{"collection":"Zoroastrianism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/zor/ka_sbe2.htm","path":"zor/ka_sbe2.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/zor/ka_sbe2.htm","text":"AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (Book of Common Prayer) part 2\n Translation by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the\n East, American Edition, 1898.)\nYashts (Hymns to Ahura Mazda, the Archangels, and the Angels)\n-------------------------------------------------------------\n 1. Ohrmazd Yasht (Hymn to Ahura Mazda)\n --------------------------------------\n (Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the\n East, American Edition, 1898.)\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be destroyed\n by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God). \n I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words,\n and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds;\n I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds. \n I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O Amesha-Spentas! even with\n the fullness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of\n my heart: I give unto you even my own life. \n I recite the 'Praise of Holiness:' \n 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for\n it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness!'\n I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\n one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\n For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\n the holy and master of holiness; \n For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Savanghi\n and Visya], the holy and masters of holiness;\n For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto the\n Masters of the days, of the periods of the day, of the months,\n of the seasons, and of the years; \n Unto AHURA MAZDA, bright and glorious, be propitiation, with sacrifice,\n prayer, propitiation, and glorification. \n Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness:\n the riches of Vohu-Mano shall he given to him who works in this\n world for Mazda, and wields according to the will of Ahura the\n power he gave him to relieve the poor.\n1. Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\n Spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! \n 'What of the Holy Word is the strongest? What is the most victorious?\n What is the most glorious? What is the most effective?\n2. 'What is the most fiend-smiting? What is the best-healing?\n What destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men? What maketh\n the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes?\n What freeth the material world best from the anxieties of the\n heart?'\n3. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Our Name, O Spitama Zarathushtra! who\n are the Amesha-Spentas, that is the strongest part of the Holy\n Word; that is the most victorious; that is the most glorious;\n that is the most effective;\n4. 'That is the most fiend-smiting; that is the best-healing;\n that destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men: that maketh\n the material world best come to the fulfillment of its wishes;\n that freeth the material World best from the anxieties of the\n heart.'\n5. Then Zarathushtra said: 'Reveal unto me that name of thine,\n O Ahura Mazda! that is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the\n most effective, the most fiend-smiting, the best-healing, that\n destroyeth best the malice of Daevas and Men;\n6. 'That I may afflict all Daevas and Men; that I may afflict\n all Yatus and Pairikas; that neither Daevas nor Men may be able\n to afflict me; neither Yatus nor Pairikas.'\n7. Ahura Mazda replied unto him: 'My name is the One of whom\n questions are asked, O holy Zarathushtra!\n 'My second name is the Herd-giver\n 'My third name is the Strong One\n 'My fourth name is Perfect Holiness.\n 'My fifth name is All good things created by Mazda, the offspring\n of the holy principle. \n 'My sixth name is Understanding; \n 'My seventh name is the One with understanding. \n 'My eighth name is Knowledge; \n 'My ninth name is the One with Knowledge.\n8. 'My tenth name is Weal; \n 'My eleventh name is He who produces weal. \n 'My twelfth name is AHURA (the Lord). \n 'My thirteenth name is the most Beneficent. \n 'My fourteenth name is He in whom there is no harm. \n 'My fifteenth name is the unconquerable One. \n 'My sixteenth name is He who makes the true account. \n 'My seventeenth name is the All-seeing One. \n 'My eighteenth name is the healing One. \n 'My nineteenth name is the Creator. \n 'My twentieth name is MAZDA (the All-knowing One).\n9. Worship me, O Zarathushtra, by day and by night, with offerings\n of libations well accepted I will come unto thee for help and\n joy, I, Ahura Mazda; the good, holy Sraosha will come unto thee\n for help and joy; the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of\n the holy ones will come unto thee for help and joy.\n10. 'If thou wantest, O Zarathushtra, to destroy the malice of\n Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,\n of the blind and of the deaf, of the two-legged ruffians, of the\n two-legged Ashemaoghas, of the four-legged wolves;\n11. 'And of the hordes with the wide front, with the many spears,\n with the straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the\n spear of havock; then, recite thou these my names every day and\n every night.\n12. 'I am the Keeper; I am the Creator and the Maintainer; I am\n the Discerner; I am the most beneficent Spirit. \n 'My name is the bestower of health; my name is the best bestower\n of health. \n 'My name is the Athravan; my name is the most Athravan-like of\n all Athravans. \n 'My name is Ahura (the Lord) \n 'My name is Mazdau (the all-knowing). \n 'My name is the Holy; my name is the most Holy. \n 'My name is the Glorious; my name is the most Glorious. \n 'My name is the Full-seeing; my name is the Fullest-seeing. \n 'My name is the Far-seeing; my name is the Farthest-seeing.\n13. 'My name is the Protector; my name is the Well-wisher; my\n name is the Creator; my name is the Keeper; my name is the Maintainer.\n 'My name is the Discerner; my name is the Best Discerner. \n 'My name is the Prosperity-producer; my name is the Word of Prosperity.\n 'My name is the King who rules at his will; my name is the King\n who rules most at his will. \n 'My name is the liberal King; my name is the most liberal King.\n14. 'My name is He who does not deceive; my name is He who is\n not deceived. \n 'My name is the good Keeper; my name is He who destroys malice;\n my name is He Who conquers at once; my name is He who conquers\n everything; my name is He who has shaped everything. \n 'My name is All weal; my name is full weal; my name is the Master\n of weal.\n15. 'My name is He who can benefit at his wish; my name is He\n who can best benefit at his wish. \n 'My name is the Beneficent One; my name is the Energetic One;\n my name is the most Beneficent. \n 'My name is Holiness; my name is the Great One; my name is the\n good Sovereign; my name is the Best of Sovereigns. \n 'My name is the Wise One; my name is the Wisest of the Wise; my\n name is He who does good for a long time.\n16. 'These are my names.\n 'And he who in this material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! shall\n recite and pronounce those names of mine either by day or by night;\n17. 'He who shall pronounce them, when he rises up or when he\n lays him down; when he lays him down or when he rises up; when\n he binds on the sacred girdle or when he unbinds the sacred girdle;\n when he goes out of his dwelling-place, or when he goes out of\n his town, or when he goes out of his country and comes into another\n country:\n18. 'That man, neither in that day nor in that night, shall be\n wounded by the weapons of the foe who rushes Aeshma-like and is\n Druj-minded; not the knife, not the cross-bow, not the arrow,\n not the sword, not the club, not the sling-stone shall reach and\n wound him.\n19. 'But those names shall come in to keep him from behind and\n to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female Varenya\n fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that fiend\n who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were a\n thousand men watching over one man.\n20. '\"Who is he who will smite the fiend in order to maintain\n thy ordinances? Teach me clearly thy rules for this world and\n for the next, that Sraosha may come with Vohu-Mano and help whomsoever\n thou pleasest.\"\n21. 