.3] Homage to these places and these lands, and for these [24.4] pastures, and these abodes vith their hay-racks, and for the waters, [24.5] land, and plants, and for this earth and for yon heaven, and for [24.6] the Asha-owning wind, and for the stars, moon, and sun, and for [24.7] the eternal stars without beginning, and self-disposing, and for [24.8] all the Asha-owning creatures of Spenta Mainyu, male and female, [24.9] the regulators of Asha. Ashem Vohu.... [24.10] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) [24.11] Ashem Vohu.... ## Mah Niyayesh (Moon Litany) [25.0] IN THE name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the [25.0a] beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come the purifier Moon, the Yazad [25.0b] Moon. Of all sins... I repent. [25.1] Homage to Ahura Mazda. Homage to the Amesha Spentas. Homage to the [25.1a] Moon that has the seed of the Bull. Homage (to the Moon) when looked at. [25.1b] Homage with the look. [25.2] Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.... I praise Asha. I proclaim... of [25.2a] Ahurian Faith. [25.2b] (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) [25.2c] Propitiation... glorification to the Moon that has the seed of [25.2d] the Bull. To the sole-created Bull. To the Bull of many species. [25.2e] As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen... let one who knows it [25.2f] pronounce it to me. [25.3] Homage to Ahura Mazda.... Homage with the look. [25.4] How does the Moon wax? How does the Moon wane? Fifteen (days) does [25.4a] the Moon wax. Fifteen days does the moon wane. As long as (is) her waxing, [25.4b] so long the waning. So long (is) the waning, even as the waxing. Who (is it) [25.4c] through whom the Moon waxes (and) wanes, (other) than you? [25.5] We sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the [25.5a] righteous and master of Asha. Now I look at the Moon. Now I present myself [25.5b] to the Moon. Now I behold the brilliant Moon. I present myself to the [25.5c] brilliant Moon. There stand up the Amesha Spentas, they hold the glory. [25.5d] There stand the Amesha Spentas, they bestow the glory on the earth created by [25.5e] Ahura. [25.6] When the Moon warms with its light, then the golden-colored plants [25.6a] always grow up together from the earth in the spring. (We sacrifice to) the [25.6b] new-moon days, the full-moon days, and the intervening seventh day. We [25.6c] sacrifice to the new-moon, the righteous, master of Asha. We sacrifice to the [25.6d] full-moon, the righteous, master of Asha. We sacrifice to the intervening [25.6e] day, the righteous, master of Asha. [25.7] I will sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the [25.7a] bestower, radiant, glorious, possessed of water, possessed of warmth, [25.7b] possessed of knowledge, possessed of wealth, possessed of riches, possessed of [25.7c] discernment, possessed of weal, possessed of verdure, possessed of good, the [25.7d] bestower, the healing. [25.8] For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with audible [25.8a] worship, the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, with libations. [25.8b] We sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the righteous, [25.8c] master of Asha, [25.8d] With Haoma-containing milk... and with correctly uttered words. [25.8e] We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom Ahura [25.8f] Mazda knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. better) according to [25.8g] Asha. [25.9] Y.A.V.. [25.9a] I desire worship... of the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, of the sole- [25.9b] created Bull, of cattle of all species. Ashem.... 10.Give strength [25.9c] and victory. Give a satisfactory supply of cattle. Give a multitude of men, [25.9d] steadfast, belonging to the assembly, vanquishing, not vanquished, vanquishing [25.9e] adversaries at one stroke, vanquishing enemies at one stroke, of manifest help [25.9f] to the blessed. [25.11] O Yazads full of fortune! O Yazads full of healing! Manifest by [25.11a] your greatness, manifest be those of you who help when invoked. O waters give [25.11b] indeed just your own manifest fortune to the worshiper. ## Aban Niyayesh (Litany to Water) [26.0] IN THE name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the [26.0a] beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come Banu Aban Ardvisur. [26.0b] Of all sins... I repent. [26.1] To the good waters, created by Mazda. To the waters of Aredvi [26.1a] Anahita, the righteous. To all waters created by Mazda. To all [26.1b] plants created by Mazda. Propitiation... glorification. As (he [26.1c] is) the Lord that is to be chosen... let one who knows it pronounce [26.1d] it to me. [26.2] Ahura Mazda spoke to Spitama Zarathushtra: ‘May you sacrifice [26.2a] for me, O Spitama Zarathushtra, to her who is Aredvi Sura Anahita, [26.2b] The wide-expanding, the healing, [26.2c] Foe to the daevas, of Ahura’s Faith, [26.2d] Worthy of sacrifice in the material world, [26.2e] Worthy of prayer in the material world, [26.2f] Life-increasing, the righteous, [26.2g] Herd-increasing, the righteous, [26.2h] Fold-increasing, the righteous, [26.2i] Wealth-increasing, the righteous, [26.2j] Country-increasing, the righteous.’ [26.3] Who purifies the seed of all males. [26.3a] Who purifies the wombs of [26.3b] All females for bearing. Who makes all females have easy childbirth. [26.3c] Who bestows on all females [26.3d] Right (and) timely milk. [26.4] The great, far-famed, [26.4a] Who is as much in greatness [26.4b] As all these waters [26.4c] That run along on this earth. [26.4d] Who, the strong one, flows forth [26.4e] From the height Hukairya [26.4f] To the Sea Vourukasha. [26.5] All the shores around the Sea Vourukasha [26.5a] Are in commotion, [26.5b] The whole middle is bubbling up [26.5c] When she flows forth to them, [26.5d] When she streams forth to them, [26.5e] Aredvi Sura Anahita. [26.5f] To whom belong a thousand lakes, [26.5g] To whom a thousand outlets; [26.5h] Anyone of these lakes [26.5i] And any of these outlets [26.5j] (Is) a forty days’ ride [26.5k] For a man mounted on a good horse. [26.6] And the outflow of this [26.6a] One water of mine penetrates to all the seven zones. And (the [26.6b] outflow) of this one water of mine [26.6c] Flows continuously [26.6d] Both summer and winter. [26.6e] She purifies my waters, she (purifies) the seed of males, the [26.6f] wombs of females, the milk of females. [26.7] Whom I, Ahura Mazda by movement of tongue (?) brought forth [26.7a] for the furtherance of the house, village, town, and country. [26.8] Inasmuch as I shall henceforth recite the Staota Yasna, and [26.8a] shall recite the Ahuna Vairya, and shall pour forth (?) the Asha [26.8b] Vahishta, and shall purify the good waters with (lit. together [26.8c] with) that Gathic word ‘Ahura Mazda attained first in the Abode [26.8d] of Praise’ - she will therefore give me reward. [26.9] For her splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to her with [26.9a] audible worship, I shall sacrifice to her with the well-sacrificed [26.9b] worship. Through this may you be commanded when invoked! Through [26.9c] this may you be more than well-sacrificed! (We sacrifice) to Aredvi [26.9d] Sura Anahita, the righteous, with libations. We sacrifice to Aredvi [26.9e] Sura Anahita, the righteous, master of Asha, [26.9f] With Haoma-containing milk... and with correctly uttered words. [26.9g] We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom [26.9h] Ahura Mazda knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. [26.9i] better) according to Asha. ## Atash Niyayesh (Litany to Fire) [27.0] WITH PROPITIATION of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of [27.0a] Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. [27.0b] Ashem Vohu.... In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of [27.0c] Ormazd, the beneficent Lord, increase. [27.0d] (Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:) [27.0e] To the Fire Behram, the great Fire. [27.0f] (Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:) [27.0g] To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire. [27.0h] (Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:) [27.0i] To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire. [27.0j] Of all sins... I repent. [27.1] Arise unto me, O Ahura! give vigor through Armaiti, Strength [27.1a] by the good reward through Thy Holy Spirit, O Mazda! Mighty power [27.1b] through Asha, supremacy through Vohu Manah. [27.2] For my support, O Far-seeing One, may Ye manifest unto me [27.2a] those incomparable things [27.2b] Of your Khshathra, O Ahura, which are the reward of Vohu Manah; [27.2c] Instruct our consciences, O Holy Armaiti, through Asha. [27.3] So Zarathushtra gives as an offering even the life of his body, [27.3a] And the excellence of Vohu Manah unto Mazda, [27.3b] As also obedience and power of deed and word unto Asha. [27.4] Propitiation unto Ahura Mazda. Homage unto thee, O Fire of [27.4a] Ahura Mazda, thou good-created, great Yazata. [27.4b] Ashem Vohu.... [27.4c] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [27.4d] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [27.4e] (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) [27.4f] Unto Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda. Unto thee, O Fire, son of Ahura [27.4g] Mazda. [27.5] To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to the good fortune and Prosperity, [27.5a] created by Mazda; to the Aryan good fortune, created by Mazda; [27.5b] to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, the son [27.5c] of Ahura Mazda; to Kavi Husravah, to the Lake of Husravah; to [27.5d] Mount Asnavant, created by Mazda; to Lake Chaechista, created [27.5e] by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda. [27.6] To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, created [27.6a] by Mazda, to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, [27.6b] the son of Ahura Mazda; O Fire! holy warrior, O Yazata full of [27.6c] fortune, O Yazata full of healing; to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, [27.6d] with all fires; to the Yazata Nairyosangha, offspring of sovereignty [27.6e] (Khshathra). Propitiation for worship, adoration, propitiation, [27.6f] and praise. [27.6g] ‘Yatha Ahu Vairyo’, the zaotar should say to me [27.6h] ‘Atha ratush ashatchit hacha’, the Asha-owning, knowing one should [27.6i] say. [27.7] I bless in reverence and adoration the abiding offering, the [27.7a] joyous offering, and the devotional offering (offered) to you, [27.7b] O Fire! son of Ahura Mazda. [27.7c] Worthy of sacrifice you are, worthy of prayer, [27.7d] worthy of sacrifice may you always be, worthy of prayer, [27.7e] in the dwellings of men. [27.7f] May there be hope to that man who verily shall sacrifice to you [27.7g] with fuel in his hand, with the Baresma in his hand, [27.7h] with milk in his hand, with the mortar in his hand. [27.8] May you be provided with proper fuel! May you be provided [27.8a] with proper incense! May you be provided with proper nourishment! [27.8b] May you be provided with proper upkeep! May you be maintained [27.8c] by one of full age! May you be maintained by one wise (in religion), [27.8d] O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda. [27.9] In order to be burning in this house, in order to be ever [27.9a] burning in this house, in order to be blazing in this house, in [27.9b] order to be increasing in this house, [27.9c] Even throughout the Long Time, [27.9d] until the mighty Renovation, including the mighty, good Renovation. [27.10] Give me, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda! well-being immediately, [27.10a] sustenance immediately; life immediately, well-being in abundance; [27.10b] sustenance in abundance, life in abundance; knowledge, holiness, [27.10c] a ready tongue, understanding for (my) soul; and afterwards wisdom [27.10d] (which is) comprehensive, great, imperishable. [27.11] (Give me) then the manly valor, which is ever afoot, sleepless, [27.11a] (for one third of the days and nights), watchful while lying in [27.11b] bed. (Give me) native offspring that give support, ruling over [27.11c] the region, belonging to the assembly, thoroughly developed, possessed [27.11d] of good works, delivering from distress, of good intellect, that [27.11e] may further my house, village, town, country, (and) the renown [27.11f] of the country. [27.12] Give me, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, the Best [27.12a] World of the righteous, the shining, the all-happy, so that it [27.12b] may fulfill my wish, now and for ever, so as to attain to good [27.12c] reward, and to good renown, and to long happiness of my soul! [27.13] The Fire of Ahura Mazda [27.13a] Gives command to all [27.13b] For whom he cooks [27.13c] The night and the morning meals. [27.13d] From all he solicits [27.13e] A good offering, and a wished-for offering, [27.13f] And a devotional offering, O Spitama! [27.14] The Fire looks at the hands of all passers-by - ‘what does [27.14a] the friend bring to the friend, the one that goes forth to the [27.14b] one that sits still?’ We sacrifice unto the holy Fire, the bold, [27.14c] good warrior. [27.15] Then if that one brings unto him either fuel righly brought, [27.15a] or Baresma rightly spread, or the plant Hadhanaepata, to him thereupon, [27.15b] in fulfillment of his wish, the Fire of Ahura Mazda, propitiated, [27.15c] unoffended, gives a blessing: [27.16] ‘May a herd of cattle attend you, [27.16a] A multitude of men to you, [27.16b] And may an active mind [27.16c] And an active spirit attend you. [27.16d] May you live with a joyous life [27.16e] The nights which you live!’ [27.16f] This is the Fire’s blessing (on him) [27.16g] Who brings him fuel, [27.16h] Dry, exposed to the light, [27.16i] Purified in accordance with the ritual of Asha. [27.17] (Recite silently:) [27.17a] Ormazd the Lord! the increaser of mankind, of the species [27.17b] of mankind, of all species, and of all good ones! May he cause [27.17c] intelligence, steadfastness, and goodness, unto me (who am) one [27.17d] of the good Mazdayasnians. So be it! [27.17e] (Recite aloud:) [27.17f] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [27.17g] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Fire, [27.17h] son of Ahura Mazda. For Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, to the good [27.17i] fortune and prosperity, created by Mazda, to the Aryan good fortune, [27.17j] created by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; [27.17k] to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Kavi Husravah; to the Lake [27.17l] of Husravah, to Mount Asnavant, created by Mazda; to Lake Chaechista, [27.17m] created by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda. [27.17n] To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, created by [27.17o] Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, [27.17p] the son of Ahura Mazda; O Fire! holy warrior, O Yazata full of [27.17q] fortune, O Yazata full of healing; to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, [27.17r] with all fires; to the Yazata Nairyosangha, offspring of sovereignty [27.17s] (Khshathra). [27.17t] Ashem Vohu.... [27.18] Then through Asha, O Ahura! we wish your mighty and powerful [27.18a] Fire, which is taught through Asha, to be a manifest help to the [27.18b] ally, but a visible harm at your beck, O Mazda! to the foe. [27.18c] Ashem Vohu.... [27.19] Bestow on him riches... (SrB5) [27.20] Homage to the creator of the creatures of the world, on the [27.20a] day (name the day) of good name, of holy name, of auspicious name, [27.20b] on the month (name the month) of auspicious name, of the Gah (name [27.20c] the Gah). With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire [27.20d] of Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. [27.20e] Ashem Vohu.... [27.20f] May there be an increase in the luster and fortune. [27.20g] (Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:) [27.20h] To the Fire Behram, the great Fire. [27.20i] (Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:) [27.20j] To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire. [27.20k] (Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:) [27.20l] To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire. [27.20m] May the powerful and victorious fires - Adar Gushasp, Adar Khordad [27.20n] and Adar Burzin Meher and other Adaran and Atashan which are established [27.20o] in their proper places (dad-gah) be on the increase. May the greatness [27.20p] and brightness of Menoi Karko which is powerful and victorious [27.20q] be on the increase. May these be on the increase - these fires [27.20r] which possess power and victory. May the knowledge, promulgation, [27.20s] and glory of the Mazdayasnian law and religion be in the seven [27.20t] regions of the earth! So be it! [27.20u] I must go thither. [27.20v] Ashem Vohu.... [27.20w] (Recite facing south:) [27.20x] To the creator of the world, to the Mazdayasnian religion, [27.20y] the Law of Zarthusht. Homage to you! O righteous Ardvisura Anahita, [27.20z] most profitable, O righteous one. [27.20aa] Ashem Vohu.... [27.20ba] Homage to you, O good tree, righteous, created by Mazda. [27.20ca] Ashem Vohu.... [27.20da] With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of Ahura [27.20ea] Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. [27.20fa] Ashem Vohu.... ## 1. Ohrmazd Yasht (Hymn to Ahura Mazda) [29.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be destroyed [29.0a] by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God). [29.0b] I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, [29.0c] and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; [29.0d] I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds. [29.0e] I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O Amesha-Spentas! even with [29.0f] the fullness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of [29.0g] my heart: I give unto you even my own life. [29.0h] I recite the ‘Praise of Holiness:’ [29.0i] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for [29.0j] it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness!’ [29.0k] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [29.0l] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [29.0m] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [29.0n] the holy and master of holiness; [29.0o] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Savanghi [29.0p] and Visya], the holy and masters of holiness; [29.0q] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto the [29.0r] Masters of the days, of the periods of the day, of the months, [29.0s] of the seasons, and of the years; [29.0t] Unto AHURA MAZDA, bright and glorious, be propitiation, with sacrifice, [29.0u] prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [29.0v] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness: [29.0w] the riches of Vohu-Mano shall he given to him who works in this [29.0x] world for Mazda, and wields according to the will of Ahura the [29.0y] power he gave him to relieve the poor. [29.1] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [29.1a] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! [29.1b] ‘What of the Holy Word is the strongest? What is the most victorious? [29.1c] What is the most glorious? What is the most effective? [29.2] ‘What is the most fiend-smiting? What is the best-healing? [29.2a] What destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men? What maketh [29.2b] the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes? [29.2c] What freeth the material world best from the anxieties of the [29.2d] heart?’ [29.3] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Our Name, O Spitama Zarathushtra! who [29.3a] are the Amesha-Spentas, that is the strongest part of the Holy [29.3b] Word; that is the most victorious; that is the most glorious; [29.3c] that is the most effective; [29.4] ‘That is the most fiend-smiting; that is the best-healing; [29.4a] that destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men: that maketh [29.4b] the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes; [29.4c] that freeth the material World best from the anxieties of the [29.4d] heart.’ [29.5] Then Zarathushtra said: ‘Reveal unto me that name of thine, [29.5a] O Ahura Mazda! that is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the [29.5b] most effective, the most fiend-smiting, the best-healing, that [29.5c] destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men; [29.6] ‘That I may afflict all Daevas and Men; that I may afflict [29.6a] all Yatus and Pairikas; that neither Daevas nor Men may be able [29.6b] to afflict me; neither Yatus nor Pairikas.’ [29.7] Ahura Mazda replied unto him: ‘My name is the One of whom [29.7a] questions are asked, O holy Zarathushtra! [29.7b] ‘My second name is the Herd-giver [29.7c] ‘My third name is the Strong One [29.7d] ‘My fourth name is Perfect Holiness. [29.7e] ‘My fifth name is All good things created by Mazda, the offspring [29.7f] of the holy principle. [29.7g] ‘My sixth name is Understanding; [29.7h] ‘My seventh name is the One with understanding. [29.7i] ‘My eighth name is Knowledge; [29.7j] ‘My ninth name is the One with Knowledge. [29.8] ‘My tenth name is Weal; [29.8a] ‘My eleventh name is He who produces weal. [29.8b] ‘My twelfth name is AHURA (the Lord). [29.8c] ‘My thirteenth name is the most Beneficent. [29.8d] ‘My fourteenth name is He in whom there is no harm. [29.8e] ‘My fifteenth name is the unconquerable One. [29.8f] ‘My sixteenth name is He who makes the true account. [29.8g] ‘My seventeenth name is the All-seeing One. [29.8h] ‘My eighteenth name is the healing One. [29.8i] ‘My nineteenth name is the Creator. [29.8j] ‘My twentieth name is MAZDA (the All-knowing One). [29.9] Worship me, O Zarathushtra, by day and by night, with offerings [29.9a] of libations well accepted I will come unto thee for help and [29.9b] joy, I, Ahura Mazda; the good, holy Sraosha will come unto thee [29.9c] for help and joy; the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of [29.9d] the holy ones will come unto thee for help and joy. [29.10] ‘If thou wantest, O Zarathushtra, to destroy the malice of [29.10a] Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, [29.10b] of the blind and of the deaf, of the two-legged ruffians, of the [29.10c] two-legged Ashemaoghas, of the four-legged wolves; [29.11] ‘And of the hordes with the wide front, with the many spears, [29.11a] with the straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the [29.11b] spear of havock; then, recite thou these my names every day and [29.11c] every night. [29.12] ‘I am the Keeper; I am the Creator and the Maintainer; I am [29.12a] the Discerner; I am the most beneficent Spirit. [29.12b] ‘My name is the bestower of health; my name is the best bestower [29.12c] of health. [29.12d] ‘My name is the Athravan; my name is the most Athravan-like of [29.12e] all Athravans. [29.12f] ‘My name is Ahura (the Lord) [29.12g] ‘My name is Mazdau (the all-knowing). [29.12h] ‘My name is the Holy; my name is the most Holy. [29.12i] ‘My name is the Glorious; my name is the most Glorious. [29.12j] ‘My name is the Full-seeing; my name is the Fullest-seeing. [29.12k] ‘My name is the Far-seeing; my name is the Farthest-seeing. [29.13] ‘My name is the Protector; my name is the Well-wisher; my [29.13a] name is the Creator; my name is the Keeper; my name is the Maintainer. [29.13b] ‘My name is the Discerner; my name is the Best Discerner. [29.13c] ‘My name is the Prosperity-producer; my name is the Word of Prosperity. [29.13d] ‘My name is the King who rules at his will; my name is the King [29.13e] who rules most at his will. [29.13f] ‘My name is the liberal King; my name is the most liberal King. [29.14] ‘My name is He who does not deceive; my name is He who is [29.14a] not deceived. [29.14b] ‘My name is the good Keeper; my name is He who destroys malice; [29.14c] my name is He Who conquers at once; my name is He who conquers [29.14d] everything; my name is He who has shaped everything. [29.14e] ‘My name is All weal; my name is full weal; my name is the Master [29.14f] of weal. [29.15] ‘My name is He who can benefit at his wish; my name is He [29.15a] who can best benefit at his wish. [29.15b] ‘My name is the Beneficent One; my name is the Energetic One; [29.15c] my name is the most Beneficent. [29.15d] ‘My name is Holiness; my name is the Great One; my name is the [29.15e] good Sovereign; my name is the Best of Sovereigns. [29.15f] ‘My name is the Wise One; my name is the Wisest of the Wise; my [29.15g] name is He who does good for a long time. [29.16] ‘These are my names. [29.16a] ‘And he who in this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! shall [29.16b] recite and pronounce those names of mine either by day or by night; [29.17] ‘He who shall pronounce them, when he rises up or when he [29.17a] lays him down; when he lays him down or when he rises up; when [29.17b] he binds on the sacred girdle or when he unbinds the sacred girdle; [29.17c] when he goes out of his dwelling-place, or when he goes out of [29.17d] his town, or when he goes out of his country and comes into another [29.17e] country: [29.18] ‘That man, neither in that day nor in that night, shall be [29.18a] wounded by the weapons of the foe who rushes Aeshma-like and is [29.18b] Druj-minded; not the knife, not the cross-bow, not the arrow, [29.18c] not the sword, not the club, not the sling-stone shall reach and [29.18d] wound him. [29.19] ‘But those names shall come in to keep him from behind and [29.19a] to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female Varenya [29.19b] fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that fiend [29.19c] who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were a [29.19d] thousand men watching over one man. [29.20] ‘“Who is he who will smite the fiend in order to maintain [29.20a] thy ordinances? Teach me clearly thy rules for this world and [29.20b] for the next, that Sraosha may come with Vohu-Mano and help whomsoever [29.20c] thou pleasest.” [29.21] ‘Hail to the Glory of the Kavis! Hail to the Airyanem Vaejah! [29.21a] Hail to the Saoka, made by Mazda! Hail to the waters of the Daitya! [29.21b] Hail to Ardvi, the undefiled well! Hail to the whole world of [29.21c] the holy Spirit! [29.21d] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord... [29.21e] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [29.22] ‘We worship the Ahuna Vairya. We worship Asha-Vahishta, most [29.22a] fair, undying, and beneficent. We worship Strength and Prosperity [29.22b] and Might and Victory and Glory and Vigour. We worship Ahura Mazda, [29.22c] bright and glorious. [29.22d] ‘Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the [29.22e] goodness for a sacrifice [performed] in holiness, all those beings, [29.22f] males and females, do we worship. [29.23] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [29.23a] I bless the sacrifice and the prayer unto Ahura Mazda, bright [29.23b] and glorious, and his strength and vigour.’ [29.23c] (Bahman Yasht.) [29.24] ‘O Zarathushtra! keep thou for ever that man who is friendly [29.24a] [to me] from the foe unfriendly [to me]! Do not give up that friend [29.24b] unto the stroke (of the foe), unto vexations to be borne; wish [29.24c] no harm unto that man who would offer me a sacrifice, be it ever [29.24d] so great or ever so small, if it has reached unto us, the Amesha-Spentas. [29.25] ‘Here is Vohu-Mano, my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Asha-Vahishta, [29.25a] my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Khshathra-Vairya, my creature, [29.25b] O Zarathushtra! here is Spenta-Armaiti, my creature, O Zarathushtra! [29.25c] here are Haurvatat and Ameretat, who are the reward of the holy [29.25d] ones, when freed from their bodies, my creatures, O Zarathushtra! [29.26] ‘Thou knowest this, and how it is, O holy Zarathushtra! from [29.26a] my understanding and from my knowledge; namely, how the world [29.26b] first began, and how it will end. [29.26c] ‘A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! [29.26d] ‘A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! [29.26e] ‘A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! [29.27] ‘[We worship] the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; Verethraghna, [29.27a] made by Ahura; the crushing Ascendant, and Spenta-Armaiti. [29.28] ‘And with the help of Spenta-Armaiti, break ye asunder their [29.28a] malice, turn their minds astray, bind their hands, make their [29.28b] knees quake against one another, bind their tongues. [29.28c] ‘When, O Mazda! shall the faithful smite the wicked? When shall [29.28d] the faithful smite the Druj? When shall the faithful smite the [29.28e] wicked?’ [29.29] Then Zarathushtra said: ‘I threw you back into the earth, [29.29a] and by the eyes of Spenta-Armaiti the ruffian was made powerless. [29.30] ‘We worship the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda; the powerful [29.30a] Gaokerena, made by Mazda. [29.31] ‘We worship the memory of Ahura Mazda to keep the Holy Word. [29.31a] We worship the understanding of Ahura Mazda, to study the Holy [29.31b] Word. [29.31c] ‘We worship the tongue of Ahura Mazda, to speak forth the Holy [29.31d] Word. [29.31e] ‘We worship the mountain that gives understanding, that preserves [29.31f] understanding; [we worship it] by day and by night, with offerings [29.31g] of libations well-accepted. [29.32] ‘We worship that creation [of Ahura’s], Spenta-Armaiti; and [29.32a] the holy creations of that creature and of Asha [Vahishta], that [29.32b] are foremost in holiness. [29.32c] ‘Here I take as lord and master the greatest of all, Ahura Mazda; [29.32d] to smite the fiend Angra Mainyu; to smite Aeshma of the wounding [29.32e] spear; to smite the Mazainya fiends; to smite all the Daevas and [29.32f] the Varenya fiends; to increase Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; [29.32g] to increase the Amesha-Spentas; to increase the star Tishtrya, [29.32h] the bright and glorious; to increase the faithful men; to increase [29.32i] all the holy creatures of the beneficent Spirit. [29.32j] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [29.33] Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.) [29.33a] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....’ ## 2. Haft Amahraspand Yasht [30.0] May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!... [30.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [30.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of [30.0c] Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of [30.0d] Ahura; [30.0e] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [30.0f] [Havani], the holy and master of holiness.... [30.1] I. To Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the [30.1a] Amesha-Spentas; [30.1b] To Vohu-Mano; to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is [30.1c] more powerful to destroy than all other creatures; to the [30.1d] heavenly Wisdom, made by Mazda, and to the Wisdom acquired [30.1e] through the ear, made by Mazda; [30.2] To Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; to the much-desired Airyaman; [30.2a] to the instrument made by Mazda: and to the good Saoka, with eyes [30.2b] of love, made by Mazda and holy; [30.2c] To Khshathra-Vairya; to the metals; to Mercy and Charity. [30.3] To the good Spenta-Armaiti, and to the good Rata, with eyes [30.3a] of love, made by Mazda and holy; [30.3b] To Haurvatat, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons [30.3c] and to the years, the masters of holiness; [30.3d] And to Ameretat, the master; to fatness and flocks; to the [30.3e] plenty of corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. [30.4] (At the Gah Hawan): To Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and [30.4a] to Rama Hvastra. [30.4b] (At the Gah Rapithwin): To Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the [30.4c] son of Ahura Mazda. [30.4d] (At the Gah, Uzerin): To Apam Napat, the tall lord, and to [30.4e] water, made by Mazda. [30.5] (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): To the Fravashis of the faithful [30.5a] and to the females that bring forth flocks of males; to the [30.5b] prosperity of the seasons; to the well-shapen and tall-formed [30.5c] Strength; to Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing [30.5d] Ascendant. [30.5e] (At the Gah Usahin): To the holy, devout, fiend-smiting [30.5f] Sraosha, who makes the world grow; to Rashnu-Razishta and to [30.5g] Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase; [30.5h] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation and [30.5i] glorification! [30.5j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of [30.5k] holiness.... [30.6] II. We sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; we [30.6a] sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the [30.6b] all-beneficent. [30.6c] We sacrifice unto Vohu-Mano, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [30.6d] unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more powerful to [30.6e] destroy than all other creatures; we sacrifice unto the heavenly [30.6f] Wisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired [30.6g] through the ear, made by Mazda. [30.7] We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the [30.7a] Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice unto the much-desired Airyaman; we [30.7b] sacrifice unto the instrument made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto [30.7c] the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. [30.7d] We sacrifice unto Khshathra-Vairya; we sacrifice unto the [30.7e] metals; we sacrifice unto Mercy and Charity. [30.8] We sacrifice unto the good Spenta-Armaiti; we sacrifice unto [30.8a] the good Rata, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. [30.8b] We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [30.8c] unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years, [30.8d] the holy and masters of holiness. [30.8e] We sacrifice unto Ameretat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [30.8f] unto fatness and flocks; we sacrifice unto the plenty of corn; we [30.8g] sacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. [30.9] (At the Gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of [30.9a] wide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra. [30.9b] (At the Gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta and [30.9c] Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. [30.9d] (At the Gah Uzerin): We sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the [30.9e] swift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females; [30.9f] we sacrifice unto the holy waters, made by Mazda. [30.10] (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): We sacrifice unto the good, [30.10a] powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; we sacrifice unto [30.10b] the females who bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice unto [30.10c] the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen, [30.10d] tall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by [30.10e] Mazda; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant. [30.10f] (At the Gah Ushahin): We sacrifice unto the holy, [30.10g] tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha; who makes the world grow, the [30.10h] holy an master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu-Razishta; we [30.10i] sacrifice unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the [30.10j] world increase [30.11] III. Let the Yatus be crushed, O Zarathushtra! both Daevas and [30.11a] men. [30.11b] Who is he in whose house, O Spitama Zarathushtra! every Druj [30.11c] is destroyed, every Druj perishes, when he pronounces these [30.11d] words: [30.12] ........? [30.13] It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, [30.13a] the all-beneficent, as a shield against his enemies. [30.13b] We worship the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; we worship [30.13c] the waters coming in the shape of a horse, made by Mazda. [30.13d] 14-15. [30.13e] He has renounced trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! he [30.13f] has renounced all trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! when he [30.13g] throws down the destroyer of Vohu-Mano and his words, with a [30.13h] hundred times hundredfold, with a many times manifold preaching [30.13i] and smiting, and he takes away the Law of Mazda, that was carried [30.13j] away as a prisoner, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are [30.13k] destroyed by his strength. [30.13l] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [30.16] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of [30.16a] holiness.... [30.16b] I bless the sacrifice and the prayer, the strength and [30.16c] vigour [30.16d] Of Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and of the [30.16e] Amesha-Spentas; [30.16f] Of Vohu-Mano; of Peace, whose breath is friendly.... [30.16g] Of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired [30.16h] Airyaman.... [30.16i] Of Khshathra-Vairya, of the metals.... [30.16j] Of the good Spenta-Armaiti and of the good Rata.... [30.16k] Of Haurvatat, the master.... [30.16l] Of Ameretat, the master.... [30.16m] (At the Gah Hawan): Of Mithra.... [30.16n] (At the Gah Rapithwin): Of Asha-Vahishta.... [30.16o] (At the Gah Uzerin): Of the high lord Apam Napat.... [30.16p] (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): Of the Fravashis of the [30.16q] faithful.... [30.16r] (At the Gah Ushahin): Of the holy, devout, fiend-smiting [30.16s] Sraosha, who makes the world grow; of Rashnu-Razishta and of [30.16t] Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. [30.16u] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [30.16v] Give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of [30.16w] body, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious strength [30.16x] of body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous [30.16y] offspring, [30.16z] give him long, long life, give him the bright, all-happy, [30.16aa] blissful abode of the holy Ones. ## 3. Ardwahisht Yasht [31.0] May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... [31.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [31.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of [31.0c] Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of [31.0d] Ahura; [31.0e] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [31.0f] [Havani], the holy and master of holiness.... [31.0g] Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; unto the much-desired [31.0h] Airyaman, made by Mazda, and unto the good Saoka, with eyes of [31.0i] love, made by Mazda and holy; [31.0j] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and [31.0k] glorification. [31.0l] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of [31.0m] holiness.... [31.1] I. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘That [31.1a] thou mayest increase Asha-Vahishta, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with [31.1b] hymns of praise, with performance of the office, with [31.1c] invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration - [31.1d] once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful [31.1e] abodes - for the sacrifice and invocation of us, the [31.1f] Amesha-Spentas’.... [31.2] Zarathushtra said: ‘Say unto me the right words, such as [31.2a] they are, O Ahura Mazda! that I may increase Asha-Vahishta, with [31.2b] hymns of praise, with performance of the office, with [31.2c] invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration, - [31.2d] once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful [31.2e] abodes, - for the sacrifice and invocation of you, the [31.2f] Amesha-Spentas. [31.3] ‘.... I proclaim Asha-Vahishta: if I proclaim Asha-Vahishta, [31.3a] then easy is the way to the abode of the other Amesha-Spentas, [31.3b] which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Thoughts, which Ahura Mazda [31.3c] keep with Good Words, which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Deeds; [31.4] ‘(Easy is the way to the Garo-nmana of Ahura Mazda): the [31.4a] Garo-nmana is for the holy souls, and no one of the wicked can [31.4b] enter the Garo-nmana and its bright, wide, holy ways; (no one of [31.4c] them can go) to Ahura Mazda. [31.5] II. ‘The Airyaman prayer smites down the strength of all the [31.5a] creatures of Angra Mainyu, of the Yatus and Pairikas. It is the [31.5b] greatest of spells, the best of spells, the very best of all [31.5c] spells; the fairest of spells, the very fairest of all spells; [31.5d] the fearful one amongst spells, the most fearful of all spells; [31.5e] the firm one amongst spells, the firmest of all spells; the [31.5f] victorious one amongst spells, the most victorious of all spells; [31.5g] the healing one amongst spells, the best-healing of all spells. [31.6] ‘One may heal with Holiness, one may heal with the Law, one [31.6a] may heal with the knife, one may heal with herbs, one may heal [31.6b] with the Holy Word: amongst all remedies this one is the healing [31.6c] one that heals with the Holy Word; this one it is at will best [31.6d] drive away sickness from the body of the faithful: for this one [31.6e] is the best-healing of all remedies. [31.7] ‘Sickness fled away [before it], Death fled away; the Daeva [31.7a] fled away, the Daeva’s counter-work fled away; the unholy [31.7b] Ashemaogha fled away, the oppressor of men fled away. [31.8] ‘The brood of the Snake fled away; the brood of the Wolf [31.8a] fled away; the brood of the Two-legged fled away. Pride fled [31.8b] away; Scorn fled away; Hot Fever fled away; Slander fled away; [31.8c] Discord fled away; the Evil Eye fled away. [31.9] ‘The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the Jahi, [31.9a] addicted to the Yatu, fled away; the Jahi, who makes one pine, [31.9b] fled away; the wind that blows from the North fled away; the [31.9c] wind that blows from the North vanished away. [31.10] ‘He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who [31.10a] might smite those Daevas by thousands of thousands, by ten [31.10b] thousands of ten thousands; he smites sickness, he smites death, [31.10c] he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva’s counter-work, he [31.10d] smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men. [31.11] ‘He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of [31.11a] the Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites [31.11b] Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander; [31.11c] he smites Discord; he smites the Evil Eye. [31.12] ‘He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the [31.12a] Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; he smites the Jahi, who makes one [31.12b] pine. He smites the wind that blows from the North; the wind [31.12c] that blows from the North vanished away. [31.13] ‘He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and [31.13a] who might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten [31.13b] thousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the [31.13c] worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him: [31.14] ‘He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu: “Woe is me! Here is the [31.14a] god Asha-Vahishta, who will smite the sickliest of all [31.14b] sicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses; [31.14c] ‘“He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict [31.14d] the deadliest of all deaths; [31.14e] ‘“He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will [31.14f] afflict the most fiendish of all fiends; [31.14g] ‘“He will smite the most counter-working of all [31.14h] counter-works, he will afflict the most counter-working of all [31.14i] counter-works; [31.14j] ‘“He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the [31.14k] unholy Ashemaogha; [31.14l] ‘“He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of [31.14m] men, he will afflict most oppressive of the oppressors of men. [31.15] ‘“He will smite the snakiest of the Snake’s brood, he will [31.15a] afflict the snakiest of the Snake’s brood; [31.15b] ‘“He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolf’s brood, he [31.15c] will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolf’s brood; [31.15d] ‘“He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will [31.15e] afflict the worst of the two-legged brood; [31.15f] ‘“He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride; [31.15g] ‘“He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn; [31.15h] ‘“He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict [31.15i] the hottest of hot fevers; [31.15j] ‘“He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will [31.15k] afflict the most slanderous of slanders; [31.15l] ‘“He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will [31.15m] afflict the most discordant of discords; [31.15n] ‘“He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict [31.15o] the worst of the Evil Eye. [31.16] ‘“He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will [31.16a] afflict the most lying words of falsehood; [31.16b] ‘“He will smite the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu, he will [31.16c] afflict the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; [31.16d] ‘“He will smite the Jahi, who makes one pine, he will [31.16e] afflict the Jahi, who makes one pine; [31.16f] ‘“He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will [31.16g] afflict the wind that blows from the North.” [31.17] ‘The Druj will perish away, the Druj will perish; the Druj [31.17a] will rush, the Druj will vanish. Thou perishest away to the [31.17b] regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living [31.17c] world of the holy spirit. [31.18] ‘For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a [31.18a] sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Asha-Vahishta, the [31.18b] fairest - the Amesha-Spenta. Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the [31.18c] Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat, [31.18d] the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the [31.18e] speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. [31.18f] ‘Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the [31.18g] goodness.... [31.19] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of [31.19a] holiness.... [31.19b] ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and [31.19c] vigour of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired [31.19d] Airyaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of [31.19e] love, made by Mazda and holy. [31.19f] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [31.19g] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health [31.19h] of body;.... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of [31.19i] the holy Ones.’ ## 4. Awerdad Yasht [32.0] May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... [32.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [32.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of [32.0c] Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of [32.0d] Ahura; [32.0e] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [32.0f] [Havani], the holy and master of holiness.... [32.0g] Unto Haurvatat, the master; unto the prosperity of the [32.0h] seasons and unto the years, the masters of holiness, [32.0i] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and [32.0j] glorification. [32.0k] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of [32.0l] holiness.... [32.0m] We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [32.0n] unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years, [32.0o] the holy and masters of holiness. [32.1] Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘I [32.1a] created for the faithful the help, the enjoyments, the comforts, [32.1b] and the pleasures of Haurvatat. We unite them with him who would [32.1c] come up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spentas, as he would come to [32.1d] any of the Amesha-Spentas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahishta, [32.1e] Khshathra-Vairya, Spenta-Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat. [32.2] ‘He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas, [32.2a] against their ten thousands of ten thousands, against their [32.2b] numberless myriads would invoke the name of Haurvatat, as one of [32.2c] the Amesha-Spentas, he would smite the Nasu, he would smite [32.2d] Hashi, he would smite Bashi, he would smite Saeni, he would [32.2e] smite Buji. [32.3] ‘I proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men]; if I [32.3a] proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men], then Rashnu [32.3b] Razishta, then every heavenly Yazata of male nature in company [32.3c] with the Amesha-Spentas will free the faithful man [32.4] ‘From the Nasu, from Hashi, from Gashi, from Saeni, from [32.4a] Buji; from the hordes with the wide front, from the hordes with [32.4b] the many spears uplifted, from the evil man who oppresses, from [32.4c] the willful sinner, from the oppressor of men, from the Yatu, [32.4d] from the Pairika, from the straying way. [32.5] ‘How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the way [32.5a] of the wicked?’ [32.5b] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is when a man pronouncing my [32.5c] spell, either reading or reciting it by heart, draws the furrows [32.5d] and hides there himself, [saying]: [32.6] ‘“I will smite thee, O Druj! whomsoever thou art, whomsoever [32.6a] thou art amongst the Drujes that come in an open way, whomsoever [32.6b] thou art amongst the Drujes that come by hidden way, whomsoever [32.6c] thou art amongst the Drujes that defile by contact; whatsoever [32.6d] Druj thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan countries; [32.6e] whatsoever Druj thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Druj! [32.6f] I throw thee down below, O Druj!” [32.7] ‘He draws [then] three furrows: I proclaim him one of the [32.7a] faithful; he draws six furrow: I proclaim him one of the [32.7b] faithful; he draws nine furrows: I proclaim him one of the [32.7c] faithful. [32.8] ‘The names of those (Amesha-Spentas) smite the men turned to [32.8a] Nasus by the Drujes: the seed and kin of the deaf are smitten, [32.8b] the scornful are dead, as the Zaotar Zarathushtra blows them [32.8c] away to woe, however fierce, at his will and wish, as many as he [32.8d] wishes. [32.9] ‘From the time when the sun is down he smites them with [32.9a] bruising blows; from the time when the sun is no longer up, he [32.9b] deals deadly blows on the Nasu with his club struck down, for the [32.9c] propitiation and glorification of the heavenly gods. [32.10] ‘O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one, [32.10a] except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother [32.10b] from the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil in black [32.10c] hair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted to the good law, [32.10d] holy and brave, stills all the Drujes. [32.11] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a [32.11a] sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Haurvatat, the [32.11b] Amesha-Spenta. Unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the [32.11c] libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the [32.11d] tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, [32.11e] and the rightly-spoken words. [32.12] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of [32.12a] holiness.... [32.12b] ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and [32.12c] vigour of Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons [32.12d] and of the years, the masters of holiness. [32.12e] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [32.12f] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him [32.12g] the bright, all happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.’ ## 5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht (Hymn to the Waters) [33.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [33.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [33.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [33.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [33.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [33.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [33.0f] Unto the good Waters, made by Mazda; unto the holy water-spring [33.0g] ARDVI ANAHITA; unto all waters, made by Mazda; unto all plants, [33.0h] made by Mazda, [33.0i] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [33.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [33.1] I. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘Offer [33.1a] up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of mine, [33.1b] Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who [33.1c] hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of [33.1d] sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material [33.1e] world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, [33.1f] the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, [33.1g] the country-increasing and holy; [33.2] ‘Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb [33.2a] of all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females [33.2b] bring forth in safety, who puts milk into the breasts of all females [33.2c] in the right measure and the right quality; [33.3] ‘The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole [33.3a] of the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully from [33.3b] the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-Kasha. [33.4] ‘All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all [33.4a] the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when [33.4b] she streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand [33.4c] cells and a thousand channels: the extent of each of those cells, [33.4d] of each of those channels is as much as a man can ride in forty [33.4e] days, riding on a good horse. [33.5] ‘From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread [33.5a] all over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on [33.5b] bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine [33.5c] purifies the seed in males, the womb in females the milk in females’ [33.5d] breasts. [33.6] ‘I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with mighty vigor, for the [33.6a] increase of the house, of the borough of the town, of the country, [33.6b] to keep them, to maintain them, to look over them, to keep and [33.6c] maintain them close. [33.7] ‘Then Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Spitama Zarathushtra! proceeded [33.7a] forth from the Maker Mazda. Beautiful were her white arms, thick [33.7b] as a horse’s shoulder or still thicker; beautiful was her.... [33.7c] and thus came she, strong, with thick arms, thinking thus in her [33.7d] heart: [33.8] ‘“Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice, [33.8a] with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with [33.8b] the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, [33.8c] and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good [33.8d] will unto me?” [33.9] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice [33.9a] worth being heard; I will offer up unto the holy Ardvi Sura Anahita [33.9b] a good sacrifice with an offering of libations;- thus mayest thou [33.9c] advise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be most fully [33.9d] worshipped, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! with the Haoma and meat, with [33.9e] the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, [33.9f] with the words with the deeds, with the libations, and with the [33.9g] rightly-spoken words. [33.9h] ‘Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [33.10] II. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.10a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, [33.10b] who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy [33.10c] of sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material [33.10d] world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, [33.10e] the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, [33.10f] the country-increasing and holy; [33.11] ‘Who drives forwards on her chariot, holding the reins of [33.11a] the chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot, longing for men [33.11b] and thinking thus in her heart: “Who will praise me? Who [33.11c] will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and [33.11d] well-strained, together with the Haoma and meat? To whom shall [33.11e] I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with me, and bestows [33.11f] gifts unto me, and is of good will unto me?” [33.11g] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth [33.11h] being heard.... [33.12] III. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.12a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.13] ‘Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and the same color, [33.13a] of the same blood, tall, crushing down the hates of all haters, [33.13b] of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, [33.13c] of the blind and of the deaf. [33.13d] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.14] IV. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.14a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.15] ‘Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends [33.15a] down by day and by night a flow of motherly waters as large as [33.15b] the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs [33.15c] powerfully. [33.15d] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.16] V. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.16a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.17] ‘To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice to [33.17a] the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and [33.17b] meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the [33.17c] holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, [33.17d] and with the rightly-spoken words. [33.18] He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.18a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of [33.18b] Pourushaspa, the holy Zarathushtra, to think after my law, to [33.18c] speak after my law, to do after my law!” [33.19] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.19a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would [33.19b] grant him that boon. [33.19c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.20] VI. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.20a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.21] ‘To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice [33.21a] on the enclosure of the Hara, with a hundred male horses, a thousand [33.21b] oxen, and ten thousand lambs. [33.22] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.22a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita, that I may become the sovereign [33.22b] lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and [33.22c] Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that [33.22d] I may smite down two thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the [33.22e] fiends of Varena.” [33.23] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.23a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.23b] would grant him that boon. [33.23c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.24] VII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.24a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.25] ‘To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice [33.25a] from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand [33.25b] oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.26] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.26a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign [33.26b] lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and [33.26c] Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that [33.26d] I may take from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness [33.26e] and flocks, both weal and Glory.” [33.27] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.27a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.27b] would grant him that boon. [33.27c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.28] VIII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.28a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.29] ‘To her did Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, offer up a sacrifice [33.29a] in the land of Bawri, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, [33.29b] and ten thousand lambs. [33.30] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this boon, [33.30a] O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may make all [33.30b] the seven Karshvares of the earth empty of men.” [33.31] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon, although [33.31a] he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating [33.31b] her that she would grant him that boon. [33.31c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.32] IX. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi [33.32a] Sura Anahita.... [33.33] ‘To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, [33.33a] offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred [33.33b] male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.34] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.34a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Azi Dahaka, [33.34b] the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand [33.34c] senses, that most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful [33.34d] to the world, the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against [33.34e] the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle; [33.34f] and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghavach and Erenavach, [33.34g] who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful [33.34h] creatures in the world.” [33.35] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.35a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.35b] would grant him that boon. [33.35c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.36] X. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi [33.36a] Sura Anahita.... [33.37] ‘To her did Keresaspa, the manly-hearted, offer up a sacrifice [33.37a] behind the Vairi Pisanah, with a hundred male horses, a thousand [33.37b] oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.38] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.38a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the golden-heeled [33.38b] Gandarewa, though all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling [33.38c] over; and that I may run up to the stronghold of the fiend on [33.38d] the wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar.” [33.39] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.39a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.39b] would grant him that boon. [33.39c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.40] XI. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.40a] of mine, Ardvi Sara Anahita.... [33.41] ‘To her did the Turanian murderer, Frangrasyan, offer up a [33.41a] sacrifice in his cave under the earth, with a hundred male horses, [33.41b] a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.42] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.42a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may seize hold of that [33.42b] Glory, that is waving in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha and [33.42c] that belongs to the Aryan people, to those born and to those not [33.42d] yet born, and to the holy Zarathushtra.” [33.43] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon. [33.43a] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.44] II. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.44a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.45] ‘To her did the great, most wise Kavi Usa offer up a sacrifice [33.45a] from Mount Erezifya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, [33.45b] ten thousand lambs. [33.46] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me, this, O [33.46a] good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the [33.46b] sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the [33.46c] Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf.” [33.47] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.47a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.47b] would grant him that boon. [33.47c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.48] XIII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.48a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.49] ‘To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan [33.49a] nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice behind the Chaechasta [33.49b] lake, the deep lake, of salt waters, with a hundred male horses, [33.49c] a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.50] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.50a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign [33.50b] lord of all countries, of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, [33.50c] of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may have [33.50d] the lead in front of all the teams and that he may not pass through [33.50e] the forest, he, the murderer, who now is fiercely striving against [33.50f] me on horseback.” [33.51] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.51a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.51b] would grant him that boon. [33.51c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.52] XIV. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.52a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.53] ‘To her did the valiant warrior Tusa offer worship on the [33.53a] back of his horse, begging swiftness for his teams, health for [33.53b] his own body, and that he might watch with full success those [33.53c] who hated him, smite down his foes, and destroy at one stroke [33.53d] his adversaries, his enemies, and those who hated him. [33.54] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.54a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the gallant [33.54b] sons of Vaesaka, by the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high [33.54c] up on the lofty, holy Kangha; that I may smite of the Turanian [33.54d] people their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their [33.54e] thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their [33.54f] tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.” [33.55] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.55a] libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.55b] would grant him that boon. [33.55c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.56] XV. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.56a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.57] ‘To her did the gallant sons of Vaesaka offer up a sacrifice [33.57a] in the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high up on the lofty, [33.57b] holy Kangha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten [33.57c] thousand lambs. [33.58] ‘They begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant us this, O [33.58a] good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome [33.58b] the valiant warrior Tusa, and that we may smite of the Aryan people [33.58c] their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, [33.58d] their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands [33.58e] and their myriads of myriads.” [33.59] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that boon. [33.59a] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.60] XVI. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.60a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.61] ‘The old Vafra Navaza worshipped her when the strong fiend-smiter, [33.61a] Thraetaona, flung him up in the air in the shape of a bird, of [33.61b] a vulture. [33.62] ‘He went on flying, for three days and three nights, towards [33.62a] his own house; but he could not, he could not turn down. At the [33.62b] end of the third night, when the beneficent dawn came dawning [33.62c] up, then he prayed unto Ardvi Sura Anahita, saying: [33.63] ‘“Ardvi Sura Anahita! do thou quickly hasten helpfully [33.63a] and bring me assistance at once. I will offer thee a thousand [33.63b] libations, cleanly prepared and well strained, along with Haomas [33.63c] and meat, by the brink of the river Rangha, if I reach alive the [33.63d] earth made by Ahura and my own house.” [33.64] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, [33.64a] fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girdled, pure, nobly [33.64b] born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle wearing [33.64c] a golden.... and radiant. [33.65] ‘She seized him by the arm: quickly was it done, nor was it [33.65a] long till, speeding, he arrived at the earth made by Mazda and [33.65b] at his own house, safe, unhurt, unwounded, just as he was before. [33.65c] [66. ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.65d] up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, entreating that she would [33.65e] grant him that boon.] [33.65f] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.67] XVII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.67a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.68] ‘To her did Jamaspa offer up a sacrifice, with a hundred horses, [33.68a] a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, when he saw the army of the [33.68b] wicked, of the worshippers of the Daevas, coming from afar in [33.68c] battle array. [33.69] ‘He asked of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.69a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may be as constantly [33.69b] victorious as any one of all the Aryans.” [33.70] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.70a] up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.70b] would grant him that boon. [33.70c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.71] XVIII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.71a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.72] ‘To her did Ashavazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti, and Ashavazdah [33.72a] and Thrita, the sons of Sayuzhdri, offer up a sacrifice, with [33.72b] a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, by Apam [33.72c] Napat, the tall lord, the lord of the females, the bright and [33.72d] swift-horsed. [33.73] ‘They begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant us this, O [33.73a] good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome [33.73b] the assemblers of the Turanian Danus, Kara Asabana, and Vara Asabana, [33.73c] and the most mighty Duraekaeta, in the battles of this world. [33.74] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering [33.74a] up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.74b] would grant them that boon. [33.74c] ‘For her brightness and glory, l will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.75] XIX. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.75a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.76] ‘Vistauru, the son of Naotara, worshipped her by the brink [33.76a] of the river Vitanghuhaiti, with well-spoken words, speaking thus: [33.77] ‘“This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten [33.77a] as many of the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on [33.77b] my head. Do thou then, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! leave me a dry passage, [33.77c] to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti.” [33.78] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, [33.78a] fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, pure, nobly [33.78b] born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all [33.78c] sorts of ornaments and radiant. A part of the waters she made [33.78d] stand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward, and she [33.78e] left him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti. [33.78f] [79. ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.78g] up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.78h] would grant him that boon.] [33.78i] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.80] XX. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.80a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.81] ‘To her did Yoishta, one of the Fryanas, offer up a sacrifice [33.81a] with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs on [33.81b] the Pedvaepa of the Rangha. [33.82] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.82a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the evil-doing [33.82b] Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine [33.82c] hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, [33.82d] the offspring of darkness.” [33.83] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.83a] up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.83b] would grant him that boon. [33.83c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.84] XXI. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.84a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.85] ‘Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus, saying: “Come, [33.85a] O Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars down to the earth [33.85b] made by Ahura, that the great lords may worship thee, the masters [33.85c] of the countries, and their sons. [33.86] ‘“The men of strength will beg of thee swift horses and [33.86a] supremacy of Glory. [33.86b] ‘“The Athravans who read and the pupils of the Athravans [33.86c] will beg of thee knowledge and prosperity, the Victory made by [33.86d] Ahura, and the crushing Ascendant. [33.87] ‘“The maids of barren womb, longing for a lord, will [33.87a] beg of thee a strong husband; [33.87b] ‘“Women, on the point of bringing forth, will beg of thee [33.87c] a good delivery. [33.87d] ‘“All this wilt thou grant unto them, as it lies in thy power, [33.87e] O Ardvi Sura Anahita!” [33.88] ‘Then Ardvi Sura Anahita came forth, O Zarathushtra! down [33.88a] from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Sura Anahita [33.88b] spake thus: [33.89] ‘“O pure, holy Zarathushtra! Ahura Mazda has established [33.89a] thee as the master of the material world: Ahura Mazda has established [33.89b] me to keep the whole of the holy creation. [33.89c] ‘“Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged [33.89d] men go on, upon the earth: I, forsooth, keep all good things, [33.89e] made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle, just as a [33.89f] shepherd keeps his flock.” [33.90] ‘Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: “O Ardvi Sura [33.90a] Anahita! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With [33.90b] what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward thee? So [33.90c] that Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth), that he may [33.90d] not make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun; and that [33.90e] the Serpent may not injure thee with.... with.... with.... [33.90f] and.... poisons.” [33.91] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: “O pure, holy Spitama! [33.91a] this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is [33.91b] the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship and forward me, from [33.91c] the time when the sun is rising to the time when the sun is setting. [33.91d] ‘“Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou who art [33.91e] an Athravan, who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art [33.91f] wise, clever, and the Word incarnate. [33.92] ‘“Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man fever-sick, [33.92a] no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one [33.92b] who does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined. [33.93] ‘“I do not accept those libations that are drunk in my [33.93a] honor by the blind, by the deaf, by the wicked, by the destroyers, [33.93b] by the niggards, by the.... nor any of those stamped with those [33.93c] characters which have no strength for the holy Word. [33.93d] ‘“Let no one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed [33.93e] or bulged forward; no fiend with decayed teeth.” [33.94] ‘Then Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: “O Ardvi [33.94a] Sura Anahita! What becomes of those libations which the wicked [33.94b] worshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set?” [33.95] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: “O pure, holy Spitama Zarathushtra! [33.95a] howling, clapping, hopping, and shouting, six hundred and a thousand [33.95b] Daevas, who ought not to receive that sacrifice, receive those [33.95c] libations that men bring unto me after [the sun has set].” [33.96] ‘I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices, [33.96a] made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from [33.96b] a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of [33.96c] as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, [33.96d] and she runs powerfully. [33.96e] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.97] XXII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.97a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.98] ‘Before whom the worshippers of Mazda stand with baresma in [33.98a] their hands: the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did worship [33.98b] her; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift [33.98c] horses. Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches an full prosperity; [33.98d] quickly became Vishtaspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest [33.98e] horses in these countries. [33.99] [‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were [33.99a] offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating [33.99b] that she would grant them that boon.] [33.99c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.100] XXIII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.100a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.101] ‘Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels: the extent [33.101a] of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much [33.101b] as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse. In each [33.101c] channel there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred [33.101d] windows, with a thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand [33.101e] balconies, and mighty. [33.102] ‘In each of those palaces there lies a well-laid, well-scented [33.102a] bed, covered with pillows, and Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathushtra! [33.102b] runs down there from a thousand times the height of a man, and [33.102c] she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that [33.102d] run along the earth, and she runs powerfully. [33.103] XXIV. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.103a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.104] ‘Unto her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in [33.104a] the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and [33.104b] meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the [33.104c] holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, [33.104d] and with the rightly-spoken words. [33.105] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.105a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of [33.105b] Aurvat-aspa, the valiant Kavi Vistaspa, to think according to [33.105c] the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the [33.105d] law.” [33.106] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was [33.106a] offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating [33.106b] that she would grant him that boon. [33.106c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.107] XXV. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.107a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.108] ‘Unto her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice [33.108a] behind Lake Frazdanava, with a hundred male horses, a thousand [33.108b] oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.109] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.109a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Tathravant, [33.109b] of the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas and [33.109c] the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world!” [33.110] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering [33.110a] up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she [33.110b] would grant him that boon. [33.110c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.111] XXVI. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.111a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.112] ‘Unto her did Zairi-vairi, who fought on horseback, offer [33.112a] up a sacrifice behind the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, [33.112b] a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.113] ‘He begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant me this, O good, [33.113a] most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Pesho-Changha [33.113b] the corpse-burier, Humayaka the worshipper of the Daevas, and [33.113c] the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world. [33.114] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was [33.114a] offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating [33.114b] that she would grant him that boon. [33.114c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.115] XXVII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.115a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.116] ‘Unto her did Arejat-aspa and Vandaremaini offer up a sacrifice [33.116a] by the sea Vouru-Kasha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand [33.116b] oxen, ten thousand lambs. [33.117] ‘They begged of her a boon, saying: “Grant us this, O [33.117a] good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may conquer [33.117b] the valiant Kavi Vishtaspa and Zairivairi who fights on horseback, [33.117c] and that we may smite of the Aryan people their fifties and their [33.117d] hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands [33.117e] and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their [33.117f] myriads of myriads.” [33.118] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that favor, though [33.118a] they were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and [33.118b] entreating that she should grant them that favor. [33.118c] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.119] XXVIII. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.119a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.120] ‘For whom Ahura Mazda has made four horses — the wind, [33.120a] the rain, the cloud, and the sleet — and thus ever a upon the [33.120b] earth it is raining, snowing, hailing, and sleeting; and whose [33.120c] armies are so many and numbered by nine-hundreds and thousands. [33.121] ‘I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices, [33.121a] made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from [33.121b] a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of [33.121c] as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, [33.121d] and she runs powerfully. [33.121e] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.122] XXIX. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.122a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.123] ‘She stands, the good Ardvi Sura Anahita, wearing a golden [33.123a] mantle, waiting for a man who shall offer her libations and prayers, [33.123b] and thinking thus in her heart: [33.124] “‘Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice, [33.124a] with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with [33.124b] the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, [33.124c] and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon, me, and is of good [33.124d] will unto me?” [33.124e] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.125] XXX. ‘Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring [33.125a] of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... [33.126] ‘Ardvi Sura Anahita, who stands carried forth in the shape [33.126a] of a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, [33.126b] pure, nobly born of a glorious race, wearing along her.... a mantle [33.126c] fully embroidered with gold; [33.127] ‘Ever holding the baresma in her hand, according to the rules, [33.127a] she wears square golden earrings on her ears bored, and a golden [33.127b] necklace around her beautiful neck, she, the nobly born Ardvi [33.127c] Sura Anahita; and she girded her waist tightly, so that her breasts [33.127d] may be well-shaped, that they may be tightly pressed. [33.128] ‘Upon her head Ardvi Sura Anahita bound a golden crown, with [33.128a] a hundred stars, with eight rays, a fine.... a well-made crown, [33.128b] in the shape of a.... with fillets streaming down. [33.129] ‘She is clothed with garments of beaver, Ardvi Sura Anahita; [33.129a] with the skin of thirty beavers of those that bear four young [33.129b] ones, that are the finest kind of beavers; for the skin of the [33.129c] beaver that lives in water is the finest-colored of all skins, [33.129d] and when worked at the right time it shines to the eye with full [33.129e] sheen of silver and gold. [33.130] ‘Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of [33.130a] thee this favor: that I, fully blessed, may conquer large kingdoms, [33.130b] rich in horses, with high tributes, with snorting horses, sounding [33.130c] chariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments, with stores of food, [33.130d] with well-scented beds; that I may have at my wish the fullness [33.130e] of the good things of life and whatever makes a kingdom thrive. [33.131] ‘Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of [33.131a] thee two gallant companions, one two-legged and one four-legged: [33.131b] one two-legged, who is swift, quickly rushing, and clever in turning [33.131c] a chariot round in battle; and one four-legged, who can quickly [33.131d] turn towards either wing of the host with a wide front, towards [33.131e] the right wing or the left, towards the left wing or the right. [33.132] ‘Through the strength of this sacrifice, of this invocation, [33.132a] O Ardvi Sura Anahita! come down from those stars, towards the [33.132b] earth made by Ahura, towards the sacrificing priest, towards the [33.132c] full boiling [milk]; come to help him who is offering up libations [33.132d] giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that thou wouldst grant [33.132e] him thy favors; that all those gallant warriors may be strong, [33.132f] like king Vishtaspa. [33.132g] ‘For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [33.133] ‘Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [33.133a] ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigor [33.133b] of the holy water-spring Anahita. [33.133c] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [33.133d] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the [33.133e] bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!’ ## 6. Khwarshed Yasht (Hymn to the Sun) [34.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [34.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [34.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [34.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [34.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [34.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [34.0f] Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun; [34.0g] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [34.0h] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [34.1] We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. [34.1a] When the light of the sun waxes warmer, when the brightness of [34.1b] the sun waxes warmer, then up stand the heavenly Yazatas, by hundreds [34.1c] and thousands: they gather together its Glory, they make its Glory [34.1d] pass down, they pour its Glory upon the earth made by Ahura, for [34.1e] the increase of the world of holiness, for the increase of the [34.1f] creatures of holiness, for the increase of the undying, shining, [34.1g] swift-horsed Sun. [34.2] And when the sun rises up, then the earth, made by Ahura, [34.2a] becomes clean; the running waters become clean, the waters of [34.2b] the wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the [34.2c] standing waters become clean; all the holy creatures, the creatures [34.2d] of the Good Spirit, become clean. [34.3] Should not the sun rise up, then the Daevas would destroy [34.3a] all the things that are in the seven Karshvares, nor would the [34.3b] heavenly Yazatas find any way of withstanding or repelling them [34.3c] in the material world. [34.4] He who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed [34.4a] Sun - to withstand darkness, to withstand the Daevas born of darkness, [34.4b] to withstand the robbers and bandits, to withstand the Yatus and [34.4c] Pairikas, to withstand death that creeps in unseen - offers it [34.4d] up to Ahura Mazda, offers it up to the Amesha-Spentas, offers [34.4e] it up to his own soul. He rejoices all the heavenly and worldly [34.4f] Yazatas, who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, [34.4g] swift-horsed Sun. [34.5] I will sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who [34.5a] has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. [34.5b] I will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [34.5c] well struck down upon the skulls of the Daevas. [34.5d] I will sacrifice unto that friendship, the best of all friendships, [34.5e] that reigns between the moon and the sun. [34.6] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [34.6a] worth being heard, namely, unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed [34.6b] Sun. Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun we offer up the [34.6c] libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the [34.6d] tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, [34.6e] and the rightly-spoken words. [34.6f] Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [34.7] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [34.7a] I bless the sacrifice and the invocation, and the strength and [34.7b] vigour of the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. [34.7c] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [34.7d] Give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, [34.7e] .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy [34.7f] Ones. ## 7. Mah Yasht (Hymn to the Moon) [35.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [35.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [35.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [35.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [35.0d] For sacrifice,prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [35.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [35.0f] Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; unto the [35.0g] only-created Bull and unto the Bull of many species; [35.0h] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [35.0i] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [35.1] Hail to Ahura Mazda! Hail to the Amesha-Spentas! Hail to the [35.1a] Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull! Hail to thee when [35.1b] we look at thee! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us! [35.2] How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane? [35.2a] For fifteen days does the moon wax; for fifteen days does the [35.2b] moon wane. As long as her waxing, so long is the waning; as long [35.2c] as her waning, so long is the waxing. [35.2d] ‘Who is there but thee who makes the moon wax and wane?’ [35.3] We sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the [35.3a] Bull, the holy and master of holiness. [35.3b] Here I look at the moon, here I perceive the moon; here I look [35.3c] at the light of the moon, here I perceive the light of the moon. [35.3d] The Amesha-Spentas stand up holding its glory; the Amesha-Spentas [35.3e] stand up, pouring its glory upon the earth, made by Mazda. [35.4] And when the light of the moon waxes warmer, golden-hued plants [35.4a] grow on from the earth during the spring. [35.4b] We sacrifice unto the new moons, the full moons, and the Vishaptathas. [35.4c] We sacrifice unto the new moon, the holy and master of holiness; [35.4d] We sacrifice unto the full moon, the holy and master of holiness; [35.4e] We sacrifice unto the Vishaptatha, the holy and master of holiness. [35.5] I will sacrifice unto the Moon, that keeps in it the seed [35.5a] of the Bull, the liberal, bright, glorious, water-giving, warmth-giving, [35.5b] wisdom-giving, wealth-giving, riches-giving, thoughtfulness-giving, [35.5c] weal-giving, freshness-giving, prosperity-giving, the liberal, [35.5d] the healing. [35.6] For its brightness and glory, I will offer unto it a sacrifice [35.6a] worth being heard, namely, unto the Moon that keeps in it the [35.6b] seed of the Bull. [35.6c] Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, we offer [35.6d] up the libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom [35.6e] of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, [35.6f] and the rightly-spoken words. [35.6g] Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [35.7] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [35.7a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [35.7b] of the Moon, that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, and of the [35.7c] only-created Bull, and of the Bull of many species. [35.7d] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. [35.7e] Give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, [35.7f] .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy [35.7g] Ones. ## 8. Tishtar Yasht (Hymn to the Star Sirius) [36.1] (TISHTRYA IS THE angel (Yazad) of the star Sirius. Tishtrya also [36.2] presides over the fourth month and the thirteenth day of each month. [36.3] Sirius also directs the rain.) [36.0] May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... [36.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [36.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [36.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [36.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [36.