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Zoroastrian: The Zend-Avesta, Zarathustra, part 2a
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THE ZEND-AVESTA
AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (Book of Common Prayer)
Translation by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the
East, American Edition, 1898.)
CONTENTS
Miscellaneous short prayers:
Ashem Vohu (invocation of Asha)
Ahunwar (most sacred manthra of Zoroastrianism)
Kem Na Mazda (exorcism)
Padyab-Kusti (ablution and formula for tying the kusti)
Baj before meals
Baj when answering the call of nature
Nirang-i Abezar
The Gah dedications
Srosh Baj
Hoshbam "hbsbe.html" (prayer at dawn)
Gahs (prayers for each period of the day)
Hawan - (sunrise to midday)
Rapithwin - (midday to mid-afternoon)
Uzerin - (mid-afternoon to sunset)
Aiwisruthrem - (sunset to midnight)
Ushahin - (midnight to dawn)
Niyayeshes (litanies)
Khwarshed Niyayesh (Sun Litany)
Mihr Niyayesh (Litany to Mithra)
Vispa Humata
Nam Stayishn
Namaz-i chahar nemag
Mah Niyayesh (Moon Litany)
Aban Niyayesh (Litany to Water)
Atash Niyayesh (Litany to Fire)
Yashts (Hymns to Ahura Mazda, the Archangels, and the Angels)
1. Ohrmazd Yasht
2. Haft Amahraspand Yasht
3. Ardwahisht Yasht
4. Awerdad Yasht
5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht
6. Khwarshed Yasht
7. Mah Yasht
8. Tishtar Yasht
9. Drvasp Yasht
10. Mihr Yasht
11. Srosh Yasht Hadokht
11a. Srosh Yasht
12. Rashn Yasht
13. Frawardin Yasht
14. Warharan Yasht
15. Ram Yasht
16. Den Yasht
17. Ard Yasht
18. Ashtad Yasht
19. Zam Yasht
20. Hom Yasht
21. Vanand Yasht
Sirozas (Dedications for the thirty days of the month)
Siroza 1
Siroza 2
Afrinagans (prayers of blessing)
Afrinagan-i Dahman
Afrinagan-i Gatha
Afrinagan-i Gahambar
Afrinagan-i Rapithwin
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Miscellaneous short prayers:
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Ashem Vohu (invocation of Asha)
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Holiness (Asha) is the best of all good: it is also happiness.
Happy the man who is holy with perfect holiness!
Ahunwar (most sacred manthra of Zoroastrianism)
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The will of the Lord is the law of righteousness.
The gifts of Vohu-mano to the deeds done in this world for Mazda.
He who relieves the poor makes Ahura king.
Kem Na Mazda (exorcism)
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What protector hast thou given unto me, O Mazda! while the
hate of the wicked encompasses me? Whom but thy Atar and Vohu-mano,
through whose work I keep on the world of righteousness? Reveal
therefore to me thy Religion as thy rule!
(Ke verethrem-ja:)
Who is the victorious who will protect thy teaching? Make
it clear that I am the guide for both worlds. May Sraosha come
with Vohu-mano and help whomsoever thou pleasest, O Mazda!
(Pata-no:)
Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Armaiti Spenta! Perish,
O fiendish Druj! Perish, O brood of the fiend! Perish, O creation
of the fiend! Perish, O world of the fiend! Perish away, O Druj!
Rush away, O Druj! Perish away, O Druj! Perish away to the regions
of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of
Righteousness!
Homage, with which (are combined) devotion and milk offerings.
Padyab-Kusti (ablution and formula for tying the kusti)
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0. With satisfaction for Ahura Mazda. Ashem Vohu....
Kem Na Mazda: What protector hast thou given ...
Ohrmazd is Lord! Ahriman he keeps at bay, he holds him back.
May Ahriman be struck and defeated, with devs and drujs, sorcerers
and sinners, kayags and karbs, tyrants, wrongdoers and heretics,
sinners, enemies and witches! May they (all) be struck and defeated!
May evil rulers not exist, (or) be far away! May enemies be defeated!
May enemies all not exist, (or) be far away!
O Ohrmazd, Lord! I am contrite for all sins and I desist from
them, from all bad thoughts, bad words and bad acts which I have
thought, spoken or done in the world, or which have happened through
me, or have originated with me. For those sins of thinking, speaking
and acting, of body and soul, worldly or spiritual, O Ohrmazd!
I am contrite, I renounce them. With three words I distance myself
(from them).
1. With satisfaction for Ahura Mazda, scorn for Angra Mainyu!
The true achievement of what is most wonderful, according to wish!
I praise Asha! Ashem Vohu....
Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
Ashem Vohu....
2. Come to my aid, O Mazda (3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a Zoroastrian, having
vowed it and professed it. I pledge myself to the well-thought
thought, I pledge myself to the well-spoken word, I pledge myself
to the well-done action.
I pledge myself to the Mazdayasnian religion, which causes
the attack to be put off and weapons put down; which upholds khvaetvadatha
(kin-marriage), which possesses Asha; which of all religions that
exist or shall be, is the greatest, the best, and the most beautiful:
Ahuric, Zoroastrian. I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda. This is
the creed of the Mazdayasnian religion.
Ashem Vohu...!!
Baj before meals
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Thus therefore do we worship Ahura Mazda,
who made the Kine (the living creation), and the
(embodied) Righteousness (which is incarnate in the
clean), and the waters, and the wholesome plants,
the stars, and the earth, and all (existing) objects
that are good.
(after meal:)
Ashem vohu...(4).
Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
To him splendor...
Baj when answering the call of nature
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(Modi 374. This prayer is also known as "Pishab ni Baj".)
May wrong actions be done away with a hundred-thousand times.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo...
(here perform the natural function)
Ashem vohu...(3).
>>We are praisers of good thoughts, of good
words, and of good actions, of those now and those
hereafter [(Pazand) of those being done; and of those
completed]. We implant (?) them (with our homage,
and we do this) the more, and yet the more since we
are (praisers) of the good (from whom they spring).
(y35.2)<<(2).
>>To the best of good rulers (is) verily the Kingdom,
because we render and ascribe it to Him, and
make it thoroughly His own (?), to Mazda Ahura
do we ascribe it, and to Righteousness the Best.
(y35.5)<<(3).
Yatha ahu Vairyo...(4).
Ashem vohu...(3).
We worship the Ahunwar.
We worship Best Asha, the most beautiful Amesha Spenta.
Yenghe... (Y18.9).
Nirang-i Abezar
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>>Broken, broken be Satan Ahriman. .... not reach me.
May the thirty-three Ameshaspands and the creator Ormazd be victorious.
I praise Asha. Ashem vohu....<<(3)
The Gah dedications
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(Hawan Gah)
To Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration,
propitiation and praise. To Savanghi and Visya, Ashavan, the
master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
(Rapithwin Gah)
To Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship,
adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Fshu and
Zangtuma, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship,
adoration, propitiation and praise.
(Uzerin Gah)
To Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship,
adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Vira
and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship,
adoration, propitiation and praise.
(Aiwisruthrem Gah)
To Aiwisruthrem that furthers life, Ashavan, the master
of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
To Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti and Zarathushtrotema, Ashavan,
the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation
and praise.
(Ushahin Gah)
To Ushahin that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of
Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
To Berejya and Nmanya, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha,
for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
Srosh Baj
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0. In the name of God , May the bounteous miraculous power and
glory of Ohrmazd the lord increase. May it (i.e. the prayer) reach
Srosh, the righteous, the vigorous, whose body is the command,
having a hard weapon, powerful of weapon, the lord of the creations
of Ohrmazd. I am contrite for all sins and I desist from them,
from all bad thoughts, bad words and bad acts which I have thought,
spoken or done in the world, or which have happened through me,
or have originated with me. For those sins of thinking, speaking
and acting, of body and soul, worldly or spiritual, o Ohrmazd!
I am contrite, I renounce them. With three words I distance myself
(from them).
1. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(5).
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
(Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.)
With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi , the brave, who
has the Manthra for body, with bold club, the ahurian, for worship,
adoration, propitiation, and praise.
'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me
'Atha ratush ashatchit hacha', the Asha-sanctified knowing one
should say.
2. We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious,
world-promoting, the Ashavan, master of Asha . The Ahuna Vairya
prayer protects the body.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo....
(Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.)
Yatha Ahu Vairyo....(2)
4. I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for
Sraosha, companion of Ashi, the brave, who has the Manthra for
body, with bold club, the ahurian.
Ashem Vohu....
5. Bestow on him riches and good things; bestow health of body,
toughness of body, and resistance of body; bestow on him possessions
giving abundant ease, future noble offspring, and a lengthy long
life; bestow on him the best existence of the Asha-sanctified,
the luminous, offering all happy. [This paragraph follows Bailey,
p. 10.]
Thus may it come as I wish.
Ashem Vohu....
A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies (3). Ashem Vohu....
Come to my help, O Mazda (3).
To Ama, well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created;
and to Triumphing Uparatat; and to Raman of good pastures, and
to Vayu of superior activity, superior to other creatures. That
part of you, Vayu, which belongs to Spenta Mainyu; to self-governed
Thwasha, to boundless Zurwan, to Zurwan of the long dominion.
Ashem Vohu....
For the reward of virtue and the forgiveness of sins, I do (deeds
of) righteousness for the love of my soul. May all virtuousness
of all good ones of the earth of seven climes reach the width
of the earth, the length of the rivers, the height of the sun
in their original form. May it be righteous, live long. Thus may
it come as I wish.
Ashem Vohu...!!
Hoshbam (Prayer at Dawn)
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1. Then thou shalt say those victorious, most healing words;
thou shalt chant the Ahunwar five times:
Yatha ahu vairyo... (5).
The Ahunwar protects the body....
(Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.)
Ashem vohu....
Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(21).
Ashem vohu...(12)
2. Homage to you, O Dawn (3).
(Y27.1-2:)
This is to render Him who is of all the greatest, our lord
and master (even) Ahura Mazda. And this to smite the wicked Angra
Mainyu, and to smite Aeshma of the bloody spear, and the Mazainya
Daevas, and to smite all the wicked Varenya Daevas.