'Hail to the Glory of the Kavis! Hail to the Airyanem Vaejah!\n Hail to the Saoka, made by Mazda! Hail to the waters of the Daitya!\n Hail to Ardvi, the undefiled well! Hail to the whole world of\n the holy Spirit! \n 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord... \n 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n22. 'We worship the Ahuna Vairya. We worship Asha-Vahishta, most\n fair, undying, and beneficent. We worship Strength and Prosperity\n and Might and Victory and Glory and Vigour. We worship Ahura Mazda,\n bright and glorious. \n 'Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the\n goodness for a sacrifice [performed] in holiness, all those beings,\n males and females, do we worship.\n23. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n I bless the sacrifice and the prayer unto Ahura Mazda, bright\n and glorious, and his strength and vigour.'\n (Bahman Yasht.)\n24. 'O Zarathushtra! keep thou for ever that man who is friendly\n [to me] from the foe unfriendly [to me]! Do not give up that friend\n unto the stroke (of the foe), unto vexations to be borne; wish\n no harm unto that man who would offer me a sacrifice, be it ever\n so great or ever so small, if it has reached unto us, the Amesha-Spentas.\n25. 'Here is Vohu-Mano, my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Asha-Vahishta,\n my creature, O Zarathushtra! here is Khshathra-Vairya, my creature,\n O Zarathushtra! here is Spenta-Armaiti, my creature, O Zarathushtra!\n here are Haurvatat and Ameretat, who are the reward of the holy\n ones, when freed from their bodies, my creatures, O Zarathushtra!\n26. 'Thou knowest this, and how it is, O holy Zarathushtra! from\n my understanding and from my knowledge; namely, how the world\n first began, and how it will end. \n 'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! \n 'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies! \n 'A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies!\n27. '[We worship] the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; Verethraghna,\n made by Ahura; the crushing Ascendant, and Spenta-Armaiti.\n28. 'And with the help of Spenta-Armaiti, break ye asunder their\n malice, turn their minds astray, bind their hands, make their\n knees quake against one another, bind their tongues. \n 'When, O Mazda! shall the faithful smite the wicked? When shall\n the faithful smite the Druj? When shall the faithful smite the\n wicked?'\n29. Then Zarathushtra said: 'I threw you back into the earth,\n and by the eyes of Spenta-Armaiti the ruffian was made powerless.\n30. 'We worship the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda; the powerful\n Gaokerena, made by Mazda.\n31. 'We worship the memory of Ahura Mazda to keep the Holy Word.\n We worship the understanding of Ahura Mazda, to study the Holy\n Word. \n 'We worship the tongue of Ahura Mazda, to speak forth the Holy\n Word. \n 'We worship the mountain that gives understanding, that preserves\n understanding; [we worship it] by day and by night, with offerings\n of libations well-accepted.\n32. 'We worship that creation [of Ahura's], Spenta-Armaiti; and\n the holy creations of that creature and of Asha [Vahishta], that\n are foremost in holiness. \n 'Here I take as lord and master the greatest of all, Ahura Mazda;\n to smite the fiend Angra Mainyu; to smite Aeshma of the wounding\n spear; to smite the Mazainya fiends; to smite all the Daevas and\n the Varenya fiends; to increase Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious;\n to increase the Amesha-Spentas; to increase the star Tishtrya,\n the bright and glorious; to increase the faithful men; to increase\n all the holy creatures of the beneficent Spirit. \n 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n33. Bestow on him riches... (Recite SrB5.)\n 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....'\n 2. Haft Amahraspand Yasht\n -------------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!...\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of\nZarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of\nAhura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto\n[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....\n I.\n1. To Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the\nAmesha-Spentas;\nTo Vohu-Mano; to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is\nmore powerful to destroy than all other creatures; to the\nheavenly Wisdom, made by Mazda, and to the Wisdom acquired\nthrough the ear, made by Mazda;\n2. To Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; to the much-desired Airyaman;\nto the instrument made by Mazda: and to the good Saoka, with eyes\nof love, made by Mazda and holy;\nTo Khshathra-Vairya; to the metals; to Mercy and Charity.\n3. To the good Spenta-Armaiti, and to the good Rata, with eyes\nof love, made by Mazda and holy;\nTo Haurvatat, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons\nand to the years, the masters of holiness;\nAnd to Ameretat, the master; to fatness and flocks; to the\nplenty of corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda.\n4. (At the Gah Hawan): To Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and\nto Rama Hvastra.\n(At the Gah Rapithwin): To Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the\nson of Ahura Mazda.\n(At the Gah, Uzerin): To Apam Napat, the tall lord, and to\nwater, made by Mazda.\n5. (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): To the Fravashis of the faithful\nand to the females that bring forth flocks of males; to the\nprosperity of the seasons; to the well-shapen and tall-formed\nStrength; to Verethraghna, made by Ahura, and to the crushing\nAscendant.\n(At the Gah Usahin): To the holy, devout, fiend-smiting\nSraosha, who makes the world grow; to Rashnu-Razishta and to\nArshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase;\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation and\nglorification!\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of\nholiness....\n II.\n6. We sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; we\nsacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the\nall-beneficent.\nWe sacrifice unto Vohu-Mano, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more powerful to\ndestroy than all other creatures; we sacrifice unto the heavenly\nWisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired\nthrough the ear, made by Mazda.\n7. We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the\nAmesha-Spenta; we sacrifice unto the much-desired Airyaman; we\nsacrifice unto the instrument made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto\nthe good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.\nWe sacrifice unto Khshathra-Vairya; we sacrifice unto the\nmetals; we sacrifice unto Mercy and Charity.\n8. We sacrifice unto the good Spenta-Armaiti; we sacrifice unto\nthe good Rata, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.\nWe sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years,\nthe holy and masters of holiness.\nWe sacrifice unto Ameretat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto fatness and flocks; we sacrifice unto the plenty of corn; we\nsacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda.\n9. (At the Gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of\nwide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra.\n(At the Gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta and\nAtar, the son of Ahura Mazda.\n(At the Gah Uzerin): We sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the\nswift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females;\nwe sacrifice unto the holy waters, made by Mazda.\n10. (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): We sacrifice unto the good,\npowerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful; we sacrifice unto\nthe females who bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice unto\nthe prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen,\ntall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by\nMazda; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant.\n(At the Gah Ushahin): We sacrifice unto the holy,\ntall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha; who makes the world grow, the\nholy an master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu-Razishta; we\nsacrifice unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the\nworld increase\n III.\n \n11. Let the Yatus be crushed, O Zarathushtra! both Daevas and\nmen.\nWho is he in whose house, O Spitama Zarathushtra! every Druj\nis destroyed, every Druj perishes, when he pronounces these\nwords:\n12. ........?