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [36.0f] Unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and unto the powerful [36.0g] Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward, [36.0h] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [36.0i] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [36.1a] Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘We worship [36.1aa] the lordship and mastership [of Tishtrya], whereby he protects [36.1b] the Moon, the dwelling, the food, when my glorious stars come [36.1c] along and impart their gifts to men. I will sacrifice unto the [36.1d] star Tishtrya, that gives the fields their share [of waters]. [36.2a] ‘We offer up libations unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious [36.2aa] star, that gives happy dwelling and good dwelling; the white, [36.2b] shining, seen afar, and piercing; the health-bringing, loud-snorting, [36.2c] and high, piercing from afar with its shining, undefiled rays; [36.2d] and unto the waters of the wide sea, the Vanguhi of wide renown, [36.2e] and the species of the Bull, made by Mazda, the awful kingly Glory, [36.2f] and the Fravashi of the holy Spitama Zarathushtra. [36.3a] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [36.3aa] worth being heard, namely, unto the star Tishtrya. [36.3b] ‘Unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, we offer up the [36.3c] libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the [36.3d] tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, [36.3e] and the rightly-spoken words. [36.3f] ‘Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [36.4] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.4a] who is the seed of the waters, powerful, tall, and strong, whose [36.4b] light goes afar; powerful and highly working, through whom the [36.4c] brightness and the seed of the waters come from the high Apam [36.4d] Napat. [36.4e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.4f] being heard.... [36.5] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star; [36.5a] for whom long flocks and herds and men, looking forward for him [36.5b] and deceived in their hope: “When shall we see him rise up, [36.5c] the bright and glorious star Tishtrya? When will the springs run [36.5d] with waves as thick as a horse’s size and still thicker? Or will [36.5e] they never come?” [36.5f] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.5g] being heard.... [36.6] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star; [36.6a] who flies, towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow [36.6b] darted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer, [36.6c] the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot [36.6d] from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvanvant. [36.7] ‘For Ahura Mazda gave him assistance; so did the waters and [36.7a] the plants; and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, opened a wide [36.7b] way unto him. [36.7c] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.7d] being heard.... [36.8] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.8a] that afflicts the Pairikas, that vexes the Pairikas, who, in the [36.8b] shape of worm-stars, fly between the earth and the heavens, in [36.8c] the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, the large-sized, deep sea [36.8d] of salt waters. He goes to its lake in the shape of a horse, in [36.8e] a holy shape; and down there he makes the waters boil over, and [36.8f] the winds flow above powerfully all around. [36.9] ‘Then Satavaesa makes those waters flow down to the seven [36.9a] Karshvares of the earth, and when he has arrived down there, he [36.9b] stands, beautiful, spreading ease and joy on the fertile countries [36.9c] (thinking in himself): “How shall the countries of the Aryas [36.9d] grow fertile?” [36.9e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.9f] being heard.... [36.10] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.10a] who spoke unto Ahura Mazda, saying: “Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [36.10b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! [36.11] ‘“If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I [36.11a] were invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas [36.11b] with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, [36.11c] then I should have come to the faithful at the appointed time; [36.11d] I should have come in the appointed time of my beautiful, immortal [36.11e] life, should it be one night, or two nights, or fifty, or a hundred [36.11f] nights.” [36.12] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya; [36.12a] ‘We sacrifice unto the rains of Tishtrya. [36.12b] ‘We sacrifice unto the first star; we sacrifice unto the rains [36.12c] of the first star. [36.12d] ‘I will sacrifice unto the stars Haptoiringa, to oppose the Yatus [36.12e] and Pairikas. [36.12f] ‘We sacrifice unto Vanant, the star made by Mazda; for the well-shapen [36.12g] strength, for the Victory, made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant, [36.12h] for the destruction of what distresses us, for the destruction [36.12i] of what persecutes us. [36.12j] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, whose eye-sight is sound. [36.13] ‘For ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! Tishtrya, the bright [36.13a] and glorious star, mingles his shape with light, moving in the [36.13b] shape of a man of fifteen years of age, bright, with clear eyes, [36.13c] tall, full of strength, strong, and clever. [36.14] ‘He is active as the first man was; he goes on with the strength [36.14a] of the first man; he has the virility of the first man. [36.15] ‘Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying: [36.15a] “Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the [36.15b] holy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop [36.15c] of male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I [36.15d] ought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by [36.15e] the law of excellent holiness.” [36.16] ‘The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and [36.16a] glorious Tishtrya mingles his shape with light, moving in the [36.16b] shape of a golden-horned bull. [36.17] ‘Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying: [36.17a] “Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the [36.17b] holy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of oxen, a herd of oxen, [36.17c] and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice [36.17d] and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness.” [36.18] ‘The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and [36.18a] glorious Tishtrya mingles his shape with light, moving in the [36.18b] shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden [36.18c] caparison. [36.19] ‘Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying: [36.19a] “Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the [36.19b] holy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of horses, a troop of horses, [36.19c] and the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice [36.19d] and prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness.” [36.20] ‘Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Tishtrya [36.20a] goes down to the sea Vouru-Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful [36.20b] horse, with golden ears and a golden caparison. [36.21] ‘But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha, in the [36.21a] shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black [36.21b] back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. [36.22] ‘They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathushtra! [36.22a] the bright and glorious Tishtrya and the Daeva Apaosha. They fight [36.22b] together, O Spitama Zarathushtra! for three days and three nights. [36.22c] And then the Daeva Apaosha proves stronger than the bright and [36.22d] glorious Tishtrya, he overcomes him. [36.23] ‘And Tishtrya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a [36.23a] Hathra’s length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright [36.23b] and glorious Tishtrya: “Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in [36.23c] distress, O Waters and Plants! O Fate and thou, Law of the worshippers [36.23d] of Mazda! Men do not worship me with a sacrifice in which I am [36.23e] invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with [36.23f] sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names. [36.24] ‘“If men had worshipped me with a sacrifice in which [36.24a] I had been invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas [36.24b] with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, [36.24c] I should have taken to me the strength of ten horses, the strength [36.24d] of ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten [36.24e] mountains, the strength of ten rivers.” [36.25] ‘Then I, Ahura Mazda, offer up to the bright and glorious [36.25a] Tishtrya a sacrifice in which he is invoked by his own name, and [36.25b] I bring him the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels, [36.25c] the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the [36.25d] strength of ten rivers. [36.26] ‘Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Tishtrya [36.26a] goes down to the sea Vouru-Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful [36.26b] horse, with golden ears and golden caparison. [36.27] ‘But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha in the [36.27a] shape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black [36.27b] back, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror. [36.28] ‘They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathushtra! [36.28a] the bright and glorious Tishtrya, and the Daeva Apaosha; they [36.28b] fight together, O Zarathushtra! till the time of noon. Then the [36.28c] bright and glorious Tishtrya proves stronger than the Daeva Apaosha, [36.28d] he overcomes him. [36.29] ‘Then he goes from the sea Vouru-Kasha as far as a Hathra’s [36.29a] length: “Hail!” cries the bright and glorious Tishtrya. [36.29b] “Hail unto me, O Ahura Mazda! Hail unto you, O waters and [36.29c] plants! Hail, O Law of the worshippers of Mazda! Hail will it [36.29d] be unto you, O lands! The life of the waters will flow down unrestrained [36.29e] to the big-seeded corn fields, to the small-seeded pasture-fields, [36.29f] and to the whole of the material world!” [36.30] Then the bright and glorious Tishtrya goes back down to the [36.30a] sea Vouru-Kasha, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with [36.30b] golden ears and a golden caparison. [36.31] ‘He makes the sea boil up and down; he makes the sea stream [36.31a] this and that way; he makes the sea flow this and that way: all [36.31b] the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle [36.31c] of it is boiling over. [36.32] ‘And the bright and glorious Tishtrya rises up from the sea [36.32a] Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Satavaesa [36.32b] rises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha; and vapours rise up above Mount [36.32c] Us-hindu, that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha. [36.33] ‘Then the vapours push forward, in the regular shape of clouds; [36.33a] they go following the wind, along the ways which Haoma traverses, [36.33b] the increaser of the world. Behind him travels the mighty wind, [36.33c] made by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down [36.33d] to the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares [36.33e] of the earth. [36.34] ‘Apam Napat, O Spitama Zarathushtra! divides the waters amongst [36.34a] the countries in the material world, in company with the mighty [36.34b] wind, the Glory, made by the waters, and the Fravashis of the [36.34c] faithful. [36.34d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.34e] being heard.... [36.35] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.35a] who from the shining east, moves along his long winding course, [36.35b] along the path made by the gods, along the way appointed for him [36.35c] the watery way, at the will of Ahura Mazda, at the will of the [36.35d] Amesha-Spentas. [36.35e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.35f] being heard.... [36.36] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.36a] whose rising is watched by men who live on the fruits of the year, [36.36b] by the chiefs of deep understanding; by the wild beasts in the [36.36c] mountains, by the tame beasts that run in the plains; they watch [36.36d] him, as he comes up to the country for a bad year, or for a good [36.36e] year, (thinking in themselves): “How shall the Aryan countries [36.36f] be fertile?” [36.36g] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.36h] being heard.... [36.37] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.37a] swift-flying and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, [36.37b] as swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which [36.37c] Erekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow [36.37d] was the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvanvant. [36.38] ‘Ahura Mazda gave him assistance, and the Amesha-Spentas and [36.38a] Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, pointed him the way: behind [36.38b] him went the tall Ashish Vanguhi and Parendi on her light chariot: [36.38c] always till, in his course, he reached Mount Hvanvant on the shining [36.38d] waters. [36.38e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.38f] being heard.... [36.39] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.39a] who afflicts the Pairikas, who destroys the Pairikas, that Angra [36.39b] Mainyus flung to stop all the stars that have in them the seed [36.39c] of the waters. [36.40] ’Tishtrya afflicts them, he blows them away from the sea Vouru-Kasha; [36.40a] then the wind blows the clouds forward, bearing the waters of [36.40b] fertility, so that the friendly showers spread wide over, they [36.40c] spread helpingly and friendly over the seven Karshvares. [36.40d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.40e] being heard.... [36.41] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.41a] for whom long the standing waters, and the running spring-waters, [36.41b] the stream-waters, and the rain-waters: [36.42] ‘“When will the bright and glorious Tishtrya rise up [36.42a] for us? When will the springs with a flow and overflow of waters, [36.42b] thick as a horse’s shoulder, run to the beautiful places and fields, [36.42c] and to the pastures, even to the roots of the plants, that they [36.42d] may grow with a powerful growth?” [36.42e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.42f] being heard.... [36.43] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.43a] who washes away all things of fear, who stunts the growth of all [36.43b] .... and brings health to all these creations, being most beneficent, [36.43c] when he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated, [36.43d] rejoiced, and satisfied. [36.43e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.43f] being heard.... [36.44] ‘I will sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.44a] whom Ahura Mazda has established as a lord and overseer above [36.44b] all stars, in the same way as he has established Zarathushtra [36.44c] above men; whom neither Angra Mainyu, nor the Yatus and the Pairikas, [36.44d] nor the men Yatus can deliver unto death, nor can all the Daevas [36.44e] together prevail for his death. [36.44f] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.44g] being heard.... [36.45] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.45a] to whom Ahura Mazda has given a thousand senses, and who is the [36.45b] most beneficent amongst the stars that have in them the seed of [36.45c] the waters: [36.46] ‘Who moves in light with the stars that have in them the seed [36.46a] of the waters: he, from the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, [36.46b] the large-sized, deep, and salt of waters, goes to all the lakes, [36.46c] and to all the beautiful caves, and to all the beautiful channels, [36.46d] in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and [36.46e] a golden caparison. [36.47] ‘Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the waters flow down from the [36.47a] sea Vouru-Kasha, mother-like, friendly, and healing: he divides [36.47b] them amongst these countries, being most beneficent, when he has [36.47c] been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated rejoiced, and [36.47d] satisfied. ‘For his brigbtness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice [36.47e] worth being heard.... [36.48] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.48a] for whom long all the creatures of Spenta-Mainyu, those that live [36.48b] under the ground, and those that live above the ground; those [36.48c] that live in the waters, and those that live on dry land; those [36.48d] that fly, and those that run in the plains; and all those that [36.48e] live within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit. [36.48f] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [36.48g] being heard.... [36.49] ‘We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, [36.49a] the healthful, wise, happy, and powerful, who is the lord of a [36.49b] thousand boons, and grants many boons to that man who has pleased [36.49c] him, whether begging or not begging for them. [36.50] ‘I, O Spitama Zarathushtra! have created that star Tishtrya [36.50a] as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of progitiation, [36.50b] as worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda; [36.51] ‘In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive [36.51a] back the malice of that Pairika Duzyairya, whom evil-speaking [36.51b] people call Huyairya. [36.52] ‘Had I not created that star Tishtrya as worthy of sacrifice, [36.52a] as worthy of prayer, as worthy of propitiation, as worthy of glorification [36.52b] as myself, Ahura Mazda; [36.53] ‘In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive [36.53a] back the malice of that Pairika Duzyairya, whom evil-speaking [36.53b] people call Huyairya; [36.54] ‘Then all day long, all night long, that Pairika Duzyairya [36.54a] would wage war against this material world of mine, wanting to [36.54b] extinguish its life, and she goes on, rushing upon and around [36.54c] it. [36.55] ‘But the bright and glorious Tishtrya keeps that Pairika in [36.55a] bonds, with twofold bonds, with threefold bonds, that cannot be [36.55b] overcome, with bonds all over the body: it is as if there were [36.55c] a thousand men keeping one man in bonds, a thousand men of those [36.55d] who are the strongest in strength. [36.56] ‘If the Aryan countries, O Spitama Zarathushtra! would perform [36.56a] in honour of the bright and glorious Tishtrya the due sacrifice [36.56b] and invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to [36.56c] be performed in the perfection of holiness; never should a hostile [36.56d] horde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy, [36.56e] nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted [36.56f] spear of a foe.’ [36.57] Zarathushtra asked: ‘What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice [36.57a] and invocation in honour of the bright and glorious Tishtrya, [36.57b] as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?’ [36.58] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Let the Aryan nations bring libations [36.58a] unto him; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him; [36.58b] let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, [36.58c] or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same [36.58d] colour. [36.59] ‘Let not a murderer take of these offerings, nor a whore, [36.59a] nor a.... who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in [36.59b] the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra. [36.60] ‘If a murderer take of these offerings, or a whore, or a.... [36.60a] who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and [36.60b] withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra, then the [36.60c] bright and glorious Tishtrya takes back his healing virtues. [36.61] ‘Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan nations; hostile hordes [36.61a] will ever fall upon the Aryan nations; the Aryans will be smitten, [36.61b] by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their [36.61c] thousands, by thetr thousands and their tens of thousands, by [36.61d] their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads. [36.62] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [36.62a] ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [36.62b] of Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and of the powerful [36.62c] Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward. [36.62d] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [36.62e] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the [36.62f] bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.’ ## 9. Drvasp Yasht [37.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be afflicted!.... [37.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [37.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [37.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [37.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, satisfaction, and glorification unto Havani, [37.0e] the holy and master of holiness. [37.0f] Unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy, [37.0g] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [37.0h] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [37.1] We sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and [37.1a] holy, who heeps the flocks in health, the herds in health, the [37.1b] grown-up (cattle) in health, the young ones in health; who watches [37.1c] well from afar, with a wide-spread and long-continued welfare-giving [37.1d] friendship; [37.2] Who yokes teams of horses, who makes her chariot turn and [37.2a] its wheels sound, fat and glistening, strong, tall-formed, weal-possessing, [37.2b] health-giving, powerful to stand and powerful to turn for assistance [37.2c] to the faithful. [37.3] To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice [37.3a] on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda, [37.3b] with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand [37.3c] lambs, and with an offering of libations: [37.4] ‘Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that [37.4a] I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana; that I may never fear [37.4b] and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that all the Daevas [37.4c] may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may [37.4d] fear and flee down to darkness.’ [37.5] The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the [37.5a] maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, [37.5b] giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant [37.5c] him that boon. [37.6] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice [37.6a] worth being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, [37.6b] namely, unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. We [37.6c] offer up libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and [37.6d] holy; we offer her the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom [37.6e] of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, [37.6f] and the rightly-spoken words. [37.6g] Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [37.7] We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by [37.7a] Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... [37.7b] Who yokes teams of horses.... for assistance to the faithful. [37.8] To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice [37.8a] from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand [37.8b] oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations: [37.9] ‘Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that [37.9a] I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda; [37.9b] that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda; [37.10] ‘That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world [37.10a] created by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death, [37.10b] from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot [37.10c] wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand [37.10d] years.’ [37.11] The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the [37.11a] maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering lipbations, [37.11b] giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant [37.11c] him that boon. [37.11d] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [37.11e] being heard.... [37.12] We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by [37.12a] Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... [37.12b] Who yokes teams of horses.... for assistance to the faithful. [37.13] To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, [37.13a] offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred [37.13b] male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an [37.13c] offering of libations: [37.14] ‘Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that [37.14a] I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, [37.14b] the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish [37.14c] Druj, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Druj that [37.14d] Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the [37.14e] world of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two wives, [37.14f] Savanghavack and Erenavach, who are the fairest of body amongst [37.14g] women, and the most wonderful creatures in the world.’ [37.15] The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvasya, the [37.15a] maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, [37.15b] giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant [37.15c] him that boon. [37.15d] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [37.15e] being heard.... [37.16] We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by [37.16a] Mazda and holy, who keeps flocks in health.... [37.16b] Who yokes teams of horses.... for assistance to the faithful. [37.17] To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening, [37.17a] the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon [37.17b] the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza. He begged of her a boon [37.17c] saying: [37.18] ‘Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that [37.18a] I may bind the Turanian murderer Franghrasyan, that I may drag [37.18b] him bound, that may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king [37.18c] Husravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake [37.18d] of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, [37.18e] a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.’ [37.19] The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the [37.19a] maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, [37.19b] giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would give [37.19c] him that boon. [37.19d] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [37.19e] being heard.... [37.20] We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by [37.20a] Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... [37.20b] Who yokes teams of horses.... for assistance to the faithful. [37.21] To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Arya nations [37.21a] into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta [37.21b] lake, the deep lake of salt waters, with a hundred male horses, [37.21c] a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and an offering of libations: [37.22] ‘Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that [37.22a] I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the Chaechasta [37.22b] lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my [37.22c] father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.’ [37.23] The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the [37.23a] maintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, [37.23b] giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant [37.23c] him that boon. [37.23d] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [37.23e] being heard.... [37.24] We offer up a sacrifice unlo the powerful Drvaspa, made by [37.24a] Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... [37.24b] Who yokes teams of horses.... for assistance to the faithful, [37.25] To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in the [37.25a] Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat, [37.25b] with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy [37.25c] spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and [37.25d] with the rightly-spoken words. He begged of her a boon, saying: [37.26] ‘O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! grant me this boon, that [37.26a] I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think according to the [37.26b] law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law, [37.26c] that she may spread my Mazdean law and make it known, and that [37.26d] she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.’ [37.27] The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, [37.27a] granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving [37.27b] gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that [37.27c] boon. [37.27d] For her brightness and glory, I wiII offer her a sacrifice worth [37.27e] being heard.... [37.28] We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by [37.28a] Mazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health.... [37.28b] Who yokes teams of horses.... for assistance to the faithful. [37.29] To her did the tall Kavi Vistaspa offer up a sacrifice behind [37.29a] the waters of the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, a [37.29b] thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations: [37.30] ‘Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that [37.30a] I may put to flight Ashta-aurvant, the son of Vispa-thaurvo-asti, [37.30b] the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, [37.30c] of the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred camels....; that [37.30d] I may put to flight the Hvyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I [37.30e] may put to flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the Daevas; [37.31] And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may [37.31a] smite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I [37.31b] may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and [37.31c] of the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Huyaona nations their [37.31d] fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, [37.31e] their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands [37.31f] and their myriads of myriads. [37.32] The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer, [37.32a] granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving [37.32b] gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that [37.32c] boon. [37.32d] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [37.32e] being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, namely, [37.32f] unto the powerful Drvaspa made by Mazda and holy. We offer up [37.32g] libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy; we [37.32h] offer her the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, [37.32i] the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the [37.32j] rightly-spoken words. [37.32k] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [37.32l] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [37.32m] of the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. [37.32n] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [37.32o] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of [37.32p] body,... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the [37.32q] holy Ones. ## 10. Mihr Yasht (Hymn to Mithra) [38.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [38.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [38.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [38.0c] one who hates the Daevas, and obeys the laws of Ahura; [38.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [38.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [38.0f] Unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, [38.0g] ten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name, and unto [38.0h] Rama Hvastra, [38.0i] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [38.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [38.1] Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘Verily, [38.1a] when I created Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, O Spitama! I [38.1b] created him as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer as myself [38.1c] Ahura Mazda. [38.2] ‘The ruffian who lies unto Mithra brings death unto the whole [38.2a] country, injuring as much the faithful world as a hundred evil-doers [38.2b] could do. Break not the contract, O Spitama! neither the one that [38.2c] thou hadst entered into with one of the unfaithful, nor the one [38.2d] that thou hadst entered into with one of the faithful who is one [38.2e] of thy own faith. For Mithra stands for both the faithful and [38.2f] the unfaithful. [38.3] ‘Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, gives swiftness to the [38.3a] horses of those who lie not unto Mithra. [38.3b] ‘Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, gives the straightest way to those [38.3c] who lie not unto Mithra. [38.3d] ‘The good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful give a [38.3e] virtuous offspring to those who lie not unto Mithra. [38.4] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [38.4a] worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. [38.4b] ‘We offer up libations unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.4c] who gives a happy dwelling and a good dwelling to the Aryan nations. [38.5] ‘May he come to us for help! May he come to us for ease! May [38.5a] he come to us for joy! May he come to us for mercy! May he come [38.5b] to us for health! May he come to us for victory! May he come to [38.5c] us for good conscience! May he come to us for bliss! he, the awful [38.5d] and overpowering, worthy of sacrifice and prayer, not to be deceived [38.5e] anywhere in the whole of the material world, Mithra, the lord [38.5f] of wide pastures. [38.6] ‘I will offer up libations unto him, the strong Yazata, the [38.6a] powerful Mithra, most beneficent to the creatures: I will apply [38.6b] unto him with charity and prayers: I will offer up a sacrifice [38.6c] worth being heard unto him, Mithra, the lord ofwide pastures, [38.6d] with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of [38.6e] the tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, [38.6f] with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. ‘Yenhe [38.6g] hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [38.7] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who [38.7a] is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, [38.7b] well-shapen, with ten thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, [38.7c] strong, sleepless, and ever awake; [38.8] ‘To whom the chiefs of nations offer up sacrifices, as they [38.8a] go to the field, against havocking hosts, against enemies coming [38.8b] in battle array, in the strife of conflicting nations. [38.9] ‘On whichever side he has been worshipped first in the fulness [38.9a] of faith of a devoted heart, to that side turns Mithra, the lord [38.9b] of wide pastures, with the fiend-smiting wind, with the cursing [38.9c] thought of the wise. [38.9d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.9e] being heard.... [38.10] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.10a] sleepless, and ever awake. [38.11] ‘Whom the horsemen worship on the back of their horses, begging [38.11a] swiftness for their teams, health for their own bodies, and that [38.11b] they may watch with full success those who hate them, smite down [38.11c] their foes, and destroy at one stroke their adversaries, their [38.11d] enemies, and those who hate themn, [38.11e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.11f] being heard.... [38.12] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.12a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.13] ‘Who first of the heavenly gods reaches over the Hara, before [38.13a] the undying, swift-horsed sun; who, foremost in a golden array, [38.13b] takes hold of the beautiful summits, and from thence looks over [38.13c] the abode of the Aryans with a beneficent eye. [38.14] ‘Where the valiant chiefs draw up their many troops in array; [38.14a] where the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters, yield plenty [38.14b] to the cattle; where the deep lakes, with salt waters, stand; [38.14c] where wide-flowing rivers swell and hurry towards Ishkata and [38.14d] Pouruta, Mouru and Haroyu, the Gava-Sughdha and Hvairizem; [38.15] ‘On Arezahi and Savahi, on Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, on [38.15a] Vourubareshti and Vourujareshti, on this bright Karshvare of Hvaniratha, [38.15b] the abode of cattle, the dwelling of cattle, the powerful Mithra [38.15c] looks with a health-bringing eye; [38.16] ‘He who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and [38.16a] brings glory; he who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata [38.16b] unseen, and brings sovereignty; and increases strength for victory [38.16c] to those who, with a pious intent, holily offer him libations. [38.16d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.16e] being heard.... [38.17] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.17a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.17b] ‘Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor [38.17c] the lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of [38.17d] a province. [38.18] ‘If the master of a house lies unto him, or the lord of a [38.18a] borough, or the lord of a town, or the lord ofa province, then [38.18b] comes Mithra, angry and offended, and he breaks asunder the house, [38.18c] the borough, the town, the province; and the masters of the houses, [38.18d] the lords of the boroughs, the lords of the towns, the lords of [38.18e] the provinces, and the foremost men of the provinces. [38.19] ‘On whatever side there is one who has lied unto Mithra, on [38.19a] that side Mithra stands forth, angry and offended, and his wrath [38.19b] is slow to relent. [38.20] ‘Those who lie unto Mithra, however swift they may be running, [38.20a] cannot overtake; riding, cannot....; driving, cannot..... The [38.20b] spear that the foe of Mithra flings, darts backwards, for the [38.20c] number of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out. [38.21] ‘And even though the spear be flung well, even though it reach [38.21a] the body, it makes no wound, for the number of the evil spells [38.21b] that the foe of Mithra works out. The wind drives away the spear [38.21c] that the foe of Mithra flings, for the number of the evil spells [38.21d] that the foe of Mithra works out. [38.21e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.21f] being heard.... [38.22] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.22a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.22b] ‘Who takes out of distress the man who has not lied unto him, [38.22c] who takes him out of death. [38.23] ‘Take us out of distress, take us out of distresses, O Mithra! [38.23a] as we have not lied unto thee. Thou bringest down terror upon [38.23b] the bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the [38.23c] strength from their arms, being angry and all-powerful; thou takest [38.23d] the swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes, [38.23e] the hearing from their ears. [38.24] ‘Not the wound of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying [38.24a] arrow reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all [38.24b] the strength of his soul, he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, [38.24c] all-seeing, undeceivable Mithra. [38.24d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.24e] being heard.... [38.25] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.25a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.25b] ‘Who is lordly, deep, strong, and weal-giving; a chief in assemblies, [38.25c] pleased with prayers, high, holily clever, the incarnate Word, [38.25d] a warrior with strong arms; [38.26] ‘Who breaks the skulls of the Daevas, and is most cruel in [38.26a] exacting pains; the punisher of the men who lie unto Mithra, the [38.26b] withstander of the Pairikas; who, when not deceived, establisheth [38.26c] nations in supreme strength; who, when not deceived, establisheth [38.26d] nations in supreme victory; [38.27] ‘Who confounds the ways of the nation that delights in havoc, [38.27a] who turns away their Glory, takes away their strength for victory, [38.27b] blows them away helpless, and delivers them unto ten thousand [38.27c] strokes; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing, [38.27d] undeceivable Mithra. [38.27e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.27f] being heard.... [38.28] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.28a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.28b] ‘Who upholds the columns of the lofty house and makes its pillars [38.28c] solid; who gives herds of oxen and male children to that house [38.28d] in which he has been satisfied; he breaks to pieces those in which [38.28e] he has been offended, [38.29] ‘Thou, O Mithra! art both bad and good to nations; thou, O [38.29a] Mithra! art both bad and good to men; thou, O Mithra! keepest [38.29b] in thy hands both peace and trouble for nations. [38.30] ‘Thou makest houses large, beautiful with women, beautiful [38.30a] with chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high above their [38.30b] groundwork; thou makest that house lofty, beautiful with women, [38.30c] beautiful with chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high [38.30d] above its groundwork, of which the master, pious and holding libations [38.30e] in his hand, offers thee a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked [38.30f] by thy own name and with the proper words. [38.31] ‘With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, [38.31a] with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful [38.31b] Mithra! [38.31c] ‘With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, [38.31d] with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent [38.31e] Mithra! [38.31f] ‘With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, [38.31g] with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable [38.31h] Mithra! [38.32] ‘Listen unto our sacrifice, O Mithra! Be thou pleased with [38.32a] our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept [38.32b] our libations! Accept them as they have been consecrated! Gather [38.32c] them together with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana! [38.33] ‘Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god [38.33a] I in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, [38.33b] strength, and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and [38.33c] a good soul; wisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness, the [38.33d] victorious strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of [38.33e] Asha Vahishta, and conversation (with God) on the Holy Word. [38.34] ‘Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted [38.34a] in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in [38.34b] a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, [38.34c] may smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high [38.34d] spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice [38.34e] of Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, [38.34f] the blind, and the deaf. [38.34g] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.34h] being heard.... [38.35] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.35a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.35b] ‘Victory-making, army-governing, endowed with a thousand senses; [38.35c] power-wielding, power-possessing, and all-knowing; [38.36] ‘Who sets the battle a going, who stands against (armies) [38.36a] in battle, who, standing against (armies) in battle, breaks asunder [38.36b] the lines arrayed. The wings of the columns gone to battle shake, [38.36c] and he throws terror upon the centre of the havocking host. [38.37] ‘He can bring and does bring down upon them distress and fear; [38.37a] he throws down the heads of those who lie to Mithra, he takes [38.37b] off the heads of those who lie unto Mithra. [38.38] ‘Sad is the abode, unpeopled with children, where abide men [38.38a] who lie unto Mithra, and, verily, the fiendish killer of faithful [38.38b] men. The grazing cow goes a sad straying way, driven along the [38.38c] vales of the Mithradrujes: they stand on the road, letting tears [38.38d] run over their chins. [38.39] ‘Their falcon-feathered arrows, shot from the string of the [38.39a] well-bent bow, fly towards the mark, and hit it not, as Mithra, [38.39b] the lord of wide pastures, angry, offended, and unsatisfied, comes [38.39c] and meets them. [38.39d] ‘Their spears, well whetted and sharp, their long spears fly from [38.39e] their hands towards the mark, and hit it not, as Mithra, the lord [38.39f] of wide pastures, angry, offended, and unsatisfied, comes and [38.39g] meets them. [38.40] ‘Their swords, well thrust and striking at the heads of men, [38.40a] hit not the mark, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, [38.40b] offended, and unsatisfied, comes and meets them. [38.40c] ‘Their clubs, well falling and striking at the heads of men, hit [38.40d] not the mark, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, offended, [38.40e] and unsatisfied, comes and meets them. [38.41] ‘Mithra strikes fear into them; Rashnu strikes a counter-fear [38.41a] into them; the holy Sraosha blows them away from every side towards [38.41b] the two Yazatas, the maintainers of the world. They make the ranks [38.41c] of the army melt away, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, [38.41d] offended, and unsatisfied, comes and meets them. [38.42] ‘They cry unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, saying: [38.42a] “O Mithra, thou lord of wide pastures! here are our fiery [38.42b] horses taking us away, as they flee from Mithra; here are our [38.42c] sturdy arms cut to pieces by the sword, O Mithra!” [38.43] ‘And then Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, throws them to [38.43a] the ground, killing their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds [38.43b] and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, [38.43c] their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads; as Mithra, [38.43d] the lord of wide pastures, is angry and offended, [38.43e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.43f] being heard.... [38.44] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.44a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.44b] ‘Whose dwelling, wide as the earth, extends over the material [38.44c] world, large, unconfined, and bright, a far-and-wide-extending [38.44d] abode. [38.45] ‘Whose eight friends sit as spies for Mithra, on all the heights, [38.45a] at all the watching-places, observing the man who lies unto Mithra, [38.45b] looking at those, remembering those who have lied unto Mithra, [38.45c] but guarding the ways of those whose life is sought by men who [38.45d] lie unto Mithra, and, verily, by the fiendish killers of faithful [38.45e] men. [38.46] ‘Helping and guarding, guarding behind and guarding in front, [38.46a] Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, proves an undeceivable spy [38.46b] and watcher for the man to whom he comes to help with all the [38.46c] strength of his soul, he of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, [38.46d] all-knowing, undeceivable god. [38.46e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.46f] being heard.... [38.47] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.47a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.47b] ‘A god of high renown and old age, whom wide-hoofed horses carry [38.47c] against havocking hosts, against enemies coming in battle array, [38.47d] in the strife of conflicting nations. [38.48] ‘And when Mithra drives along towards the havocking hosts, [38.48a] towards the enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of the [38.48b] conflicting nations, then he binds the hands of those who have [38.48c] lied unto Mithra, he confounds their eye-sight, he takes the hearing [38.48d] from their ears; they can no longer move their feet; they can [38.48e] no longer withstand those people, those foes, when Mithra, the [38.48f] lord of wide pastures, bears them ill-will. [38.48g] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.48h] being heard.... [38.49] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.49a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.50] ‘For whom the Maker, Ahura Mazda, has built up a dwelling [38.50a] on the Hara Berezaiti, the bright mountain around which the many [38.50b] (stars) revolve where come neither night nor darkness, no cold [38.50c] wind and no hot wind, no deathful sickness, no uncleanness made [38.50d] by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot reach up unto the Haraiti [38.50e] Bareza; [38.51] ‘A dwelling that all the Amesha-Spentas, in one accord with [38.51a] the sun, made for him in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart, [38.51b] and he survevs the whole of the material world from the Haraiti [38.51c] Bareza. [38.52] ‘And when there rushes a wicked worker of evil, swiftly, with [38.52a] a swift step, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, goes and yokes [38.52b] his horses to his chariot, along with the holy, powerful Sraosha [38.52c] and Nairyo-sangha, who strikes a blow that smites the army, that [38.52d] smites the strength of the malicious. [38.52e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.52f] being heard.... [38.53] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.53a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.54] ‘Who, with hands lifted up, ever cries unto Ahura Mazda, saying: [38.54a] “I am the kind keeper of all creatures, I am the kind maintainer [38.54b] of all creatures; yet men worship me not with a sacrifice in which [38.54c] I am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with [38.54d] sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names. [38.55] ‘“If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I [38.55a] were invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas [38.55b] with sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names, [38.55c] then I would come to the faithful at the appointed time; I would [38.55d] come in the appointed time of my beautiful, immortal life.” [38.56] ‘But the pious man, holding libations in his hands, does worship [38.56a] thee with a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own ame, [38.56b] and with the proper words. [38.56c] ‘With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, [38.56d] with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful [38.56e] Mithra! [38.56f] ‘With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, [38.56g] with the groper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent [38.56h] Mithra! [38.56i] ‘With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name, [38.56j] with the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable [38.56k] Mithra! [38.57] ‘Listen unto our sacrifice, ‘O Mithra! Be thou pleased with [38.57a] our sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept [38.57b] our libations! Accept them as they have been consecrated! Gather [38.57c] them together with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana! [38.58] ‘Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god! [38.58a] in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, strength, [38.58b] and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and a good soul; [38.58c] wisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness, the victorious [38.58d] strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of Asha-Vahishta, [38.58e] and conversation (with God) on the Holy Word. [38.59] ‘Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted [38.59a] in joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in [38.59b] a good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, [38.59c] may smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high [38.59d] spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice [38.59e] of Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, [38.59f] the blind, and the deaf. [38.59g] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.59h] being heard.... [38.60] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.60a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.60b] ‘Whose renown is good, whose shape is good, whose glory is good; [38.60c] who has boons to give at his will, who has pasture-fields to give [38.60d] at his will; harmless to the tiller of the ground,... beneficent; [38.60e] he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable [38.60f] god. [38.60g] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.60h] being heard.... [38.61] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.61a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.61b] ‘Firm-legged, a watcher fully awake; valiant, a chief in assemblies; [38.61c] making the waters flow forward; listening to appeals; making the [38.61d] waters run and the plants grow up; ruling over the Karshvares; [38.61e] delivering; happy; undeceivable; endowed with many senses; a creature [38.61f] of wisdom; [38.62] ‘Who gives neither strength nor vigour to him who has lied [38.62a] unto Mithra; who gives neither glory nor any boon to him who has [38.62b] lied unto Mithra. [38.63] ‘Thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry [38.63a] and all-powerful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the [38.63b] eye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears. [38.63c] ‘Not the wound of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying arrow [38.63d] reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all the strength [38.63e] of his soul he of the ten-thousand spies, the powerful all-knowing [38.63f] undeceivable god. ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer [38.63g] him a sacrifice worth being heard.... [38.64] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.64a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.64b] ‘Who takes possession of the beautiful, wide-expanding law, greatly [38.64c] and powerfully and whose face looks over all the seven Karshvares [38.64d] of the earth; [38.65] ‘Who is swift amongst the swift, liberal amongst the liberal, [38.65a] strong amongst the strong, a chief of assembly amongst the chiefs [38.65b] of assemblies; increase-giving, fatness-giving, cattle-giving, [38.65c] sovereignty-giving, son-giving, cheerfulness-giving, and bliss-giving. [38.66] ‘With whom proceed Ashi Vanguhi, and Parendi on her light [38.66a] chariot, the awful Manly Courage, the awful kingly Glory, the [38.66b] awful sovereign Sky, the awful cursing thought of the wise, the [38.66c] awful Fravashis of the faithful, and he who keeps united together [38.66d] the many faithful worshippers of Mazda. [38.66e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.66f] being heard.... [38.67] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastares,... [38.67a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.67b] ‘Who drives along on his high-wheeled chariot, made of a heavenly [38.67c] substance, from the Karshvare of Arezahi to the Karshvare of Hvaniratha, [38.67d] the bright one; accompanied by the wheel of sovereignty, the Glory [38.67e] made by Mazda, and the Victory made by Ahura; [38.68] ‘Whose chariot is embraced by the great Ashi Vanguhi; to whom [38.68a] the Law of Mazda opens a way, that he may go easily; whom four [38.68b] heavenly steeds, white, shining, seen afar, beneficent, endowed [38.68c] with knowledge, swiftly carry along the heavenly space, while [38.68d] the cursing thought of the wise pushes it forward; [38.69] ‘From whom all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee [38.69a] away in fear. Oh! may we never fall across the rush of the angry [38.69b] lord, who goes and rushes from a thousand sides against his foe, [38.69c] he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable [38.69d] god. [38.69e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.69f] being heard.... [38.70] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.70a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.70b] ‘Before whom Verethraghna, made by Ahura, runs opposing the foes [38.70c] in the shape of a boar, a sharp-toothed he-boar, a sharp-jawed [38.70d] boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, wrathful, with a dripping [38.70e] face; strong, with iron feet, iron fore-paws, iron weapons, an [38.70f] iron tail, and iron jaws; [38.71] ‘Who, eagerly clinging to the fleeing foe, along with Manly [38.71a] Courage, smites the foe in battle, and does not think he has smitten [38.71b] him, nor does he consider it a blow till he has smitten away the [38.71c] marrow and the column of life, the marrow and the spring of existence. [38.72] ‘He cuts all the limbs to pieces, and mingles, together with [38.72a] the earth, the bones, hair, brains, and blood of the men who have [38.72b] lied unto Mithra. [38.72c] ‘For his brightness and glory, we offer him a sacrifice worth [38.72d] being heard.... [38.73] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.73a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.73b] ‘Who, with hands lifted up, rejoicing, cries out, speaking thus: [38.74] ‘“O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent spirit! Maker of the [38.74a] material world, thou Holy One! [38.74b] ‘“If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I were [38.74c] invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices [38.74d] in which they are invoked by their own names, then I should come [38.74e] to the faithful at the appointed time; I should come in the appointed [38.74f] time of my beautiful, immortal life.” [38.75] ‘May we keep our field; may we never be exiles from our field, [38.75a] exiles from our house, exiles from our borough, exiles from our [38.75b] town, exiles from our country. [38.76] ‘Thou dashest in pieces the malice of the malicious, the malice [38.76a] of the men of malice: dash thou in pieces the killers of faithful [38.76b] men! [38.76c] ‘Thou hast good horses, thou hast a good chariot: thou art bringing [38.76d] help at every appeal, and art powerful. [38.77] ‘I will pray unto thee for help, with many consecrations, [38.77a] with good consecrations of libations; with many offerings, with [38.77b] good offerings of libations, that we, abiding in thee, may long [38.77c] inhabit a good abode, full of all the riches that can be wished [38.77d] for. [38.78] ‘Thou keepest those nations that tender a good worship to [38.78a] Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; thou dashest in pieces those [38.78b] that delight in havoc. Unto thee will I pray for help: may he [38.78c] come to us for help, the awful, most powerful Mithra, the worshipful [38.78d] and praiseworthy, the glorious lord of nations. [38.78e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.78f] being heard.... [38.79] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.79a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.79b] ‘Who made a dwelling for Rashnu, and to whom Rashnu gave all his [38.79c] soul for long friendship; [38.80] ‘Thou art a keeper and protector of the dwelling of those [38.80a] who lie not: thou art the maintainer of those who lie not. With [38.80b] thee hath Verethraghna, made by Ahura, contracted the best of [38.80c] all friendships, and thus it is how so many men who have lied [38.80d] unto Mithra, even privily, lie smitten down on the ground. [38.80e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.80f] being heard.... [38.81] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.81a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.81b] ‘Who made a dwelling for Rashnu, and to whom Rashnu gave all his [38.81c] soul for long friendship; [38.82] ‘To whom Ahura Mazda gave a thousand senses and ten thousand [38.82a] eyes to see. With those eyes and those senses, he watches the [38.82b] man who injures Mithra, the man who lies unto Mithra. Through [38.82c] those eyes and those senses, he is, undeceivable, he, of the ten [38.82d] thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god. [38.82e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.82f] being heard.... [38.83] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.83a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.83b] ‘Whom the lord of the country invokes for help, with hands uplifted; [38.83c] ‘Whom the lord of the town invokes for help, with hands uplifted; [38.84] ‘Whom the lord of the borough invokes for help, with hands [38.84a] uplifted; [38.84b] ‘Whom the master of the house invokes for help, with hands uplifted; [38.84c] ‘Whom the.... in danger of death invokes for help, with hands [38.84d] uplifted; [38.84e] ‘Whom the poor man, who follows the good law, when wronged and [38.84f] deprived of his rights, invokes for help, with hands uplifted. [38.85] ‘The voice of his wailing reaches up to the sky, it goes over [38.85a] the earth all around, it goes over the seven Karshuares, whether [38.85b] he utters his prayer in a low tone of voice or aloud. [38.86] ‘The cow driven astray invokes him for help, longing for the [38.86a] stables: [38.86b] ‘“When will that bull, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.86c] bring us back, and make us reach the stables? when wilt he turn [38.86d] us back to the right way from the den of the Druj where we were [38.86e] driven?” [38.87] ‘And to him with whom Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, has [38.87a] been satisfied, he comes with help; and of him with whom Mithra, [38.87b] the lord of wide pastures, has been offended, he crushes down [38.87c] the house, the borough, the town, the province, the country. [38.87d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.87e] being heard.... [38.88] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.88a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.88b] ‘To whom the enlivening, healing, fair, lordly golden-eyed Haoma [38.88c] offered up a sacrifice on the highest of the heights, on the Haraiti [38.88d] Bareza, he the undefiled to one undefiled, with undefiled baresma, [38.88e] undefiled libations, and undefiled words; [38.89] ‘Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has established as a priest, quick [38.89a] in performing the sacrifice and loud in song. He performed the [38.89b] sacrifice with a loud voice, as a priest quick in sacrifice and [38.89c] loud in song, a priest to Ahura Mazda, a priest to the Amesha-Spentas. [38.89d] His voice reached up to the sky; went over the earth all around, [38.89e] went over the seven Karshvares. [38.90] ‘Who first lifted up Haomas, in a mortar inlaid with stars [38.90a] and made of a heavenly substance. Ahura Mazda longed for him, [38.90b] the Amesha-Spentas longed for him, for the well-slapen body of [38.90c] him whom the swift-horsed sun awakes for prayer from afar. [38.91] ‘Hail to Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand [38.91a] ears and ten thousand eyes! Thou art worthy of sacrifice and prayer: [38.91b] mayest thou have sacrifice and prayer in the houses of men! Hail [38.91c] to the man who shall offer thee a sacrifice, with the holy wood [38.91d] in his hand, the baresma in his hand, the holy meat in his hand, [38.91e] the holy mortar in his hand, with his hands well-washed, with [38.91f] the mortar well-washed, with the bundles of baresma tied up, the [38.91g] Haoma uplifted, and the Ahuna Vairya sung through. [38.92] ‘The holy Ahura Mazda confessed that religion and so did Vohu-Mano, [38.92a] so did Asha-Vahishta, so did Khshathra-Vairya, so did Spenta-Armaiti, [38.92b] so did Haurvatat and Ameretat; and all the Amesha-Spentas longed [38.92c] for and confessed his religion. The kind Mazda conferred upon [38.92d] him the mastership of the world; and [so did they] who saw thee [38.92e] amongst all creatures the right lord and master of the world, [38.92f] the best cleanser of these creatures. [38.93] ‘So mayest thou in both worlds, mayest thou keep us in both [38.93a] worlds, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! both in this material [38.93b] world and in the world of the spirit, from the fiend of Death, [38.93c] from the fiend Aeshma, from the fiendish hordes, that lift up [38.93d] the spear of havoc, and from the onsets of Aeshma, wherein the [38.93e] evil-doing Aeshma rushes along with Vidotu, made by the Daevas. [38.94] ‘So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness [38.94a] to our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch [38.94b] with full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and [38.94c] destroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies and those who [38.94d] hate us. [38.94e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.94f] being heard.... [38.95] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.95a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.95b] ‘Who goes over the earth, all her breadth over, after the setting [38.95c] of the sun, touches both ends of this wide, round earth, whose [38.95d] ends tie afar, and surveys everything that is between the earth [38.95e] and the heavens, [38.96] ‘Swinging in his hands a club with a hundred knots, a hundred [38.96a] edges, that rushes forwards and fells men down; a club cast out [38.96b] of red brass, of strong, golden brass; the strongest of all weapons, [38.96c] the most victorious of all weapons; [38.97] ‘From whom Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; [38.97a] from whom Aeshma, the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees away in fear; [38.97b] from whom the long-handed Bushyasta flees away in fear; from whom [38.97c] all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away in fear. [38.98] ‘Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord [38.98a] of wide pastures, when in anger! May Mithra, the lord of wide [38.98b] pastures, never smite us in his anger; he who stands up upon this [38.98c] earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, [38.98d] the most energetic of all god, th swiftest of all gods, the most [38.98e] fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. [38.98f] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.98g] being heard.... [38.99] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.99a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.99b] ‘From whom all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away [38.99c] in fear. [38.99d] ‘The lord of nations, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, drives [38.99e] forward at the right-hand side of this wide, round earth, whose [38.99f] ends lie afar. [38.100] ‘At his right hand drives the good, holy Sraosha; at his left [38.100a] hand drives the tall and strong Rashnu; on all sides around him [38.100b] drive the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of the faithful. [38.101] ‘In his might, he ever brings to them falcon-feathered arrows, [38.101a] and, when diiving, he himself comes there, where are nations, [38.101b] enemy to Mithra, he, first and foremost, strikes blows with his [38.101c] club on the horse and his rider; he throws fear and fright upon [38.101d] the horse and his rider. [38.101e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.101f] being heard.... [38.102] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.102a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.102b] ‘The warrior of the white horse, of the sharp spear, the tong [38.102c] spear, the quick arrows; foreseeing and clever; [38.103] ‘Whom Ahura Mazda has established to maintain and look over [38.103a] all this moving world, and who maintains and looks over all this [38.103b] moving world; who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation [38.103c] of Mazda; who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation [38.103d] of Mazda; [38.103e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.103f] being heard.... [38.104] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.104a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.104b] ‘Whose long arms, strong with Mithra-strength, encompass what [38.104c] he seizes in the easternmost river and what he beats with the [38.104d] westernmost river, what is by the Sanaka of the Rangha and what [38.104e] is by the boundary of the earth. [38.105] ‘And thou, O Mithra! encompassing all this around, do thou [38.105a] reach it, all over, with thy arms. [38.105b] ‘The man without glory, led astray from the right way, grieves [38.105c] in his heart; the man without glory thinks thus in himself: “That [38.105d] careless Mithra does not see all the evil that is done, nor all [38.105e] the lies that are told.” [38.106] ‘But I think thus in my heart: [38.106a] ‘“Should the evil thoughts of the earthly man be a hundred [38.106b] times worse, they would not rise so high as the good thoughts [38.106c] of the heavenly Mithra; [38.106d] ‘“Should the evil words of the earthly man be a hundred times [38.106e] worse, they would not rise so high as the good words of the heavenly [38.106f] Mithra; [38.106g] ‘“Should the evil deeds of the earthly man be a hundred times [38.106h] worse, they would not rise so high as the good deeds of the heavenly [38.106i] Mithra; [38.107] ‘“Should the heavenly wisdom in the earthly man be a [38.107a] hundred times greater, it would not rise so high as the heavenly [38.107b] w’isdom in the heavenly Mithra; [38.107c] ‘‘And thus, should the ears of the earthly man hear a hundred [38.107d] time better, he would not hear so well as the heavenly Mithra, [38.107e] whose ear hears well who has a thousand senses, and sees every [38.107f] man that tells a lie.” [38.107g] ‘Mithra stands up in his strength, he drives in the awfulness [38.107h] of royalty, and sends from his eyes beautiful looks that shine [38.107i] from afar, (saying): [38.108] ‘“Who will offer me a sacrifice? Who will lie unto me? Who [38.108a] thinks me a god worthy of a good sacrifice? Who thinks me worthy [38.108b] only of a bad sacrifice? To whom shall I, in my might, impart [38.108c] brightness and glory? To whom bodily health? To whom shall I, [38.108d] in my might, impart riches and full weal? Whom shall I bless by [38.108e] raising him a virtuous offspring? [38.109] ‘“To whom shall I give in return, without his thinking [38.109a] of it, the awful sovereignty, beautifully. arrayed, with many [38.109b] armies, and most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant, [38.109c] who fells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders [38.109d] chastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he [38.109e] has ordered in his anger?” [38.109f] ‘O Mithra! when thou art offended and not satisfied, he soothes [38.109g] thy mind, and makes Mithra satisfied. [38.110] ‘“To whom shall I, in my might, impart sickness and death? [38.110a] To whom shall I impart poverty and sterility? Of whom shall I [38.110b] at one stroke cut off the offspring! [38.111] ‘“From whom shall I take away, without his thinking of [38.111a] it, the awful sovereignty, beautifully arrayed, with many armies, [38.111b] and most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant, who [38.111c] fells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders [38.111d] chastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he [38.111e] has ordered in his anger.” [38.111f] ‘O Mithra! while thou art satisfied and not angry, he moves thy [38.111g] heart to anger, and makes Mithra unsatisfied. [38.111h] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.111i] being heard.... [38.112] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.112a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.112b] ‘A warrior with a silver helm, a golden cuirass, who kills with [38.112c] the poniard, strong, valiant, lord of the borough. Bright are [38.112d] the ways of Mithra, by which he goes towards the country, when, [38.112e] wishing well, he turns its plains and vales to pasture grounds, [38.113] ‘And then cattle and males come to graze, as many as he wants. [38.113a] ‘May Mithra and Ahura, the high gods, come to us for help, when [38.113b] the poniard lifts up its voice aloud, when the nostrils of the [38.113c] horses quiver, when the poniards.... when the, strings of the [38.113d] bows whistle and shoot sharp arrows; then the brood of those whose [38.113e] libations are hated fall smitten to the ground, with their hair [38.113f] torn off. [38.114] ‘So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness [38.114a] to our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch [38.114b] with full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and [38.114c] destroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies, and those [38.114d] who hate us. [38.114e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.114f] being heard.... [38.115] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.115a] sleepless, and ever awake. [38.115b] ‘O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! thou master of the house, of [38.115c] the borough, of the town, of the country, thou Zarathushtrotema! [38.116] ‘Mithra is twentyfold between two friends or two relations; [38.116a] ‘Mithra is thirtyfold between two men of the same group; [38.116b] ‘Mithra is fortyfold between two partners; [38.116c] ‘Mithra is fiftyfold between wife and husband; [38.116d] ‘Mithra is sixtyfold between two pupils (of the same master); [38.116e] ‘Mithra is seventyfold between the pupil and his master; [38.116f] ‘Mithra is eightyfold between the son-in-law and his father-in-law; [38.116g] ‘Mithra is ninetyfold between two brothers; [38.117] ‘Mithra is a hundredfold between the father and the son; [38.117a] ‘Mithra is a thousandfold between two nations; [38.117b] ‘Mithra is ten thousandfold when connected with the Law of Mazda, [38.117c] and then he will be every day of victorious strength. [38.118] ‘May I come unto thee with a prayer that goes lowly or goes [38.118a] highly! As this sun rises up above the Hara Berezaiti and then [38.118b] fulfils its career, so may I, O Spitama! with a prayer that goes [38.118c] lowly or goes highly, rise up above the will of the fiend Angra [38.118d] Mainyu! [38.118e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.118f] being heard.... [38.119] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastwes,... [38.119a] sleepless, and ever awake, [38.119b] ‘Offer up a sacrifice unto Mithra, O Spitama! and order thy pupils [38.119c] to do the same. [38.119d] ‘Let the worshipper of Mazda sacrifice unto thee with small cattle, [38.119e] with black cattle, with flying birds, gliding forward on wings. [38.120] ‘To Mithra all the faithful worshiypers of Mazda must give [38.120a] strength and energy with offered and proffered Haomas, which the [38.120b] Zaotar proffers unto him and gives in sacrifice. Let the faithful [38.120c] man drink of the libations cleanly prepared, which if he does, [38.120d] if he offers them unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, Mithra [38.120e] will be pleased with him and without anger.’ [38.121] Zarathushtra asked him: ‘O Ahura Mazda! how shall the faithful [38.121a] man drink the libations cleanly prepared, which if he does and [38.121b] he offers them unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, Mithra [38.121c] will be pleased vvith him and without anger?’ [38.122] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Let them wash their bodies three days [38.122a] and three nights; let them undergo thirty strokes for the sacrifice [38.122b] and prayer unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. Let them wash [38.122c] their bodies two days and two nights; let them undergo twenty [38.122d] strokes for the sacrifice and prayer unto Mithra, the lord of [38.122e] wide pastures. Let no man drink of these libations who does not [38.122f] know the staota yesnya: Vispe ratavo. [38.122g] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacriace worth [38.122h] being heard.... [38.123] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.123a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.123b] ‘To whom Ahura Mazda offered up a sacrifice in the shining Garo-nmana. [38.124] ‘With his arms lifted up towards Immortality, Mithra, the [38.124a] lord of wide pastures, drives forward from the shining Garo-nmana, [38.124b] in a beautiful chariot that drives on, ever-swift, adorned with [38.124c] all sorts of ornaments, and made of gold. [38.125] ‘Four stallions draw that chariot, all of the same white colour, [38.125a] living on heavenly food and undying. The hoofs of their fore-feet [38.125b] are shod with gold, the hoofs of their hind-feet are shod with [38.125c] silver; all are yoked to the same pole, and wear the yoke and [38.125d] the cross-beams of the yoke, fastened with hooks of Khshathra [38.125e] vairya to a beautiful.... [38.126] ‘At his right hand drives Rashnu-Razishta, the most beneficent [38.126a] and most well-shapen. [38.126b] ‘At his left hand drives the most upright Chista, the holy one, [38.126c] bearing libations in her hands, clothed with white clothes, and [38.126d] white herself; and the cursing thought of the Law of Mazda. [38.127] ‘Close by him drives the strong cursing thought of the wise [38.127a] man, opposing foes in the shape of a boar, a sharp-toothed he-boar, [38.127b] a sharp-jawed boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, wrathful, [38.127c] with a dripping face, strong and swift to run, and rushing all [38.127d] around. [38.127e] ‘Behind him drives Atar, all in a blaze, and the awful kingly [38.127f] Glory. [38.128] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.128a] stand a thousand bows well-made, with a string of cowgut; they [38.128b] go through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly [38.128c] space upon the skulls of the Daevas. [38.129] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.129a] stand a thousand vulture-feathered arrows, with a golden mouth, [38.129b] with a horn shaft, with a brass tail, and well-made. They go through [38.129c] the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon [38.129d] the skulls of the Daevas. [38.130] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.130a] stand a thousand spears well-made and sharp-piercing. They go [38.130b] through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space [38.130c] upon the skulls of the Daevas. [38.130d] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.130e] stand a thousand steel-hammers, two-edged, well-made. They go [38.130f] through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space [38.130g] upon the skulls of the Daevas. [38.131] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.131a] stand a thousand swords, two-edged and well-made. They go through [38.131b] the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon [38.131c] the skulls of the Daevas. [38.131d] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.131e] stand a thousand maces of iron, well-made. They go through the [38.131f] heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the [38.131g] skulls of the Daevas. [38.132] ‘On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.132a] stands a beautiful well-falling club, with a hundred knots, a [38.132b] hundred edges, that rushes forward and fells men down; a club [38.132c] cast out of red brass, of strong, golden brass; the strongest [38.132d] of all weapons, the most victorious of all weapons. It goes through [38.132e] the heavenly space, it falls through the heavenly space upon the [38.132f] skulls of the Daevas. [38.133] After he has smitten the Daevas, after he has smitten down [38.133a] the men who lied unto Mithra, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.133b] drives forward through Arezahe and Savahe, through Fradadhafshu [38.133c] and Vidadhafshu, through Vourubareshti and Vouru-jareshti, through [38.133d] this our Karshvare, the bright Hvaniratha. [38.134] ‘Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; Aeshma, [38.134a] the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees away in fear; the long-handed [38.134b] Bushyasta flees away in fear; all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya [38.134c] fiends flee away in fear. [38.135] ‘Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord [38.135a] of wide pastures, when in anger! May Mithra, the lord of wide [38.135b] pastures, never smite us in his anger; he who stands up upon this [38.135c] earth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods, [38.135d] the most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the [38.135e] most fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. [38.135f] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.135g] being heard.... [38.136] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.136a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.136b] ‘For whom white stallions, yoked to his chariot, draw it, on one [38.136c] golden wheel, with a full shining axle. [38.137] ‘If Mithra takes his libations to his own dwelling, “Happy [38.137a] that man, I think,” - said Ahura Mazda,- “O holy Zarathra! [38.137b] for whom a holy priest, as pious as any in the world, who is the [38.137c] Word incarnate, offers up a sacrifice unto Mithra with bundles [38.137d] of baresma and with the [proper] words. [38.137e] ‘“Straight to that man, I think, will Mithra come, to visit [38.137f] his dwelling, [38.138] ‘“When Mithra’s boons will come to him, as he follows [38.138a] God’s teaching, and thinks according to God’s teaching. [38.138b] ‘“Woe to that man, I think,” - said Ahura Mazda, - “O [38.138c] holy Zarathushtra! for whom an unholy priest, not pious, who is [38.138d] not the Word incarnate, stands behind the baresma, however full [38.138e] may be the bundles of baresma he ties, however long may be the [38.138f] sacrifice he performs.” [38.139] ‘He does not delight Ahura Mazda, nor the other Amesha-Spentas, [38.139a] nor Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, he who thus scorns Mazda, [38.139b] and the other Amesha-Spentas, and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [38.139c] and the Law, and Rashnu, and Arstat, who makes the world grow, [38.139d] who makes the world increase. [38.139e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.139f] being heard.... [38.140] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.140a] sleepless, and ever awake. [38.140b] ‘I will offer up a sacrifice unto the good Mithra, O Spitama! [38.140c] unto the strong, heavenly god, who is foremost, highly merciful, [38.140d] and peerless; whose house is above, a stout and strong warrior; [38.141] ‘Victorious and armed with a well-fashioned weapon, watchful [38.141a] in darkness and undeceivable. He is the stoutest of the stoutest, [38.141b] he is the strongest of the strongest, he is the most intelligent [38.141c] of the gods, he is victorious and endowed with Glory: he, of the [38.141d] ten thousand eyes, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, [38.141e] undeceivable god. [38.141f] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.141g] being heard.... [38.142] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,... [38.142a] sleepless, and ever awake; [38.142b] ‘Who, with his manifold knowledge, powerfully increases the creation [38.142c] of Spenta Mainyu, and is a well-created and most great Yazata, [38.142d] self-shining like the moon, when he makes his own body shine; [38.143] ‘Whose face is flashing with light like the face of the star [38.143a] Tistrya; whose chariot is embraced by that goddess who is foremost [38.143b] amongst those who have no deceit in them, O Spitama! who is fairer [38.143c] than any creature in the world, and full of light to shine. I [38.143d] will worship that chariot, wrought by the Maker, Ahura Mazda, [38.143e] inlaid with stars and made of a heavenly substance; (the chariot) [38.143f] of Mithra, who has ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, [38.143g] undeceivable god. [38.143h] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth [38.143i] being heard.... [38.144] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who [38.144a] is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, [38.144b] well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, [38.144c] strong, sleepless, and ever awake. [38.144d] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries; [38.144e] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries; [38.144f] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country; [38.144g] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries; [38.144h] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries; [38.144i] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries; [38.144j] ‘We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries. [38.145] ‘We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, [38.145a] holy gods; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with [38.145b] the trees that yield up baresma. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the [38.145c] lord of all countries. [38.145d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [38.145e] worth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. [38.145f] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [38.145g] ‘I bless the sacrifice and p yer, and the strength and vigour [38.145h] of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, [38.145i] ten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name; and that [38.145j] of Rama Hvastra. [38.145k] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [38.145l] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the [38.145m] bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!’ ## 11. Srosh Yasht Hadokht [39.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [39.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [39.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [39.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [39.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [39.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [39.0f] Unto the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared [39.0g] and lordly god, [39.0h] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [39.0i] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [39.1] We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, [39.1a] who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness. [39.1b] Good prayer, excellent prayer to the worlds, O Zarathushtra! [39.2] This it is that takes away the friendship of the fiend and [39.2a] fiends, of the he-fiend and of the she-fiend; it turns away in [39.2b] giddiness their eyes, minds, ears, hands, feet, mouths, and tongues; [39.2c] as good prayer, without deceit and without harm, is Manly Courage, [39.2d] and turns away the Druj. [39.3] The holy Sraosha, the best protector ofthe poor, is fiend-smiting; [39.3a] he is the best smiter of the Druj. [39.3b] The faithful one who pronounces most words of blessing is the [39.3c] most victorious in victory; the Mathra Spenta takes best the unseen [39.3d] Druj way. The Ahuna Vairya is the best fiend-smiter among all [39.3e] spells; the word of truth is the fighter that is the best of all [39.3f] fiend-smiters. [39.3g] The Law of the worshippers of Mazda is the truest giver of all [39.3h] the good things of all those that are the offspring of the good [39.3i] principle; and so is the Law of Zarathushtra. [39.4] And he who should pronounce that word, O Zarathushtra! either [39.4a] a man or a woman with a mind all intent on holiness, with words [39.4b] all intent on holiness, with deeds all intent on holiness, when [39.4c] he is in fear either of high waters or of the darkness of a rainy [39.4d] night; [39.4e] Or at the fords of a river, or at the branching-off of roads; [39.4f] Or in the meeting together of the faithful, or the rushing together [39.4g] of the worshippers of the Daevas; [39.5] Whether on the road or in the law he has to fear, not in that [39.5a] day nor in that night shall the tormenting fiend, who wants to [39.5b] torment him, prevail to throw upon him the look of his evil eye, [39.5c] and the malice of the thief who carries off cattle shall not reach [39.5d] him. [39.6] Pronounce then that word, O Zarathushtra! that word to be [39.6a] spoken, when thou fall upon the idolaters and thieves and Daevas [39.6b] rushing together. Then the malice of the wicked worshippers of [39.6c] the Daevas, of the Yatus and their followers, of the Pairikas [39.6d] and their followers, will be affrighted and rush away. Down are [39.6e] the Daevas! Down are the Daeva-worshippers, and they take back [39.6f] their mouths from biting. [39.7] And therefore we take around us the holy-natured Sraosha, [39.7a] the holy, the fiend-smiter, as one does with shepherds’ dogs; [39.7b] therefore we sacrifice unto the holy-natured Sraosha, the holy, [39.7c] the fiend-smiter, with good thoughts, good words, and good deeds. [39.8] For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious [39.8a] power, for his offering sacrifices unto the gods, I will offer [39.8b] him a sacrifice worth being heard. I will offer up libations unto [39.8c] the holy Sraosha, unto the great Ashi Vanguhi, and unto Nairyo-sangha, [39.8d] the tall-formed. [39.8e] So may the holy Sraosha, the fiend-smiter, come to us for help! [39.9] We worship the holy Sraosha; we worship the great master, [39.9a] Ahura Mazda, who is supreme in holiness, who is the foremost to [39.9b] do deeds of holiness. [39.9c] We worship all the words of Zarathushtra, and all the good deeds, [39.9d] those done and those to be done. [39.9e] Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [39.10] We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed fiend-smiting Sraosha, [39.10a] who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; [39.10b] Who strikes the evil-doing man, who strikes the evil-doing woman; [39.10c] who smites the fiendish Druj, and is most strong and world-destroying; [39.10d] who maintains and looks over all this moving world; [39.11] Who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation of Mazda; [39.11a] who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation of Mazda; [39.11b] who protects all the material world with his club uplifted, from [39.11c] the hour when the sun is down; [39.12] Who never more did enjoy sleep from the time when the two [39.12a] Spirits made the world, namely, the good Spirit and the evil One; [39.12b] who every day, every night, fights with the Mazainya Daevas. [39.13] He bows not for fear and fright before the Daevas: before [39.13a] him all the Daevas bow for fear and fright reluctantly, and rush [39.13b] away to darkness. [39.13c] For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious [39.13d] power.... [39.14] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [39.14a] We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, [39.14b] who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; [39.14c] Who with peace and friendship watches the Druj and the most beneficent [39.14d] Spirit: so that the Amesha-Spentas may go along the seven Karshvares [39.14e] of the earth; who is the teacher of the Law: he himself was taught [39.14f] it by Ahura Mazda, the holy One. [39.14g] For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious [39.14h] power.... [39.15] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [39.15a] We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, [39.15b] who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; [39.15c] Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has created to withstand Aeshma, the [39.15d] fiend of the wounding spear; we sacrifice unto Peace, whose breath [39.15e] is friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt, [39.16] The friends of the holy Sraosha; [39.16a] The friends of Rashnu Razista; [39.16b] The friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; [39.16c] The friends of Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes the [39.16d] world increase, who makes the world prosper; [39.16e] The friends of Ashi Vanguhi; [39.16f] The friends of the good Chisti; [39.16g] The friends of the most right Chista; [39.17] The friends of all gods; [39.17a] The friends of the Mathra Spenta; [39.17b] The friends of the fiend-destrqying Law; [39.17c] The friends of the long-traditional teaching; [39.17d] The friends of the Amesha-Spentas; [39.17e] The friends of ourselves, the Saoshyants, the two-footed part [39.17f] of the holy creation; [39.17g] The friends of all the beings of the holy world. [39.17h] For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious [39.17i] power.... [39.18] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [39.18a] We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, [39.18b] who makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness; [39.18c] The first [Sraosha], the next, the middle, and the highest; with [39.18d] the first sacrifice, with the next, with the middle, and with [39.18e] the highest. We sacrifice unto all [the moments] of the holy and [39.18f] strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word; [39.19] The strong Sraosha, of the manly courage, the warrior of the [39.19a] strong arms, who breaks the skulls of the Daevas; who smites with [39.19b] heavy blows and is strong to smite; the holy Sraosha, who smites [39.19c] with heavy blows; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant of [39.19d] both the holy Sraosha and Arshti. [39.20] We sacrifice for all the houses protected by Sraosha, where [39.20a] the holy Sraosha is dear and friendly treated and satisfied, as [39.20b] well as the faithful man, rich in good thoughts, rich in good [39.20c] words, rich in good deeds. [39.21] We sacrifice unto the body of the holy Sraosha; [39.21a] We sacrifice unto the body of Rashnu Razishta; [39.21b] We sacrifice unto the body of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; [39.21c] We sacrifice unto the body of the holy wind; [39.21d] We sacrifice unto the body of the good Law of the worshippers [39.21e] of Mazda; [39.21f] We sacrifice unto the body of Arshtat, who makes the world grow, [39.21g] who makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper; [39.21h] We sacrifice unto the body of Ashi Vanguhi; [39.21i] We sacrifice unto the body of the good Chisti; [39.21j] We sacrifice unto the body of the most right Chista; [39.21k] We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the gods; [39.22] We sacrifice unto the body of the Mathra Spenta; [39.22a] We sacrifice unto the body of the fiend-destroying Law; [39.22b] We sacrifice unto the body of the long-traditional teaching; [39.22c] We sacrifice unto the bodies of the Amesha-Spentas; [39.22d] We sacrifice unto the bodies of ourselves, the Saoshyants, the [39.22e] two-footed part of the holy creation; [39.22f] We sacrifice unto the bodies of all the beings of the holy world. [39.22g] For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious [39.22h] power.... [39.23] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [39.23a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, the strength and vigour of the [39.23b] holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared [39.23c] and lordly god [39.23d] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,.. give him the bright, [39.23e] all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones! ## 11a. Srosh Yasht [40.1] (SEE YASNA, CHAPTER 57) ## 12. Rashn Yasht yt12sbe [41.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [41.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [41.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [41.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [41.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [41.0e] the holy and master of holiness. [41.0f] Unto Rashnu Razishta; unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow, [41.0g] who makes the world increase; unto the true-spoken speech, that [41.0h] makes the world grow; [41.0i] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [41.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [41.1] The holy (Zarathushtra) asked him: ‘O holy Ahura Mazda! I [41.1a] ask thee; answer me with words of truth, thou who knowest the [41.1b] truth. Thou art undeceivable, thou hast an undeceivable understanding; [41.1c] thou art undeceivable, as thou knowest everything. [41.1d] ‘What of the Holy Word is created true? what is created progress-making? [41.1e] what is fit to discern? what is healthful? what is wise? what [41.1f] is happy and more powerful to destroy than all other creatures?’ [41.2] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘I will declare that unto thee, O pure, [41.2a] holy Spitama! [41.2b] ‘The most glorious Holy Word (itself), this is what in the Holy [41.2c] Word is created true, what is created progress making, what is [41.2d] fit to discern, what is healthful, wise, and happy, what is more [41.2e] powerful to destroy than all other creatures.’ [41.3] Ahura Mazda said: ‘Bind up a three-twigged baresma against [41.3a] the way of the sun. [Address] unto me, Ahura Mazda, these words: [41.3b] “We invoke, we bless [Ahura]; I invoke the friendship [of [41.3c] Ahura] towards this var (ordeal) prepared, towards the fire and [41.3d] the baresma, towards the full boiling [milk], towards the var [41.3e] of oil and the sap of the plants.” [41.4] ‘Then I, Ahura Mazda, shall come for help unto thee, towards [41.4a] this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, towards the [41.4b] full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the sap of the [41.4c] plants; [41.4d] ‘Along with the fiend-smiting Wind, along with the cursing thought [41.4e] of the wise, along with the kingly Glory, along with Saoka, made [41.4f] by Mazda. [41.5] ‘We invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong; I invoke his friendship [41.5a] towards this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, towards [41.5b] the full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the sap of: [41.5c] the plants. [41.6] ‘Then Rashnu the tall, the strong, will come for help unto [41.6a] thee, towards this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, [41.6b] towards the full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the [41.6c] sap of the plants: [41.6d] ‘Along with the fiend-smiting Wind, along with the cursing thought [41.6e] of the wise, along with the kingly Glory, along with Saoka, made [41.6f] by Mazda. [41.7] ‘O thou, holy Rashnu! O most true Rashnu! most beneficent [41.7a] Rashnu! most knowing Rashnu! most discerning Rashnu I most fore-knowing [41.7b] Rashnu! most far-seeing Rashnu I Rashnu, the best doer of justice! [41.7c] Rashnu, the best smiter of thieves; [41.8] ‘The uninjured, the best killer, smiter, destroyer of thieves [41.8a] and bandits! in whatever part of the world thou art watching the [41.8b] doings of men and making the account... (obscure). [41.9] ‘Whether thou, O hoIy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Arezahi, [41.9a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.9b] towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of the world thou [41.9c] art. [41.10] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Savahi, [41.10a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this [41.10b] var prepared... in whatever part of the world thou art. [41.11] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Fradadhafshu, [41.11a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.11b] towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of the world thou [41.11c] art. [41.12] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vidadhafshu, [41.12a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.12b] towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of the world thou [41.12c] art. [41.13] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vouru-bareshti, [41.13a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.13b] towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of the world thou [41.13c] art. [41.14] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vouru-jareshti, [41.14a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.14b] towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of the world thou [41.14c] art. [41.15] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in this Karshvare, the bright [41.15a] Hvaniratha, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his [41.15b] friendship towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of [41.15c] the world thou art. [41.16] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sea Vouru-Kasha, [41.16a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.16b] towards this var prepared.... in whatever part of the world thou [41.16c] art. [41.17] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the tree of the eagle, [41.17a] that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha, that is called [41.17b] the tree of good remedies, the tree of powerful remedies, the [41.17c] tree of all remedies, and on which rest the seeds of all plants; [41.17d] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.17e] towards this var prepared.... [41.18] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Aodhas of the Rangha, [41.18a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.18b] towards this var prepared.... [41.19] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Sanaka of the Rangha, [41.19a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.19b] towards this var prepared.... [41.20] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at one of the angles of [41.20a] this earth, we invoke we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship [41.20b] towards this var prepared.... [41.21] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at the boundary of this [41.21a] earth, we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards [41.21b] this var prepared.... [41.22] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in any place of this earth, [41.22a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this [41.22b] var prepared.... [41.23] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Hara Berezaiti, the [41.23a] bright mountain around which the many (stars) revolve, where come [41.23b] neither night nor darkness, no cold wind and no hot wind, no deathful [41.23c] sickness, no uncleanness made by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot [41.23d] reach up unto the Haraiti Bareza; we invoke, we bless Rashnu. [41.23e] I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.24] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art upon the highest Hukairya, [41.24a] of the deep precipices, made of gold, where from this river of [41.24b] mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, leaps from a thousand times the height [41.24c] of a man, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his [41.24d] friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.25] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art upon the Taera of the height [41.25a] Haraiti, around which the stars, the moon, and the sun revolve, [41.25b] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.25c] towards this var prepared.... [41.26] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the star Vanant, made [41.26a] by Mazda, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his [41.26b] friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.27] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright and glorious [41.27a] star Tishtrya, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke [41.27b] his friendship towards the var prepared.... [41.28] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the group of the Haptoiringa [41.28a] stars, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.28b] towards this var prepared.... [41.29] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have [41.29a] the seed of the waters in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the [41.29b] strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.30] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have [41.30a] the seed of the earth in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the [41.30b] strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.31] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have [41.31a] the seed of the plants in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the [41.31b] strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.32] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the stars that belong [41.32a] to the Good Spirit, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I [41.32b] invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.33] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the moon which has the [41.33a] seed of the Bull in it, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. [41.33b] I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.34] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the swift-horsed sun, [41.34a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.34b] towards this var prepared.... [41.35] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sovereign endless [41.35a] Light, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.35b] towards this var prepared.... [41.36] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright, all-happy, [41.36a] blissful abode of the holy Ones, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the [41.36b] strong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared.... [41.37] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the shining Garo-demana, [41.37a] we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship [41.37b] towards this var prepared.... [41.38] ‘Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art,.. (obscure) we invoke, [41.38a] we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this [41.38b] var prepared.... [41.39] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [41.39a] worth being heard.... [41.39b] ‘Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [41.40] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [41.40a] ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [41.40b] of Rashnu Razishta; of Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who [41.40c] makes the world increase; and of the true-spoken speech that makes [41.40d] the world grow. [41.40e] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [41.40f] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of [41.40g] body,... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the [41.40h] holy Ones.’ ## 13. Frawardin Yasht (Hymn to the Fravashis) [42.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [42.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [42.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [42.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [42.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [42.0e] the holy and master of holiness. [42.0f] Unto the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the faithful; unto the [42.0g] Fravashis of the men of the primitive law; unto the Fravashis [42.0h] of the next-of-kin, [42.0i] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [42.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [42.1] Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘Do thou [42.1a] proclaim, O pure Zarathushtra! the vigour and strength, the glory, [42.1b] the help and the joy that are in the Fravashis of the faithful, [42.1c] the awful and overpowering Fravashis; do thou tell how they come [42.1d] to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis [42.1e] of the faithful. [42.2] ‘Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain [42.2a] that sky, there above, shining and seen afar, and encompassing [42.2b] this earth all around. [42.3] ‘It looks like a palace, that stands built of a heavenly substance, [42.3a] firmly established, with ends that lie afar, shining in its body [42.3b] of ruby over the three-thirds (of the earth)”; it is like [42.3c] a garment inlaid with stars, made of a heavenly substance, that [42.3d] Mazda puts on, along with Mithra and Rashnu and Spenta-Armaiti, [42.3e] and on no side can the eye perceive the end of it. [42.4] ‘Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain [42.4a] Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who [42.4b] hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura who is worthy of [42.4c] sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material [42.4d] world, the life-increasing and holy, the flocks-increasing and [42.4e] holy, the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth increasing and [42.4f] holy, the country increasing and holy; [42.5] ‘Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb [42.5a] of all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females [42.5b] bring forth in safety, who puts milk in the breasts of all females [42.5c] in the right measure and the right quality; [42.6] ‘The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole [42.6a] of all the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully [42.6b] from the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-kasha. [42.7] ‘All the shores of the sea Vouru-kasha are boiling over, all [42.7a] the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when [42.7b] she streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand [42.7c] cells and a thousand channels; the extent of each of those cells, [42.7d] of each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty [42.7e] days, riding on a good horse. [42.8] ‘From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread [42.8a] all over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on [42.8b] bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine [42.8c] purifies the seed in males, the womb in females, the milk in females’ [42.8d] breasts. [42.9] ‘Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain [42.9a] the wide earth made by Ahura, the large and broad earth, that [42.9b] bears so much that is fine, that bears all the bodily world, the [42.9c] live and the dead, and the high mountains, rich in pastures and [42.9d] waters; [42.10] ‘Upon which run the many streams and rivers; upon which the [42.10a] many kinds of plants grow up from the ground, to nourish animals [42.10b] and men, to nourish the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds [42.10c] of animals, and to help the faithful. [42.11] ‘Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain [42.11a] in the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does [42.11b] not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and I develop in it the bones, [42.11c] the hair, the... the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs. [42.12] ‘Had not the awful Fravashis of the faithful given help unto [42.12a] me, those animals and men of mine, of which there are such excellent [42.12b] kinds, would not subsist; strength would belong to the Druj, the [42.12c] dominion would belong to the Druj, the material world would belong [42.12d] to the Druj. [42.13] ‘Between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would [42.13a] be harassed by the Druj; between the earth and the sky the immaterial [42.13b] creatures would be smitten by the Druj; and never afterwards would [42.13c] Angra-Mainyu give way to the blows of Spenta-Mainyu. [42.14] ‘Through their brightness and glory the waters run and flow [42.14a] forward from the never-failing springs; through their brightness [42.14b] and glory the plants grow up from the earth, by the never-failing [42.14c] springs; through their brightness and glory the winds blow, driving [42.14d] down the clouds towards the never-failing springs. [42.15] ‘Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring; [42.15a] through their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety; [42.15b] it is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed [42.15c] with children. [42.16] ‘Through their brightness and glory a man is born who is a [42.16a] chief in assemblies and meetings, who listens well to the (holy) [42.16b] words, whom Wisdom holds dear, and who returns a victor from discussions [42.16c] with Gaotema, the heretic. [42.16d] ‘Through their brightness and glory the sun goes his way; through [42.16e] their brightness and glory the moon goes her way; through their [42.16f] brightness and glory the stars go their way. [42.17] ‘In fearful battles they are the wisest for help, the Fravashis [42.17a] of the faithful. [42.17b] ‘The most powerful amongst the Fravashis of the faithful, O Spitama! [42.17c] are those of the men of the primitive law or those of the Saoshyants [42.17d] not yet born, who are to restore the world. Of the others, the [42.17e] Fravashis of the living faithful are more powerful, O Zarathushtra! [42.17f] than those of the dead, O Spitama! [42.18] ‘And the man who in life shall treat the Fravashis of the [42.18a] faithful well, will become a ruler of the country with full power, [42.18b] and a chief most strong; so shall any man of you become, who shall [42.18c] treat Mithra well, the lord of wide pastures, and Arshtat, who [42.18d] makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. [42.19] ‘Thus do I proclaim unto thee, O pure Spitama! the vigour [42.19a] and strength, the glory, the help, and the joy that are in the [42.19b] Fravashis of the faithful, the awful and overpowering Fravashis; [42.19c] and how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me, [42.19d] the awful Fravashis of the faithful.’ [42.20] Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘If in [42.20a] this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thou happenest to [42.20b] come upon frightful roads, full of dangers and fears, O Zarathushtra! [42.20c] and thou fearest for thyself, then do thou recite these words, [42.20d] then proclaim these fiend-smiting words, O Zarathushtra! [42.21] ‘“I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice [42.21a] unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We [42.21b] worship the Fravashis of the masters of the houses, those of the [42.21c] lords of the boroughs, those of the lords of the towns, those [42.21d] of the lords of the countries, those of the Zarathustrotemas; [42.21e] the Fravashis of those that are, the Fravashis of those that have [42.21f] been, the Fravashis of those that will be; all the Fravashis of [42.21g] all nations, and most friendly the Fravashis of the friendly nations; [42.22] ‘“Who maintain the sky, who maintain the waters, who [42.22a] maintain the earth, who maintain the cattle, who maintain in the [42.22b] womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die [42.22c] from the assaults of Vidotu, and develop in it the bones, the [42.22d] hair, the.... the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs; [42.23] ‘“Who are much-bringing, who move with awfulness, well-moving, [42.23a] swiftly moving, quickly moving, who move when invoked; who are [42.23b] to be invoked in the conquest of good, who are to be invoked in [42.23c] fights against foes, who are to be invoked in battles; [42.24] ‘“Who give victory to their invoker, who give boons to [42.24a] their lover, who give health to the sick man, who give good Glory [42.24b] to the faithful man that brings libations and invokes them with [42.24c] a sacrifice and words of propitiation, [42.25] ‘“Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most [42.25a] devoted to holiness, and where is the greatest piety, where the [42.25b] faithful man is rejoiced, and where the faithful man is not ill-treated.”’ [42.26] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.26a] who are the mightiest of drivers, the lightest of those driving [42.26b] forwards, the slowest of the retiring, the safest of all bridges, [42.26c] the least-erring of all weapons and arms, and who never turn their [42.26d] backs. [42.27] At once, wherever they come, we worship them, the good ones, [42.27a] the excellent ones, the good, the strong, the beneficent Fravashis [42.27b] of the faithful. They are to be invoked when the bundles of baresma [42.27c] are tied; they are to be invoked in fights against foes, in battles, [42.27d] and there where gallant men strive to conquer foes. [42.28] Mazda invoked them for help, when he fixed the sky and the [42.28a] waters and the earth and the plants; when Spenta-Mainyu fixed [42.28b] the sky, when he fixed the waters, when the earth, when the cattle, [42.28c] when the plants, when the child conceived in the womb, so that [42.28d] it should not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and developed in [42.28e] it the bones, the hair, the.... the entrails, the feet, and [42.28f] the sexual organs. [42.29] Spenta-Mainyu maintained the sky, and they sustained it from [42.29a] below, they, the strong Fravashis, who sit in silence, gazing [42.29b] with sharp looks; whose eyes and ears are powerful, who bring [42.29c] long joy, high and high-girded; well-moving and moving afar, loud-snorting, [42.29d] possessing riches and a high renown. [42.30] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; [42.30a] whose friendship is good, and who know how to benefit; whose friendship [42.30b] lasts long; who like to stay in the abode where they are not harmed [42.30c] by its dwellers; who are good, beautiful afar, health-giving, [42.30d] of high renown, conquering in battle, and who never do harm first. [42.31] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; [42.31a] whose will is dreadful unto those who vex them; powerfully working [42.31b] and most beneficent; who in battle break the dread arms of their [42.31c] foes and haters. [42.32] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; [42.32a] liberal, valiant, and full of strength, not to be seized by thought, [42.32b] welfare-giving, kind, and health-giving, following with Ashi’s [42.32c] remedies, as far as the earth extends, as the rivers stretch, [42.32d] as the sun rises. [42.33] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.33a] who gallantly and bravely fight, causing havoc, wounding, breaking [42.33b] to pieces all the malice of the malicious, Daevas and men, and [42.33c] smiting powerfully in battle, at their wish and will. [42.34] You kindly deliver the Victory made by Ahura, and the crushing [42.34a] Ascendant, most beneficently, to those countries where you, the [42.34b] good ones, unharmed and rejoiced, unoppressed and unoffended, [42.34c] have been held worthy of sacrifice and prayer, and proceed the [42.34d] way of your wish. [42.35] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.35a] of high renown, smiting in battle, most strong, shield-bearing [42.35b] and harmless to those who are true, whom both the pursuing and [42.35c] the fleeing invoke for help: the pursuer invokes them for a swift [42.35d] race, and for a swift race does the fleer invoke them; [42.36] Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most devoted [42.36a] to holiness, and where is the greatest piety, where the faithful [42.36b] man is rejoiced, and where the faithful man is not ill-treated. [42.37] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.37a] who form many battalions, girded with weapons, lifting up spears, [42.37b] and full of sheen; who in fearful battles come rushing along where [42.37c] the gallant heroes go and assail the Danus. [42.38] There you destroy the victorious strength of the Turanian [42.38a] Danus; there you destroy the malice of the Turanian Danus; through [42.38b] you the chiefs are of high intellect and most successful; they, [42.38c] the gallant heroes, the gallant Saoshyants, the gallant conquerors [42.38d] of the offspring of the Danus chiefs of myriads, who wound with [42.38e] stones. [42.39] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.39a] who rout the two wings of an army standing in battle array, who [42.39b] make the centre swerve, and swiftly pursue onwards, to help the [42.39c] faithful and to distress the doers of evil deeds. [42.40] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; [42.40a] awful, overpowering, and victorious, smiting in battle, sorely [42.40b] wounding, blowing away (the foes), moving along to and fro, of [42.40c] good renown, fair of body, godly of soul, and holy; who give victory [42.40d] to their invoker, who give boons to their lover, who give health [42.40e] to the sick man; [42.41] Who give good glory to him who worships them with a sacrifice, [42.41a] as that man did worship them, the holy Zarathushtra, the chief [42.41b] of the material world, the head of the two-footed race, in whatever [42.41c] struggle he had to enter, in whatever distress he did fear; [42.42] Who, when well invoked, enjoy bliss in the heavens; who, when [42.42a] well invoked, come forward from the heavens, who are the heads [42.42b] of that sky above, possessing the well-shapen Strength, the Victory [42.42c] made by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant, and Welfare, the wealth-bringing, [42.42d] boon-bringing, holy, well fed, worthy of sacrifice and prayer [42.42e] in the perfection of holiness. [42.43] They shed Satavaesa between the earth and the sky, him to [42.43a] whom the waters belong, who listens to appeals and makes the waters [42.43b] flow and the plants grow up, to nourish animals and men, to nourish [42.43c] the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds of animals and to [42.43d] help the faithful. [42.44] Satavaesa comes down and flows between the earth and the sky, [42.44a] he to whom the waters belong, who listens to appeals and makes [42.44b] the waters and the plants grow up, fair, radiant, and full of [42.44c] light, to nourish animals and men, to nourish the Aryan nations, [42.44d] to nourish the five kinds of animals, and to help the faithful. [42.45] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; [42.45a] with helms of brass, with weapons of brass, with armour of brass; [42.45b] who struggle in the fights for victory in garments of light, arraying [42.45c] the battles and bringing them forwards, to kill thousands of Daevas. [42.45d] When the wind blows from behind them and brings their breath unto [42.45e] men, [42.46] Then men know where blows the breath of victory: and they [42.46a] pay pious homage unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of [42.46b] the faithful, with their hearts prepared and their arms uplifted. [42.47] Whichever side they have been first worshipped in the fulness [42.47a] of faith of a devoted heart, to that side turn the awful Fravashis [42.47b] of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu and the awful cursing [42.47c] thought of the wise and the victorious wind. [42.48] And those nations are smitten at one stroke by their fifties [42.48a] and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by [42.48b] their thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of [42.48c] thousands and their myriads of myriads, against which turn the [42.48d] awful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu, [42.48e] and the awful cursing thought of the wise and the victorious wind. [42.49] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.49a] who come and go through the borough at the time of the Hamaspathmaidyem; [42.49b] they go along there for ten nights, asking thus: [42.50] ‘Who will praise us? Who will offer us a sacrifice? Who will [42.50a] meditate upon us? Who will bless us? Who will receive us with [42.50b] meat and clothes in his hand and with a prayer worthy of bliss? [42.50c] Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation? Of which [42.50d] of you will the soul be worshipped by you with a sacrifice? To [42.50e] whom will this gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing [42.50f] food for ever and ever?’ [42.51] And the man who offers them up a sacrifice, with meat and [42.51a] clothes in his hand, with a prayer worthy of bliss, the awful [42.51b] Fravashis of the faithful, satisfied, unharmed, and unoffended, [42.51c] bless thus: [42.52] ‘May there be in this house flocks of animals and men! May [42.52a] there be a swift horse and a solid chariot! May there be a man [42.52b] who knows how to praise God and rule in an assembly, who will [42.52c] offer us sacrifices with meat and clothes in his hand, and with [42.52d] a prayer worthy of bliss.’ [42.53] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.53a] who show beautiful paths to the waters, made by Mazda, which had [42.53b] stood before for a long time in the same place without flowing: [42.54] And now they flow along the path made by Mazda, along the [42.54a] way made by the gods, the watery way appointed to them, at the [42.54b] wish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas. [42.55] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.55a] who show a beautiful growth to the fertile plants, which had stood [42.55b] before for a long time in the same place without growing; [42.56] And now they grow up along the path made by Mazda, along the [42.56a] way made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish [42.56b] of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas. [42.57] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.57a] who showed their paths to the stars, the moon, the sun, and the [42.57b] endless lights, that had stood before for a long time in the same [42.57c] place, without moving forwards, through the oppression of the [42.57d] Daevas and the assaults of the Daevas. [42.58] And now they move around in their far-revolving circle for [42.58a] ever, till they come to the time of the good restoration of the [42.58b] world. [42.59] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.59a] who watch over the bright sea Vouru-Kasha, to the number of ninety [42.59b] thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. [42.60] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.60a] who watch over the stars Haptoiringa, to the number of ninety [42.60b] thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. [42.61] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.61a] who watch over the body of Keresaspa, the son of Sama, the club-bearer [42.61b] with plaited hair, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine [42.61c] thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. [42.62] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.62a] who watch over the seed of the holy Zarathushtra, to the number [42.62b] of ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine. [42.63] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.63a] who fight at the right hand of the reigning lord, if he rejoices [42.63b] the faithful and if the awful Fravashis of the faithful are not [42.63c] hurt by him, if they are rejoiced by him, unharmed and unoffended. [42.64] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.64a] who are greater, who are stronger, who are swifter, who are more [42.64b] powerful, who are more victorious, who are more healing, who are [42.64c] more effective than can be expressed by words; who run by tens [42.64d] of thousands into the midst of the Myazdas. [42.65] And when the waters come up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama [42.65a] Zarathushtra! along with the Glory made by Mazda, then forwards [42.65b] come the awful Fravashis of the faithful, many and many hundreds, [42.65c] many and many thousands, many and many tens of thousands, [42.66] Seeking water for their own kindred, for their own borough, [42.66a] for their own town, for their own country, and saying thus: ‘May [42.66b] our own country have a good store and full joy!’ [42.67] They fight in the battles that are fought in their own place [42.67a] and land, each according to the place and house where he dwelt [42.67b] (of yore): they look like a gallant warrior who, girded up and [42.67c] watchful, fights for the hoard he has treasured up. [42.68] And those of them who win bring waters to their own kindred, [42.68a] to their own borough, to their own town, to their own country, [42.68b] saying thus: ‘May my country grow and increase!’ [42.69] And when the all-powerful sovereign of a country has been [42.69a] surprised by his foes and haters, he invokes them, the awful Fravashis [42.69b] of the faithful. [42.70] And they come to his help, if they have not been hurt by him, [42.70a] if they have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed [42.70b] nor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful: they come flying [42.70c] unto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds. [42.71] They come in as a weapon and as a shield, to keep him behind [42.71a] and to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female [42.71b] Varenya fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that [42.71c] fiend who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were [42.71d] a thousand men watching over one man; [42.72] So that neither the sword well-thrust, neither the club well-falling, [42.72a] nor the arrow well-shot, nor the spear well-darted, nor the stones [42.72b] flung from the arm shall destroy him. [42.73] They come on this side, they come on that side, never resting, [42.73a] the good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, asking [42.73b] for help thus: ‘Who will praise us? Who will offer us a sacrifice? [42.73c] Who will meditate upon us? Who will bless us? Who will receive [42.73d] us with meat and clothes in his hand and with a prayer worthy [42.73e] of bliss? Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation? [42.73f] Of which of you will the soul be worshipped by you with a sacrifice? [42.73g] To whom will that gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing [42.73h] food for ever and ever?’ [42.74] We worship the perception; we worship the intellect; we worship [42.74a] the conscience; we worship those of the Saoshyants; [42.74b] We worship the souls; those of the tame animals; those of the [42.74c] wild animals; those of the animals that live in the waters; those [42.74d] of the animals that live under the ground; those of the flying [42.74e] ones; those of the running ones; those of the grazing ones. [42.74f] We worship their Fravashis. [42.75] We worship the Fravashis. [42.75a] We worship them, the liberal; [42.75b] We worship them, the valiant; we worship them, the most valiant; [42.75c] We worship them, the beneficent; we worship them, the most beneficent; [42.75d] We worship them, the powerful; [42.75e] We worship them, the most strong; [42.75f] We worship them, the light; we worship them, the most light; [42.75g] We worship them, the effective; we worship them, the most effective. [42.76] They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two [42.76a] Spirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, [42.76b] who stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world, [42.76c] the Good Spirit and the Evil One. [42.77] When Angra Mainyu broke into the creation of the good holiness, [42.77a] then came in across Vohu Mano and Atar. [42.78] They destroyed the malice of the fiend Angra Mainyu, so that [42.78a] the waters did not stop flowing nor did the plants stop growing; [42.78b] but at once the most beneficent waters of the creator and ruler, [42.78c] Ahura Mazda, flowed forward and his plants went on growing. [42.79] We worship all the waters; [42.79a] We worship all the plants; [42.79b] We worship all the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. [42.79c] We worship the waters by their names; [42.79d] We worship the plants by their names; [42.79e] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful [42.79f] by their names. [42.80] Of all those ancient Fravashis, we worship the Fravashi of [42.80a] Ahura Mazda; who is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the most [42.80b] solid, the wisest, the finest of body and supreme in holiness; [42.81] Whose soul is the Mathra Spenta, who is white, shining, seen [42.81a] afar; and we worship the beautiful forms, the active forms wherewith [42.81b] he clothes the Amesha-Spentas; we worship the swift-horsed sun. [42.82] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the Amesha-Spentas, [42.82a] the bright ones, whose looks perform what they wish, the tall, [42.82b] quickly coming to do, strong, and lordly, who are undecaying and [42.82c] holy; [42.83] Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one [42.83a] speech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same, [42.83b] whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father [42.83c] and commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda; [42.84] Who see one another’s soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking [42.84a] of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana, [42.84b] and whose ways are shining as they go down towards the libations. [42.85] We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis: that of [42.85a] the most rejoicing fire, the beneficent and assembly-making; and [42.85b] that of the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a [42.85c] mighty-speared and lordly god; and that of Nairyo-sangha. [42.86] And that of Rashnu Razishta; [42.86a] That of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; [42.86b] That of the Mathra-Spenta; [42.86c] That of the sky; [42.86d] That of the waters; [42.86e] That of the earth; [42.86f] That of the plants; [42.86g] That of the Bull; [42.86h] That of the living man; [42.86i] That of the holy creation. [42.87] We worship the Fravashi of Gaya Maretan, who first listened [42.87a] unto the thought and teaching of Ahura Mazda; of whom Ahura formed [42.87b] the race of the Aryan nations, the seed of the Aryan nations. [42.87c] We worship the piety and the Fravashi of the holy Zarathushtra; [42.88] Who first thought what is good, who first spoke what is good, [42.88a] who first did what is good; who was the first Priest, the first [42.88b] Warrior, the first Plougher of the ground; who first knew and [42.88c] first taught; who first possessed and first took possession of [42.88d] the Bull, of Holiness, of the Word, the obedience to the Word, [42.88e] and dominion, and all the good things made by Mazda, that are [42.88f] the offspring of the good Principle; [42.89] Who was the first Priest, the first Warrior, the first Plougher [42.89a] of the ground; who first took the turning of the wheel from the [42.89b] hands of the Daeva and of the cold-hearted man; who first in the [42.89c] material world pronounced the praise of Asha, thus bringing the [42.89d] Daevas to naught, and confessed himself a worshipper of Mazda, [42.89e] a follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas, and obeys [42.89f] the laws of Ahura. [42.90] Who first in the material world said the word that destroys [42.90a] the Daevas, the law of Ahura; who first in the material world [42.90b] proclaimed the word that destroys the Daevas, the law of Ahura; [42.90c] who first in the material world declared all the creation of the [42.90d] Daevas unworthy of sacrifice and prayer; who was strong, giving [42.90e] all the good things of life, the first bearer of the Law amongst [42.90f] the nations; [42.91] In whom was heard the whole Mathra, the word of holiness; [42.91a] who was the lord and master of the world, the praiser of the most [42.91b] great, most good and most fair Asha; who had a revelation of the [42.91c] Law, that most excellent of all beings; [42.92] For whom the Amesha-Spentas longed, in one accord with the [42.92a] sun, in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart; they longed for [42.92b] him, as the lord and master of the world, as the praiser of the [42.92c] most great, most good, and most fair Asha, as having a revelation [42.92d] of the Law, that most excellent of all beings; [42.93] In whose birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced; [42.93a] in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants grew; in whose [42.93b] birth and growth all the creatures of the good creations cried [42.93c] out, Hail! [42.94] ‘Hail to us! for he is born, the Athravan, Spitama Zarathushtra. [42.94a] Zarathushtra will offer us sacrifices with libations and bundles [42.94b] of baresma; and there will the good Law of the worshippers of [42.94c] Mazda come and spread through all the seven Karshvares of the [42.94d] earth. [42.95] ‘There will Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, increase all [42.95a] the excellences of our countries, and allay their troubles; there [42.95b] will the powerful Apam-Napat increase all the excellences of our [42.95c] countries, and allay their troubles.’ [42.95d] We worship the piety and Fravashi of Maidhyo-maungha, the son [42.95e] of Arasti, who first listened unto the word and teaching of Zarathushtra. [42.96] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asmo-hvanvant; [42.96a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asan-hvanvant. [42.96b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gavayan. [42.96c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshat-gaush. the son of [42.96d] Frata; [42.96e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohvasti, the son of Snaoya; [42.96f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Isvat, the son of Varaza. [42.97] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Saena, the son of Ahum-stut, [42.97a] who first appeared upon this earth with a hundred pupils. [42.97b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhidaya. [42.97c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmanara, the son of Paeshata. [42.97d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-raochah, the son of Franya; [42.97e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-raochah, the son of Franya; [42.97f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmo-raochah, the son of [42.97g] Franya. [42.98] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Isat-vastra, the son of [42.98a] Zarathushtra; [42.98b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Urvatat-nara, the son of Zarathushtra; [42.98c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chithra, the son of [42.98d] Zarathushtra. [42.98e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daevo-tbis, the son of Takhma. [42.98f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrimithwant, the son of Spitama. [42.98g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daungha, the son of Zairita. [42.99] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Vistaspa; the gallant [42.99a] one, who was the incarnate Word, the mighty-speared, and lordly [42.99b] one; who, driving the Druj before him, sought wide room for the [42.99c] holy religion; who, driving the Druj before him, made wide room [42.99d] for the holy religion, who made himself the arm and support of [42.99e] this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathushtra. [42.100] Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus, [42.100a] and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high [42.100b] ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle [42.100c] and pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures. [42.101] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairi-vairi; [42.101a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhta-vairi; [42.101b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Sriraokhshan; [42.101c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaokhshan; [42.101d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanara; [42.101e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varaza; [42.101f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Bujisravah; [42.101g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezyarshti; [42.101h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tizyarshti; [42.101i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Perethu-arshti; [42.101j] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vizhyarshti. [42.102] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Naptya; [42.102a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vazhaspa; [42.102b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Habaspa. [42.102c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vistauru, the son of Naotara. [42.102d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frash-ham-vareta; [42.102e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasho-kareta. [42.102f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-vanu; [42.102g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-pata; [42.102h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-data; [42.102i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-chithra; [42.102j] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-hvarenah; [42.102k] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-savah; [42.102l] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-zantu; [42.102m] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-danghu. [42.103] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hushkyaothna; [42.103a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pishkyaothna; [42.103b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spento-data. [42.103c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Basta-vairi; [42.103d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kava-razem. [42.103e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frashaoshtra, the son of Hvova; [42.103f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jamaspa, the son of Hvova; [42.103g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avaraoshtri. [42.104] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hushkyaothna, the son [42.104a] of Frashaoshtra; [42.104b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvadaena, the son of Frashaoshtra. [42.104c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hanghaurvaungh, the son of [42.104d] Jamaspa; [42.104e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vareshna, the son of Hanghaurvaungh. [42.104f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-nemah, the son of Avaraoshtri, [42.104g] To withstand evil dreams, to withstand evil visions, to withstand [42.104h] evil....(?), to withstand the evil Pairikas. [42.105] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mathravaka, the son of [42.105a] Simaezhi, the Aethrapati, the Hamidhpati, who was able to smite [42.105b] down most of the evil, unfaithful Ashemaoghas, that shout the [42.105c] hymns, and acknowledge no lord and no master, the dreadful ones [42.105d] whose Fravashis are to be broken; to withstand the evil done by [42.105e] the faithful. [42.106] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-stu, the son of Maidhyo-maungha. [42.106a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avarethrabah, the son of Rastare-vaghant. [42.106b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Bujra, the son of Dazgaraspa. [42.106c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zbaurvant; [42.106d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Karesna, the son [42.106e] of Zbaurvant; who was the incarnate Word, mighty-speared and lordly; [42.107] In whose house did walk the good, beautiful, shining Ashi [42.107a] Vanguhi, in the shape of a maid fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, [42.107b] high-up girded, pure, nobly born of a glorious seed; who, rushing [42.107c] to the battle, knew how to make room for himself with his own [42.107d] arms; who, rushing to the battle, knew how to fight the foe with [42.107e] his own arms. [42.108] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Viraspa, the son of Karesna; [42.108a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Azata, the son of Karesna: [42.108b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frayaodha, the son of Karesna. [42.108c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy and good Arshya; Arshya, the [42.108d] chief in assemblies, the most energetic of the worshippers of [42.108e] Mazda. [42.108f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Darayat-ratha; [42.108g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frayat-ratha; [42.108h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Skarayat-ratha. [42.109] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arshvant; [42.109a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vyarshvant; [42.109b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paityarshvant. [42.109c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Amru; [42.109d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Chamru. [42.109e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Dratha; [42.109f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paiti-dratha; [42.109g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paiti-vangha. [42.109h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasha-vakhsha. [42.109i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Nemo-vanghu, the son of Vaedhayangha. [42.110] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Visadha. [42.110a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-vanghu, the son of Bivandangha; [42.110b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jaro-danghu, the son of Pairishtira; [42.110c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Neremyazdana, the son of Athwyoza. [42.110d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezishnu, the son of Ara; [42.110e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kasupatu, the son of Ara. [42.110f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frya. [42.110g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA. [42.111] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaopi-vanghu. [42.111a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Ham-baretar vanghvam. [42.111b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Staotar-Vahishtahe-Ashyehe. [42.111c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru-dhakhshti, the son of [42.111d] Khshtavaenya; [42.111e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Khshoi-wraspa, the son of [42.111f] Khshtavaenya. [42.112] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ayo-asti, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti; [42.112a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohv-asti, the son of Pount-dhakhshti; [42.112b] We-worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaya-dhasti, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti; [42.112c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-vazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti; [42.112d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Urudhu, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti. [42.112e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Khshathro-chinah, the son [42.112f] of Khshvoiwraspa. [42.113] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ashahura, the son of Jishti. [42.113a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fraya-zanta; [42.113b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frenah, the son of Frayazanta; [42.113c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jaro-vanghu, the son of Frayazanta. [42.113d] We worship the Fravashis of the holy Asha-vazdah and Thrita, the [42.113e] sons of Sayuzhdri. [42.113f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-raochah, the son of Varakasa. [42.113g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arejan-ghant, the Turanian. [42.113h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usinemah. [42.114] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhtaspa. [42.114a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-skyaothna, the son of [42.114b] Gayadhasti. [42.114c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-nemah, the son of Katu; [42.114d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-vazdah, the son of Katu. [42.114e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-saredha, the son of Asha-sairyach; [42.114f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-saredha, the son of Zairyach. [42.114g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Chakhshni. [42.114h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Syavaspi. [42.114i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pourushti, the son of Kavi. [42.115] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmapa, the son of [42.115a] Janara. [42.115b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Nanarasti, the son of Paeshatah; [42.115c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zarazdati, the son of Paeshatah. [42.115d] We worship tke Fravashi of the holy Gaevani, the son of Vohu-nemah. [42.115e] We worship the Fravashis of the holy Arezva and Sruta-spadha [42.115f] We worship the Fravashis Of the holy Zrayah and Spento-khratu. [42.115g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varshni, the son of Vagereza. [42.115h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frachya, the son of Taurvati. [42.115i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vahmae-data, the son of Mathravaka, [42.115j] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtra, the son of Sadhanah. [42.116] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Danghu-sruta; [42.116a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Danghu-fradhah. [42.116b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aspo-padho-makhshti; [42.116c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Payanghro-makhshti. [42.116d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtazanta. [42.116e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-savah, [42.116f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-urvatha. [42.116g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Haomo-hvarenah. [42.117] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frava. [42.117a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usnaka. [42.117b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvanvant. [42.117c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Daeno-vazah. [42.117d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arejaona. [42.117e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aiwi-hvarenah. [42.117f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huyazata. [42.117g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hare-dhaspa. [42.117h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pazinah. [42.117i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvakhshathra. [42.117j] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-paoirya, [42.117k] We worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA. [42.118] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hugau. [42.118a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Anghuyu. [42.118b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gauri; [42.118c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yushta, the son of Gauri. [42.118d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mazdra-vanghu; [42.118e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Srira-vanghu. [42.118f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ayuta. [42.118g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Suro-yazata. [42.119] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Eredhwa [42.119a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kavi. [42.119b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshan, the son of the great [42.119c] Vidi-sravah, known afar. [42.119d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanghu-dhata, the son of Hvadhata; [42.119e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzya, the son of Vanghu-dhata; [42.119f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frya. [42.120] We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yenhe-raochau; [42.120a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yenhe-vereza; [42.120b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yahmai-ushta. [42.120c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yoishta, of the Fryana house. [42.120d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmanara, the son of Paeshatah [42.120e] Paitisrira, to withstand the evil done by one’s kindred. [42.121] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Spiti, the son of Uspasnu; [42.121a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Erezraspa, the son of Uspasnu. [42.121b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Usadhan, the son of Mazdayasna. [42.121c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-vanghu, the son of [42.121d] Stivant. [42.121e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Raochas-chaeshman; [42.121f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chaeshman [42.121g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasrutara; [42.121h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Visrutara. [42.121i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Baremna. We worship the Fravashi [42.121j] of the holy Visruta. [42.122] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvaspa; [42.122a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Chathwaraspa. [42.122b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Dawra-maeshi. [42.122c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fraora-ostra, the son of Kaosha. [42.122d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frinaspa, the son of Kaeva. [42.122e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-nara, the son of Gravaratu. [42.122f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-ushtra, the son of Akhnangha. [42.122g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vivare-shvant, the son of [42.122h] Ainyu. [42.123] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frarazi, the son of Tura. [42.123a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Stipi, the son of Ravant. [42.123b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshanta, the son of Gandarewa. [42.123c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Avahya, the son of Spenta. [42.123d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aeta, the son of Mayu; [42.123e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yaetush-gau, the son of Vyatana. [42.123f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Garshta, the son of