3. And this is to further Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious,
to further the Bountiful Immortals, and the influences of the
star Tishtrya, the resplendent, the glorious, (and) to the furtherance
of the holy man, and of all the (bountiful and) holy creatures
of the Bounteous Spirit.
(Y52.1-4:)
4. I pray with benedictions for a benefit, and for the good,
even for the entire creation of the holy (and the clean); I beseech
for them for the (generation which is) now alive, for that which
is just coming into life, and for that which shall be hereafter.
And (I pray for that) sanctity which leads to prosperity, and
which has long afforded shelter, which goes on hand in hand with
it, which joins it in its walk, and of itself becoming its close
companion as it delivers forth its precepts, bearing every form
of healing virtue which comes to us in waters, appertains to cattle,
or is found in plants, and overwhelming, all the harmful malice
of the Daevas, (and their servants) who might harm this dwelling
and its lord, bringing good gifts, and better blessings, given
very early, and later (gifts), leading to successes, and for a
long time giving shelter. And so the greatest, and the best, and
most beautiful benefits of sanctity fall likewise to our lot.
For the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and the praise of the
Bountiful Immortals, for the bringing prosperity to this abode,
and for the prosperity of the entire creation of the holy, and
the clean, (and as for this, so) for the opposition of the entire
evil creation. (And I pray for this) as I praise through Righteousness,
I who am beneficent, those who are (likewise of a better mind).
(Y8.5-7:)
May'st Thou, O Ahura Mazda! reign at Thy will, and with a
saving rule over Thine own creatures, and render Ye the holy (man)
also a sovereign at his will over waters, and over plants, and
over all the clean and sacred (creatures) which contain the seed
of Righteousness. Strip ye the wicked of all power!
Absolute in power may the holy be, bereft of all free choice the
wicked ! Gone (may he be), met as foe, carried out from the creatures
of Spenta Mainyu, hemmed in without power over any wish! ----------
I will incite, even I who am Zarathushtra, the heads of the houses,
villages, Zantus, and provinces, to the careful following of this
Religion which is that of Ahura, and according to Zarathushtra,
in their thoughts, their words, and their deeds.
(Y60.11 seq.:)
5. In order that our minds may be delighted, and our souls the
best, let our bodies be glorified as well, and let them; O Mazda!
go likewise openly (unto Heaven) as the best world of the saints
as devoted to Ahura, and accompanied by Asha Vahishta (who is
Righteousness the Best), and the most beautiful! And may we see
Thee, and may we, approaching, come around about Thee, and attain
to entire companionship with Thee!
Ashem Vohu...(3).
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Ashem Vohu...!!
Gahs (prayers for each period of the day)
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Hawan Gah - (sunrise to midday)
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1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
To Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration,
propitiation and praise. To Savanghi and Visya, Ashavan, the master(s)
of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
2. With propitiation of Mithra of wide pastures, with a thousand
ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata who is invoked by name, (and)
Raman Khwastra, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me Atha ratush ashatchit
hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say.
3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi
of Ashavan Zarathushtra. We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas.
4. We worship the Ashavan, good, powerful, holy Fravashis, the
material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters,
the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters
of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the
Ashavan master of Asha!
5. We worship Hawan, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship
Haurvatat, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship Ameretat, Ashavan,
the master of Asha, We worship the Ahuric question, Ashavan, the
master of Asha, We worship the Ahuric doctrine, Ashavan, the master
of Asha, We worship the mighty Yasna Haptanghaiti, Ashavan, the
master of Asha.
6. We worship Savanghe and Visya, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha,
We worship the Airyema-ishyo (prayer), Ashavan, the master of
Asha, mighty, victorious against the hostility [of Daevas], overcoming
all hostility, destroying all hostility, which is the last, middle,
and the foremost of the Manthras to be invoked, the five Gathas.
7. We worship Mithra of wide pastures, And we worship Raman Khwastra,
and the master Visya, for worship and praise; and we worship Visya,
Asha- sanctified, the master of Asha.
8. We worship Mithra of wide pastures, with a thousand ears,
ten thousand eyes, a Yazata who is invoked by name. We worship
Raman Khwastra!
9. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided
with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Apam Napat, Nairyosangha, and the brave Yazata Damoish Upamana.
We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the Fravashis of the
Ashavan.
We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest
in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings
of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already)
done, and those that will be done.
We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best
for worship according to Asha, male and female.
10. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Mithra
of wide pastures, with a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata
who is invoked by name, (and) Raman Khwastra.
Ashem Vohu....
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Rapithwin Gah - (midday to mid-afternoon)
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1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
To Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration,
propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Fshu and Zangtuma, Ashavan,
the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and
praise.
2. With propitiation of Asha Vahishta and Atar, (son) of Ahura
Mazda, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me
Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say.
3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi
of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas.
4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the
material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters,
the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters
of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the
Ashavan master of Asha!
5. We worship Rapithwin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, We worship
the Ahunawad Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the
Ushtawad Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Spentomad
Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Wohukhshathra
Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Wahishtoisht
Gatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha.
6. We worship Fradat-Fshu and the Ashavan Zantuma, the master
of Asha, and we worship the Fshusho Manthra, and we worship the
truthfully spoken word; we worship the truthfully spoken sayings,
victorious, Daeva smiting. We worship the waters and the Earth;
we worship the plants and the spiritual Ashavan Yazatas, conferring
good; and we worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas.
7. We worship the Ashavan, good, powerful, holy Fravashis; and
we worship the peak of Asha Vahishta: of great Manthra, of great
operation, of great fidelity, of great performance, of great
effect in spreading the Mazdayasnian religion.
8. We worship that assembly and meeting of the Amesha Spentas
when they visit the heights of Heaven, to worship and praise the
master Zantuma, and the Ashavan Zantuma, the master of Asha.
9. We worship Asha Vahishta, and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda!
10. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided
with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata
Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the
Fravashis of the Asha- sanctified.
11. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest
in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings
of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already)
done, and those that will be done.
We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best
for worship according to Asha, male and female.
12. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Asha
Vahishta and Atar (son) of Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu....
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Uzerin Gah - (mid-afternoon to sunset)
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1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
To Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for worship, adoration,
propitiation and praise. To Fradat-Vira and Dakhyuma, Ashavan,
the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation and
praise.
2. With propitiation of the lofty Ahura Apam Napat, and the waters
made by Mazda, for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me
Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say.
3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi
of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas.
4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the
material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters,
the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters
of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the
Ashavan master of Asha!
5. We worship Uzerin, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship
the Zaotar, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Havanan,
Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Aterevaxsh, Ashavan,
the master of Asha; we worship the Fraberetar, Ashavan, the master
of Asha; we worship the Aberet, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we
worship the Asnatar, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the
Rathwishkara, Ashavan, the master of Asha; we worship the Sraoshavarez,
Ashavan, the master of Asha;
6. We worship the Fradat-Vira and Dakhyuma, Ashavan, the master(s)
of Asha; we worship the stars and the Moon and the Sun, the [celestial]
luminosity. We worship Anagra Raochah; and we worship the comfortable
abode of the blissful, which is the torment of the druj-followers.
7. We worship those Asha-ones who perform their duty, the master(s)
of Asha; and we worship the later doctrine. We worship the Asha-believing
creation of Asha, performing its duty by day and night with worthy
offering of Zaothra, for worship and adoration of the master Dahvyuma;
and we worship the Ashavan Dahvyuma, the master of Asha.
8. We worship the lofty Ahura, the radiant Khshathra, Apam Napat,
possessing swift horses; and we worship the Ashavan waters, made
by Mazda.
9. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided
with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata
Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the
Fravashis of the Ashavan.
10. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest
in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings
of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already)
done, and those that will be done.
We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best
for worship according to Asha, male and female.
11. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Asha
Vahishta and the fire of Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu....
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Aiwisruthrem Gah - (sunset to midnight)
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1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
To Aiwisruthrem that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of Asha,
for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. To Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti
and Zarathushtrotema, Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship,
adoration, propitiation and praise.
2. With propitiation of the Ashavan Fravashis, and to the women
with their troops of heroes, and the Yairya Hushitay and to Ama,
well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created; and to
Triumphing Uparatat, for worship, adoration, propitiation and
praise.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me
Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say.
3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi
of Ashavan Zarathushtra. We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas.
4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the
material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters,
the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters
of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the
Ashavan master of Asha!
5. We worship Aiwisruthrima, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We
worship Aibigaya, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship you,
Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We
worship the stone mortar, the master of Asha. We worship the iron
mortar, the master of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with
Asha and provided with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship the waters (and) plants; we worship the Aourvatam
Urunay , Ashavan, the master of Asha.
6. We worship the Fradat-vispam-hujyatay, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha.
We worship the sacred Manthra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We
worship the Geush Urvan, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
the Zarathushrotema, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship Zarathushtra,
Ashavan, the master of Asha.
7. We worship the Athravan, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
the warrior, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the cattle
farmer, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the cattle farmer,
Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the homes with a house-lord,
Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the villages with a village-lord,
Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the provinces with a province-lord,
Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the countries with a country-lord,
Ashavan, the master of Asha.
8. We worship the youth of good thought, good words, good deeds,
good Daena , Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the youth
(who) makes intercession, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
the Khvaetvadatha, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the
(priest) within the country, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
the blessed (priest who) goes about abroad, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship the homes with a house-lady, Ashavan, the
master of Asha.
9. We also worship the Ashavan woman, predominating in good thoughts,
predominating in good words, predominating in good deeds, well
instructed, having power over the masters , Ashavan, (as are)
Spenta Armaiti and your females, O Ahura Mazda.
We also worship the Ashavan man, predominating in good thoughts,
predominating in good words, predominating in good deeds, knowing
the creed, not knowing the Kayadha, through whose activity Creation
is advanced in Asha, for worship and adoration of the master Zarathushtrotema,
and we worship the Ashavan Zarathushtrotema, the master of Asha.
10. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the
material and the spiritual. We also worship the women with their
troops of heroes, and we worship the Yairya Hushitay. And we worship
Ama, well-built, fair of form; and we worship Verethraghna, Ahura-created;
and we worship Triumphing Uparatat.
11. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided
with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata
Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the
Fravashis of the Ashavan.
12. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest
in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings
of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already)
done, and those that will be done.
We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best
for worship according to Asha, male and female.
13. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the
Ashavan Fravashis, and to the women with their troops of heroes,
and the Yairya Hushitay and to Ama, well-built, fair of form,
Verethraghna, Ahura-created; and to Triumphing Uparatat.
Ashem Vohu....
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Ushahin Gah - (midnight to dawn)
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1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
To Ushahin that furthers life, Ashavan, the master of Asha, for
worship, adoration, propitiation and praise. To Berejya and Nmanya,
Ashavan, the master(s) of Asha, for worship, adoration, propitiation
and praise.
2. With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi, procuring
rewards, victorious, who furthers the world, (and) the very straight
Razishta and Arshtad, who further the world, who augment the world,
for worship, adoration, propitiation and praise.
Yatha Ahu Vairyo, the zaotar should say to me
Atha ratush ashatchit hacha, the knowing Asha-one should say.
3. We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Zarathushtra, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the Fravashi
of Ashavan Zarathushtra, We worship the Ashavan Amesha Spentas.
4. We worship the good, powerful, holy Fravashis, Ashavan, the
material and the spiritual. We worship the most effective of masters,
the most active of Yazatas, and the most worthy of the masters
of Asha, who is best able to reach his goal of satisfaction, the
Ashavan master of Asha!
5. We worship Ushahin, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
the beautiful Ushah; we worship the radiant Ushah, with swift
horses, the men ..., the insight of men ..., the deceased, together
with (?) Nmanya; the swift Ushah, with swift horses, which appear
throughout the seven regions of the earth; we worship that Ushah.
We worship Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Vohu Mano; we worship Asha Vahishta; we worship Khshathra Vairya;
we worship the good Spenta Armaiti.
6. We worship Berejya, Ashavan, the master of Asha; for the practice
of Asha Vahishta, for the practice of the good Mazdayasnian
religion , for worship and adoration of the master Nmanya; and
we worship Nmanya, Ashavan, the master of Asha.
7. We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious,
world-promoting, the Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship the
very straight Rashnu; and we worship Arshtad, who further the
world, who augment the world!
8. We worship you, O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda, Ashavan, the master
of Asha. We worship this Baresman spread with Asha and provided
with Zaothra and girdle, Ashavan, the master of Asha. We worship
Apam Napat. We worship Nairyosangha. We worship the brave Yazata
Damoish Upamana. We worship the souls of the deceased, they, the
Fravashis of the Ashavan.
9. We worship the exalted master who is Ahura Mazda, who is highest
in Asha, who is furthest going in Asha. We worship all the teachings
of Zarathushtra. We worship all well done deeds (those already)
done, and those that will be done.
We worship all those Beings whom Ahura Mazda knows to be best
for worship according to Asha, male and female.
10. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Sraosha,
companion of Ashi, procuring rewards, victorious, who furthers
the world, (and) the very straight Razishta and Arshtad, who further
the world, who augment the world.
Ashem Vohu....
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Niyayeshes (litanies)
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Khwarshed Niyayesh (Sun Litany)
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Translation by Dhalla, 1908.
0. In the name of God. I praise and invoke the creator Ormazd,
the radiant, glorious, omniscient, maker, lord of lords, king
over all kings, watchful, creator of the universe, giver of daily
bread, powerful, strong, eternal, forgiver, merciful, loving,
mighty, wise, holy, and nourisher. May (his) just kingdom be imperishable.
May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the beneficent lord, increase.
(Hither) may come the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. Of
all sins ... I repent.
1. Homage to you, O Ahura Mazda, trice prior to other creatures.
Homage to you, O Amesha Spentas, all of one accord with the Sun.
May this (homage) seek its way so as to reach to Ahura Mazda,
this (homage) to the Amesha Spentas, this (homage) to the Fravashis
of the righteous, this to Vayu, that follows its own law for the
Long Period.
2. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda.... I praise Asha.
3. I praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds and those
that are to be thought, spoken, and done. I do accept all good
thoughts, good words, and good deeds. I do renounce all evil thoughts,
evil words, and evil deeds.
4. I proffer to you, O Amesha Spentas, sacrifice and prayer,
with thought, with word, with deed, with (my) being, with the
very life of my body. I praise Asha.
5. Homage to Ahura Mazda. Homage to the Amesha Spentas. Homage
to Mithra of wide cattle pastures. Homage to the Sun, the swift-horsed.
Homage to these two eyes that are of Ahura Mazda. Homage to the
Bull. Homage to Gaya (Maretan). Homage to the Fravashi of the
righteous Spitama Zarathushtra. Homage to the whole creation of
the Righteous One, that is, that is coming into being and that
will be.
(At the Hawan Gah:)
Further the body through Vohuman, Khshathra, and Asha in accordance
with (my) desire.
(At the Rapithwin Gah:)
(To) these lights, the highest (light) of the high.
(At the Uzerin Gah:)
At which end you (i.e. Ahura Mazda) will come with your Beneficent
Spirit.
6. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. We
sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures,
Whose word is true, who is of the assembly,
Who has a thousand ears, the well-shaped one,
Who has ten thousand eyes, the exalted one,
Who has wide knowledge, the helpful one,
Who sleeps not, the ever wakeful.
7. We sacrifice to Mithra
The lord of all countries,
Whom Ahura Mazda created the most glorious
Of the supernatural yazads.
So may there come to us for aid
Both Mithra and Ahura, the two exalted ones.
We sacrifice to the immortal,
Radiant, swift-horsed Sun.
8. We sacrifice to Tishtrya of sound eyes. We sacrifice to Tishtrya.
We sacrifice to those attendants on Tishtrya. We sacrifice to
Tishtrya, the radiant (and) glorious. We sacrifice to the star
Vanant, made by Mazda. We sacrifice to the star Tishtrya, the
radiant (and) glorious. We sacrifice to the Sky that follows its
own law. We sacrifice to the boundless Time. We sacrifice to Time,
that follows its own law for the long period. We sacrifice to
the wind, the holy (and) beneficent. We sacrifice to Wisdom, the
most upright, righteous, made by Mazda. We sacrifice to the good
Mazdayasnian Religion. We sacrifice to the Path leading to the
good state. We sacrifice to the golden shaft. We sacrifice to
Mount Saokanta, made by Mazda.
9. We sacrifice to every righteous Yazad of the spiritual world.
We sacrifice to every righteous Yazad of the material world. We
sacrifice to our own soul. We sacrifice to our own Fravashi. Come
to my help, O Mazda. We sacrifice to the good, helpful, holy Fravashis
of the righteous. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed
Sun.
10. I proclaim ... of the Ahurian Faith.
(Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication)
Propitiation ... glorification to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed
Sun. As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one who
knows it pronounce it to me.
11. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun. When
the Sun warms with its light, when the sunlight gives warmth,
there stand the spiritual Yazads, a hundred and a thousand. They
gather together this glory. They distribute this glory. They bestow
this glory upon the earth made by Ahura, with the furtherance
of the world of Asha, with the furtherance of the material existence
of Asha, with the furtherance of the Sun that (is) immortal, radiant,
swift-horsed.
12. When the Sun rises up, purification comes to the earth made
by Ahura, purification to the flowing waters, purification to
the waters of the wells, purification to the water of the seas,
purification to the water that is standing. Purification comes
to the righteous creation, which is of the Beneficent Spirit.
13. If indeed the Sun were not to rise, then the daevas would
kill all things that are in the seven regions. Not at all would
the spiritual Yazads find support and stability in the material
world.
14. Whoever sacrifices to the Sun that is immortal, radiant, (and)
swift-horsed, in order to withstand darkness, to withstand the
daevas, the progeny of darkness, to withstand the theives and
robbers, to withstand the sorcerers and the enchantresses, to
withstand death that creeps on,
He sacrifices to Ahura Mazda, he sacrifices to the Amesha Spentas,
he sacrifices to his own soul.
He propitiates all heavenly and earthly Yazads, who sacrifices
to the Sun that is immortal, radiant, swift-horsed.
15. I shall sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who has
a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I shall sacrifice to his mace,
well aimed against the skulls of the Daevas, Mithra of wide cattle
pastures. And I shall sacrifice to that friendship which is the
best of friendships, that between the Moon and the Sun.
16. For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with
audible worship, the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun, with
libations. We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed
Sun, with milk provided with Haoma, with the Barsom, with skill
of tongue, and with the spell, and with word, and with deeds,
and with libations, and with rightly spoken words.
Of whomsoever among beings Ahura Mazda has known the excellence
(lit. something better) in Yasna-sacrifice in accordance with
Asha, to both these males and females we sacrifice.
(Recite quietly:) ....
Y.A.V.(2)
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the
immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun.
17. I bless the sacrifice ... of the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed
Sun.
18. (Whoso sacrifices to) the Ahuranis (Ladies) of Ahura with
most excellent libation, with fairest libations, with libations
filtered by the pious man, (give) to that man radiance ... as
I bless.
A thousand ... ten thousand of the healing remedies.
Come to me for help, O Mazda! ... of the Time of Long Duration.
(Paz.) The reward of merit ... as I bless.
19. Homage to the creator of the creatures of the world, on the
day (N.) of good name, of holy name, of auspicious name, of the
month (N.) of auspicious name, of the gah (N.).
Propitiation ... I praise Asha.
May there be an increase in the luster and glory of the immortal,
radiant, swift-horsed Sun, the courageous, victorious in courage
and victory. May the knowledge, promulgation, and glory of the
good Mazdayasnian Law and Religion be in the seven regions of
the earth. So be it. I must go thither (i.e. the next world).
(Homage) to the Creator of the world, to the Mazdayasnian Religion,
the Law of Zartusht. Homage to you, O righteous Ardvisura Anahita,
most profitable, righteous one.
Homage to you, good Tree, righteous one, created by Ormazd!
We sacrifice to the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun.
(Hither) may reach the immortal, radiant, swift-horsed Sun.
Mihr Niyayesh (Litany to Mithra)
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0. In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the
beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come Mithra of wide cattle pastures,
the true judge. Of all sins ... I repent.
1-9. Homage to you, O Ahura Mazda ... come to my help, O Mazda. We
sacrifice to the good, helpful, holy Fravashis of the righteous.
We sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures.