\n13. It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling,\nthe all-beneficent, as a shield against his enemies.\nWe worship the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; we worship\nthe waters coming in the shape of a horse, made by Mazda.\n14-15.\n He has renounced trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! he\nhas renounced all trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! when he\nthrows down the destroyer of Vohu-Mano and his words, with a\nhundred times hundredfold, with a many times manifold preaching\nand smiting, and he takes away the Law of Mazda, that was carried\naway as a prisoner, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are\ndestroyed by his strength.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n16. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of\nholiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and the prayer, the strength and\nvigour\nOf Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and of the\nAmesha-Spentas;\nOf Vohu-Mano; of Peace, whose breath is friendly....\nOf Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired\nAiryaman....\nOf Khshathra-Vairya, of the metals....\nOf the good Spenta-Armaiti and of the good Rata....\nOf Haurvatat, the master....\nOf Ameretat, the master....\n(At the Gah Hawan): Of Mithra....\n(At the Gah Rapithwin): Of Asha-Vahishta....\n(At the Gah Uzerin): Of the high lord Apam Napat....\n(At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): Of the Fravashis of the\nfaithful....\n(At the Gah Ushahin): Of the holy, devout, fiend-smiting\nSraosha, who makes the world grow; of Rashnu-Razishta and of\nArshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nGive unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of\nbody, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious strength\nof body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous\noffspring,\ngive him long, long life, give him the bright, all-happy,\nblissful abode of the holy Ones.\n 3. Ardwahisht Yasht\n -------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of\nZarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of\nAhura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto\n[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; unto the much-desired\nAiryaman, made by Mazda, and unto the good Saoka, with eyes of\nlove, made by Mazda and holy;\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and\nglorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of\nholiness....\n I.\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'That\nthou mayest increase Asha-Vahishta, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with\nhymns of praise, with performance of the office, with\ninvocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration -\nonce to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful\nabodes - for the sacrifice and invocation of us, the\nAmesha-Spentas'....\n2. Zarathushtra said: 'Say unto me the right words, such as\nthey are, O Ahura Mazda! that I may increase Asha-Vahishta, with\nhymns of praise, with performance of the office, with\ninvocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and adoration, -\nonce to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful\nabodes, - for the sacrifice and invocation of you, the\nAmesha-Spentas.\n3. '.... I proclaim Asha-Vahishta: if I proclaim Asha-Vahishta,\nthen easy is the way to the abode of the other Amesha-Spentas,\nwhich Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Thoughts, which Ahura Mazda\nkeep with Good Words, which Ahura Mazda keeps with Good Deeds;\n4. '(Easy is the way to the Garo-nmana of Ahura Mazda): the\nGaro-nmana is for the holy souls, and no one of the wicked can\nenter the Garo-nmana and its bright, wide, holy ways; (no one of\nthem can go) to Ahura Mazda.\n II.\n5. 'The Airyaman prayer smites down the strength of all the\ncreatures of Angra Mainyu, of the Yatus and Pairikas. It is the\ngreatest of spells, the best of spells, the very best of all\nspells; the fairest of spells, the very fairest of all spells;\nthe fearful one amongst spells, the most fearful of all spells;\nthe firm one amongst spells, the firmest of all spells; the\nvictorious one amongst spells, the most victorious of all spells;\nthe healing one amongst spells, the best-healing of all spells.\n6. 'One may heal with Holiness, one may heal with the Law, one\nmay heal with the knife, one may heal with herbs, one may heal\nwith the Holy Word: amongst all remedies this one is the healing\none that heals with the Holy Word; this one it is at will best\ndrive away sickness from the body of the faithful: for this one\nis the best-healing of all remedies.\n7. 'Sickness fled away [before it], Death fled away; the Daeva\nfled away, the Daeva's counter-work fled away; the unholy\nAshemaogha fled away, the oppressor of men fled away.\n8. 'The brood of the Snake fled away; the brood of the Wolf\nfled away; the brood of the Two-legged fled away. Pride fled\naway; Scorn fled away; Hot Fever fled away; Slander fled away;\nDiscord fled away; the Evil Eye fled away.\n9. 'The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the Jahi,\naddicted to the Yatu, fled away; the Jahi, who makes one pine,\nfled away; the wind that blows from the North fled away; the\nwind that blows from the North vanished away.\n10. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who\nmight smite those Daevas by thousands of thousands, by ten\nthousands of ten thousands; he smites sickness, he smites death,\nhe smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva's counter-work, he\nsmites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men.\n11. 'He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of\nthe Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites\nPride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander;\nhe smites Discord; he smites the Evil Eye.\n12. 'He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the\nJahi, addicted to the Yatu; he smites the Jahi, who makes one\npine. He smites the wind that blows from the North; the wind\nthat blows from the North vanished away.\n13. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and\nwho might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten\nthousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the\nworst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him:\n14. 'He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu: \"Woe is me! Here is the\ngod Asha-Vahishta, who will smite the sickliest of all\nsicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses;\n'\"He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict\nthe deadliest of all deaths;\n'\"He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will\nafflict the most fiendish of all fiends;\n'\"He will smite the most counter-working of all\ncounter-works, he will afflict the most counter-working of all\ncounter-works;\n'\"He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the\nunholy Ashemaogha;\n'\"He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of\nmen, he will afflict most oppressive of the oppressors of men.\n15. '\"He will smite the snakiest of the Snake's brood, he will\nafflict the snakiest of the Snake's brood;\n'\"He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood, he\nwill afflict the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood;\n'\"He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will\nafflict the worst of the two-legged brood;\n'\"He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride;\n'\"He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn;\n'\"He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict\nthe hottest of hot fevers;\n'\"He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will\nafflict the most slanderous of slanders;\n'\"He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will\nafflict the most discordant of discords;\n'\"He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict\nthe worst of the Evil Eye.\n16. '\"He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will\nafflict the most lying words of falsehood;\n'\"He will smite the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu, he will\nafflict the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu;\n'\"He will smite the Jahi, who makes one pine, he will\nafflict the Jahi, who makes one pine;\n'\"He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will\nafflict the wind that blows from the North.\"\n17. 