Kavi. [42.124] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru-bangha, the son [42.124a] of Zaosha. [42.124b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-data, the son of Kata. [42.124c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Baungha, the son of Saungha. [42.124d] We worship the Fravashis of the holy Hvareza and Ankasa. [42.124e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aravaoshtra, the son of Erezvat-danghu. [42.124f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frachithra, the son of Berezvant. [42.124g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-peresa, the son of Ainyu. [42.125] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paro-dasma, the son of [42.125a] Dashtaghni, a Miza man of the Miza land. [42.125b] We worship the Fravashis of the holy Fratira and Baeshatastira. [42.125c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy and pure Avare-gau, the son [42.125d] of Aoighimatastira. [42.125e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaomant, the son of Zavan, [42.125f] a Raozhdya man of the Raozhdya land. [42.125g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrit, the son of Aevo-saredha-fyaeshta, [42.125h] a Tanya man of the Tanya land. [42.126] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tiro-nakathwa, of the [42.126a] Uspaeshta-Saena house. [42.126b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Utayuti Vit-kavi, the son [42.126c] of Zighri, of the Saena house; [42.126d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frohakafra, the son of Merezishmya, [42.126e] of the Saena house. [42.126f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmo-raochah, the son of [42.126g] Perethu-afzem. [42.127] We worship the Fravashis of the holy Asha-nemah and Vidat-gau, [42.127a] of this country. [42.127b] We worship the Fravashis of the holy Par-shat-gau and Dazgara-gau, [42.127c] of the Apakhshira country. [42.127d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hufra-vakhsh, of the Kahrkana [42.127e] house. [42.127f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Akayadha, of the Pidha house. [42.127g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Jamaspa, the younger. [42.127h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Maidhyo-maungha, the younger. [42.127i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Urvatat-nara, the younger. [42.128] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Raochas-chaeshman; [42.128a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chaeshman; [42.128b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-hvarenah; [42.128c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varedat-hvarenah; [42.128d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vouru-nemah; [42.128e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vouru-savah; [42.128f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyat-ereta; [42.128g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyat-nemah; [42.128h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA; [42.129] Whose name will be the victorious SAOSHYANT and whose name [42.129a] will be Astvat-ereta. He will be SAOSHYANT (the Beneficent One), [42.129b] because he will benefit the whole bodily world; he will be ASTVAT-ERETA [42.129c] (he who makes the bodily creatures rise up), because as a bodily [42.129d] creature and as a living creature he will stand against the destruction [42.129e] of the bodily creatures, to withstand the Druj of the two-footed [42.129f] brood, to withstand the evil done by the faithful. [42.130] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yima, the son of Vivanghant; [42.130a] the valiant Yima, who had flocks at his wish; to stand against [42.130b] the oppression caused by the Daevas, against the drought that [42.130c] destroys pastures, and against death that creeps unseen. [42.131] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thraetaona, of the Athwya [42.131a] house; to stand against itch, hot fever, humours, cold fever, [42.131b] and incontinency, to stand against the evil done by the Serpent. [42.131c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aoshnara, the son of Pouru-jira. [42.131d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzava, the son of Tumaspa. [42.131e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Aghraeratha, the demi-man. [42.131f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Manushchithra, the son of [42.131g] Airyu. [42.132] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Kavata; [42.132a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Aipivanghu; [42.132b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Usadhan; [42.132c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arshan; [42.132d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pisanah; [42.132e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Byarshan; [42.132f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Syavarshan; [42.132g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Husravah; [42.133] For the well-shapened Strength, for the Victory made by Ahura, [42.133a] for the crushing Ascendant for the righteousness of the law, for [42.133b] the innocence of the law, for the unconquerable power of the law; [42.133c] for the extermination of the enemies at one stroke; [42.134] And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda, [42.134a] for the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring, [42.134b] wise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees [42.134c] [their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect; and [42.134d] for that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to [42.134e] those who do not follow impiety; [42.135] For a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, and [42.135a] for all boons and remedies; to withstand the Yatus and Pairikas, [42.135b] the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; to withstand the evil [42.135c] done by oppressors. [42.136] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaspa, the Sama, the [42.136a] club-bearer with plaited hair; to withstand the dreadful arm and [42.136b] the hordes with the wide battle array, with the many spears, with [42.136c] the straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the spears [42.136d] of havoc; to withstand the dreadful brigand who works destruction, [42.136e] the man-slayer who has no mercy; to withstand the evil done by [42.136f] the brigand. [42.137] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Akhrura, the son of Husravah; [42.137a] To withstand the wicked one that deceives his friend and the niggard [42.137b] that causes the destruction of the world. [42.137c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Haoshyangha; [42.137d] To withstand tke Mazainya Daevas and the Varenya fiends; to withstand [42.137e] the evil done by the Daevas. [42.138] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhakhshti, the son [42.138a] of the jar, [42.138b] To withstand Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear, and the [42.138c] Daevas that grow through Aeshma; to withstand the evil done by [42.138d] Aeshma. [42.139] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvovi. [42.139a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni; [42.139b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thriti; [42.139c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouruchista. [42.139d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hutaosa; [42.139e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huma. [42.139f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairichi. [42.139g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Vispa-taurvashi. [42.139h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtavaiti. [42.139i] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tushnamaiti. [42.140] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of Usenemah; [42.140a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of the son [42.140b] of Frayazanta; [42.140c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of the son [42.140d] of Khshoiwraspa; [42.140e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of Gayadhasti. [42.140f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asabani, the wife of Pourudhakhsti. [42.140g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyeinti, the wife of Staotar-Vahishtahe-Ashyehe. [42.141] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vadhut. [42.141a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Jaghrudh. [42.141b] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Franghadh. [42.141c] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Urudhayant. [42.141d] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Paesanghanu. [42.141e] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvaredhi. [42.141f] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Huchithra. [42.141g] We worship the Fravashi of the holy Kanuka. [42.141h] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Srutat-fedhri. [42.142] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vanghu-fedhri; [42.142a] We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Eredat-fedhri, who is [42.142b] called Vispa-taurvairi. She is Vispa-taurvairi (the all-destroying) [42.142c] because she will bring him forth, who will destroy the malice [42.142d] of Daevas and men, to withstand the evil done by the Jahi. [42.143] We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Aryan countries; [42.143a] We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Aryan countries. [42.143b] We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Turanian countries; [42.143c] We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Turanian countries. [42.143d] We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan countries; [42.143e] We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Sairimyan countries. [42.144] We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan [42.144a] countries; [42.144b] We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Saini countries. [42.144c] We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Dahi countries; [42.144d] We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Dahi countries. [42.144e] We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in all countries; [42.144f] We worship the Fravashis of the holy women in all countries. [42.145] We worship all the good, awful, beneficent Fravashis of the [42.145a] faithful, from Gaya Mareta down to the victorious Saoshyant. May [42.145b] the Fravashis of the faithful come quickly to us! May they come [42.145c] to our help! [42.146] They protect us when in distress with manifest assistance, [42.146a] with the assistance of Ahura Mazda and of the holy, powerful Sraosha, [42.146b] and with the Mathra-Spenta, the all-knowing, who hates the Daevas [42.146c] with a mighty hate, a friend of Ahura Mazda, whom Zarathushtra [42.146d] worshipped so greatly in the material world. [42.147] May the good waters and the plants and the Fravashis of the [42.147a] faithful abide down here! May you be rejoiced and well received [42.147b] in this house! Here are the Athravans of the countries, thinking [42.147c] of good holiness. Our hands are lifted up for asking help, and [42.147d] for offering a sacrifice unto you, O most beneficent Fravashis! [42.148] We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women [42.148a] whose souls are worthy of sacrifice, whose Fravashis are worthy [42.148b] of invocation. [42.148c] We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women, our [42.148d] sacrificing to whom makes us good in the eyes of Akura Mazda: [42.148e] of all of those we have heard that Zarathushtra is the first and [42.148f] best, as a follower of Ahura and as a performer of the law. [42.149] We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi [42.149a] of men of the primitive law, of the first who listened to the [42.149b] teaching (of Ahura), holy men and holy women, who struggled for [42.149c] holiness; we worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, [42.149d] and Fravashi of our next-of-kin, holy men and holy women, who [42.149e] struggled for holiness. [42.150] We worship the men of the primitive law who will be in these [42.150a] houses, boroughs, towns, and countries; [42.150b] We worship the men of the primitive law who have been in these [42.150c] houses, boroughs, towns, and countries; [42.150d] We worship the men of the primitive law who are in these houses, [42.150e] boroughs, towns, and countries. [42.151] We worship the men of the primitive law in all houses, boroughs, [42.151a] towns, and countries, who obtained these houses, who obtained [42.151b] these boroughs, who obtained these towns, who obtained these countries, [42.151c] who obtained holiness, who obtained the Mathra, who obtained the [42.151d] [blessedness of the] soul, who obtained all the perfections of [42.151e] goodness. [42.152] We worship Zarathushtra, the lord and master of all the material [42.152a] world, the man of the primitive law; the wisest of all-beings, [42.152b] the best-ruling of all beings, the brightest of all beings, the [42.152c] most glorious of all beings, the most worthy of sacrifice amongst [42.152d] all beings, the most worthy of prayer amongst all beings, the [42.152e] most worthy of propitiation amongst all beings, the most worthy [42.152f] of glorification amongst all beings, whom we call well-desired [42.152g] and worthy of sacrifice and prayer as much as any being can be, [42.152h] in the perfection of his holiness. [42.153] We worship this earth; we worship those heavens; [42.153a] We worship those good things that stand between (the earth and [42.153b] the heavens) and that are worthy of sacrifice and prayer and are [42.153c] to be worshipped by the faithful man. [42.154] We worship the souls of the wild beasts and of the tame. [42.154a] We worship the souls of the holy men and women, born at any time, [42.154b] whose consciences struggle, or will struggle, or have. struggled, [42.154c] for the good. [42.155] We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi [42.155a] of the holy men and holy women who struggle, will struggle, or [42.155b] have struggled, and teach the Law and who have struggled for holiness. [42.155c] Yenhe hatam: All those beings to whom Ahura Mazda... [42.155d] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [42.156] The Fravashis of the faithful, awful and overpowering, awful [42.156a] and victorious; the Fravashis of the men of the primitive law; [42.156b] the Fravashis of the next-of-kin; may these Fravashis come satisfied [42.156c] into this house, may they walk satisfied through this house! [42.157] May they, being satisfied, bless this house with the presence [42.157a] of the kind Ashi Vanguhi! May they leave this house satisfied! [42.157b] May they carry back from here hymns and worship to the Maker, [42.157c] Ahura Mazda, and the Amesha-Spentas! May they not leave this house [42.157d] of us, the worshippers of Mazda, complaining! [42.158] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [42.158a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [42.158b] of the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the faithful; of the Fravashis [42.158c] of the men of the primitive law; of the Fravashis of the next-of-kin. [42.158d] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [42.158e] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the bright, [42.158f] all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ## 14. Warharan Yasht [43.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the [43.0a] best of all good.... [43.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [43.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [43.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto (Havani], [43.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [43.0f] Unto Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and unto the crushing Ascendant; [43.0g] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [43.0h] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [43.1] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.1a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.1b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! ‘Who is the [43.1c] best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.1d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.1e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.2] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him first, running in [43.2a] the shape of a strong, beautiful wind, made by Mazda; he bore [43.2b] the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, that is [43.2c] both health and strength. [43.3] Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: ‘I am the strongest [43.3a] in strength; I am the most victorious in victory; I am the most [43.3b] glorious in glory; I am the most favouring in favour; I am the [43.3c] best giver of welfare: I am the best-healing in health-giving. [43.4] ‘And I shall destroy the malice of all the malicious, the [43.4a] malice of Daevas and men, of the ‘Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, [43.4b] the blind, and the deaf. [43.5] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.5a] worth being heard; namely, unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. We [43.5b] worship Verethraghna, made by Ahura, with an offering of libations, [43.5c] according to the primitive ordinances of Ahura; with the Haoma [43.5d] and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, [43.5e] the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. [43.5f] ‘Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [43.6] ‘We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.’ [43.6a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.6b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! [43.6c] Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.6d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.6e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.7] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the second time, [43.7a] running in the shape of a beautiful bull, with yellow ears and [43.7b] golden horns; upon whose horns floated the well-shapen Strength, [43.7c] and Victory, beautiful of form, made by Ahura: thus did he come, [43.7d] bearing the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, [43.7e] that is both health and strength. [43.7f] Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: ‘I am the strongest [43.7g] in strength.... [43.7h] ‘And I shall destroy the malice of all malicious.... [43.7i] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.7j] worth being heard.... [43.8] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.8a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.8b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! [43.8c] ‘Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.8d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.8e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.9] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the third time, running [43.9a] in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with yellow ears and [43.9b] a golden caparison; upon whose forehead floated the well-shapen [43.9c] Strength, and Victory, beautiful of form, made by Ahura: thus [43.9d] did he come, bearing the good Glory, made by Mazda, that is both [43.9e] health and strength. [43.9f] Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: ‘I am the strongest [43.9g] in strength.... [43.9h] ‘And I shall destroy the malice of all malicious....’ [43.9i] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.9j] worth being heard.... [43.10] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.10a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.10b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, ‘Who is the best-armed of [43.10c] the heavenly gods?’ [43.10d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.10e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.11] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the fourth time, [43.11a] running in the shape of a burden-bearing camel, sharp-toothed, [43.11b] swift.... stamping forwards, long-haired, and living in the [43.11c] abodes of men; [43.12] Who of all males in rut shows greatest strength and greatest [43.12a] fire, when he goes to his females. Of all females those are best [43.12b] kept whom a burden-bearing camel keeps, who has thick forelegs [43.12c] and large humps,... quick-eyed, long-headed, bright, tall, [43.12d] and strong; [43.13] Whose piercing look goes afar.... even in the dark of the [43.13a] night; who throws white foam along his mouth; well-kneed, well-footed, [43.13b] standing with the countenance of an all-powerful master: Thus [43.13c] did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, the [43.13d] Glory made by Mazda [43.14] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.14a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.14b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! ‘Who is the [43.14c] best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is [43.14d] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathushtra!’ [43.15] ‘Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the fifth time, [43.15a] running in the shape of a boar, opposing the foes, a sharp-toothed [43.15b] he-boar, a sharp-jawed boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, [43.15c] wrathful, with a dripping face, strong, and swift to run, and [43.15d] rushing all around. [43.15e] Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, [43.15f] the Glory made by Mazda. [43.16] We sacrifice unto Verethragna, made by..... Zarathushtra [43.16a] asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker [43.16b] of the material world, thou Holy One! [43.16c] ‘Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.16d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.16e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.17] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the sixth time, running [43.17a] in the shape of a beautiful youth of fifteen, shining, clear-eyed, [43.17b] thin-heeled. [43.17c] Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, [43.17d] the Glory made by Mazda.... [43.18] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.18a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.18b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! [43.18c] ‘Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.18d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.18e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.19] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the seventh time, [43.19a] running in the shape of a raven that... below and... above, [43.19b] and that is the swiftest of all birds, the lightest of the flying [43.19c] creatures. [43.20] He alone of living things, - he or none, - overtakes the flight [43.20a] of an arrow, however well it has been shot. He flies up joyfully [43.20b] at the first break of dawn, wishing the night to be no more, wishing [43.20c] the dawn, that has not yet come, to come. [43.21] He grazes the hidden ways of the mountains, he grazes the [43.21a] tops of the mountains, he grazes the depths of the vales, he grazes [43.21b] the summits of the trees, listening to the voices of the birds. [43.21c] Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, [43.21d] the Glory made by Mazda. [43.22] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.22a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.22b] Spirit, Maker of the material world. thou Holy One! Who is the [43.22c] best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.22d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.22e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.23] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the eighth time, [43.23a] running in the shape of a wild, beautiful ram, with horns bent [43.23b] round. [43.23c] Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, [43.23d] the Glory made by Mazda.... [43.24] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.24a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.24b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! ‘Who is the [43.24c] best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is [43.24d] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathushtra!’ [43.25] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the ninth time, running [43.25a] in the shape of a beautiful, fighting buck, with sharp horns. [43.25b] Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, [43.25c] the Glory made by Mazda.... [43.26] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.26a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.26b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! ‘Who is the [43.26c] best-armed of the heavenly gods?’ [43.26d] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama [43.26e] Zarathushtra!’ [43.27] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the tenth time, running [43.27a] in the shape of a man, bright and beautiful, made by Mazda: he [43.27b] held a sword with a golden blade, inlaid with all sorts of ornaments. [43.27c] Thus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, [43.27d] the Glory made by Mazda. [43.28] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility, [43.28a] who makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace, [43.28b] who has a free way. [43.28c] Unto him did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice, [asking] [43.28d] for victorious thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, [43.28e] victorious addressing, and victorious answering. [43.29] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of manliness, [43.29a] the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness [43.29b] of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives [43.29c] beneath the waters and can measure a rippling of the water, not [43.29d] thicker than a hair, in the Rangha whose ends lie afar, whose [43.29e] depth is a thousand times the height of a man. [43.29f] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.29g] worth being heard.... [43.30] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility, [43.30a] who makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace, [43.30b] who has a free way. [43.30c] Unto him did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice, [asking] [43.30d] for victorious thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, [43.30e] victorious addressing, and victorious answering. [43.31] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of manliness, [43.31a] the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness [43.31b] of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that, [43.31c] in the dark of the night, in its first half and through the rain, [43.31d] can perceive a horse’s hair lying on the ground and knows whether [43.31e] it is from the head or from the tail. [43.31f] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.31g] worth being heard.... [43.32] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility, [43.32a] who makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace, [43.32b] who has a free way. [43.32c] Unto him did the holy Zarathushtra sacrifice, [asking] for victorious [43.32d] thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, victorious addressing, [43.32e] and victorious answering. [43.33] Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of virility, [43.33a] the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness [43.33b] of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden [43.33c] collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece [43.33d] of flesh not thicker than the fist, giving just as much light [43.33e] as a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives. [43.33f] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.33g] worth being heard.... [43.34] We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.34a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.34b] Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! [43.34c] ‘If I have a curse thrown upon me, a spell told upon me by the [43.34d] many men who hate me, what is the remedy for it?’ [43.35] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Take thou a feather of that bird with [43.35a] ... feathers, the Varenjana, O Spitama Zarathushtra! With that [43.35b] feather thou shalt rub thy own body, with that feather thou shalt [43.35c] curse back thy enemies. [43.36] ‘If a man holds a bone of that strong bird, or a feather of [43.36a] that strong bird, no one can smite or turn to flight that fortunate [43.36b] man. The feather of that bird of birds brings him help; it brings [43.36c] unto him the homage of men, it maintains in him his glory. [43.37] ‘Then the sovereign, the lord of countries, will no longer [43.37a] kill his hundreds, though he is a killer of men; the.... will [43.37b] not kill at one stroke; he alone smites and goes forwards. [43.38] ‘All tremble before him who holds the feather, they tremble [43.38a] therefore before me; all my enemies tremble before me and fear [43.38b] my strength and victorious force and the fierceness established [43.38c] in my body. [43.39] ‘He carries the chariot of the lords; he carries the chariots [43.39a] of the lordly ones, the chariots of the sovereigns. He carried [43.39b] the chariot of Kavi Usa; upon his wings runs the male horse, runs [43.39c] the burden-bearing camel, runs the water of the river. [43.40] ‘Him rode the gallant Thraetaona, who smote Azhi Dahaka, the [43.40a] three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who had a thousand [43.40b] senses; that most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful [43.40c] to the world, the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against [43.40d] the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle. [43.40e] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.40f] worth being heard.... [43.41] ‘We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.41a] ‘Verethraghna confounds the glory of this house with its wealth [43.41b] in cattle. He is like that great bird, the Saena; he is like the [43.41c] big clouds, full of water, that beat the mountains. [43.41d] ‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.41e] worth being heard.... [43.42] ‘We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.’ [43.42a] Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘Ahura Mazda, most beneficent [43.42b] Spirit, Maker of the material world thou Holy One! ‘Where is it [43.42c] that we must invoke the name of Verethraghna, made by Ahura? Where [43.42d] is it that we must praise him? That we must humbly praise him?’ [43.43] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘When armies meet together in full array, [43.43a] O Spitama Zarathushtra! (asking) which of the two is the party [43.43b] that conquers and is not crushed, that smites and is not smitten; [43.44] ‘Do thou throw four feathers in the way. Whichever of the [43.44a] two will first worship the well-shapen Strength, and Verethraghna, [43.44b] beautiful of form. made by Mazda, on his side will victory stand. [43.45] ‘I will bless Strength and Victory, the two keepers, the two [43.45a] good keepers, the two maintainers; the two who... the two who [43.45b] ... the two who...; the two who forgive, the two who strike off, [43.45c] the two who forget. [43.46] ‘O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except [43.46a] by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from [43.46b] the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil. These are words [43.46c] that are awful and powerful, awful and assembly-ruling, awful [43.46d] and victorious, awful and healing: these are words that save the [43.46e] head that was lost and chant away the uplifted weapon.’ [43.47] We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura: who goes along [43.47a] the armies arrayed, and goes here and there asking, along with [43.47b] Mithra and Rashnu: ‘Who is it who lies unto Mithra? Who is it [43.47c] who thrusts [his oath] against Rashnu? To whom shall I, in my [43.47d] might, impart illness and death?’ [43.48] Ahura Mazda said: ‘If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made [43.48a] by Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him [43.48b] just as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness, [43.48c] never will a hostile horde enter the Aryan countries, nor any [43.48d] plague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a [43.48e] foe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe. [43.49] Zarathushtra asked: ‘What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice [43.49a] and invocation in honour of Verethraghna, made by Ahura, as it [43.49b] ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?’ [43.50] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Let the Aryan nations bring libations [43.50a] unto him; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him; [43.50b] let the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white, [43.50c] or black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same [43.50d] colour. [43.51] ‘Let not a murderer take of those offerings, nor a whore, [43.51a] nor a.... who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in [43.51b] the world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra. [43.52] ‘If a murderer take of those offerings, or a whore, or a.... [43.52a] who does not sing the Gathas, then Verethraghna, made by Ahura, [43.52b] takes back his healing virtues. [43.53] ‘Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan nations; hostile hordes [43.53a] will ever fall upon the Aryan nations; the Aryans will be smitten [43.53b] by their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their [43.53c] thousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by [43.53d] their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.’ [43.54] There Verethraghna, made by Ahura, proclaimed thus: ‘The Soul [43.54a] of the Bull, the wise creature, does not receive from man due [43.54b] sacrifice and prayer; for now the Daevas and the worshippers of [43.54c] the Daevas make blood flow and spill it like water; [43.55] ‘For now the... Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas [43.55a] bring to the fire the plant that is called Haperesi, the wood [43.55b] that is called Nemetka; [43.56] ‘(Therefore) when the (?Vyambura) Daevas and the worshippers [43.56a] of the Daevas bow their backs, bend their waists, and arrange [43.56b] all their limbs, they think they will smite and smite not, they [43.56c] think they will kill and kill not; and then the (?Vyambura) Daevas [43.56d] and the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds confounded [43.56e] and their eyes made giddy.’ [43.56f] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.56g] worth being heard.... [43.57] We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.57a] I offer up Haoma, who saves one’s head; I offer up the victorious [43.57b] Haoma; I offer him up, the good protector; I offer up Haoma, who [43.57c] is a protector to my body, as a man who shall drink of him shall [43.57d] win and prevail over his enemies in battle; [43.58] That I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army, [43.58a] that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me. [43.58b] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.58c] worth being heard.... [43.59] We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.59a] The prince and his son and his sons who are chiefs of myriads [43.59b] offer him up a bright...(?) [saying]: ‘He is strong, and Victorious [43.59c] is his name; he is victorious, and Strong is his name;’ [43.60] That I may be as constantly victorious as any one of all the [43.60a] Aryans; that I may smite this army, that I may smite down this [43.60b] army, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind [43.60c] me. [43.60d] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.60e] worth being heard.... [43.61] We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.61a] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [43.61b] In the ox is our strength, in the ox is our need; in the ox is [43.61c] our speech, in the ox is our victory; in the ox is our food, in [43.61d] the ox is our clothing; in the ox is tillage, that makes food [43.61e] grow for us. [43.61f] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.61g] worth being heard.... [43.62] We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura; [43.62a] Who breaks the columns asunder, who cuts the columns to pieces, [43.62b] who wounds the columns, who makes the columns shake; who comes [43.62c] and breaks the columns asunder, who comes and cuts the columns [43.62d] to pieces, who comes and wounds the columns, who comes and makes [43.62e] the columns shake, both of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, [43.62f] of the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf. [43.62g] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.62h] worth being heard.... [43.63] We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura. [43.63a] When Verethraghna, made by Ahura, binds the hands, confounds the [43.63b] eye-sight, takes the hearing from the ears of the Mithradrujes [43.63c] marching in columns, allied by cities, they can no longer move [43.63d] their feet, they can no longer-withstand. [43.63e] For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice [43.63f] worth being heard.... [43.64] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [43.64a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [43.64b] of Verethraghna, made by Mazda; and of the crushing Ascendant. [43.64c] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [43.64d] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the bright, [43.64e] all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ## 15. Ram Yasht [44.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [44.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [44.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [44.0c] one who hates the Daevas, and obeys the laws of Ahura; [44.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani] [44.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [44.0f] Unto Rama Hvastra, unto Vayu who works highly and is more powerful [44.0g] to afflict than all other creatures, [44.0h] Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation and [44.0i] glorification. [44.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [44.1] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them. [44.1a] I will sacrifice to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and to Weal, [44.1b] both of them. [44.1c] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke, for this [44.1d] house, for the master of this house, and for the man here who [44.1e] is offering libations and giving gifts. To this excellent God [44.1f] do we sacrifice, that he may accept our meat and our prayers, [44.1g] and grant us in return to crush our enemies at one stroke. [44.2] To him did the Maker, Ahura Mazda, offer up a sacrifice in [44.2a] the Airyana Vaejah, on a golden throne, under golden beams and [44.2b] a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings of full-boiling [44.2c] [milk]. [44.3] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.3a] dost work highly, that I may smite the creation of Angra Mainyu, [44.3b] and that nobody may smite this creation of the Good Spirit!’ [44.4] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.4a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.5] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu: we sacrifice to Vayu, who works [44.5a] highly. [44.5b] To this part of thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu! that belongs to [44.5c] Spenta Mainyu. [44.5d] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.5e] worth being heard, namely, unto the awful Vayu, who works highly. [44.5f] We offer up a sacrifice unto the awful Vayu, who works highly, [44.5g] with the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, [44.5h] with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, the words, [44.5i] the deeds, the libations, and the well-spoken words. [44.5j] Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [44.6] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.6a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.7] To him did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice [44.7a] on the Taera of the Hara, bound with iron, on a goIden throne, [44.7b] under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma [44.7c] and offerings of full-boiling [milk]. [44.8] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me, O Vayu! who dost [44.8a] work highly, that I may smite two-thirds of the Daevas of Mazana [44.8b] and of the fiends of Varena.’ [44.9] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.9a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.9b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.9c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.9d] worth being heard.... [44.10] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.10a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.11] To him did Takhma Urupa, the well-armed, offer up a sacrifice [44.11a] on a golden throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with [44.11b] bundles of baresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk]. [44.12] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.12a] dost work highly, that I may conquer all Daevas and men, all the [44.12b] Yatus and Pairikas, and that I may ride Angra Mainyu, turned into [44.12c] the shape of a horse, all around the earth from one end to the [44.12d] other, for thirty years.’ [44.13] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.13a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.13b] ‘We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.13c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.13d] worth being heard.... [44.14] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them..... [44.14a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.15] Unto him did the bright Yima, the good shepherd, sacrifice [44.15a] from the height Hukairya, the all-shining and golden, on a golden [44.15b] throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of [44.15c] baresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk]. [44.16] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.16a] dost work highly, that I may become the most glorious of the men [44.16b] born to behold the sun: that I may make in my reign both animals [44.16c] and men undying, waters and plants undrying, and the food for [44.16d] eating creatures never-failing.’ [44.16e] In the reign of the valiant Yima there was neither cold wind nor [44.16f] hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas. [44.17] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.17a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.17b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.17c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.17d] worth being heard.... [44.18] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.18a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.19] Unto him did the three-mouthed Azhi Dahaka offer up a sacrifice [44.19a] in his accursed palace of Kvirinta, on a golden throne, under [44.19b] golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and [44.19c] offerings of full-boiling [milk]. [44.20] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.20a] dost work highly, that I may make all the seven Karshvares of [44.20b] the earth empty of men.’ [44.21] In vain did he sacrifice, in vain did he beg, in vain did [44.21a] he invoke, in vain did he give gifts, in vain did he bring libations; [44.21b] Vayu did not grant him that boon. [44.21c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.21d] worth being heard.... [44.22] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.22a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.23] Unto him did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, [44.23a] offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, on a golden [44.23b] throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of [44.23c] baresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk]. [44.24] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.24a] dost work highly, that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, [44.24b] the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that [44.24c] most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon baleful to the world, [44.24d] the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material [44.24e] world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I [44.24f] may deliver his two wives, Savanghavach and Erena-vach, who are [44.24g] the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures [44.24h] in the world.’ [44.25] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.25a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.25b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.25c] For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.25d] worth being heard.... [44.26] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.26a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.27] To him did the manly-hearted Keresaspa offer up a sacrifice [44.27a] by the Gudha, a channel of the Rangha, made by Mazda, upon a golden [44.27b] throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of [44.27c] baresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk]. [44.28] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.28a] dost work highly, that I may succeed in avenging my brother Urvakhshaya, [44.28b] that I may smite Hitaspa and yoke him to my chariot.’ [44.28c] The Gandarewa, who lives beneath the waters, is the son of Ahura [44.28d] in the deep, he is the only master of the deep. [44.29] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.29a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.29b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.29c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.29d] worth being heard.... [44.30] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.30a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.31] To him did Aurvasara, the lord of the country, offer up a [44.31a] sacrifice, towards the White Forest, by the White Forest, on the [44.31b] border of the White Forest, on a golden throne, under golden beams [44.31c] and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings of [44.31d] full-boiling [milk]. [44.32] He begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! who [44.32a] dost work highly, that the gallant Husravah, he who unites the [44.32b] Aryan nations into one kingdom, may not smite us; that I may flee [44.32c] from king Husravah;.... [44.32d] ‘That king Husravah and all the Aryans in the forest may smite [44.32e] him.’ [44.33] Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker, [44.33a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.33b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.33c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.33d] Worth being heard.... [44.34] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.34a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.35] To him did Hutaosa, she of the many brothers, of the Naotara [44.35a] house, offer up a sacrifice, on a golden throne, under golden [44.35b] beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings [44.35c] of boiling milk. [44.36] She begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O Vayu! [44.36a] who dost work highly, that I may be dear and loved and well-received [44.36b] in the house of King Vishtaspa.’ [44.37] Vayu, who works highly, granted her that boon, as the Maker, [44.37a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.37b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.37c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.37d] worth being heard.... [44.38] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.38a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.39] To him did the maids, whom no man had known, offer up a sacrifice [44.39a] on a golden throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with [44.39b] bundles of baresma and offerings of boiling milk. [44.40] They begged of him a boon, saying: ‘Grant us this, O Vayu! [44.40a] who dost work highly, that we may find a husband, young and beautifuI [44.40b] of body, who will treat us well, all life long, and give us offspring; [44.40c] a wise, learned, ready-tongued husband.’ [44.41] Vayu, who works highly, granted them that boon, as the Maker, [44.41a] Ahura Mazda, did pursue it. [44.41b] We sacrifice to the holy Vayu.... [44.41c] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.41d] worth being heard.... [44.42] I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.... [44.42a] To this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke.... [44.42b] We sacrifice to that Vayu that belongs to the Good Spirit, the [44.42c] bright and glorious Vayu. [44.43] My name is Vayu, O holy Zarathushtra! My name is Vayu, because [44.43a] I go through (vyemi) the two worlds, the one which the Good Spirit [44.43b] has made and the one which the Evil Spirit has made. [44.43c] My name is the Overtaker (apaeta), O holy Zarathushtra! My name [44.43d] is the Overtaker, because I can overtake the creatures of both [44.43e] worlds, the one that the Good Spirit has made and the one that [44.43f] the Evil Spirit has made. [44.44] My name is the All-smiting, O holy Zarathushtra! My name is [44.44a] the All-smiting, because I can smite the creatures of both worlds, [44.44b] the one that the Good Spirit has made and the one that the Evil [44.44c] Spirit has made. [44.44d] My name is the Worker of Good, O holy Zarathushtra! My name is [44.44e] the Worker of Good, because I work the good of the Maker, Ahura [44.44f] Mazda and of the Amesha-Spentas. [44.45] My name is He that goes forwards. [44.45a] My name is He that goes backwards. [44.45b] My name is He that bends backwards. [44.45c] My name is He that hurls away. [44.45d] My name is He that hurls down. [44.45e] My name is He that destroys. [44.45f] My name is He that takes away. [44.45g] My name is He that finds out. [44.45h] My name is He that finds out the Glory (Hvareno). [44.46] My name is the Valiant; my name is the Most Valiant. [44.46a] My name is the Strong; my name is the Strongest. [44.46b] My name is the Firm; my name is the Firmest. [44.46c] My name is the Stout; my name is the Stoutest. [44.46d] My name is He that crosses over easily. [44.46e] My name is He that goes along hurling away. [44.46f] My name is He that crushes at one stroke. [44.46g] My name is (?Ainiva). [44.46h] My name is He that works against the Daevas. [44.46i] My name is (?Keredharisha). [44.47] My name is He that prevails over malice; my name is He that [44.47a] destroys malice. [44.47b] My name is He that unites; my name is He that reunites; my name [44.47c] is He that separates. [44.47d] My name is the Burning; my name is the Quick of intelligence, [44.47e] My name is Deliverance; my name is Welfare. [44.47f] My name is the Burrow; my name is He who destroys the burrows; [44.47g] my name is He who spits upon the burrows. [44.48] My name is Sharpness of spear; my name is He of the sharp [44.48a] spear. [44.48b] My name is Length of spear; my name is He of the long spear. [44.48c] My name is Piercingness of spear; my name is He of the piercing [44.48d] spear. [44.48e] My name is the Glorious; my name is the Over-glorious. [44.49] Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! in the midst [44.49a] of the havocking hordes, in the midst of the columns moving forwards, [44.49b] in the strife of the conflicting nations. [44.50] Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! when the [44.50a] all-powerful tyrant of a country falls upon thee, rushes upon [44.50b] thee, deals wounds hpon thee, or hurls his chariot against thee, [44.50c] to rob thee of thy wealth, to rob thee of thy health. [44.51] Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! when the [44.51a] unholy Ashemaogha falls upon thee, rushes upon thee, deals wounds [44.51b] upon thee, or hurls his chariot against thee, to rob thee of thy [44.51c] strength, to rob thee of thy health, to rob thee of thy health. [44.52] Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! when a man [44.52a] stands in bonds, when a man is being thrown into bonds, or when [44.52b] a man is being dragged in bonds: thus the prisoners flee from [44.52c] the hands of those who carry them, they flee away out of the prison. [44.53] 0 thou Vayu! who strikest fear upon all men and horses, who [44.53a] in all creatures workest against the Daevas, both into the lowest [44.53b] places and into those a thousand times deep dost thou enter with [44.53c] equal power. [44.54] ‘With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With [44.54a] what manner of sacrifice shall I forward and worship thee? With [44.54b] what manner of sacrifice will be achieved thy adoration, O great [44.54c] Vayu! thou who art high-up g.rded, firm, swift-moving, high-footed, [44.54d] wide-breasted, wide-thighed, with untrembling eyes, as powerful [44.54e] in sovereignty as any absolute sovereign in the world?’ [44.55] ‘Take thou a baresma, O holy Zarathushtra! turn it upwards [44.55a] or downwards, according as it is full day or dawning; upwards [44.55b] during the day, downwards at the dawn. [44.56] ‘If thou makest me worshipped with a sacrifice, then I shall [44.56a] say unto thee with my own voice things of health, made by Mazda [44.56b] and full of glory, so that Angra Mainyu may never do harm unto [44.56c] thee, nor the Yatus, nor those addicted to the works of the Yatu, [44.56d] whether Daevas or men.’ [44.57] We sacrifice unto thee, O great Vayu! we sacrifice unto thee, [44.57a] O strong Vayu! [44.57b] We sacrifice unto Vayu, the greatest of the great; we sacrifice [44.57c] unto Vayu, the strongest of the strong. [44.57d] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden helm. [44.57e] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden crown. [44.57f] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden necklace. [44.57g] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden chariot. [44.57h] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden wheel. [44.57i] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden weapons. [44.57j] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden garment. [44.57k] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden shoe. [44.57l] We sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden girdle. [44.57m] We sacrifice unto the holy Vayu; we sacrifice unto Vayu, who works [44.57n] highly. [44.57o] To this part of thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu! that belongs to [44.57p] the Good Spirit. [44.57q] For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice [44.57r] worth being heard, namely, unto the awful Vayu, who works highly.... [44.58] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [44.58a] I bless the sacrifice and invocation unto, and the strength and [44.58b] vigour of Rama Hvastra, and Vayu, who works highly, more powerful [44.58c] to amict than all the other creatures: this part of thee that [44.58d] belongs to the Good Spirit. [44.58e] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [44.58f] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the bright, [44.58g] all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ## 16. Den Yasht [45.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [45.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [45.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [45.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [45.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [45.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [45.0f] To the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good [45.0g] Law of the worshippers of Mazda. [45.0h] Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, [45.0i] and glorification. [45.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness..... [45.1] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.1a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the [45.1b] supplier of good stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees [45.1c] one best from dangers, who brings libations, who is holy, clever, [45.1d] and renowned, speedy to work and quick of work; who goes quickly [45.1e] and cleanses well; the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; [45.2] To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice, saying: ‘Rise up from [45.2a] thy seat, come forward from the Abode, thou most right Chista, [45.2b] made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if [45.2c] thou art behind me, overtake me. [45.3] ‘Let everything be as friendly to us as anything can be: may [45.3a] we go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains, [45.3b] run easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!’ [45.4] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.4a] worth being heard, namely, unto the most right Chista, made by [45.4b] Mazda and holy. I will offer up a sacrifice unto the most right [45.4c] Chista, made by Mazda and holy, with the libations, with the Haoma [45.4d] and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with [45.4e] the holy spells, with the words and deeds, with the libations, [45.4f] with the well spoken words. [45.4g] Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [45.5] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.5a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... (repeat [45.5b] verse 1). [45.6] To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought, [45.6a] for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for [45.6b] this boon, [45.7] That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would [45.7a] give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, [45.7b] the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness [45.7c] of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives [45.7d] beneath the waters, and can measure a rippling of the waters not [45.7e] thicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose [45.7f] depth is a thousand times the height of a man. [45.7g] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.7h] worth being heard.... [45.8] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.8a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... [45.9] To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought, [45.9a] for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for [45.9b] this boon, [45.10] That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would [45.10a] give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, [45.10b] the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness [45.10c] of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that, [45.10d] in the dark of the night, through the rain, the snow, the hail, [45.10e] or the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse’s [45.10f] hair, mingled with the earth, and knows whether it is from the [45.10g] head or from the tail. [45.10h] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.10i] worth being heard.... [45.11] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.11a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... [45.12] To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought, [45.12a] for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for [45.12b] this boon, [45.13] That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would [45.13a] give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears, [45.13b] the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness [45.13c] of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden [45.13d] collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece [45.13e] of flesh, not thicker than a fist, giving just as much light as [45.13f] a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives. [45.13g] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.13h] worth being heard.... [45.14] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.14a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... [45.15] To whom the holy Hvovi did sacrifice with full knowledge, [45.15a] wishing that the holy Zarathushtra would give her his good narcotic, [45.15b] that she might think according to the law, speak according to [45.15c] the law, and do according to the law. [45.15d] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.15e] worth being heard.... [45.16] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.16a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... [45.17] To whom the Athravans, sent afar, did sacrifice, wishing a [45.17a] good memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their [45.17b] own body. [45.17c] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.17d] worth being heard.... [45.18] We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy: [45.18a] we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... [45.19] To whom the king of the country, the lord of the country does [45.19a] sacrifice, wishing peace for his country, wishing strength for [45.19b] his own body. [45.19c] For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice [45.19d] worth being heard.... [45.20] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [45.20a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [45.20b] of the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and of the good [45.20c] Law of the worshippers of Mazda. [45.20d] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [45.20e] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him long, [45.20f] long life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the [45.20g] holy Ones. ## 17. Ard Yasht [46.1] WE SACRIFICE to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed, [46.1a] well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, [46.1b] welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful; [46.2] The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of the Amesha-Spentas, [46.2a] who endows all the Saoshyants with the enlivening intelligence; [46.2b] she also brings heavenly wisdom at her wish, and comes to help [46.2c] him who invokes her from near and him who invokes her from afar, [46.2d] and worships her with offerings of libations. [46.3] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice [46.3a] worth being heard; I will offer up unto Ashi Vanguhi a good sacrifice [46.3b] with an offering of libations. We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi [46.3c] with the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, [46.3d] with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the [46.3e] words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken [46.3f] words. [46.3g] Yenhe-hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [46.4] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed, [46.4a] well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, [46.4b] welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful. [46.5] Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mathra, and unto the holy [46.5a] Zarathushtra! [46.5b] Homage unto Haoma, because all other drinks are attended with [46.5c] Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear: but the drinking of Haoma [46.5d] is attended with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself. [46.6] Ashi is fair; Ashi is radiant with joy; she is far-piercing [46.6a] with her rays. Ashi gives good Glory unto those men whom thou [46.6b] dost follow, O Ashi! Full of perfumes is the house in which the [46.6c] good, powerful Ashi Vanguhi puts her....(obscure) feet, for long [46.6d] friendship. [46.7] Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi! are kings of kingdoms, [46.7a] that are rich in horses, with large tributes, with snorting horses, [46.7b] sounding chariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments and in stores [46.7c] of food; well-scented where the beds are spread and full of all [46.7d] the other riches that may be wished for. Happy the man whom thou [46.7e] dost attend! do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable [46.7f] things and strong! [46.8] Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have houses [46.8a] that stand well laid up, rich in cattle, foremost in Asha, and [46.8b] long-supported. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend [46.8c] me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! [46.9] The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have beds that [46.9a] stand well-spread, well-adorned, well-made, provided with cushions [46.9b] and with feet inlaid with gold. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! [46.9c] Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things [46.9d] and strong! [46.10] The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have their [46.10a] ladies that sit on their beds, waiting for them: they lie on the [46.10b] cushions, adorning themselves,...(obscure), with square bored [46.10c] ear-rings and a necklace of gold: ‘When will our lord come? when [46.10d] shall we enjoy in our bodies the joys of love?’ Happy the man [46.10e] whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts [46.10f] of desirable things and strong! [46.11] The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have daughters [46.11a] that sit....(obscure); thin is their waist, beautiful is their [46.11b] body, long are their fingers; they are as fair of shape as those [46.11c] who look on can wish. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do [46.11d] thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and [46.11e] strong! [46.12] The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have horses [46.12a] swift and loud-neighing; they drive the chariot lightly, they [46.12b] take it to the battle, they bear a gallant praiser (of the gods), [46.12c] who has many horses, a solid chariot, a sharp spear, a long spear, [46.12d] and swift arrows, who hits his aim, pursuing after his enemies, [46.12e] and smiting his foes. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do [46.12f] thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and [46.12g] strong! [46.13] The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have large-humped, [46.13a] burden-bearing camels, flying from the ground or fighting with [46.13b] holy fieriness. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend [46.13c] me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! [46.14] The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have hoards [46.14a] of silver and gold brought together from far distant regions; [46.14b] and garments of splendid make. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! [46.14c] Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things [46.14d] and strong! [46.15] Do not turn thy look from me! turn thy mercy towards me, O [46.15a] great Ashi! thou art well-made and of a noble seed; thou art sovereign [46.15b] at thy wish; thou art Glory in a bodily form. [46.16] Thy father is Ahura Mazda, the greatest of all gods, the best [46.16a] of all gods; thy mother is Armaiti Spenta; thy brothers are Sraosha, [46.16b] a god of Asha, and Rashnu, tall and strong, and Mithra, the lord [46.16c] of wide pastures, who has ten thousand spies and a thousand ears; [46.16d] thy sister is the Law of the worshippers of Mazda. [46.17] Praised of the gods, unoffended by the righteous, the great [46.17a] Ashi Vanguhi stood up on her chariot, thus speaking: ‘Who art [46.17b] thou who dost invoke me, whose voice is to my ear the sweetest [46.17c] of all that invoked me most?’ [46.18] And he said aloud: ‘I am Spitama Zarathushtra, who, first [46.18a] of mortals, recited the praise of the excellent Asha and offered [46.18b] up sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda and the Amesha-Spentas; in whose [46.18c] birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced; in whose [46.18d] birth and growth the waters and the plants grew; in whose birth [46.18e] and growth all the creatures of the good creation cried out, Hail! [46.19] ‘In whose birth and growth Angra Mainyu rushed away from this [46.19a] wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar, and he, the evil-doing [46.19b] Angra Mainyu, who is all death, said: “All the gods together [46.19c] have not been able to smite me down in spite of myself, and Zarathushtra [46.19d] alone can reach me in spite of myself. [46.20] ‘“He smites me with the Ahuna Vairya, as strong a weapon [46.20a] as a stone big as a house; he burns me with Asha-Vahishta, as [46.20b] if it were melting brass. He makes it better for me that I should [46.20c] leave this earth, he, Spitama Zarathushtra, the only one who can [46.20d] daunt me.”’ [46.21] And the great Ashi Vanguhi exclaimed: ‘Come nearer unto me, [46.21a] thou pure, holy Spitama! lean against my chariot!’ [46.21b] Spitama Zarathushtra came nearer unto her, he leant against her [46.21c] chariot. [46.22] And she caressed him with the left arm and the right, with [46.22a] the right arm and the left, thus speaking: ‘Thou art beautiful, [46.22b] O Zarathushtra! thou art well-shapen, O Spitama! strong are thy [46.22c] legs and long are thy arms: Glory is given to thy body and long [46.22d] cheerfulness to thy soul, as sure as I proclaim it unto thee.’ [46.23] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed, [46.23a] well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, [46.23b] welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect and powerful. [46.24] To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice, [46.24a] upon the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by [46.24b] Mazda. [46.25] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.25a] Vanguhi! that I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana; that I [46.25b] may never fear and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that [46.25c] all the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before [46.25d] me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness.’ [46.26] The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Haoshyangha, [46.26a] the Paradhata, obtained that boon. [46.26b] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [46.27] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.27a] powerful. [46.28] To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice [46.28a] from the height Hukairya. [46.29] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.29a] Vanguhi! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world [46.29b] created by Mazda; that I may bring immortality down to the world [46.29c] created by Mazda; [46.30] ‘That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world [46.30a] created by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death, [46.30b] from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot [46.30c] wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand [46.30d] years.’ [46.31] Then great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaeta, [46.31a] the good shepherd, obtained that boon. [46.31b] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [46.32] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.32a] powerful. [46.33] To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, [46.33a] offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena. [46.34] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.34a] Vanguhi! that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the [46.34b] three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most [46.34c] powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful to the world, the [46.34d] strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material [46.34e] world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I [46.34f] may deliver his two wives, Savanghavak and Erenavak, who are the [46.34g] fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures [46.34h] in the world.’ [46.35] The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Thraetaona, [46.35a] the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon. [46.35b] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [46.36] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.36a] powerful. [46.37] To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening, [46.37a] the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon [46.37b] the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza. [46.38] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.38a] Vanguhi! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, [46.38b] that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king [46.38c] Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta [46.38d] lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his [46.38e] father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.’ [46.39] The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the [46.39a] enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden [46.39b] eyes, obtained that boon. [46.39c] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... [46.40] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.40a] powerful. [46.41] To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations [46.41a] into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta [46.41b] lake, the deep lake of salt waters. [46.42] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.42a] Vanguhi! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, [46.42b] behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge [46.42c] the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, [46.42d] a semi-man.’ [46.43] The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant [46.43a] Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained [46.43b] that boon. [46.43c] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [46.43d] being heard.... [46.44] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.44a] powerful. [46.45] To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in the [46.45a] Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat, [46.45b] with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy [46.45c] spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and [46.45d] with the rightly-spoken words. [46.46] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.46a] Vanguhi! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think [46.46b] according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according [46.46c] to the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that [46.46d] she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.’ [46.47] The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the holy [46.47a] Zarathushtra obtained that boon. [46.47b] For her brightness, and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [46.47c] being heard.... [46.48] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.48a] powerful. [46.49] To her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice behind [46.49a] the waters of the river Daitya. [46.50] He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi [46.50a] Vanguhi! that I may put to flight Asta-aurvant, the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti, [46.50b] the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, [46.50c] of the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred camels....; that [46.50d] I may put to flight the Hvyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I [46.50e] may put to flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the Daevas; [46.51] ‘And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may [46.51a] smite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I [46.51b] may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and [46.51c] of the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hvyaona nations their [46.51d] fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, [46.51e] their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands [46.51f] and their myriads of myriads.’ [46.52] The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall [46.52a] Kavi Vishtaspa obtained that boon. [46.52b] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [46.52c] being heard.... [46.53] We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and [46.53a] powerful. [46.54] And the great Ashi Vanguhi said: ‘None of those libations [46.54a] will be accepted by me, which are sent to me either by a man whose [46.54b] seed is dried out, or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues, [46.54c] or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man. [46.54d] ‘When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their [46.54e] hands, ran after me, [46.55] ‘I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden; [46.55a] then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, [46.55b] even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping [46.55c] their hands, were running after me. [46.56] ‘Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold [46.56a] energy: then again young boys, and girls who had known no man, [46.56b] discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, [46.56c] clapping their hands, were running after me.’ [46.57] The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing [46.57a] about the courtezan who destroys her fruit: ‘Stand thou not near [46.57b] her, sit thou not on her bed!’ - ‘What shall I do? Shall I go [46.57c] back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?’ [46.58] The second wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing [46.58a] about the courtezan who brings forth a child conceived of a stranger [46.58b] and presents it to her husband: ‘What shall I do? Shall I go back [46.58c] to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?’ [46.59] This is the third wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi: ‘This [46.59a] is the worst deed that men and tyrants do, namely, when they deprive [46.59b] maids, that have been barren for a long time, of marrying and [46.59c] bringing forth children. What shall I do? Shall I go back to the [46.59d] heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?’ [46.60] Ahura Mazda answered: ‘O fair and wise Ashi, go not back to [46.60a] the heavens, sink not into the earth! Stay here and walk inside [46.60b] the fine kingly palace.’ [46.61] I shall worship thee with such a sacrifice, I shall worship [46.61a] and forward thee with such a sacrifice as Vishtaspa offered unto [46.61b] thee, behind the river Daitya. The Zaotar lifted up a loud voice, [46.61c] with baresma before him. With that sort of sacrifice shall I worship [46.61d] thee? With that sort of sacrifice shall I worship and forward [46.61e] thee, O fair and wise Ashi? [46.61f] For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth [46.61g] being heard.... [46.62] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [46.62a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [46.62b] of Ashi Vanguhi; of the good Chisti; of the good Erethe; of the [46.62c] good Rasastat; of the Glory and Weal, made by Mazda. [46.62d] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [46.62e] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of [46.62f] body,... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the [46.62g] holy Ones. ## 18. Ashtad Yasht [47.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [47.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [47.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra. [47.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [47.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [47.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [47.0f] Unto the Glory of the Aryans, made by Mazda, [47.0g] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [47.0h] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [47.1] Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: ‘I made [47.1a] the Aryan Glory, rich in food, rich in flocks, rich in wealth, [47.1b] rich in Glory; provided with full store of intelligence, with [47.1c] full store of money, to withstand Need, and to withstand enemies. [47.2] ‘It destroys Angra Mainyu, who is all death; it destroys Aeshma, [47.2a] the fiend of the wounding spear; it destroys the yellow Bushyasta; [47.2b] it destroys the contagion of Aekha; it destroys the fiend of death, [47.2c] Apaosha; it destroys the non-Aryan nations. [47.3] ‘And I made the great Ashi Vanguhi; she comes in, amid the [47.3a] family; she comes in, inside the fine royal palace. [47.4] ‘Let Ashi, with fulness of welfare, follow the man who gladdens [47.4a] the faithful with his gifts! she comes in, inside his family; [47.4b] she comes in, inside his fine royal palace. [47.4c] ‘With all sorts of flocks, with all victory, with all intelligence, [47.4d] with all Glory, the great Ashi Vanguhi puts one foot inside his [47.4e] family; she comes in, inside his fine royal palace. [47.5] ‘Horses multiply a thousandfold, flocks multiply a thousandfold; [47.5a] and so does his virtuous offspring, (as) the bright, glorious [47.5b] star Tishtrya moves on equally, and so does the strong wind made [47.5c] by Mazda, and so does the Glory of the Aryas. [47.6] ‘And they bring increase on the tops of all mountains, down [47.6a] the depths of all vales; they bring increase to all the growing [47.6b] plants, the fair, the golden-hued. And they bring (away) the contagion [47.6c] of Aekha, they bring (away) the fiend of death, Apaosha. [47.7] ‘Hail to the bright and glorious star Tishtrya Hail to the [47.7a] strong wind, made by Mazda! Hail to the Glory of the Aryas! [47.7b] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [47.7c] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [47.8] ‘We worship the Ahuna Vairya. [47.8a] ‘We worship Asha-Vahishta, the fairest Amesha-Spenta. [47.8b] ‘We worship the rightly-spoken Words, fiend-smiting and healing. [47.8c] ‘We worship the healing, well-spoken Words, the fiend-smiting. [47.8d] ‘We worship the Mathra Spenta and the Law of Mazda, and (piety) [47.8e] that delights in Haoma. [47.8f] ‘We worship the Glory of the Aryas. [47.8g] ‘Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [47.9] ‘Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [47.9a] ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [47.9b] of the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda. [47.9c] ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [47.9d] ‘[Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the [47.9e] bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.’ ## 19. Zam Yasht [48.1] (THIS YASHT, INSCRIBED to the Genius of the Earth, is devoted to [48.2] a description of the mountains and the kingly Glory (kavaem Hvareno), [48.3] which are invoked, together with the Earth, in the corresponding [48.4] formula of he Sirozah (par. 28) there is no Yasht devoted to the [48.5] Earth itself.) [48.6] The mountains are simply enumerated (pars. 1-8). The rest of the [48.7] Yasht is devoted to the praise of the Hvareno, or, more precisely, [48.8] to that of those who possessed it, whose powers or feats are described. [48.9] The list begins with Ahura Mazda (par. 10), and closes with Saoshyant [48.10] (par. 89); that is to say, it begins with the beginning of the [48.11] world, and closes with its end. It includes the Amesha-Spentas [48.12] (par. 15), Haoshyangha (par. 26), Takhma Urupa (par. 28), Yima [48.13] (par. 31), Mithra (par. 35), Thraetaona (par. 36), Keresaspa (par. [48.14] 38), the kings of the Kaianyan dynasty (pars. 66-72), Kavi Husravah [48.15] (par. 74), Zarathushtra (par. 79), Vishtaspa (par. 84). The unsuccessful [48.16] efforts of Franghrasyan to take possession of it are described [48.17] at length (pars. 56-64). [48.18] This Yasht would serve as a short history of the Iranian monarchy, [48.19] an abridged Shah Namah.) [48.0] May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... [48.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [48.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [48.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [48.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [48.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [48.0f] Unto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; [48.0g] unto the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; unto that Glory that cannot [48.0h] be forcibly seized, made by Mazda, [48.0i] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [48.0j] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [48.1a] The first mountain that rose up out of the earth, O Spitama [48.1aa] Zarathushtra! was the Haraiti Barez. That mountain stretches all [48.1b] along the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east. [48.1c] The second mountain was Mount Zeredho, outside Mount Manusha: [48.1d] this mountain too stretches all along the shores of the land washed [48.1e] by waters towards the east. [48.2a] From there grew up Mount Ushi-dhau, Ushi-darena, Mount Erezifya, [48.2aa] and Mount Fraorepa. The sixth was Mount Erezura. The seventh was [48.2b] Mount Bumya. The eighth was Mount Raoidhita. The ninth was Mount [48.2c] Mazishishvau. The tenth was Mount Antare-danghu. The eleventh [48.2d] was Mount Erezisha. The twelfth was Mount Vaiti-gaesa. [48.3a] And Mount Adarana, Mount Bayana, Mount Ishkata Upairi-saena, [48.3aa] with the.... snows; the two Hamankuna mountains, the eight Vasna [48.3b] mountains, the eight powerful Fravanku, the four Vidhvana summits; [48.4a] Mount Aezakha, Mount Maenakha, Mount Vakhedrakae, Mount Asaya, [48.4aa] Mount Tudhaskae, Mount Isavae, Mount Draoshishvau, Mount Sairivau, [48.4b] Mount Nanghushmau, Mount Kakahyu, Mount Antare-Kangha; [48.5a] Mount Sichidava, Mount Ahuna, Mount Raemana, Mount Asha-stembana, [48.5aa] Mount Urunyo-vaidhkae, Mount Asnavant, Mount Ushaoma, Mount Ushta-hvarenah, [48.5b] Mount Syamaka, Mount Vafrayau, Mount Vourusha; [48.6a] Amongst which stand Mount Jatara, Mount Adhutavau, Mount Spitavarena, [48.6aa] Mount Spento-data, Mount Kadrva-aspa, Mount Kaoirisa, Mount Taera, [48.6b] Mount Bara-srayana, Mount Barana, Mount Frapayau, Mount Udrya, [48.6c] and Mount Raevant, and all those heights to which men have given [48.6d] the name of mount, [48.7a] To the number of two thousand mountains, and two hundred and [48.7aa] forty and four, O Spitama Zarathushtra! [48.8a] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice [48.8aa] worth being heard, namely, unto the awful kingly Glory. Unto the [48.8b] awful kingly Glory we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat, [48.8c] the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, [48.8d] the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. [48.8e] Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... [48.9a] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda; most [48.9aa] conquering, highly working, that possesses health. wisdom, and [48.9b] happiness, and is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures; [48.10a] That belongs to Ahura Mazda, as (through it) Ahura Mazda made [48.10aa] the creatures, many and good, many and fair, many and wonderful, [48.10b] many and prosperous, many and bright; [48.11a] So that they may restore the world, which will (thenceforth) [48.11aa] never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, [48.11b] ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when [48.11c] the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the [48.11d] world will be restored at its wish; [48.12a] When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation [48.12aa] of the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may [48.12b] rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold [48.12c] brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. [48.12d] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.14a] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.15a] That belongs to the Amesha-Spentas, the bright ones, whose [48.15aa] looks perform their wish, tall, quickly coming to do, strong, [48.15b] lordly, who are undecaying and holy; [48.16a] Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one [48.16aa] speech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same, [48.16b] whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father [48.16c] and commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda. [48.17a] Who see one another’s soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking [48.17aa] of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana, [48.17b] and whose ways are shining as they go down to the libations; [48.18a] Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers, [48.18aa] the keepers and preservers of these creations of Ahura Mazda. [48.19a] It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) [48.19aa] never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, [48.19b] ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when [48.19c] the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the [48.19d] world will be restored at its wish; [48.20] When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation [48.20a] of the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may [48.20b] rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold [48.20c] brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. [48.20d] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.21] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.22] That belongs to the gods in the heavens and to those in the [48.22a] material world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born, [48.22b] who are to perform the restoration of the world. [48.23] It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) [48.23a] never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, [48.23b] ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when [48.23c] the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the [48.23d] world will be restored at its wish; [48.24] When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation [48.24a] of the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may [48.24b] rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold [48.24c] brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. [48.24d] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.25] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.26] That clave unto Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, for a long time, [48.26a] when he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the [48.26b] Daevas and men, over the Yatus and the Pairikas, over the oppressors, [48.26c] the blind, and the deaf; he who smote two-thirds of the Daevas [48.26d] of Mazana and of the Varenya fiends. [48.26e] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.27] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.28] That clave unto Takhma Urupa, the well-armed, while he ruled [48.28a] over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the paevas and men, [48.28b] the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; [48.29] When he conquered all Daevas and men, all the Yatus and Pairikas, [48.29a] and rode Angra Mainyu, turned into the shape of a horse, all around [48.29b] the earth from one end to the other, for thirty years. [48.29c] For its brightness and glory, I win offer it a sacrifice.... [48.30] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.31] That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a [48.31a] long time, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, [48.31b] over the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, [48.31c] the blind, and the deaf; [48.32] He who took from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both [48.32a] fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory; [48.32b] In whose reign both aliments were never failing for feeding creatures, [48.32c] flocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying; [48.33] In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither [48.33a] old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas, in the times before [48.33b] his lie, before he began to have delight in words of falsehood [48.33c] and untruth. [48.34] But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood and [48.34a] untruth, the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shape [48.34b] of a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great Yima [48.34c] Khshaeta, the good shepherd, trembled and was in sorrow before [48.34d] his foes; he was confounded, and laid him down on the ground. [48.35] The first time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, [48.35a] the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape [48.35b] of a Varaghna bird. [48.35c] Then Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, [48.35d] whose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We sacrifice [48.35e] unto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda has created [48.35f] the most glorious of all the gods in the heavens. [48.36] The second time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, [48.36a] the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape [48.36b] of a Varaghna bird. [48.36c] Then Thraetaona seized that Glory, he, the heir of the valiant [48.36d] Athwya clan, who was the most victorious of all victorious men [48.36e] next to Zarathushtra; [48.37] Who smote Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, [48.37a] the six-eyed, who had a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish [48.37b] Druj, that demon baleful to the world, the strongest Druj that [48.37c] Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the [48.37d] world of the good principle. [48.38] The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, [48.38a] that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape [48.38b] of a Varaghna bird. [48.38c] Then the manly-hearted Keresaspa seized that Glory; he who was [48.38d] the sturdiest of the men of strength, next to Zarathushtra, for [48.38e] his manly courage. [48.39] For Manly Courage clave unto him. We worship Manly Courage, [48.39a] firm of foot, unsleeping, quick to rise, and fully awake, that [48.39b] clave unto Keresaspa; [48.40] Who killed the snake Srvara, the horse-devouring, men-devouring, [48.40a] yellow, poisonous snake, over which yellow poison flowed a thumb’s [48.40b] breadth thick. Upon him Keresaspa was cooking his food in a brass [48.40c] vessel: at the time of noon, the fiend felt the heat, and stood [48.40d] upon his feet: he rushed from under the brass vessel and upset [48.40e] the boiling water: the manly-hearted Keresaspa fell back affrighted; [48.41] Who killed the golden-heeled Gandarewa, that was rushing with [48.41a] open jaws, eager to destroy the living world of the good principle; [48.41b] Who killed the brood of Pathana, all the nine; and the brood of [48.41c] Nivika, and the brood of Dashtayana; [48.41d] Who killed the golden-crowned Hitaspa, and Vareshava, the son [48.41e] of Dana and Pitaona, attended by many Pairikas; [48.42] Who killed Arezo-shamana, him of the manly courage, who was [48.42a] strong, well-beloved, hail, energetically rushing, fully awake, [48.42b] never falling back....; [48.43] Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the [48.43a] stone-handed: thus did he exclaim to all around: ‘I am an infant [48.43b] still, I am not yet of age: if I ever grow of age, I shall make [48.43c] the earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot; [48.44] ‘I shall bring down the Good Spirit from the shining Garo-nmana; [48.44a] I shall make the Evil Spirit rush up from the dreary Hell. They [48.44b] will carry my chariot, both the Good Spirit and the Evil One, [48.44c] unless the manly-hearted Keresaspa kill me.’ [48.44d] The manly-hearted Keresaspa killed him, his life went away, his [48.44e] spirit vanished. [48.44f] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.45] We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly [48.45a] seized, made by Mazda.... [48.46] For which the Good Spirit and the Evil One did struggle with [48.46a] one another: for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized they [48.46b] flung each of them their darts most swift. [48.46c] The Good Spirit flung a dart, and so did Vohu-Mano, and Asha-Vahishta [48.46d] and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. [48.46e] The Evil Spirit flung a dart, and so did Akem-Mano, and Aeshma [48.46f] of the wounding spear and Azhi Dahaka and Spityura, he who sawed [48.46g] Yima in twain. [48.47] Then forward came Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, thinking thus [48.47a] in his heart: ‘I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly [48.47b] seized.’ [48.47c] But Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed [48.47d] on his back, thinking of extinguishing it: [48.48] ‘Here give it up to me; O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda: if thou [48.48a] seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rush [48.48b] upon thee, so that thou mayest never more blaze on the earth made [48.48c] by Ahura and protect the world of the good principle.’ [48.48d] And Atar took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, [48.48e] so much had Azhi affrighted him. [48.49] Then Azhi, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward, [48.49a] thinking thus in his heart: ‘I want to seize that Glory that cannot [48.49b] be forcibly seized.’ [48.49c] But Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, advanced behind him, speaking [48.49d] in these words: [48.50] ‘There give it up to me, thou three-mouthed Azhi Dahaka. If [48.50a] thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then I [48.50b] will enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so that [48.50c] thou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by Mazda and destroy [48.50d] the world of the good principle.’ [48.50e] Then Azhi took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, [48.50f] so much had Atar affrighted him. [48.51] That Glory swells up and goes to the sea Vouru-Kasha. The [48.51a] swift-horsed Son of the Waters seizes it at once: this is the [48.51b] wish of the Son of the Waters, the swift-horsed: ‘I want to seize [48.51c] that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, down to the bottom [48.51d] of the sea Vouru-Kasha, in the bottom of the deep rivers.’ [48.52] We sacrifice unto the Son of the Waters, the swift-horsed, [48.52a] the tall and shining lord, the lord of females; the male god, [48.52b] who helps one at his appeal; who made man, who shaped man, a god [48.52c] who lives beneath waters, and whose ear is the quickest to hear [48.52d] when he is worshipped. [48.53] ‘And whosoever of you, O men,’ - thus said Ahura Mazda, - [48.53a] ‘O holy Zarathushtra! shall seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly [48.53b] seized, he has the gifts of an Athravan; whosoever shall long [48.53c] for the illumination of knowledge, he has the gifts of an Athravan; [48.53d] whosoever shall long for fulness of knowledge, he has the gifts [48.53e] of an Athravan; [48.54] ‘And Riches will cleave unto him, giving him full welfare, [48.54a] holding a shield before him, powerful, rich of cattle and garments; [48.54b] and Victory will cleave unto him, day after day; and likewise [48.54c] Strength, that smites more than a year. Attended by that Victory, [48.54d] he will conquer the havocking hordes; attended by that Victory, [48.54e] he will conquer all those who hate him.’ For its brightness and [48.54f] glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.55] We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly [48.55a] seized, made by Mazda.... [48.56] Which the Turanian ruffian Frangrasyan tried to seize in the [48.56a] sea Vouru-Kasha. He stripped himself naked, wishing to seize that [48.56b] Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and [48.56c] to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled [48.56d] away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kasha [48.56e] was produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Husravah. [48.57] Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of the [48.57a] sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thoughts: [48.57b] ‘.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to [48.57c] the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra. [48.58] ‘Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness, [48.58a] goodness, and fairness.’ [48.58b] ‘Ahura Mazda will come against thee, ever eager to create new [48.58c] creatures.’ [48.58d] Then the most crafty Turania Frangrasyan rushed down into the [48.58e] sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! [48.59] A second time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize [48.59a] that Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, [48.59b] and to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory [48.59c] fled away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kasha [48.59d] was produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Vanghazdau. [48.60] Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of the [48.60a] sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thoughts: [48.60b] ‘.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to [48.60c] the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra. [48.61] ‘Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness, [48.61a] goodness, and fairness.’ [48.61b] ‘Ahura Mazda will come against thee, ever eager to create new [48.61c] creatures.’ [48.61d] Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed down into the [48.61e] sea Vouru-Kasha. [48.62] A third time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize the [48.62a] Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and [48.62b] to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled [48.62c] away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm was produced in the [48.62d] sea Vouru-Kasha, namely, the water that is called Awzh-danva. [48.63] Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of the [48.63a] sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thought: [48.63b] ‘.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to [48.63c] the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra!’ [48.64] He was not able to seize the Glory that belongs to the Aryan [48.64a] nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra. [48.64b] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.65] We sacrifice unto the awful Glory that cannot be forcibly [48.65a] seized, made by Mazda.... [48.66] That cleaves unto him who grows up there, where lies Lake [48.66a] Kasava, along with the Haetumant river; there where stands Mount [48.66b] Ushidhau, surrounded by waters, that run from the mountain. [48.67] It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bringing good [48.67a] pastures and fine horses, bringing plenty, full of glory; with [48.67b] beauty and weal; powerful and friendly, rich of pastures, prolific [48.67c] and golden. It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bright [48.67d] and glorious, making the white.... grow, smiting away all plagues. [48.68] And there comes with him a horse’s strength, there comes with [48.68a] him a camel’s strength, there comes with him a man’s strength, [48.68b] there comes with him the kingly Glory: and there is in him, O [48.68c] holy Zarathushtra! so much of kingly Glory as might extinguish [48.68d] at once all the non-Aryan nations. [48.69] And then (through it) living creatures may keep away hunger [48.69a] and death, living creatures (may keep away) cold and heat. Such [48.69b] is the kingly Glory, the keeper of the Aryan nations and of the [48.69c] five kinds of animals, made to help the faithful and the Law of [48.69d] the worshippers of Mazda. [48.69e] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.70] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.71] That clave unto Kavi Kavata, and unto Kavi Aipivohu, and unto [48.71a] Kavi Usadha, and unto Kavi Arshan, and unto Kavi Pisina, and unto [48.71b] Kavi Byarshan, and unto Kavi Syavarshan; [48.72] So that they were all of them brave, all of them strong, all [48.72a] of them healthful, all of them wise, all of them happy in their [48.72b] wishes, all of them powerful kings. [48.72c] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.73] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.74] That clave unto Kavi Husravah for the well-shapen Strength, [48.74a] for the Victory made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant; for [48.74b] the righteousness of the law, for the innocence of the law, for [48.74c] the unconquerable power of the law; for the extermination of the [48.74d] enemies at one stroke; [48.75] And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda, [48.75a] for the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring, [48.75b] wise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees [48.75c] [their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect; and [48.75d] for that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to [48.75e] those who do not follow impiety; [48.76] And for a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, [48.76a] and for all boons and remedies; 77. So that king Husravah [had [48.76b] the lead] all along the long race, and he could not pass through [48.76c] the forest, he, the murderer, who was fiercely striving against [48.76d] him on horseback; the lord Kavi Husravah prevailed over all; he [48.76e] put in bonds Frangrasyan and Keresavazda, to avenge the murder [48.76f] of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man. [48.76g] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.78] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.79] That clave unto the holy Zarathushtra, so that he thought [48.79a] according to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according [48.79b] to the Law; so that he was the holiest in holiness in all the [48.79c] living world, the best-ruling in exercising rule, the brightest [48.79d] in brightness, the most glorious in glory, the most victorious [48.79e] in victory. [48.80] At his sight the Daevas rushed away; at his sight the (demoniac) [48.80a] malices were extinguished; at his sight the Jainis drew hack their [48.80b] ways from the mortals and, lamenting and wailing, laid violent [48.80c] hands on the Daevas. [48.81] And that one prayer, the Ahuna Vairya, which the holy Zarathushtra [48.81a] sang and repeated four times, with a song that waxed louder and [48.81b] louder, drove back all the Daevas beneath the earth, and took [48.81c] off from them sacrifice and prayer. [48.82] It was it, the Glory of Zarathushtra, that the Turanian ruffian [48.82a] Frangrasyan tried to seize to rule over all the Karshvares; round [48.82b] about the seven Karshvares did that ruffian Frangrasyan rush, [48.82c] trying to seize the Glory of Zarathushtra. But that Glory escaped [48.82d] to hidden inlets of the sea; and there those two made my will [48.82e] roll on; they entered my will, as it was my wish, Ahura Mazda’s, [48.82f] and as it was the wish of the Law of Mazda. [48.82g] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.83] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.84] That clave unto king Vistaspa, so that he thought according [48.84a] to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according to the [48.84b] Law; so that he professed that Law, destroying his foes and causing [48.84c] the Daevas to retire. [48.85] Who, driving the Druj before him, sought wide room for the [48.85a] holy religion; who, driving the Druj before him, made wide room [48.85b] for the holy religion; who made himself the arm and support of [48.85c] this law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathushtra; [48.86] Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus, [48.86a] and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high [48.86b] ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle [48.86c] and pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures. [48.87] The valiant king Vishtaspa conquered all enemies, Tathravant [48.87a] of the evil law, Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas, and the [48.87b] fiendish wicked Arejat-aspa and the other wicked Hvyaonas. [48.87c] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.88] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.89] That will cleave unto the victorious Saoshyant and his helpers, [48.89a] when he shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never [48.89b] grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever [48.89c] living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead [48.89d] will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world [48.89e] will be restored at its wish; [48.90] When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation [48.90a] of the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may [48.90b] rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold [48.90c] brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord. [48.90d] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.91] We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda.... [48.92] When Astvat-ereta shall rise up from Lake Kasava, a friend [48.92a] of Ahura Mazda, a son of Vispa-taurvairi, knowing the victorious [48.92b] knowledge. [48.92c] It was that Glory that Thraetaona bore with him when Azhi Dahaka [48.92d] was killed; [48.93] That Frangrasyan, the Turanian, bore when Drvau was killed, [48.93a] when the Bull was killed; [48.93b] That king Husravah bore when Frangrasyan, the Turanian, was killed; [48.93c] That king Vishtaspa bore, when he victoriously maintained Holiness [48.93d] against the host of the fiends and took off the Druj from the [48.93e] world of the good principle. [48.94] He, with the eye of intelligence, shall look down upon all [48.94a] the creatures of the Paeshish, her of the evil seed: he shall [48.94b] look upon the whole living world with the eye of plenty, and his [48.94c] look shall deliver to immortality the whole of the living creatures. [48.95] And there shall his friends come forward, the friends of Astvat-ereta, [48.95a] who are fiend-smiting, well-thinking, well-speaking, well-doing, [48.95b] following the good law, and whose tongues have never uttered a [48.95c] word of falsehood. [48.95d] Before them shall Aeshma of the wounding spear, who has no Glory, [48.95e] bow and flee; he shall smite the most wicked Druj, her of the [48.95f] evil seed, born of darkness. [48.96] Akem-Mano smites, but Vohu-Mano shall smite him; the Word [48.96a] of falsehood smites, but the Word of truth shall smite it. Haurvatat [48.96b] and Ameretat shall smite both hunger and thirst: Haurvatat and [48.96c] Ameretat shall smite the evil hunger and the evil thirst. The [48.96d] evil-doing Angra Mainyu bows and flees, becoming powerless. [48.96e] For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice.... [48.97] Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness [48.97a] .... [48.97b] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [48.97c] of Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; [48.97d] of the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; of the Glory that cannot be [48.97e] forcibly seized, made by Mazda. [48.97f] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [48.97g] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the bright, [48.97h] all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ## 20. Hom Yasht [49.1] (SEE YASNA, CHAPTERS 9-11.) ## 21. Vanand Yasht [50.0] MAY AHURA Mazda be rejoiced!.... [50.0a] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [50.0b] I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, [50.0c] one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; [50.0d] For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], [50.0e] the holy and master of holiness.... [50.0f] Unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda, [50.0g] Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification. [50.0h] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [50.1] We sacrifice unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda, the holy [50.1a] and master of holiness. [50.1b] I will sacrifice unto Vanant, strong, invoked by his own name, [50.1c] healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most foul Khrafstras [50.1d] of the most abominable Angra Mainyu. [50.2] Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... [50.2a] I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour [50.2b] of the star Vanant, made by Mazda. [50.2c] Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... [50.2d] [Give] unto that man brightness and glory,... give him the bright, [50.2e] all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ## Siroza 1 [52.1] OHRMAZD. [52.1a] To Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the Amesha-Spentas. [52.2] Vohuman. [52.2a] To Vohu-Mano; to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more [52.2b] powerful to destroy than all other creatures; to the heavenly [52.2c] Wisdom, made by Mazda; and to the Wisdom acquired through the [52.2d] ear, made by Mazda. [52.3] Ardwahisht. [52.3a] To Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; to the much-desired Airyaman, made [52.3b] by Mazda; to the instrument made by Mazda; and to the good Saoka, [52.3c] with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. [52.4] Shahrewar. [52.4a] To Khshathra-vairya; to the metals; to Mercy and Charity. [52.5] Spandarmad. [52.5a] To the good Spenta-Armaiti, and to the good Rata, with eyes of [52.5b] love, made by Mazda and holy. [52.6] Hordad. [52.6a] To Haurvatat, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons and [52.6b] to the years, the masters of holiness. [52.7] Amurdad. [52.7a] To Ameretat, the master; to fatness and flocks; to the plenty [52.7b] of corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. [52.7c] (At the gah Hawan): [52.7d] to Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and to Rama Hvastra. [52.7e] (At the gah Rapithwin): [52.7f] to Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. [52.7g] (At the gah Uzerin): [52.7h] to Apam Napat, the tall lord, and to the water made by Mazda. [52.7i] (At the gah Aiwisruthrem): [52.7j] to the Fravashis of the faithful, and to the females that [52.7k] bring forth flocks of males; to the prosperity of the seasons; [52.7l] to the well-shapen and tall-formed Strength, to Verethraghna, [52.7m] made by Ahura, and to the crushing Ascendant. [52.7n] (At the gah Ushahin): [52.7o] to the holy, devout, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the [52.7p] world grow; to Rashnu Razishta, and to Arshtat, who makes the [52.7q] world grow, who makes the world increase. [52.8] Dai-pa-Adar. [52.8a] To the Maker Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the Amesha-Spentas. [52.9] Adar. [52.9a] To Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; to the Glory and to the Weal, [52.9b] made by Mazda; to the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda; to the [52.9c] awful Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. [52.9d] To Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; to king Husravah; to the lake [52.9e] of Husravah; to Mount Asnavant, made by Mazda; to Lake Chaechasta, [52.9f] made by Mazda; to the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. [52.9g] To Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, made by Mazda; [52.9h] to the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. [52.9i] To Atar, the beneficent, the warrior; the God who is a full source [52.9j] of Glory, the God who is a full source of healing. [52.9k] To Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, with all Atars; to the God Nairyo-Sangha, [52.9l] who dwells in the navel of kings. [52.10] Aban. [52.10a] To the good Waters, made by Mazda; to the holy water-spring Ardvi [52.10b] Anahita; to all waters made by Mazda; to all plants made by Mazda. [52.11] Khwarshed. [52.11a] To the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. [52.12] Mah. [52.12a] To the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; to the only-created [52.12b] bull; to the Bull of many species. [52.13] Tishtar. [52.13a] To Tistrya, the bright and glorious star; to the powerful Satavaesa, [52.13b] made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward; to the stars, made by [52.13c] Mazda, that have in them the seed of the waters, the seed of the [52.13d] earth, the seed of the plants; to the star Vanant, made by Mazda: [52.13e] to those stars that are seven in number, the Haptoiringas, made [52.13f] by Mazda, glorious and healing. [52.14] Goshorun. [52.14a] To the body of the Cow, to the soul of the Cow, to the powerful [52.14b] Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. [52.15] Dai-pa-Mihr. [52.15a] To the Maker Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the Amesha-Spentas. [52.16] Mihr. [52.16a] To Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears [52.16b] and ten thousand eyes, a God invoked by his own name; to Rama [52.16c] Hvastra. [52.17] Srosh. [52.17a] To the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared [52.17b] and lordly God. [52.18] Rashn. [52.18a] To Rashnu Razishta; to Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes [52.18b] the world increase; to the true-spoken speech, that makes the [52.18c] world grow. [52.19] Frawardin. [52.19a] To the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the holy ones. [52.20] Warharan. [52.20a] To the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; to Verethraghna, made [52.20b] by Ahura; to the crushing Ascendant. [52.21] Ram. [52.21a] To Rama Hvastra; to Vayu, who works highly and is more powerful [52.21b] to destroy than all other creatures: to that part of thee, O Vayu, [52.21c] that belongs to Spenta-Mainyu; to the sovereign Sky, to the Boundless [52.21d] Time, to the sovereign Time of the long Period. [52.22] Wad. [52.22a] To the bounteous Wind, that blows below, above, before, and behind; [52.22b] to the manly Courage. [52.23] Dai-pa-Den. [52.23a] To the Maker, Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; to the Amesha-Spentas. [52.24] Den. [52.24a] To the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy; to the good [52.24b] Law of the worshippers of Mazda. [52.25] Ard. [52.25a] To Ashi Vanguhi; to the good Chisti; to the good Erethe; to the [52.25b] good Rasastat; to the Weal and Glory, made by Mazda; to Parendi, [52.25c] of the light chariot; to the Glory of the Aryas made by Mazda; [52.25d] to the kingly Glory made by Mazda; to that Glory that cannot be [52.25e] forcibly seized, made by Mazda; to the Glory of Zarathustra, made [52.25f] by Mazda. [52.26] Ashtad. [52.26a] To Arstat, who makes the world grow; to Mount Ushi-darena, made [52.26b] by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness. [52.27] Asman. [52.27a] To the high, powerful Heavens; to the bright all-happy, blissful [52.27b] abode of the holy ones. [52.28] Zam. [52.28a] To the bounteous Earth; to these places, to these fields; to Mount [52.28b] Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; to all [52.28c] the mountains made by Mazda, that are seats of holy happiness, [52.28d] of full happiness; to the kingly Glory made by Mazda; to that [52.28e] Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda. [52.29] Mahraspand. [52.29a] To the holy, righteousness-performing Mathra Spenta; to the Law [52.29b] opposed to the Daevas, the Law of Zarathushtra; to the long-traditional [52.29c] teaching; to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; to the [52.29d] Devotion to the Mathra Spenta; to the understanding that keeps [52.29e] the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; to the knowledge of the Mathra [52.29f] Spenta; to the heavenly Wisdom made by Mazda; to the Wisdom acquired [52.29g] through the ear and made by Mazda. [52.30] Anagran. [52.30a] To the eternal and sovereign luminous space; to the bright Garo-nmana; [52.30b] to the sovereign place of eternal Weal; to the Chinvat-bridge, [52.30c] made by Mazda; to the tall lord Apam Napat and to the water made [52.30d] by Mazda; to Haoma, of holy birth; to the pious and good Blessing; [52.30e] to the awful cursing thought of the wise; to all the holy Gods [52.30f] of the heavenly world and of the material one; to the awful, overpowering [52.30g] Fravashis of the faithful, to the Fravashis of the first men of [52.30h] the law, to the Fravashis of the next-of-kin; to every God invoked [52.30i] by his own name. ## Siroza 2 [53.1] OHRMAZD. [53.1a] We sacrifice unto the bright and glorious Ahura Mazda; we [53.1b] sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the [53.1c] all-beneficent. [53.2] Vohuman. [53.2a] We sacrifice unto Vohu-Mano, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [53.2b] unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more powerful to [53.2c] destroy than all other creatures. We sacrifice unto the heavenly [53.2d] Wisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired [53.2e] through the ear, made by Mazda. [53.3] Ardwahisht. [53.3a] We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahista, the fairest, the [53.3b] Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice unto the much-desired Airyaman; we [53.3c] sacrifice unto the instrument made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto [53.3d] the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. [53.4] Shahrewar. [53.4a] We sacrifice unto Khshathra-Vairya, the Amesha-Spenta; we [53.4b] sacrifice unto the metals; we sacrifice unto Mercy and Charity. [53.5] Spandarmad. [53.5a] We sacrifice unto the good Spenta Armaiti; we sacrifice unto [53.5b] the good Rata, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. [53.6] Hordad. [53.6a] We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [53.6b] unto the prosperity of the seasons. We sacrifice unto the years, [53.6c] the holy and masters of holiness. [53.7] Amurdad. [53.7a] We sacrifice unto Ameretat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice [53.7b] unto fatness and flocks; we sacrifice unto the plenty of corn; we [53.7c] sacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. [53.7d] (At the gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of [53.7e] wide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra. [53.7f] (At the gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahista and [53.7g] unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. [53.7h] (At the gah Uzerin): We sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the [53.7i] swift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females; [53.7j] we sacrifice unto the water made by Mazda and holy. [53.7k] (At the gah Aiwisruthrem): We sacrifice unto the good, [53.7l] powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the holy ones; we sacrifice [53.7m] unto the females that bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice [53.7n] unto the thrift of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen [53.7o] and tall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by [53.7p] Mazda; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant. [53.7q] (At the gah Ushahin): We sacrifice unto the holy, [53.7r] tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world grow, the [53.7s] holy and master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu Razishta; [53.7t] we sacrifice unto Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes the [53.7u] world increase. [53.8] Dai-pa-Adar. [53.8a] We sacrifice unto the Maker Ahura Mazda, the bright and [53.8b] glorious; we sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, [53.8c] the all-beneficent. [53.9] Adar. [53.9a] We sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice [53.9b] unto the Glory, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Weal, made [53.9c] by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Glory of the Aryas, made by [53.9d] Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful Glory of the Kavis, made by [53.9e] Mazda. [53.9f] We sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice [53.9g] unto king Husravah; we sacrifice unto the lake of Husravah; we [53.9h] sacrifice unto Mount Asnavant, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto [53.9i] Lake Chaechasta, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful Glory [53.9j] of the Kavis, made by Mazda. [53.9k] We sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice [53.9l] unto Mount Raevant, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful [53.9m] Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda. [53.9n] We sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice [53.9o] unto Atar, the beneficent, the warrior. We sacrifice unto that [53.9p] God, who is a full source of glory. We sacrifice unto that God, [53.9q] who is a full source of healing. [53.9r] We sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice [53.9s] unto all Fires; we sacrifice unto the God, Nairyo-Sangha, who [53.9t] dwells in the navel of kings. [53.10] Aban. [53.10a] We sacrifice unto the good Waters, made by Mazda and holy; [53.10b] we sacrifice unto the holy water-spring Ardvi Anahita; we [53.10c] sacrifice unto all waters, made by Mazda and Holy; we sacrifice [53.10d] unto all plants, made by Mazda and holy. [53.11] Khwarshed. [53.11a] We sacrifice unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed [53.11b] Sun, [53.12] Mah. [53.12a] We sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the [53.12b] Bull. We sacrifice unto the Soul and Fravashi of the [53.12c] only-created Bull; we sacrifice unto the Soul and Fravashi of the [53.12d] Bull of many species. [53.13] Tishtar. [53.13a] We sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious Star; we [53.13b] sacrifice unto the powerful Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes [53.13c] waters forward; we sacrifice unto all the Stars that have in them [53.13d] the seed of the waters; we sacrifice unto all the Stars that have [53.13e] in them the seed of the earth; we sacrifice unto all the Stars [53.13f] that have in them the seeds of the plants; we sacrifice unto the [53.13g] Star Vanant, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto those stars that [53.13h] are seven in number, the Haptoiringas, made by Mazda, glorious [53.13i] and healing; in order to oppose the Yatus and Pairikas. [53.14] Goshorun. [53.14a] We sacrifice unto the soul of the bounteous Cow; we [53.14b] sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. [53.15] Dai-pa-Mihr. [53.15a] We sacrifice unto the Maker Ahura Mazda, the bright and [53.15b] glorious; we sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, [53.15c] the all-beneficent. [53.16] Mihr. [53.16a] We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has [53.16b] a thousand ears and ten thousand eyes, a God invoked by his own [53.16c] name; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra. [53.17] Srosh. [53.17a] We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting, [53.17b] world-increasing Sraosha, holy and master of holiness. [53.18] Rashn. [53.18a] We sacrifice unto Rashnu Razishta; we sacrifice unto Arstat, [53.18b] who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase; we [53.18c] sacrifice unto the true-spoken speech that makes the world grow. [53.19] Frawardin. [53.19a] We sacrifice unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of [53.19b] the holy ones. [53.20] Warharan. [53.20a] We sacrifice unto the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; we [53.20b] sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura; we sacrifice unto the [53.20c] crushing Ascendant. [53.21] Ram. [53.21a] We sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra; we sacrifice unto the holy [53.21b] Vayu; we sacrifice unto Vayu, who works highly and is more [53.21c] powerful to destroy than all other creatures. Unto that part of [53.21d] thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu, that belongs to Spenta-Mainyu. We [53.21e] sacrifice unto the sovereign Sky; we sacrifice unto the Boundless [53.21f] Time; we sacrifice unto the sovereign Time of the long Period. [53.22] Wad. [53.22a] We sacrifice unto the beneficent, bounteous Wind; we [53.22b] sacrifice unto the wind that blows below; we sacrifice unto the [53.22c] wind that blows above; we sacrifice unto the wind that blows [53.22d] before; we sacrifice unto the wind that blows behind. We [53.22e] sacrifice unto the manly Courage. [53.23] Dai-pa-Den. [53.23a] We sacrifice unto the Maker Ahura Mazda, the bright and [53.23b] glorious; we sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas. [53.24] Den. [53.24a] We sacrifice unto the most right Chista, made by Mazda and [53.24b] holy; we sacrifice unto the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda. [53.25] Ard. [53.25a] We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi, the bright high, strong, [53.25b] tall-formed, and merciful; we Sacrifice unto the Glory made by [53.25c] Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Weal made by Mazda. We sacrifice [53.25d] unto Parendi, of the light chariot; we sacrifice unto the Glory [53.25e] of the Aryas, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful kingly [53.25f] Glory, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto that awful Glory, that [53.25g] cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the [53.25h] Glory of Zarathushtra, made by Mazda. [53.26] Ashtad. [53.26a] We sacrifice unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow; we [53.26b] sacrifice unto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, a God of holy [53.26c] happiness. [53.27] Asman. [53.27a] We sacrifice unto the shining Heavens; we sacrifice unto the [53.27b] bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones. [53.28] Zam. [53.28a] We sacrifice unto the Earth, a beneficent God; we sacrifice [53.28b] unto these places, unto these fields; we sacrifice unto Mount [53.28c] Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, a God of holy happiness; we sacrifice [53.28d] unto all the mountains, that are seats of holy happiness, of full [53.28e] happiness, made by Mazda, the holy and masters of holiness; we [53.28f] sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda; we [53.28g] sacrifice unto the awful Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, [53.28h] made by Mazda. [53.29] Mahraspand. [53.29a] We sacrifice unto the Mathra Spenta, of high glory; we [53.29b] sacrifice unto the Law opposed to the Daevas; we sacrifice unto [53.29c] the Law of Zarathushtra; we sacrifice unto the long-traditional [53.29d] teaching; we sacrifice unto the good Law of the worshippers of [53.29e] Mazda: we sacrifice unto the Devotion to the Mathra Spenta; we [53.29f] sacrifice unto the understanding that keeps the Law of the [53.29g] worshippers of Mazda; we sacrifice unto the knowledge of the [53.29h] Mathra Spenta; we sacrifice unto the heavenly Wisdom, made by [53.29i] Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired through the ear and [53.29j] made by Mazda. [53.30] Anagran. [53.30a] We sacrifice unto the eternal and sovereign luminous space; [53.30b] we sacrifice unto the bright Garonmana; we sacrifice unto the [53.30c] sovereign place of eternal Weal; we sacrifice unto the [53.30d] Chinvat-bridge, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the [53.30e] swift-horsed, the high and shining lord, who has many wives; and [53.30f] we sacrifice unto the water, made by Mazda and holy; we sacrifice [53.30g] unto the golden and tall Haoma; we sacrifice unto the enlivening [53.30h] Haoma, who makes the world grow; we sacrifice unto Haoma, who [53.30i] keeps death far away; we sacrifice unto the pious and good [53.30j] Blessing; we sacrifice unto the awful, powerful, cursing thought [53.30k] of the wise, a God; we sacrifice unto all the holy Gods of the [53.30l] heavenly world; we sacrifice unto all the holy Gods of the [53.30m] material world. [53.30n] I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice unto [53.30o] the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the holy ones. ## Afrinagans (Prayers of Blessing) [54.1] Translated by L. Mills, 1898 ## Afrinagan-i Dahman [55.1] YATHA AHU Vairyo.... [55.1a] Ashem Vohu.... [55.1b] I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, [55.1c] opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. [55.1d] (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) [55.1e] With propitiation of the Dahman Afrin of the good ones and the [55.1f] strong wise one with higher intellect, for worship, adoration, [55.1g] propitiation, and praise. [55.1h] ‘Yatha Ahu Vairyo’, the zaotar should say to me [55.1i] ‘Yatha Ahu Vairyo’, he who is the zaotar should say to me [55.1j] ‘Atha ratush ashatchit hacha’, the Asha-sanctified knowing one [55.1k] should say. [55.1l] (Karda:) [55.2] May these blessings of the Asha-sanctified come into this [55.2a] house, namely, rewards, compensation, and hospitality; and may [55.2b] there now come to this community Asha, possessions, prosperity, [55.2c] good fortune, and easeful life, and the long enduring prominence [55.2d] of this Religion, which is Ahuric, Zarathushtrian. [55.3] Now in this house may the cattle not be tainted, nor the Asha, [55.3a] nor the strength of Asha-sanctified men, nor the Ahuric doctrine. [55.4] May the good, prosperity-giving, holy, Asha-sanctified, fravashis [55.4a] come here, accompanied by the healing virtues of Ashi, to the [55.4b] width of the Earth, the length of the rivers, and the height of [55.4c] the sun, to give the possession of good things, for the overthrow [55.4d] of misfortunes, and the advancement of riches and fortunes. [55.5] May Hearkening (Sraosha) overcome disobedience within this [55.5a] house, and may peace overcome discord, generosity overcome greed, [55.5b] reverence overcome rebellion, and honesty overcome falsehood. [55.5c] May Asha conquer the fiend, [55.6] so that, in it the Amesha Spentas may receive, through Sraosha, [55.6a] companion of Ashi, good acts of worship and prayers of praise; [55.6b] good in reverence and adoration, the abiding offering, the joyous [55.6c] offering, and the devotional offering, until the time of the final [55.6d] harvest. [55.7] Let the comfort-giving good fortune never forsake this house, [55.7a] nor the comfort-giving riches, nor comfort-giving noble offspring, [55.7b] with long lasting company of what bestows paradise and good rewards. [55.7c] Ashem Vohu...! [55.7d] (Asirvad:) [55.8] To Ahura Mazda, rich, possessing good things. Blessings on [55.8a] the rulers of the land, for greater strength, greater victory, [55.8b] greater rule, greater sovereignty, compassion, long rule, enduring [55.8c] physical vitality, and health. [55.9] (Blessings) to Ama, well-built, fair of form, to Verethraghna, [55.9a] made by Ahura, and to the triumphing Uparatat, completely repelling [55.9b] malice, completely conquering the hostile malicious adversary [55.9c] with a blow. [55.10] Blessings so that he may be winner of the battle, victorious [55.10a] over every malicious adversary, over every evil adversary, faulty [55.10b] in thoughts, words and deeds. [55.11] (Blessings) that he may be victorious through timely thoughts, [55.11a] words, and deeds; to suppress all the evil-minded, and all Daeva-worshippers, [55.11b] so as to attain to good reward, and to good renown, and to long [55.11c] happiness of my soul. [55.12] Blessings for long life, for the desired life, for the service [55.12a] of Asha-sanctified people, and for the disservice of ill done [55.12b] deeds - the best existence of the Asha-sanctified, the luminous, [55.12c] offering all blissful. Thus may it come as I wish. [55.12d] We praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, performed [55.12e] here and elsewhere, now and in the past. Thus we glorify and invoke [55.12f] all that is good. [55.12g] I yearn for good mind. May Peshotan son on Gushtasp come to my [55.12h] aid, may he accept my prayers, may he shine for me. Thus may the [55.12i] holy attain long life and may their desires be fulfilled. [55.12j] May this Afrinagan and Khshnuman reach the Yazad Dahman. [55.12k] May the knowledge, promulgation, and glory of the good Mazdayasnian [55.12l] religion spread throughout the seven regions of the world, through [55.12m] speech, righteous persuasion, the good kingly authority and justice. [55.12n] So be it. [55.12o] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [55.12p] Ashem Vohu...! [55.13] Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... [55.13a] I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the [55.13b] Dahman Afrin of the good ones and the valiant wise one with higher [55.13c] intellect. [55.13d] Ashem Vohu.... [55.13e] May we all be one in Asha. [55.13f] Thus may it come as I wish. [55.13g] We praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, performed [55.13h] here and elsewhere, now and in the past. Thus we glorify and invoke [55.13i] all that is good. ## Afrinagan-i Gatha [56.1] AS THE Ahu is (revered and) to be chosen, so (is) the Ratu [56.1a] (one who rules) from the Righteous Order, a creator of mental [56.1b] goodness, and of life’s actions done for Ahura, and the Kingdom [56.1c] (is) to Mazda, which to the poor may offer a nurturer. [56.1d] I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper - for the praise of Ahura [56.1e] Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious, and of the Bountiful Immortals, [56.1f] for the bountiful and holy Gathas which rule in the ritual order. [56.1g] (Propitiation and praise be) to the Gatha Ahunavaiti, and to the [56.1h] Gatha Ushtavaiti, to the Gatha Spenta-mainyu, and to the Gatha [56.1i] Vohu-khshathra, and to the Gatha Vahishtoishti. 2. Propitiation [56.1j] to the Fravashis of the saints, the mighty, overwhelming, even [56.1k] to those of the saints of yore, who held the primeval faith (the [56.1l] Gathic faith), and to those of the next of kin. [56.3] We sacrifice to Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious; [56.3a] and we sacrifice to the Amesha Spenta who rule aright, and who [56.3b] dispose (of all aright). And we sacrifice to the bounteous and [56.3c] holy Gathas, which rule (as the first) in the ritual order. [56.3d] We sacrifice to the Gatha Ahunavaiti, the holy, as it rules in [56.3e] the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gatha Ushtavaiti, the [56.3f] holy, as it rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the [56.3g] Gatha Spenta-mainyu, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order; [56.3h] and we sacrifice to the Gatha Vohu-khshathra, the holy, as it [56.3i] rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gatha Vahishtoishti, [56.3j] the holy, as it rules in the ritual order. [56.4] (=Yt13.49-52.) ## Afrinagan-i Gahambar [57.1] [THIS PRAYER IS part of the ceremony of blessing (Afrinagan) addressed to the community during the great seasonal festivals (Gahambars).] [57.1a] I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, and of Zarathustra’s [57.1aa] order, a foe of the Daevas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for [57.1b] the holy Havani, the regulator of the ritual order (and its lord [57.1c] in its turn), for its sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise; [57.1d] (and I confess myself) for Savanghi and for Visya, the holy lords [57.1e] of the ritual order for their sacrifice, homage, propitiation, [57.1f] and praise, and for that of the Asnya, the day-lords of the days [57.1g] during daylight, and of the days in their length, for the Mahya, [57.1h] month-lords, and the Yairya, year-lords, and for those of the [57.1i] especial seasons, and for the worship, homage, propitiation, and [57.1j] praise of that lofty lord who is the Ritual Righteousness (itself); [57.1k] yea, for the worship, homage, propitiation, and praise of the [57.1l] lords of the days, months, years, and seasons - for those lords [57.1m] of the ritual order who are of all the greatest, who are the regulators [57.1n] of the ritual at the time of Havani. [57.2] To Maidhyo-zaremya, the lord [or to Maidhyo-shema, the lord, [57.2a] or to Paitishahya, the lord, or to Ayathrima, Maidhyairya, or [57.2b] Hamaspathmaedhaya], be propitiation, homage, and praise. [57.3] O ye Mazdayasnians who are here present offer ye this ritual [57.3a] service, and present ye the Myazda which is that of the Maidhyo-zaremaya, [57.3b] taking a piece of sound flesh from a choice beast, with a full [57.3c] flow of milk. [57.4] If ye are able to do this, (well); if ye are unable to do [57.4a] it, ye may take then (a portion) of some liquor of equal value, [57.4b] it matters not which it is, and have it consumed as it is proper; [57.4c] and so be ye discreet from your obedience, most correctly faithful [57.4d] in your speech, most saintly from your sanctity, best ordered [57.4e] in your exercise of power, least straitened by oppressions, heart-easy [57.4f] with rejoicings, most merciful of givers, most helpful to the [57.4g] poor, fulfilling most the ritual, the blest and longed-for Asha, [57.4h] (coy?) riches woman-minded (?) bringing (as reward). If ye can [57.4i] do this and with vigour, (well); if not, bring wood to the [57.4j] Ratu’s house. It matters not what kind, so it be well cut, and [57.4k] very dry, and in loads of fitting size. If that is possible, (well); [57.4l] if not, let a man bring wood to the Ratu’s dwelling, and heap [57.4m] it up as high as the ear, or to reach the fore-shoulder, or with [57.4n] the fore-arm measure, (or at least as high as the end of the hanging [57.4o] hand). If that is possible, (well); but if it has not been [57.4p] possible, then let the worshipper (with the mind’s offering) ascribe [57.4q] the power to him who rules the best, Ahura, (saying): Wherefore [57.4r] for this cause verily we offer and ascribe the Sovereign Power [57.4s] to Ahura Mazda, who rules the best, and to Righteousness (the [57.4t] ritual and moral Order), and we complete our sacrifice to them. [57.4u] Thus is the Myazda offered with the well-timed prayer for blessings. [57.7] In case that a man does not give of the first Myazda which [57.7a] is that of the Maidhyo-zaremaya, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the Ratu [57.7b] that has the right to that Myazda, and who has this person under [57.7c] his guidance, expels that (false) disciple who has not his Myazda [57.7d] with him, as a man that does not worship, from the midst of the [57.7e] Mazda-worshippers. 8. In the case that a man does not give of [57.7f] the second Myazda, O Spitama Zarathushtra! which is that of the [57.7g] Maidhyo-shema, then let the Ratu to whom the Myazda should come, [57.7h] and who has the person under his guidance, expel that disciple, [57.7i] since he comes without his Myazda, as he would a man who refuses [57.7j] to recite his vows, from among the number of the Mazda-worshippers. [57.9] In the case that a man does not give of the third Myazda, O [57.9a] Spitama Zarathushtra! which is that of Paitishahya, then let the [57.9b] Ratu who ought to receive that Myazda, and who has had the person [57.9c] under his guidance, expel that disciple which brings no Myazda, [57.9d] as a detected reprobate, from among the number of the Mazdayasnians. [57.10] In case that a man does not offer of the fourth Myazda, O [57.10a] Spitama Zarathushtra! which is that of the Ayathrima let the Ratu [57.10b] who ought to receive that Myazda, and who has the person under [57.10c] his guidance, expel that disciple, since he brings no Myazda, [57.10d] as a refuse beast from among the number of the Mazdayasnians. [57.11] In the case that a man does not give of the fifth Myazda, [57.11a] which is that of the Maidhyairya, then let the Ratu to whom that [57.11b] Myazda belongs as a perquisite, and who has that person under [57.11c] his guidance, expel him, since he brings no Myazda, as an alien, [57.11d] from among the number of the Mazdayasnians. 12. In case that a [57.11e] man does not give of the sixth Myazda, which is that of the Hamaspathmaedhaya, [57.11f] O Spitama Zarathushtra! let the Ratu to whom that Myazda belongs [57.11g] as a perquisite, and who has this person under his discipline [57.11h] to learn him the lore of Ahura, expel him, (as ignorant) since [57.11i] he brings no Myazda, from among the number of the Mazdayasnians. [57.13] And let him decry him afterwards without hesitation, and drive [57.13a] him out; and let that Ratu lay upon him afterwards the expiating [57.13b] deeds without reserve; and in accordance with these rules, let [57.13c] the disciple treat the Ratu. (Let him beware of failure to bring [57.13d] his Myazda, or if he fails let the disciple bear, as is befitting, [57.13e] what is due.) A blessing is Righteousness (called) the Best, it [57.13f] is weal, it is weal for this (man) when toward Righteousness Best [57.13g] there is right. [57.14] I bless with my prayer the royal Province-chiefs (who are [57.14a] faithful worshippers) of Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious, [57.14b] (beseeching) for superior strength for them, and for more important [57.14c] victory, and more influential rule, and desiring for them further [57.14d] authoritative power, and helpful support, and long duration to [57.14e] their reign, and the prolonged vitality of their frames, and health. [57.15] And I pray in my benediction for strength well-shaped and [57.15a] stately of growth, and which smites victoriously, Ahura-made, [57.15b] and crushing, and for an ascendency abundantly subduing all who [57.15c] are filled with furious hate, assaulting the evil-minded enemies, [57.15d] and destroying, as if at once, the deadly, godless foes. [57.16] And I pray in my blessing that he (the province-governor) [57.16a] may conquer in victorious battles every malicious foe, and each [57.16b] malignant, profane in thoughts, and words, and actions, that [57.16c] he may indeed be constantly victorious in his own religious thoughts, [57.16d] and words, and deeds, and unvarying in the smiting of every foe, [57.16e] and of every Daeva-worshipper, and that he may, as he proceeds, [57.16f] be well rewarded, and of good repute, possessing a far-foreseeing [57.16g] preparation of the soul. 18. And I pray with blessings thus: Live [57.16h] thou long and blessed be thou, ‘hail’ to thee; live for the aid [57.16i] of holy men, and for the crushing of the evil; and I pray for [57.16j] Heaven (for thee) the best world of the saints, shining, all glorious. [57.16k] And thus may it happen as I pray -. And I bless in my prayer the [57.16l] sacrifice, and homage, and the strength, and swiftness of the [57.16m] day-lords during daylight, and of the lords of the days in their [57.16n] length, of the month-lords, and the year-lords, and of the lords [57.16o] of the seasons (in their course), and for the worship, homage, [57.16p] propitiation, and praise of the lofty lord who is the Righteous [57.16q] Ritual itself, and of those lords of the ritual who are of all [57.16r] the greatest, and who are the lords of the ritual at the time [57.16s] of Havani, for Maidhyo-zaremaya the lord, [(or) for Maidhyo-shema [57.16t] the lord, (or) for Paitishahya the lord, or for Ayathrima, Maidhyairya, [57.16u] or Hamaspathmaedhaya]. ## Afrinagan-i Rapithwin [58.1] I CONFESS myself a Mazda-worshipper, of Zarathushtra’s order, [58.1a] a foe to the Daevas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for Rapithwina, [58.1b] the holy lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, [58.1c] and praise, and for Fradat-fshu and Zantuma, the holy lord(s) [58.1d] of the ritual order. 2. And to Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the [58.1e] glorious, and to the Bountiful Immortals, be propitiation, and [58.1f] to Asha Vahishta (who is Righteousness the Best), and to the Fire, [58.1g] Ahura Mazda’s son, and to all the holy Yazads, heavenly and earthly, [58.1h] and to the Fravashis of the saints, the mighty and overwhelming-. [58.3] For thus did Ahura Mazda speak to Spitama Zarathushtra the [58.3a] word which was spoken for the ritual time of the Rapithwina, (saying): [58.3b] Ask us, O holy Zarathushtra, what are Thy questions to be asked [58.3c] of us, for Thy question is as that mighty one when Thy ruler speaks [58.3d] his mighty wish. 4. Then Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: O Ahura [58.3e] Mazda, most bountiful creator of the material worlds and holy! [58.3f] what does that man acquire, what does he merit, what reward [58.3g] shall there be for that man who shall recite the Rapithwina [58.3h] office with the Rapithwina prayer for blessing, and who shall [58.3i] sacrifice with the Rapithwina office with hands (well) washed, [58.3j] and with (well) washed mortars, with the Baresman spread, and [58.3k] with Haoma high uplifted, and with fire brightly flaming,with [58.3l] Ahuna-vairya loud intoned, with Haoma-moistened tongue, and with [58.3m] a body Mathra-bound? [58.6] And Ahura Mazda answered him: As the wind from the southern [58.6a] quarter, O Spitama! causes the entire material world to advance [58.6b] and to increase, and as it will bless it, rejoice it, and cause [58.6c] it to progress, such a like reward does such a man receive, [58.6d] who recites the Rapithwina-ratu with the Rapithwina blessing, [58.6e] and sacrifices with it with (well) washed hands, and mortars, [58.6f] with Baresman spread, and Haoma lifted, with fire brightly flaming, [58.6g] and with Ahuna-vairya loud intoned, and with Haoma-moistened tongue, [58.6h] and a body Mathra-bound! 8. Thus hath Ahura Mazda declared to [58.6i] Spitama Zarathushtra the word which (should be) spoken at the [58.6j] Rapithwina time. [58.6k] 9-10. (See A1.14-19.)