10. I proclaim ... of the Ahurian Faith.
(Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication)
Propitiation ... glorification to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who has a
thousand ears, who has ten thousand eyes, the Yazad who is invoked by name,
(and) to Rama Khvastra. As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one
who knows it pronounce it to me.
11. We sacrifice to Mithra of wide cattle pastures, whose word is true
... the ever wakeful. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is around the country. We
sacrifice to Mithra, who is within the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who
is in the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is above the country. We
sacrifice to Mithra, who is under the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is
before the country. We sacrifice to Mithra, who is behind the country.
12. We sacrifice to Mithra and Ahura, the exalted, imperishable,
righteous ones, and the Stars, the Moon, and the Sun, by means of trees
yielding Barsom. We sacrifice to Mitha, the Lord of all countries.
13. For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with audible
worship, Mithra of wide cattle pastures with libations. We sacrifice to
Mithra of wide cattle pastures, who gives an abode of joy, and a good abode to
the Aryan countries.
14. May he come hither to us in order to help
(us). May he come hither to us for spaciousness. May he come hither to
us to support (us). May he come hither to us to (grant us) mercy. May
he come hither to us to cure (us of disease). May he come hither to us
so that we are able to defeat our enemies. May he come hither to us to
(grant us) a good life. May he come hither to us to grant us possession
of Truth. (May) strong, unshakable, undeceivable Mithra of wide pastures,
who is worthy of worship and praise, (come hither) for the sake of the
whole material world.
15. This powerful strong god Mithra, strongest in the (world of)
creatures, I will worship with libations. I will cultivate him with praise
and reverence, worship him with audible prayer, with libations, Mithra of wide
cattle pastures.
We worship Mithra of wide cattle pastures with Haoma-containing milk and
baresman twigs, with skill of tongue and magic word, with speech and action
and libations, and with correctly uttered words.
We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom Ahura Mazda
knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. better) according to Asha.
Vispa Humata
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All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds I do willingly.
All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds I do unwillingly.
All good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds will reach Paradise.
All evil thoughts, all evil words, all evil deeds will reach Hell.
And all good thoughts, all good words, all good deeds are the
badge of the Ashavans for Paradise. Ashem Vohu....
Nam Stayishn
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(Translation by B. N. Dhabhar, Translation of Zand-i Khurtak
Avistak, Bombay, 1963, pp. 44 ff.)
1. With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Ashem Vohu....
Praise be to the name of Him Who always was, always is and
always will be. (He is), by name, the Yazad Spena Menoi. Even
among the spiritual (yazads). He is Menoi (i.e. an invisible spirit).
One of His own names is also Ohrmazd. (He is) the greatest Lord,
powerful and wise, creator, nourisher, protector, compassionate,
virtuous, forgiver, pure, a good dispenser of justice and all
powerful.
2. Thanks be to that Great Architect who, with His own unrivaled
strength and wisdom, created the sublime world, the six Amahraspands
of higher rank, many wonderful Yazads, the bright paradise Garothman,
the revolution of the sky, the shining sun, the brilliant moon,
stars of different germs, the wind, atmosphere, water, fire, the
earth, trees, beneficent cattle, the metals and mankind.
3. Adoration and praise be to the righteous Lord Who made man
the greatest of all earthly creatures and through (the gift of)
speech and the power of reasoning, created them for the sovereignty
of the times and for the management of the creatures through the
contest in battles against the daevas.
4. Homage to the Omniscient One, to him who is compassionate,
who, through Zartosht Spitaman of holy farohar, sent for the creatures
the apostleship (of religion), the knowledge of and the trustworthiness
with regard to, the Religion, innate wisdom and wisdom acquired
through the ears, and the instruction of, and guidance for all
who are, were, and will be, and the science of sciences, viz.,
the bountiful Manthra, so that the soul at the Chinwad bridge
may be released from hell, and may cause them to pass over the
Best Existence of the holy, the bright sweet-smelling, and all-beneficent.
5. In obedience to your command, o compassionate one, I accept
your pure religion, and think, speak, and practice (in accordance
with it). I am steadfast on every meritorious deed and desist
from all sins. I keep pure my own personal conduct and completely
preserve the six powers of life, viz., first, thought, second,
word, third, deed, and again fourth, reasoning, fifth, memory,
and sixth, intellect.
6. O righteous one, according to your will, I shall accomplish
to the extent of (my) power, your worship with good thoughts,
good words, and good deeds. I shall open (for myself) the brilliant
way (of paradise) so that the grievous punishment of hell may
not be inflicted on me. I shall pass over the Chinwad bridge and
attain to the abode of paradise (which is) very fragrant, all-embroidered,
and of all happiness.
7. Praise be to the merciful Lord who bestows rewards for meritorious
deeds on those who obey his commands according to his will, and
at last will liberate even the wicked from (the torture of) hell
and will embellish with purity the whole creation.
8. All praise to the creator Ohrmazd the omniscient, omnipotent,
and powerful, and to the seven Amahraspands, to the victorious
Yazad Warharan, the vanquisher of foes, and to the well-shapen
(Yazad) Ama (strength). (May all these) come (to my help).
[May the glory of the pure and good religion of the Mazdayasnians
be triumphant].
9. Homage to these places and cities [these regions and districts],
[know that they are not specially mentioned], pasture lands [i.e.,
stalls of cattle are so called], houses [i.e., dwellings], drinking
places [i.e., fountains of water], to the waters, lands, and trees,
to this earth and the yonder sky, and even to the holy wind, to
the stars, the moon and the sun, and also to the self-sustained
eternal lights, [know that the self-sustainedness is this that
every one of them acts for itself] and to all creations of Spena
Menoi, males and females, [especially] the lords of holiness.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
Namaz-i Chahar nemag
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Of all sins I repent. Ashem Vohu....
(Recite once facing East, West, South, and North respectively:)
>> Homage to these places and these lands, and for these
pastures, and these abodes vith their hay-racks, and for the waters,
land, and plants, and for this earth and for yon heaven, and for
tbe Asha-owning wind, and for the stars, moon, and sun, and for
the eternal stars without beginning, and self-disposing, and for
all the Asha-owning creatures of Spenta Mainyu, male and female,
the regulators of Asha. Ashem Vohu.... (4)<<
Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
Ashem Vohu....
Mah Niyayesh (Moon Litany)
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0. In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the
beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come the purifier Moon, the Yazad
Moon. Of all sins ... I repent.
1. Homage to Ahura Mazda. Homage to the Amesha Spentas. Homage to the
Moon that has the seed of the Bull. Homage (to the Moon) when looked at.
Homage with the look.
2. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. ... I praise Asha. I proclaim ... of
Ahurian Faith.
(Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.)
Propitiation ... glorification to the Moon that has the seed of
the Bull. To the sole-created Bull. To the Bull of many species.
As (he is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one who knows it
pronounce it to me.
3. Homage to Ahura Mazda .... Homage with the look.
4. How does the Moon wax? How does the Moon wane? Fifteen (days) does
the Moon wax. Fifteen days does the moon wane. As long as (is) her waxing,
so long the waning. So long (is) the waning, even as the waxing. Who (is it)
through whom the Moon waxes (and) wanes, (other) than you?
5. We sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the
righteous and master of Asha. Now I look at the Moon. Now I present myself
to the Moon. Now I behold the brilliant Moon. I present myself to the
brilliant Moon. There stand up the Amesha Spentas, they hold the glory.
There stand the Amesha Spentas, they bestow the glory on the earth created by
Ahura.
6. When the Moon warms with its light, then the golden-colored plants
always grow up together from the earth in the spring. (We sacrifice to) the
new-moon days, the full-moon days, and the intervening seventh day. We
sacrifice to the new-moon, the righteous, master of Asha. We sacrifice to the
full-moon, the righteous, master of Asha. We sacrifice to the intervening
day, the righteous, master of Asha.
7. I will sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the
bestower, radiant, glorious, possessed of water, possessed of warmth,
possessed of knowledge, possessed of wealth, possessed of riches, possessed of
discernment, possessed of weal, possessed of verdure, possessed of good, the
bestower, the healing.
8. For his splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to him with audible
worship, the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, with libations.
We sacrifice to the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, the righteous,
master of Asha,
With Haoma-containing milk ... and with correctly uttered words.
We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom Ahura
Mazda knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit. better) according to
Asha.
9. Y.A.V.(2).
I desire worship ... of the Moon that has the seed of the Bull, of the sole-
created Bull, of cattle of all species. Ashem...(3). 10.Give strength
and victory. Give a satisfactory supply of cattle. Give a multitude of men,
steadfast, belonging to the assembly, vanquishing, not vanquished, vanquishing
adversaries at one stroke, vanquishing enemies at one stroke, of manifest help
to the blessed.
11. O Yazads full of fortune! O Yazads full of healing! Manifest by
your greatness, manifest be those of you who help when invoked. O waters give
indeed just your own manifest fortune to the worshiper.
Aban Niyayesh (Litany to Water)
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0. In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the
beneficent lord, increase. (Hither) may come Banu Aban Ardvisur.
Of all sins ... I repent.
1. To the good waters, created by Mazda. To the waters of Aredvi
Anahita, the righteous. To all waters created by Mazda. To all
plants created by Mazda. Propitiation ... glorification. As (he
is) the Lord that is to be chosen ... let one who knows it pronounce
it to me.
2. Ahura Mazda spoke to Spitama Zarathushtra: 'May you sacrifice
for me, O Spitama Zarathushtra, to her who is Aredvi Sura Anahita,
The wide-expanding, the healing,
Foe to the daevas, of Ahura's Faith,
Worthy of sacrifice in the material world,
Worthy of prayer in the material world,
Life-increasing, the righteous,
Herd-increasing, the righteous,
Fold-increasing, the righteous,
Wealth-increasing, the righteous,
Country-increasing, the righteous.'
3. Who purifies the seed of all males.
Who purifies the wombs of
All females for bearing. Who makes all females have easy childbirth.
Who bestows on all females
Right (and) timely milk.
4. The great, far-famed,
Who is as much in greatness
As all these waters
That run along on this earth.
Who, the strong one, flows forth
From the height Hukairya
To the Sea Vourukasha.
5. All the shores around the Sea Vourukasha
Are in commotion,
The whole middle is bubbling up
When she flows forth to them,
When she streams forth to them,
Aredvi Sura Anahita.