'The Druj will perish away, the Druj will perish; the Druj\nwill rush, the Druj will vanish. Thou perishest away to the\nregions of the North, never more to give unto death the living\nworld of the holy spirit.\n18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a\nsacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Asha-Vahishta, the\nfairest - the Amesha-Spenta. Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the\nAmesha-Spenta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat,\nthe baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the\nspeech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words.\n'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the\ngoodness....\n19. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of\nholiness....\n'I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and\nvigour of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired\nAiryaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of\nlove, made by Mazda and holy.\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health\nof body; .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of\nthe holy Ones.'\n 4. Awerdad Yasht\n ----------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of\nZarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of\nAhura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto\n[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Haurvatat, the master; unto the prosperity of the\nseasons and unto the years, the masters of holiness,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and\nglorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of\nholiness....\nWe sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years,\nthe holy and masters of holiness.\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I\ncreated for the faithful the help, the enjoyments, the comforts,\nand the pleasures of Haurvatat. We unite them with him who would\ncome up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spentas, as he would come to\nany of the Amesha-Spentas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahishta,\nKhshathra-Vairya, Spenta-Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat.\n2. 'He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas,\nagainst their ten thousands of ten thousands, against their\nnumberless myriads would invoke the name of Haurvatat, as one of\nthe Amesha-Spentas, he would smite the Nasu, he would smite\nHashi, he would smite Bashi, he would smite Saeni, he would\nsmite Buji.\n3. 'I proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men]; if I\nproclaim the faithful man as the first [of men], then Rashnu\nRazishta, then every heavenly Yazata of male nature in company\nwith the Amesha-Spentas will free the faithful man\n4. 'From the Nasu, from Hashi, from Gashi, from Saeni, from\nBuji; from the hordes with the wide front, from the hordes with\nthe many spears uplifted, from the evil man who oppresses, from\nthe willful sinner, from the oppressor of men, from the Yatu,\nfrom the Pairika, from the straying way.\n5. 'How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the way\nof the wicked?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is when a man pronouncing my\nspell, either reading or reciting it by heart, draws the furrows\nand hides there himself, [saying]:\n6. '\"I will smite thee, O Druj! whomsoever thou art, whomsoever\nthou art amongst the Drujes that come in an open way, whomsoever\nthou art amongst the Drujes that come by hidden way, whomsoever\nthou art amongst the Drujes that defile by contact; whatsoever\nDruj thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan countries;\nwhatsoever Druj thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Druj!\nI throw thee down below, O Druj!\"\n7. 'He draws [then] three furrows: I proclaim him one of the\nfaithful; he draws six furrow: I proclaim him one of the\nfaithful; he draws nine furrows: I proclaim him one of the\nfaithful.\n8. 'The names of those (Amesha-Spentas) smite the men turned to\nNasus by the Drujes: the seed and kin of the deaf are smitten,\nthe scornful are dead, as the Zaotar Zarathushtra blows them\naway to woe, however fierce, at his will and wish, as many as he\nwishes.\n9. 'From the time when the sun is down he smites them with\nbruising blows; from the time when the sun is no longer up, he\ndeals deadly blows on the Nasu with his club struck down, for the\npropitiation and glorification of the heavenly gods.\n10. 'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one,\nexcept by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother\nfrom the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil in black\nhair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted to the good law,\nholy and brave, stills all the Drujes.\n11. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a\nsacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Haurvatat, the\nAmesha-Spenta. Unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the\nlibations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the\ntongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,\nand the rightly-spoken words.\n12.\n 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of\nholiness....\n'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and\nvigour of Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons\nand of the years, the masters of holiness.\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him\nthe bright, all happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'\n 5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht (Hymn to the Waters)\n --------------------------------------------\nTranslated by James Darmesteter. (From Sacred Books of the\nEast, American Edition, 1898.)\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... \nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... \nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; \nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness.... \nUnto the good Waters, made by Mazda; unto the holy water-spring\nARDVI ANAHITA; unto all waters, made by Mazda; unto all plants,\nmade by Mazda, \nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\n \nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n I.\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Offer\nup a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of mine,\nArdvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who\nhates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of\nsacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material\nworld; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy,\nthe fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy,\nthe country-increasing and holy;\n2.\n 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb\nof all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females\nbring forth in safety, who puts milk into the breasts of all females\nin the right measure and the right quality;\n3. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole\nof the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully from\nthe height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-Kasha.\n4. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all\nthe middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when\nshe streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand\ncells and a thousand channels: the extent of each of those cells,\nof each of those channels is as much as a man can ride in forty\ndays, riding on a good horse.\n5. 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread\nall over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on\nbringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine\npurifies the seed in males, the womb in females the milk in females'\nbreasts.\n6. 'I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with mighty vigor, for the\nincrease of the house, of the borough of the town, of the country,\nto keep them, to maintain them, to look over them, to keep and\nmaintain them close.\n7. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Spitama Zarathushtra! proceeded\nforth from the Maker Mazda. Beautiful were her white arms, thick\nas a horse's shoulder or still thicker; beautiful was her ....,\nand thus came she, strong, with thick arms, thinking thus in her\nheart:\n8. '\"Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice,\nwith libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with\nthe Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me,\nand thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good\nwill unto me?\"\n9. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice\nworth being heard; I will offer up unto the holy Ardvi Sura Anahita\na good sacrifice with an offering of libations;- thus mayest thou\nadvise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be most fully\nworshipped, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! with the Haoma and meat, with\nthe baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells,\nwith the words with the deeds, with the libations, and with the\nrightly-spoken words. \n'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n II.\n10. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving,\nwho hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy\nof sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material\nworld; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy,\nthe fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy,\nthe country-increasing and holy;\n11. 'Who drives forwards on her chariot, holding the reins of\nthe chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot, longing for men\nand thinking thus in her heart: \"Who will praise me? Who\nwill offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and\nwell-strained, together with the Haoma and meat? To whom shall\nI cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with me, and bestows\ngifts unto me, and is of good will unto me?\" \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth\nbeing heard....\n III.\n12. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n13. 'Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and the same color,\nof the same blood, tall, crushing down the hates of all haters,\nof the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,\nof the blind and of the deaf. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....\n IV.\n14. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n15. 'Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form, who sends\ndown by day and by night a flow of motherly waters as large as\nthe whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs\npowerfully. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n V.\n16. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n17. 'To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a sacrifice to\nthe Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and\nmeat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the\nholy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with the libations,\nand with the rightly-spoken words.\n18. He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of\nPourushaspa, the holy Zarathushtra, to think after my law, to\nspeak after my law, to do after my law!\"\n19. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would\ngrant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n VI.\n20. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n21. 'To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice\non the enclosure of the Hara, with a hundred male horses, a thousand\noxen, and ten thousand lambs.\n22. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita, that I may become the sovereign\nlord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and\nPairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that\nI may smite down two thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the\nfiends of Varena.\"\n23. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n VII.\n24. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n25. 'To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice\nfrom the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand\noxen, ten thousand lambs.\n26. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign\nlord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and\nPairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that\nI may take from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness\nand flocks, both weal and Glory.\"\n27. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n VIII.\n28. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n29. 'To her did Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, offer up a sacrifice\nin the land of Bawri, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen,\nand ten thousand lambs.\n30. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this boon,\nO good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may make all\nthe seven Karshvares of the earth empty of men.\"\n31. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon, although\nhe was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating\nher that she would grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n IX.\n32. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi\nSura Anahita....\n33. 'To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,\noffer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred\nmale horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.\n34. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Azi Dahaka,\nthe three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand\nsenses, that most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful\nto the world, the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against\nthe material world, to destroy the world of the good principle;\nand that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghavach and Erenavach,\nwho are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful\ncreatures in the world.\"\n35. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n X.\n36. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi\nSura Anahita....\n37. 'To her did Keresaspa, the manly-hearted, offer up a sacrifice\nbehind the Vairi Pisanah, with a hundred male horses, a thousand\noxen, ten thousand lambs.\n38. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the golden-heeled\nGandarewa, though all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling\nover; and that I may run up to the stronghold of the fiend on\nthe wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar.\"\n39. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XI.\n40. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sara Anahita....\n41. 'To her did the Turanian murderer, Frangrasyan, offer up a\nsacrifice in his cave under the earth, with a hundred male horses,\na thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.\n42. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may seize hold of that\nGlory, that is waving in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha and\nthat belongs to the Aryan people, to those born and to those not\nyet born, and to the holy Zarathushtra.\"\n43. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n II.\n44. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n45. 'To her did the great, most wise Kavi Usa offer up a sacrifice\nfrom Mount Erezifya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen,\nten thousand lambs.\n46. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me, this, O\ngood, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the\nsovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the\nYatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf.\"\n47. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XIII.\n48. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n49. 'To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan\nnations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice behind the Chaechasta\nlake, the deep lake, of salt waters, with a hundred male horses,\na thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.\n50. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign\nlord of all countries, of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas,\nof the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may have\nthe lead in front of all the teams and that he may not pass through\nthe forest , he, the murderer, who now is fiercely striving against\nme on horseback.\"\n51. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XIV.\n52. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n53. 'To her did the valiant warrior Tusa offer worship on the\nback of his horse, begging swiftness for his teams, health for\nhis own body, and that he might watch with full success those\nwho hated him, smite down his foes, and destroy at one stroke\nhis adversaries, his enemies, and those who hated him.\n54. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the gallant\nsons of Vaesaka, by the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high\nup on the lofty, holy Kangha; that I may smite of the Turanian\npeople their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their\nthousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their\ntens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.\"\n55. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nlibations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XV.\n56. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n57. 'To her did the gallant sons of Vaesaka offer up a sacrifice\nin the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high up on the lofty,\nholy Kangha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten\nthousand lambs.\n58. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant us this, O\ngood, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome\nthe valiant warrior Tusa, and that we may smite of the Aryan people\ntheir fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands,\ntheir thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands\nand their myriads of myriads.\"\n59. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XVI.\n60. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n61. 'The old Vafra Navaza worshipped her when the strong fiend-smiter,\nThraetaona, flung him up in the air in the shape of a bird, of\na vulture.\n62. 'He went on flying, for three days and three nights, towards\nhis own house; but he could not, he could not turn down. At the\nend of the third night, when the beneficent dawn came dawning\nup, then he prayed unto Ardvi Sura Anahita, saying:\n63. '\"Ardvi Sura Anahita! do thou quickly hasten helpfully\nand bring me assistance at once. I will offer thee a thousand\nlibations, cleanly prepared and well strained, along with Haomas\nand meat, by the brink of the river Rangha, if I reach alive the\nearth made by Ahura and my own house.\"\n64. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid,\nfair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girdled, pure, nobly\nborn of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle wearing\na golden...., and radiant.\n65. 'She seized him by the arm: quickly was it done, nor was it\nlong till, speeding, he arrived at the earth made by Mazda and\nat his own house, safe, unhurt, unwounded, just as he was before.\n[66. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nup libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, entreating that she would\ngrant him that boon.] \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XVII.\n67. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n68. 'To her did Jamaspa offer up a sacrifice, with a hundred horses,\na thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, when he saw the army of the\nwicked, of the worshippers of the Daevas, coming from afar in\nbattle array.\n69. 'He asked of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may be as constantly\nvictorious as any one of all the Aryans.\"\n70. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nup libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XVIII.\n71. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n72. 'To her did Ashavazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti, and Ashavazdah\nand Thrita, the sons of Sayuzhdri, offer up a sacrifice, with\na hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, by Apam\nNapat, the tall lord, the lord of the females, the bright and\nswift-horsed.\n73. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant us this, O\ngood, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome\nthe assemblers of the Turanian Danus, Kara Asabana, and Vara Asabana,\nand the most mighty Duraekaeta, in the battles of this world.\n74. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering\nup libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant them that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, l will offer her a sacrifice....\n XIX.\n75. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n76. 'Vistauru, the son of Naotara, worshipped her by the brink\nof the river Vitanghuhaiti, with well-spoken words, speaking thus:\n77. '\"This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten\nas many of the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on\nmy head. Do thou then, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! leave me a dry passage,\nto pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti.\"\n78. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid,\nfair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, pure, nobly\nborn of a glorious race, wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all\nsorts of ornaments and radiant. A part of the waters she made\nstand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward, and she\nleft him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti.\n[79. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nup libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon.] \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XX.\n80. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n81. 'To her did Yoishta, one of the Fryanas, offer up a sacrifice\nwith a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs on\nthe Pedvaepa of the Rangha.\n82. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the evil-doing\nAkhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the ninety-nine\nhard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya,\nthe offspring of darkness.\"\n83. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nup libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXI.\n84. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n85. 'Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus, saying: \"Come,\nO Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars down to the earth\nmade by Ahura, that the great lords may worship thee, the masters\nof the countries, and their sons.\n86. '\"The men of strength will beg of thee swift horses and\nsupremacy of Glory. \n'\"The Athravans who read and the pupils of the Athravans\nwill beg of thee knowledge and prosperity, the Victory made by\nAhura, and the crushing Ascendant.\n87. '\"The maids of barren womb, longing for a lord, will\nbeg of thee a strong husband; \n'\"Women, on the point of bringing forth, will beg of thee\na good delivery. \n'\"All this wilt thou grant unto them, as it lies in thy power,\nO Ardvi Sura Anahita!\"\n88. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita came forth, O Zarathushtra! down\nfrom those stars to the earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Sura Anahita\nspake thus:\n89. '\"O pure, holy Zarathushtra! Ahura Mazda has established\nthee as the master of the material world: Ahura Mazda has established\nme to keep the whole of the holy creation. \n'\"Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged\nmen go on, upon the earth: I, forsooth, keep all good things,\nmade by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle, just as a\nshepherd keeps his flock.\"\n90. 'Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: \"O Ardvi Sura\nAnahita! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With\nwhat manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward thee? So\nthat Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth), that he may\nnot make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun; and that\nthe Serpent may not injure thee with...., with...., with....,\nand.... poisons.\"\n91. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: \"O pure, holy Spitama!\nthis is the sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is\nthe sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship and forward me, from\nthe time when the sun is rising to the time when the sun is setting.\n'\"Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou who art\nan Athravan, who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art\nwise, clever, and the Word incarnate.\n92. '\"Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man fever-sick,\nno liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one\nwho does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined.\n93. '\"I do not accept those libations that are drunk in my\nhonor by the blind, by the deaf, by the wicked, by the destroyers,\nby the niggards, by the...., nor any of those stamped with those\ncharacters which have no strength for the holy Word. \n'\"Let no one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed\nor bulged forward; no fiend with decayed teeth.\"\n94. 'Then Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: \"O Ardvi\nSura Anahita! What becomes of those libations which the wicked\nworshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set?