To whom belong a thousand lakes,
To whom a thousand outlets;
Anyone of these lakes
And any of these outlets
(Is) a forty days' ride
For a man mounted on a good horse.
6. And the outflow of this
One water of mine penetrates to all the seven zones. And (the
outflow) of this one water of mine
Flows continuously
Both summer and winter.
She purifies my waters, she (purifies) the seed of males, the
wombs of females, the milk of females.
7. Whom I, Ahura Mazda by movement of tongue (?) brought forth
for the furtherance of the house, village, town, and country.
8. Inasmuch as I shall henceforth recite the Staota Yasna, and
shall recite the Ahuna Vairya, and shall pour forth (?) the Asha
Vahishta, and shall purify the good waters with (lit. together
with) that Gathic word 'Ahura Mazda attained first in the Abode
of Praise' - she will therefore give me reward.
9. For her splendor and fortune I shall sacrifice to her with
audible worship, I shall sacrifice to her with the well-sacrificed
worship. Through this may you be commanded when invoked! Through
this may you be more than well-sacrificed! (We sacrifice) to Aredvi
Sura Anahita, the righteous, with libations. We sacrifice to Aredvi
Sura Anahita, the righteous, master of Asha,
With Haoma-containing milk ... and with correctly uttered words.
We worship the male and female Entities in the worship of whom
Ahura Mazda knows (there is (or: consists) what is) best (lit.
better) according to Asha.
Atash Niyayesh (Litany to Fire)
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0. With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of
Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata.
Ashem Vohu.... In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of
Ormazd, the beneficent Lord, increase.
(Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:)
To the Fire Behram, the great Fire.
(Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:)
To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire.
(Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:)
To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire.
Of all sins ... I repent.
1. Arise unto me, O Ahura! give vigor through Armaiti, Strength
by the good reward through Thy Holy Spirit, O Mazda! Mighty power
through Asha, supremacy through Vohu Manah.
2. For my support, O Far-seeing One, may Ye manifest unto me
those incomparable things
Of your Khshathra, O Ahura, which are the reward of Vohu Manah;
Instruct our consciences, O Holy Armaiti, through Asha.
3. So Zarathushtra gives as an offering even the life of his body,
And the excellence of Vohu Manah unto Mazda,
As also obedience and power of deed and word unto Asha.
4. Propitiation unto Ahura Mazda. Homage unto thee, O Fire of
Ahura Mazda, thou good-created, great Yazata.
Ashem Vohu...(3).
I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,
opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.
(Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.)
Unto Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda. Unto thee, O Fire, son of Ahura
Mazda.
5. To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to the good fortune and Prosperity,
created by Mazda; to the Aryan good fortune, created by Mazda;
to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire, the son
of Ahura Mazda; to Kavi Husravah, to the Lake of Husravah; to
Mount Asnavant, created by Mazda; to Lake Chaechista, created
by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda.
6. To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, created
by Mazda, to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire,
the son of Ahura Mazda; O Fire! holy warrior, O Yazata full of
fortune, O Yazata full of healing; to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda,
with all fires; to the Yazata Nairyosangha, offspring of sovereignty
(Khshathra). Propitiation for worship, adoration, propitiation,
and praise.
'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me
'Atha ratush ashatchit hacha', the Asha-owning, knowing one should
say.
7. I bless in reverence and adoration the abiding offering, the
joyous offering, and the devotional offering (offered) to you,
O Fire! son of Ahura Mazda.
Worthy of sacrifice you are, worthy of prayer,
worthy of sacrifice may you always be, worthy of prayer,
in the dwellings of men.
May there be hope to that man who verily shall sacrifice to you
with fuel in his hand, with the Baresma in his hand,
with milk in his hand, with the mortar in his hand.
8. May you be provided with proper fuel! May you be provided
with proper incense! May you be provided with proper nourishment!
May you be provided with proper upkeep! May you be maintained
by one of full age! May you be maintained by one wise (in religion),
O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda.
9. In order to be burning in this house, in order to be ever
burning in this house, in order to be blazing in this house, in
order to be increasing in this house,
Even throughout the Long Time,
until the mighty Renovation, including the mighty, good Renovation.
10. Give me, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda! well-being immediately,
sustenance immediately; life immediately, well-being in abundance;
sustenance in abundance, life in abundance; knowledge, holiness,
a ready tongue, understanding for (my) soul; and afterwards wisdom
(which is) comprehensive, great, imperishable.
11. (Give me) then the manly valor, which is ever afoot, sleepless,
(for one third of the days and nights), watchful while lying in
bed. (Give me) native offspring that give support, ruling over
the region, belonging to the assembly, thoroughly developed, possessed
of good works, delivering from distress, of good intellect, that
may further my house, village, town, country, (and) the renown
of the country.
12. Give me, O Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, the Best
World of the righteous, the shining, the all-happy, so that it
may fulfill my wish, now and for ever, so as to attain to good
reward, and to good renown, and to long happiness of my soul!
13. The Fire of Ahura Mazda
Gives command to all
For whom he cooks
The night and the morning meals.
From all he solicits
A good offering, and a wished-for offering,
And a devotional offering, O Spitama!
14. The Fire looks at the hands of all passers-by - 'what does
the friend bring to the friend, the one that goes forth to the
one that sits still?' We sacrifice unto the holy Fire, the bold,
good warrior.
15. Then if that one brings unto him either fuel righly brought,
or Baresma rightly spread, or the plant Hadhanaepata, to him thereupon,
in fulfillment of his wish, the Fire of Ahura Mazda, propitiated,
unoffended, gives a blessing:
16. 'May a herd of cattle attend you,
A multitude of men to you,
And may an active mind
And an active spirit attend you.
May you live with a joyous life
The nights which you live!'
This is the Fire's blessing (on him)
Who brings him fuel,
Dry, exposed to the light,
Purified in accordance with the ritual of Asha.
17. (Recite silently:)
Ormazd the Lord! the increaser of mankind, of the species
of mankind, of all species, and of all good ones! May he cause
intelligence, steadfastness, and goodness, unto me (who am) one
of the good Mazdayasnians. So be it!
(Recite aloud:)
Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).
I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Fire,
son of Ahura Mazda. For Fire, son of Ahura Mazda, to the good
fortune and prosperity, created by Mazda, to the Aryan good fortune,
created by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda;
to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Kavi Husravah; to the Lake
of Husravah, to Mount Asnavant, created by Mazda; to Lake Chaechista,
created by Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda.
To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, created by
Mazda; to the kingly good fortune, created by Mazda; to Fire,
the son of Ahura Mazda; O Fire! holy warrior, O Yazata full of
fortune, O Yazata full of healing; to Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda,
with all fires; to the Yazata Nairyosangha, offspring of sovereignty
(Khshathra).
Ashem Vohu...(3).
18. Then through Asha, O Ahura! we wish your mighty and powerful
Fire, which is taught through Asha, to be a manifest help to the
ally, but a visible harm at your beck, O Mazda! to the foe.
Ashem Vohu....
19. Bestow on him riches... (SrB5)
20. Homage to the creator of the creatures of the world, on the
day (name the day) of good name, of holy name, of auspicious name,
on the month (name the month) of auspicious name, of the Gah (name
the Gah). With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire
of Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata.
Ashem Vohu....
May there be an increase in the luster and fortune .
(Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:)
To the Fire Behram, the great Fire.
(Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:)
To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire.
(Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:)
To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire.
May the powerful and victorious fires - Adar Gushasp, Adar Khordad
and Adar Burzin Meher and other Adaran and Atashan which are established
in their proper places (dad-gah) be on the increase. May the greatness
and brightness of Menoi Karko which is powerful and victorious
be on the increase. May these be on the increase - these fires
which possess power and victory. May the knowledge, promulgation,
and glory of the Mazdayasnian law and religion be in the seven
regions of the earth! So be it!
I must go thither (3).
Ashem Vohu....
(Recite facing south:)
To the creator of the world, to the Mazdayasnian religion,
the Law of Zarthusht. Homage to you! O righteous Ardvisura Anahita,
most profitable, O righteous one.
Ashem Vohu....
Homage to you, O good tree, righteous, created by Mazda.
Ashem Vohu....
With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of Ahura
Mazda, O good created, great Yazata.
Ashem Vohu....
Yashts (Hymns to Ahura Mazda, the Archangels, and the Angels)
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1. Ohrmazd Yasht (Hymn to Ahura Mazda)
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(Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the
East, American Edition, 1898.)
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be destroyed
by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God).
I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words,
and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds;
I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.
I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O Amesha-Spentas! even with
the fullness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of
my heart: I give unto you even my own life.
I recite the 'Praise of Holiness:'
'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for
it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness!'
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,
one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],
the holy and master of holiness;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Savanghi
and Visya], the holy and masters of holiness;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto the
Masters of the days, of the periods of the day, of the months,
of the seasons, and of the years;
Unto AHURA MAZDA, bright and glorious, be propitiation, with sacrifice,
prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness:
the riches of Vohu-Mano shall he given to him who works in this
world for Mazda, and wields according to the will of Ahura the
power he gave him to relieve the poor.
1. Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent
Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!
'What of the Holy Word is the strongest? What is the most victorious?
What is the most glorious? What is the most effective?
2. 'What is the most fiend-smiting? What is the best-healing?
What destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men? What maketh
the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes?
What freeth the material world best from the anxieties of the
heart?'
3. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Our Name, O Spitama Zarathushtra! who
are the Amesha-Spentas, that is the strongest part of the Holy
Word; that is the most victorious; that is the most glorious;
that is the most effective;
4. 'That is the most fiend-smiting; that is the best-healing;
that destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men: that maketh
the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes;
that freeth the material World best from the anxieties of the
heart.'
5. Then Zarathushtra said: 'Reveal unto me that name of thine,
O Ahura Mazda! that is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the
most effective, the most fiend-smiting, the best-healing, that
destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men;
6. 'That I may afflict all Daevas and Men; that I may afflict
all Yatus and Pairikas; that neither Daevas nor Men may be able
to afflict me; neither Yatus nor Pairikas.'
7. Ahura Mazda replied unto him: 'My name is the One of whom
questions are asked, O holy Zarathushtra!