\"\n95. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: \"O pure, holy Spitama Zarathushtra!\nhowling, clapping, hopping, and shouting, six hundred and a thousand\nDaevas, who ought not to receive that sacrifice, receive those\nlibations that men bring unto me after [the sun has set].\"\n96. 'I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices,\nmade of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from\na hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of\nas much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth,\nand she runs powerfully. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXII.\n97. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n98. 'Before whom the worshippers of Mazda stand with baresma in\ntheir hands: the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did worship\nher; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift\nhorses. Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches an full prosperity;\nquickly became Vishtaspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest\nhorses in these countries.\n99. ['Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were\noffering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating\nthat she would grant them that boon.] \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXIII.\n100. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n101. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand channels: the extent\nof each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as much\nas a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse. In each\nchannel there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred\nwindows, with a thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand\nbalconies, and mighty.\n102. 'In each of those palaces there lies a well-laid, well-scented\nbed, covered with pillows, and Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathushtra!\nruns down there from a thousand times the height of a man, and\nshe is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that\nrun along the earth, and she runs powerfully.\n XXIV.\n103. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n104. 'Unto her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in\nthe Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and\nmeat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the\nholy spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations,\nand with the rightly-spoken words.\n105. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of\nAurvat-aspa, the valiant Kavi Vistaspa, to think according to\nthe law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the\nlaw.\"\n106. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was\noffering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating\nthat she would grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXV.\n107. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n108. 'Unto her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice\nbehind Lake Frazdanava, with a hundred male horses, a thousand\noxen, ten thousand lambs.\n109. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Tathravant,\nof the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas and\nthe wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world!\"\n110. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering\nup libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she\nwould grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXVI.\n111. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n112. 'Unto her did Zairi-vairi, who fought on horseback, offer\nup a sacrifice behind the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses,\na thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.\n113. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant me this, O good,\nmost beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Pesho-Changha\nthe corpse-burier, Humayaka the worshipper of the Daevas, and\nthe wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world.\n114. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was\noffering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating\nthat she would grant him that boon. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXVII.\n115. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n116. 'Unto her did Arejat-aspa and Vandaremaini offer up a sacrifice\nby the sea Vouru-Kasha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand\noxen, ten thousand lambs.\n117. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: \"Grant us this, O\ngood, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may conquer\nthe valiant Kavi Vishtaspa and Zairivairi who fights on horseback,\nand that we may smite of the Aryan people their fifties and their\nhundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands\nand their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their\nmyriads of myriads.\"\n118. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that favor, though\nthey were offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and\nentreating that she should grant them that favor. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXVIII.\n119. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n120. 'For whom Ahura Mazda has made four horses -- the wind,\nthe rain, the cloud, and the sleet -- and thus ever a upon the\nearth it is raining, snowing, hailing, and sleeting; and whose\narmies are so many and numbered by nine-hundreds and thousands.\n121. 'I will worship the height Hukairya, of the deep precipices,\nmade of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps, from\na hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of\nas much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth,\nand she runs powerfully. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXIX.\n122. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n123. 'She stands, the good Ardvi Sura Anahita, wearing a golden\nmantle, waiting for a man who shall offer her libations and prayers,\nand thinking thus in her heart:\n124. \"'Who will praise me? Who will offer me a sacrifice,\nwith libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with\nthe Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me,\nand thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon, me, and is of good\nwill unto me?\" \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n XXX.\n125. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring\nof mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita....\n126. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita, who stands carried forth in the shape\nof a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded,\npure, nobly born of a glorious race, wearing along her.... a mantle\nfully embroidered with gold;\n127. 'Ever holding the baresma in her hand, according to the rules,\nshe wears square golden earrings on her ears bored, and a golden\nnecklace around her beautiful neck, she, the nobly born Ardvi\nSura Anahita; and she girded her waist tightly, so that her breasts\nmay be well-shaped, that they may be tightly pressed.\n128. 'Upon her head Ardvi Sura Anahita bound a golden crown, with\na hundred stars, with eight rays, a fine ...., a well-made crown,\nin the shape of a ...., with fillets streaming down.\n129. 'She is clothed with garments of beaver, Ardvi Sura Anahita;\nwith the skin of thirty beavers of those that bear four young\nones, that are the finest kind of beavers; for the skin of the\nbeaver that lives in water is the finest-colored of all skins,\nand when worked at the right time it shines to the eye with full\nsheen of silver and gold.\n130. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of\nthee this favor: that I, fully blessed, may conquer large kingdoms,\nrich in horses, with high tributes, with snorting horses, sounding\nchariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments, with stores of food,\nwith well-scented beds; that I may have at my wish the fullness\nof the good things of life and whatever makes a kingdom thrive.\n131. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of\nthee two gallant companions, one two-legged and one four-legged:\none two-legged, who is swift, quickly rushing, and clever in turning\na chariot round in battle; and one four-legged, who can quickly\nturn towards either wing of the host with a wide front, towards\nthe right wing or the left, towards the left wing or the right.\n132. 