'My second name is the Herd-giver
'My third name is the Strong One
'My fourth name is Perfect Holiness.
'My fifth name is All good things created by Mazda, the offspring
of the holy principle.
'My sixth name is Understanding;
'My seventh name is the One with understanding.
'My eighth name is Knowledge;
'My ninth name is the One with Knowledge.
8. 'My tenth name is Weal;
'My eleventh name is He who produces weal.
'My twelfth name is AHURA (the Lord).
'My thirteenth name is the most Beneficent.
'My fourteenth name is He in whom there is no harm.
'My fifteenth name is the unconquerable One.
'My sixteenth name is He who makes the true account.
'My seventeenth name is the All-seeing One.
'My eighteenth name is the healing One.
'My nineteenth name is the Creator.
'My twentieth name is MAZDA (the All-knowing One).
9. Worship me, O Zarathushtra, by day and by night, with offerings
of libations well accepted I will come unto thee for help and
joy, I, Ahura Mazda; the good, holy Sraosha will come unto thee
for help and joy; the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of
the holy ones will come unto thee for help and joy.
10. 'If thou wantest, O Zarathushtra, to destroy the malice of
Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,
of the blind and of the deaf, of the two-legged ruffians, of the
two-legged Ashemaoghas, of the four-legged wolves;
11. 'And of the hordes with the wide front, with the many spears,
with the straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the
spear of havock; then, recite thou these my names every day and
every night.
12. 'I am the Keeper; I am the Creator and the Maintainer; I am
the Discerner; I am the most beneficent Spirit.
'My name is the bestower of health; my name is the best bestower
of health.
'My name is the Athravan; my name is the most Athravan-like of
all Athravans.
'My name is Ahura (the Lord)
'My name is Mazdau (the all-knowing).
'My name is the Holy; my name is the most Holy.
'My name is the Glorious; my name is the most Glorious.
'My name is the Full-seeing; my name is the Fullest-seeing.
'My name is the Far-seeing; my name is the Farthest-seeing.
13. 'My name is the Protector; my name is the Well-wisher; my
name is the Creator; my name is the Keeper; my name is the Maintainer.
'My name is the Discerner; my name is the Best Discerner.
'My name is the Prosperity-producer; my name is the Word of Prosperity.
'My name is the King who rules at his will; my name is the King
who rules most at his will.
'My name is the liberal King; my name is the most liberal King.
14. 'My name is He who does not deceive; my name is He who is
not deceived.
'My name is the good Keeper; my name is He who destroys malice;
my name is He Who conquers at once; my name is He who conquers
everything; my name is He who has shaped everything.
'My name is All weal; my name is full weal; my name is the Master
of weal.
15. 'My name is He who can benefit at his wish; my name is He
who can best benefit at his wish.
'My name is the Beneficent One; my name is the Energetic One;
my name is the most Beneficent.
'My name is Holiness; my name is the Great One; my name is the
good Sovereign; my name is the Best of Sovereigns.
'My name is the Wise One; my name is the Wisest of the Wise; my
name is He who does good for a long time.
16. 'These are my names.
'And he who in this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! shall
recite and pronounce those names of mine either by day or by night;
17. 'He who shall pronounce them, when he rises up or when he
lays him down; when he lays him down or when he rises up; when
he binds on the sacred girdle or when he unbinds the sacred girdle;
when he goes out of his dwelling-place, or when he goes out of
his town, or when he goes out of his country and comes into another
country:
18. 'That man, neither in that day nor in that night, shall be
wounded by the weapons of the foe who rushes Aeshma-like and is
Druj-minded; not the knife, not the cross-bow, not the arrow,
not the sword, not the club, not the sling-stone shall reach and
wound him.
19. 'But those names shall come in to keep him from behind and
to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female Varenya
fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that fiend
who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were a
thousand men watching over one man.
20. '"Who is he who will smite the fiend in order to maintain
thy ordinances? Teach me clearly thy rules for this world and
for the next, that Sraosha may come with Vohu-Mano and help whomsoever
thou pleasest."
21. 'Hail to the Glory of the Kavis! Hail to the Airyanem Vaejah!
Hail to the Saoka, made by Mazda! Hail to the waters of the Daitya!
Hail to Ardvi, the undefiled well! Hail to the whole world of
the holy Spirit!
'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord...
'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
22. 'We worship the Ahuna Vairya. We worship Asha-Vahishta, most
fair, undying, and beneficent. We worship Strength and Prosperity
and Might and Victory and Glory and Vigour. We worship Ahura Mazda,
bright and glorious.
'Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the
goodness for a sacrifice [performed] in holiness, all those beings,
males and females, do we worship.
23. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
I bless the sacrifice and the prayer unto Ahura Mazda, bright
and glorious, and his strength and vigour.'
(Bahman Yasht.)
24. 'O Zarathushtra! keep thou for ever that man who is friendly
[to me] from the foe unfriendly [to me]! Do not give up that friend
unto the stroke (of the foe), unto vexations to be borne; wish
no harm unto that man who would offer me a sacrifice, be it ever
so great or ever so small, if it has reached unto us, the Amesha-Spentas.
25. 'Here is Vohu-Mano, my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Asha-Vahishta,
my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Khshathra-Vairya, my creature,
O Zarathushtra! here is Spenta-Armaiti, my creature, O Zarathushtra!
here are Haurvatat and Ameretat, who are the reward of the holy
ones, when freed from their bodies, my creatures, O Zarathushtra!
26. 'Thou knowest this, and how it is, O holy Zarathushtra! from
my understanding and from my knowledge; namely, how the world
first began, and how it will end.
'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies!
'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies!
'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies!
27. '[We worship] the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; Verethraghna,
made by Ahura; the crushing Ascendant, and Spenta-Armaiti.
28. 'And with the help of Spenta-Armaiti, break ye asunder their
malice, turn their minds astray, bind their hands, make their
knees quake against one another, bind their tongues.
'When, O Mazda! shall the faithful smite the wicked? When shall
the faithful smite the Druj? When shall the faithful smite the
wicked?'
29. Then Zarathushtra said: 'I threw you back into the earth,
and by the eyes of Spenta-Armaiti the ruffian was made powerless.
30. 'We worship the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda; the powerful
Gaokerena, made by Mazda.
31. 'We worship the memory of Ahura Mazda to keep the Holy Word.
We worship the understanding of Ahura Mazda, to study the Holy
Word.
'We worship the tongue of Ahura Mazda, to speak forth the Holy
Word.
'We worship the mountain that gives understanding, that preserves
understanding; [we worship it] by day and by night, with offerings
of libations well-accepted.
32. 'We worship that creation [of Ahura's], Spenta-Armaiti; and
the holy creations of that creature and of Asha [Vahishta], that
are foremost in holiness.
'Here I take as lord and master the greatest of all, Ahura Mazda;
to smite the fiend Angra Mainyu; to smite Aeshma of the wounding
spear; to smite the Mazainya fiends; to smite all the Daevas and
the Varenya fiends; to increase Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious;
to increase the Amesha-Spentas; to increase the star Tishtrya,
the bright and glorious; to increase the faithful men; to increase
all the holy creatures of the beneficent Spirit.
'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
33. Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)
'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....'
2. Haft Amahraspand Yasht
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0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!...
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of
Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of
Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto
[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....
I.
1. To Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the
Amesha-Spentas;
To Vohu-Mano; to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is
more powerful to destroy than all other creatures; to the
heavenly Wisdom, made by Mazda, and to the Wisdom acquired
through the ear, made by Mazda;
2. To Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; to the much-desired Airyaman;
to the instrument made by Mazda: and to the good Saoka, with eyes
of love, made by Mazda and holy;
To Khshathra-Vairya; to the metals; to Mercy and Charity.
3. To the good Spenta-Armaiti, and to the good Rata, with eyes
of love, made by Mazda and holy;
To Haurvatat, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons
and to the years, the masters of holiness;
And to Ameretat, the master; to fatness and flocks; to the
plenty of corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda.
4. (At the Gah Hawan): To Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and
to Rama Hvastra.
(At the Gah Rapithwin): To Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the
son of Ahura Mazda.
(At the Gah, Uzerin): To Apam Napat, the tall lord, and to
water, made by Mazda.
5. (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): To the Fravashis of the faithful
and to the females that bring forth flocks of males; to the
prosperity of the seasons; to the well-shapen and tall-formed
Strength; to Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing
Ascendant.
(At the Gah Usahin): To the holy, devout, fiend-smiting
Sraosha, who makes the world grow; to Rashnu-Razishta and to
Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase;
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation and
glorification!
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
II.
6. We sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; we
sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the
all-beneficent.
We sacrifice unto Vohu-Mano, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice
unto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more powerful to
destroy than all other creatures; we sacrifice unto the heavenly
Wisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired
through the ear, made by Mazda.
7. We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the
Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice unto the much-desired Airyaman; we
sacrifice unto the instrument made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto
the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.
We sacrifice unto Khshathra-Vairya; we sacrifice unto the
metals; we sacrifice unto Mercy and Charity.
8. We sacrifice unto the good Spenta-Armaiti; we sacrifice unto
the good Rata, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.
We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice
unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years,
the holy and masters of holiness.
We sacrifice unto Ameretat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice
unto fatness and flocks; we sacrifice unto the plenty of corn; we
sacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda.
9. (At the Gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of
wide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra.
(At the Gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta and
Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda.
(At the Gah Uzerin): We sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the
swift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females;
we sacrifice unto the holy waters, made by Mazda.
10. (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): We sacrifice unto the good,
powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; we sacrifice unto
the females who bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice unto
the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen,
tall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by
Mazda; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant.
(At the Gah Ushahin): We sacrifice unto the holy,
tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha; who makes the world grow, the
holy an master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu-Razishta; we
sacrifice unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the
world increase
III.
11. Let the Yatus be crushed, O Zarathushtra! both Daevas and
men.
Who is he in whose house, O Spitama Zarathushtra! every Druj
is destroyed, every Druj perishes, when he pronounces these
words:
12. ........?
13. It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling,
the all-beneficent, as a shield against his enemies.
We worship the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; we worship
the waters coming in the shape of a horse, made by Mazda.
14-15.
He has renounced trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! he
has renounced all trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! when he
throws down the destroyer of Vohu-Mano and his words, with a
hundred times hundredfold, with a many times manifold preaching
and smiting, and he takes away the Law of Mazda, that was carried
away as a prisoner, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are
destroyed by his strength.
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
16. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
I bless the sacrifice and the prayer, the strength and
vigour
Of Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and of the
Amesha-Spentas;
Of Vohu-Mano; of Peace, whose breath is friendly....
Of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired
Airyaman....
Of Khshathra-Vairya, of the metals....
Of the good Spenta-Armaiti and of the good Rata....
Of Haurvatat, the master....
Of Ameretat, the master....
(At the Gah Hawan): Of Mithra....
(At the Gah Rapithwin): Of Asha-Vahishta....
(At the Gah Uzerin): Of the high lord Apam Napat....
(At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): Of the Fravashis of the
faithful....
(At the Gah Ushahin): Of the holy, devout, fiend-smiting
Sraosha, who makes the world grow; of Rashnu-Razishta and of
Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase.
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
Give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of
body, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious strength
of body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous
offspring,
give him long, long life, give him the bright, all-happy,
blissful abode of the holy Ones.
3. Ardwahisht Yasht
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0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of
Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of
Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto
[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....
Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; unto the much-desired
Airyaman, made by Mazda, and unto the good Saoka, with eyes of
love, made by Mazda and holy;
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and
glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
I.
1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'That
thou mayest increase Asha-Vahishta, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with
hymns of praise, with performance of the office, with
invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration -
once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful
abodes - for the sacrifice and invocation of us, the
Amesha-Spentas'....
2. Zarathushtra said: 'Say unto me the right words, such as
they are, O Ahura Mazda! that I may increase Asha-Vahishta, with
hymns of praise, with performance of the office, with
invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration, -
once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful
abodes, - for the sacrifice and invocation of you, the
Amesha-Spentas.
3. '.... I proclaim Asha-Vahishta: if I proclaim Asha-Vahishta,
then easy is the way to the abode of the other Amesha-Spentas,
which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Thoughts, which Ahura Mazda
keep with Good Words, which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Deeds;
4. '(Easy is the way to the Garo-nmana of Ahura Mazda): the
Garo-nmana is for the holy souls, and no one of the wicked can
enter the Garo-nmana and its bright, wide, holy ways; (no one of
them can go) to Ahura Mazda.
II.
5. 'The Airyaman prayer smites down the strength of all the
creatures of Angra Mainyu, of the Yatus and Pairikas. It is the
greatest of spells, the best of spells, the very best of all
spells; the fairest of spells, the very fairest of all spells;
the fearful one amongst spells, the most fearful of all spells;
the firm one amongst spells, the firmest of all spells; the
victorious one amongst spells, the most victorious of all spells;
the healing one amongst spells, the best-healing of all spells.
6. 'One may heal with Holiness, one may heal with the Law, one
may heal with the knife, one may heal with herbs, one may heal
with the Holy Word: amongst all remedies this one is the healing
one that heals with the Holy Word; this one it is at will best
drive away sickness from the body of the faithful: for this one
is the best-healing of all remedies.
7. 'Sickness fled away [before it], Death fled away; the Daeva
fled away, the Daeva's counter-work fled away; the unholy
Ashemaogha fled away, the oppressor of men fled away.
8. 'The brood of the Snake fled away; the brood of the Wolf
fled away; the brood of the Two-legged fled away. Pride fled
away; Scorn fled away; Hot Fever fled away; Slander fled away;
Discord fled away; the Evil Eye fled away.
9. 'The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the Jahi,
addicted to the Yatu, fled away; the Jahi, who makes one pine,
fled away; the wind that blows from the North fled away; the
wind that blows from the North vanished away.
10. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who
might smite those Daevas by thousands of thousands, by ten
thousands of ten thousands; he smites sickness, he smites death,
he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva's counter-work, he
smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men.
11. 'He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of
the Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites
Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander;
he smites Discord; he smites the Evil Eye.
12. 'He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the
Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; he smites the Jahi, who makes one
pine. He smites the wind that blows from the North; the wind
that blows from the North vanished away.
13. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and
who might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten
thousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the
worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him:
14. 'He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu: "Woe is me! Here is the
god Asha-Vahishta, who will smite the sickliest of all
sicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses;
'"He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict
the deadliest of all deaths;
'"He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will
afflict the most fiendish of all fiends;
'"He will smite the most counter-working of all
counter-works, he will afflict the most counter-working of all
counter-works;
'"He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the
unholy Ashemaogha;
'"He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of
men, he will afflict most oppressive of the oppressors of men.
15. '"He will smite the snakiest of the Snake's brood, he will
afflict the snakiest of the Snake's brood;
'"He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood, he
will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood;
'"He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will
afflict the worst of the two-legged brood;
'"He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride;
'"He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn;
'"He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict
the hottest of hot fevers;
'"He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will
afflict the most slanderous of slanders;
'"He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will
afflict the most discordant of discords;
'"He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict
the worst of the Evil Eye.
16. '"He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will
afflict the most lying words of falsehood;
'"He will smite the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu, he will
afflict the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu;
'"He will smite the Jahi, who makes one pine, he will
afflict the Jahi, who makes one pine;
'"He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will
afflict the wind that blows from the North."
17. 'The Druj will perish away, the Druj will perish; the Druj
will rush, the Druj will vanish. Thou perishest away to the
regions of the North, never more to give unto death the living
world of the holy spirit.
18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a
sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Asha-Vahishta, the
fairest - the Amesha-Spenta. Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the
Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat,
the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the
speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words.
'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the
goodness....
19. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
'I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and
vigour of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired
Airyaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of
love, made by Mazda and holy.
'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health
of body; .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of
the holy Ones.'
4. Awerdad Yasht
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0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of
Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of
Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto
[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....
Unto Haurvatat, the master; unto the prosperity of the
seasons and unto the years, the masters of holiness,
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and
glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice
unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years,
the holy and masters of holiness.
1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I
created for the faithful the help, the enjoyments, the comforts,
and the pleasures of Haurvatat. We unite them with him who would
come up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spentas, as he would come to
any of the Amesha-Spentas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahishta,
Khshathra-Vairya, Spenta-Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat.
2. 'He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas,
against their ten thousands of ten thousands, against their
numberless myriads would invoke the name of Haurvatat, as one of
the Amesha-Spentas, he would smite the Nasu, he would smite
Hashi, he would smite Bashi, he would smite Saeni, he would
smite Buji.
3. 'I proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men]; if I
proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men], then Rashnu
Razishta, then every heavenly Yazata of male nature in company
with the Amesha-Spentas will free the faithful man
4. 'From the Nasu, from Hashi, from Gashi, from Saeni, from
Buji; from the hordes with the wide front, from the hordes with
the many spears uplifted, from the evil man who oppresses, from
the willful sinner, from the oppressor of men, from the Yatu,
from the Pairika, from the straying way.
5. 'How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the way
of the wicked?'
Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is when a man pronouncing my
spell, either reading or reciting it by heart, draws the furrows
and hides there himself, [saying]:
6. '"I will smite thee, O Druj! whomsoever thou art, whomsoever
thou art amongst the Drujes that come in an open way, whomsoever
thou art amongst the Drujes that come by hidden way, whomsoever
thou art amongst the Drujes that defile by contact; whatsoever
Druj thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan countries;
whatsoever Druj thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Druj!
I throw thee down below, O Druj!"
7. 'He draws [then] three furrows: I proclaim him one of the
faithful; he draws six furrow: I proclaim him one of the
faithful; he draws nine furrows: I proclaim him one of the
faithful.
8. 'The names of those (Amesha-Spentas) smite the men turned to
Nasus by the Drujes: the seed and kin of the deaf are smitten,
the scornful are dead, as the Zaotar Zarathushtra blows them
away to woe, however fierce, at his will and wish, as many as he
wishes.
9. 'From the time when the sun is down he smites them with
bruising blows; from the time when the sun is no longer up, he
deals deadly blows on the Nasu with his club struck down, for the
propitiation and glorification of the heavenly gods.
10. 'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one,
except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother
from the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil in black
hair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted to the good law,
holy and brave, stills all the Drujes.
11. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a
sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Haurvatat, the
Amesha-Spenta. Unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the
libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the
tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,
and the rightly-spoken words.
12.
'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and
vigour of Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons
and of the years, the masters of holiness.
'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him
the bright, all happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'
5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht (Hymn to the Waters)
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Translated by James Darmesteter. (From Sacred Books of the
East, American Edition, 1898.)
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,
one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],
the holy and master of holiness....
Unto the good Waters, made by Mazda; unto the holy water-spring
ARDVI ANAHITA; unto all waters, made by Mazda; unto all plants,
made by Mazda,
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
I.
1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Offer
up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of mine,
Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who
hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of
sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material
world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy,
the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy,
the country-increasing and holy;
2.
'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb
of all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females
bring forth in safety, who puts milk into the breasts of all females
in the right measure and the right quality;
3. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole
of the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully from
the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-Kasha.
4. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all
the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when
she streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand
cells and a thousand channels: the extent of each of those cells,
of each of those channels is as much as a man can ride in forty
days, riding on a good horse.
5. 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread
all over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on
bringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine
purifies the seed in males, the womb in females the milk in females'
breasts.
6. 'I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with mighty vigor, for the
increase of the house, of the borough of the town, of the country,
to keep them, to maintain them, to look over them, to keep and
maintain them close.
7. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Spitama Zarathushtra! proceeded
forth from the Maker Mazda. Beautiful were her white arms, thick
as a horse's shoulder or still thicker; beautiful was her ....,
and thus came she, strong, with thick arms, thinking thus in her
heart:
8. '"Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice,
with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with
the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me,
and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good
will unto me?"
9. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice
worth being heard; I will offer up unto the holy Ardvi Sura Anahita
a good sacrifice with an offering of libations;- thus mayest thou
advise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be most fully
worshipped, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! with the Haoma and meat, with
the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells,
with the words with the deeds, with the libations, and with the
rightly-spoken words.
'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....
II.
10. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving,
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy
of sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material
world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy,
the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy,
the country-increasing and holy;
11. 'Who drives forwards on her chariot, holding the reins of
the chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot, longing for men
and thinking thus in her heart: "Who will praise me? Who
will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and
well-strained, together with the Haoma and meat? To whom shall
I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with me, and bestows
gifts unto me, and is of good will unto me?"
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth
being heard....
III.
12. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
13. 'Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and the same color,
of the same blood, tall, crushing down the hates of all haters,
of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,
of the blind and of the deaf.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....
IV.
14. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
15. 'Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends
down by day and by night a flow of motherly waters as large as
the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs
powerfully.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
V.
16. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
17. 'To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice to
the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and
meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the
holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations,
and with the rightly-spoken words.
18. He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of
Pourushaspa, the holy Zarathushtra, to think after my law, to
speak after my law, to do after my law!"
19. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would
grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
VI.
20. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
21. 'To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice
on the enclosure of the Hara, with a hundred male horses, a thousand
oxen, and ten thousand lambs.
22. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita, that I may become the sovereign
lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and
Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that
I may smite down two thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the
fiends of Varena."
23. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
VII.
24. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
25. 'To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice
from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand
oxen, ten thousand lambs.
26. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign
lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and
Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that
I may take from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness
and flocks, both weal and Glory."
27. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
VIII.
28. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
29. 'To her did Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, offer up a sacrifice
in the land of Bawri, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.
30. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this boon,
O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may make all
the seven Karshvares of the earth empty of men."
31. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon, although
he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating
her that she would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
IX.
32. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi
Sura Anahita....
33. 'To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,
offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred
male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
34. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Azi Dahaka,
the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand
senses, that most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful
to the world, the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against
the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle;
and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghavach and Erenavach,
who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful
creatures in the world."
35. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
X.
36. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi
Sura Anahita....
37. 'To her did Keresaspa, the manly-hearted, offer up a sacrifice
behind the Vairi Pisanah, with a hundred male horses, a thousand
oxen, ten thousand lambs.
38. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the golden-heeled
Gandarewa, though all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling
over; and that I may run up to the stronghold of the fiend on
the wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar."
39. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XI.
40. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sara Anahita....
41. 'To her did the Turanian murderer, Frangrasyan, offer up a
sacrifice in his cave under the earth, with a hundred male horses,
a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
42. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may seize hold of that
Glory, that is waving in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha and
that belongs to the Aryan people, to those born and to those not
yet born, and to the holy Zarathushtra."
43. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
II.
44. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
45. 'To her did the great, most wise Kavi Usa offer up a sacrifice
from Mount Erezifya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen,
ten thousand lambs.
46. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me, this, O
good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the
sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the
Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf."
47. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XIII.
48. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
49. 'To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan
nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice behind the Chaechasta
lake, the deep lake, of salt waters, with a hundred male horses,
a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
50. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign
lord of all countries, of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas,
of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may have
the lead in front of all the teams and that he may not pass through
the forest , he, the murderer, who now is fiercely striving against
me on horseback."
51. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XIV.
52. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
53. 'To her did the valiant warrior Tusa offer worship on the
back of his horse, begging swiftness for his teams, health for
his own body, and that he might watch with full success those
who hated him, smite down his foes, and destroy at one stroke
his adversaries, his enemies, and those who hated him.
54. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the gallant
sons of Vaesaka, by the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high
up on the lofty, holy Kangha; that I may smite of the Turanian
people their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their
thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their
tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads."
55. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XV.
56. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
57. 'To her did the gallant sons of Vaesaka offer up a sacrifice
in the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high up on the lofty,
holy Kangha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten
thousand lambs.
58. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O
good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome
the valiant warrior Tusa, and that we may smite of the Aryan people
their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands,
their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands
and their myriads of myriads."
59. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XVI.
60. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
61. 'The old Vafra Navaza worshipped her when the strong fiend-smiter,
Thraetaona, flung him up in the air in the shape of a bird, of
a vulture.
62. 'He went on flying, for three days and three nights, towards
his own house; but he could not, he could not turn down. At the
end of the third night, when the beneficent dawn came dawning
up, then he prayed unto Ardvi Sura Anahita, saying:
63. '"Ardvi Sura Anahita! do thou quickly hasten helpfully
and bring me assistance at once. I will offer thee a thousand
libations, cleanly prepared and well strained, along with Haomas
and meat, by the brink of the river Rangha, if I reach alive the
earth made by Ahura and my own house."
64. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid,
fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girdled, pure, nobly
born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle wearing
a golden...., and radiant.
65. 'She seized him by the arm: quickly was it done, nor was it
long till, speeding, he arrived at the earth made by Mazda and
at his own house, safe, unhurt, unwounded, just as he was before.
[66. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, entreating that she would
grant him that boon.]
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XVII.
67. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
68. 'To her did Jamaspa offer up a sacrifice, with a hundred horses,
a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, when he saw the army of the
wicked, of the worshippers of the Daevas, coming from afar in
battle array.
69. 'He asked of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may be as constantly
victorious as any one of all the Aryans."
70. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XVIII.
71. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
72. 'To her did Ashavazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti, and Ashavazdah
and Thrita, the sons of Sayuzhdri, offer up a sacrifice, with
a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, by Apam
Napat, the tall lord, the lord of the females, the bright and
swift-horsed.
73. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O
good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome
the assemblers of the Turanian Danus, Kara Asabana, and Vara Asabana,
and the most mighty Duraekaeta, in the battles of this world.
74. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering
up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant them that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, l will offer her a sacrifice....
XIX.
75. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
76. 'Vistauru, the son of Naotara, worshipped her by the brink
of the river Vitanghuhaiti, with well-spoken words, speaking thus:
77. '"This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten
as many of the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on
my head. Do thou then, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! leave me a dry passage,
to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti."
78. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid,
fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, pure, nobly
born of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all
sorts of ornaments and radiant. A part of the waters she made
stand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward, and she
left him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti.
[79. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.]
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XX.
80. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
81. 'To her did Yoishta, one of the Fryanas, offer up a sacrifice
with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs on
the Pedvaepa of the Rangha.
82. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the evil-doing
Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine
hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya,
the offspring of darkness."
83. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXI.
84. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
85. 'Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus, saying: "Come,
O Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars down to the earth
made by Ahura, that the great lords may worship thee, the masters
of the countries, and their sons.
86. '"The men of strength will beg of thee swift horses and
supremacy of Glory.
'"The Athravans who read and the pupils of the Athravans
will beg of thee knowledge and prosperity, the Victory made by
Ahura, and the crushing Ascendant.
87. '"The maids of barren womb, longing for a lord, will
beg of thee a strong husband;
'"Women, on the point of bringing forth, will beg of thee
a good delivery.
'"All this wilt thou grant unto them, as it lies in thy power,
O Ardvi Sura Anahita!"
88. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita came forth, O Zarathushtra! down
from those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Sura Anahita
spake thus:
89. '"O pure, holy Zarathushtra! Ahura Mazda has established
thee as the master of the material world: Ahura Mazda has established
me to keep the whole of the holy creation.
'"Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged
men go on, upon the earth: I, forsooth, keep all good things,
made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle, just as a
shepherd keeps his flock."
90. 'Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: "O Ardvi Sura
Anahita! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With
what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward thee? So
that Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth), that he may
not make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun; and that
the Serpent may not injure thee with...., with...., with....,
and.... poisons."
91. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama!
this is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is
the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship and forward me, from
the time when the sun is rising to the time when the sun is setting.
'"Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou who art
an Athravan, who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art
wise, clever, and the Word incarnate.
92. '"Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man fever-sick,
no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one
who does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined.
93. '"I do not accept those libations that are drunk in my
honor by the blind, by the deaf, by the wicked, by the destroyers,
by the niggards, by the...., nor any of those stamped with those
characters which have no strength for the holy Word.
'"Let no one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed
or bulged forward; no fiend with decayed teeth."
94. 'Then Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: "O Ardvi
Sura Anahita! What becomes of those libations which the wicked
worshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set?"
95. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama Zarathushtra!
howling, clapping, hopping, and shouting, six hundred and a thousand
Daevas, who ought not to receive that sacrifice, receive those
libations that men bring unto me after [the sun has set]."
96. 'I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices,
made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from
a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of
as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth,
and she runs powerfully.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXII.
97. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
98. 'Before whom the worshippers of Mazda stand with baresma in
their hands: the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did worship
her; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift
horses. Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches an full prosperity;
quickly became Vishtaspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest
horses in these countries.
99. ['Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were
offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating
that she would grant them that boon.]
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXIII.
100. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
101. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels: the extent
of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much
as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse. In each
channel there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred
windows, with a thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand
balconies, and mighty.
102. 'In each of those palaces there lies a well-laid, well-scented
bed, covered with pillows, and Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathushtra!
runs down there from a thousand times the height of a man, and
she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that
run along the earth, and she runs powerfully.
XXIV.
103. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
104. 'Unto her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in
the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and
meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the
holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations,
and with the rightly-spoken words.
105. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of
Aurvat-aspa, the valiant Kavi Vistaspa, to think according to
the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the
law."
106. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was
offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating
that she would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXV.
107. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
108. 'Unto her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice
behind Lake Frazdanava, with a hundred male horses, a thousand
oxen, ten thousand lambs.
109. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Tathravant,
of the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas and
the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world!"
110. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXVI.
111. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
112. 'Unto her did Zairi-vairi, who fought on horseback, offer
up a sacrifice behind the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses,
a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
113. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good,
most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Pesho-Changha
the corpse-burier, Humayaka the worshipper of the Daevas, and
the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world.
114. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was
offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating
that she would grant him that boon.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXVII.
115. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
116. 'Unto her did Arejat-aspa and Vandaremaini offer up a sacrifice
by the sea Vouru-Kasha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand
oxen, ten thousand lambs.
117. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O
good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may conquer
the valiant Kavi Vishtaspa and Zairivairi who fights on horseback,
and that we may smite of the Aryan people their fifties and their
hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands
and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their
myriads of myriads."
118. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that favor, though
they were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and
entreating that she should grant them that favor.
'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXVIII.
119. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....
120. 'For whom Ahura Mazda has made four horses -- the wind,
the rain, the cloud, and the sleet -- and thus ever a upon the
earth it is raining, snowing, hailing, and sleeting; and whose
armie