'Through the strength of this sacrifice, of this invocation,\nO Ardvi Sura Anahita! come down from those stars, towards the\nearth made by Ahura, towards the sacrificing priest, towards the\nfull boiling [milk]; come to help him who is offering up libations\ngiving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that thou wouldst grant\nhim thy favors; that all those gallant warriors may be strong,\nlike king Vishtaspa. \n'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n133. 'Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n \n'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigor\nof the holy water-spring Anahita. \n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... \n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the\nbright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!'\n 6. Khwarshed Yasht (Hymn to the Sun)\n ------------------------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun;\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n1. We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.\nWhen the light of the sun waxes warmer, when the brightness of\nthe sun waxes warmer, then up stand the heavenly Yazatas, by hundreds\nand thousands: they gather together its Glory, they make its Glory\npass down, they pour its Glory upon the earth made by Ahura, for\nthe increase of the world of holiness, for the increase of the\ncreatures of holiness, for the increase of the undying, shining,\nswift-horsed Sun.\n2. And when the sun rises up, then the earth, made by Ahura,\nbecomes clean; the running waters become clean, the waters of\nthe wells become clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the\nstanding waters become clean; all the holy creatures, the creatures\nof the Good Spirit, become clean.\n3. Should not the sun rise up, then the Daevas would destroy\nall the things that are in the seven Karshvares, nor would the\nheavenly Yazatas find any way of withstanding or repelling them\nin the material world.\n4. He who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed\nSun - to withstand darkness, to withstand the Daevas born of darkness,\nto withstand the robbers and bandits, to withstand the Yatus and\nPairikas, to withstand death that creeps in unseen - offers it\nup to Ahura Mazda, offers it up to the Amesha-Spentas, offers\nit up to his own soul. He rejoices all the heavenly and worldly\nYazatas, who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining,\nswift-horsed Sun.\n5. I will sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who\nhas a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes.\nI will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nwell struck down upon the skulls of the Daevas.\nI will sacrifice unto that friendship, the best of all friendships,\nthat reigns between the moon and the sun.\n6. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed\nSun. Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun we offer up the\nlibations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the\ntongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,\nand the rightly-spoken words.\nYenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n7. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and the invocation, and the strength and\nvigour of the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nGive unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body,\n.... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy\nOnes.\n 7. Mah Yasht (Hymn to the Moon)\n -------------------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice,prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; unto the\nonly-created Bull and unto the Bull of many species;\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n1. Hail to Ahura Mazda! Hail to the Amesha-Spentas! Hail to the\nMoon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull! Hail to thee when\nwe look at thee! Hail to thee when thou lookest at us!\n2. How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane?\nFor fifteen days does the moon wax; for fifteen days does the\nmoon wane. As long as her waxing, so long is the waning; as long\nas her waning, so long is the waxing.\n'Who is there but thee who makes the moon wax and wane?'\n3. We sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the\nBull, the holy and master of holiness.\nHere I look at the moon, here I perceive the moon; here I look\nat the light of the moon, here I perceive the light of the moon.\nThe Amesha-Spentas stand up holding its glory; the Amesha-Spentas\nstand up, pouring its glory upon the earth, made by Mazda.\n4. And when the light of the moon waxes warmer, golden-hued plants\ngrow on from the earth during the spring.\nWe sacrifice unto the new moons, the full moons, and the Vishaptathas.\nWe sacrifice unto the new moon, the holy and master of holiness;\nWe sacrifice unto the full moon, the holy and master of holiness;\nWe sacrifice unto the Vishaptatha, the holy and master of holiness.\n5. I will sacrifice unto the Moon, that keeps in it the seed\nof the Bull, the liberal, bright, glorious, water-giving, warmth-giving,\nwisdom-giving, wealth-giving, riches-giving, thoughtfulness-giving,\nweal-giving, freshness-giving, prosperity-giving, the liberal,\nthe healing.\n6. For its brightness and glory, I will offer unto it a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the Moon that keeps in it the\nseed of the Bull.\nUnto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, we offer\nup the libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom\nof the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,\nand the rightly-spoken words.\nYenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n7. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof the Moon, that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, and of the\nonly-created Bull, and of the Bull of many species.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.\nGive unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body,\n.... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy\nOnes.\n 8. Tishtar Yasht (Hymn to the Star Sirius)\n ------------------------------------------\n (Tishtrya is the angel (Yazad) of the star Sirius. Tishtrya also\n presides over the fourth month and the thirteenth day of each month.\n Sirius also directs the rain.)\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and unto the powerful\nSatavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'We worship\nthe lordship and mastership [of Tishtrya], whereby he protects\nthe Moon, the dwelling, the food, when my glorious stars come\nalong and impart their gifts to men. I will sacrifice unto the\nstar Tishtrya, that gives the fields their share [of waters].\n2. 'We offer up libations unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious\nstar, that gives happy dwelling and good dwelling; the white,\nshining, seen afar, and piercing; the health-bringing, loud-snorting,\nand high, piercing from afar with its shining, undefiled rays;\nand unto the waters of the wide sea, the Vanguhi of wide renown,\nand the species of the Bull, made by Mazda, the awful kingly Glory,\nand the Fravashi of the holy Spitama Zarathushtra.\n3. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the star Tishtrya.\n'Unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, we offer up the\nlibations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the\ntongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,\nand the rightly-spoken words.\n'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n4. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwho is the seed of the waters, powerful, tall, and strong, whose\nlight goes afar; powerful and highly working, through whom the\nbrightness and the seed of the waters come from the high Apam\nNapat.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[3]]\n5. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star;\nfor whom long flocks and herds and men, looking forward for him\nand deceived in their hope: \"When shall we see him rise up,\nthe bright and glorious star Tishtrya? When will the springs run\nwith waves as thick as a horse's size and still thicker? Or will\nthey never come?\"\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[4]]\n6. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star;\nwho flies, towards the sea Vouru-Kasha, as swiftly as the arrow\ndarted through the heavenly space, which Erekhsha, the swift archer,\nthe Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow was the swiftest, shot\nfrom Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvanvant.\n7. 'For Ahura Mazda gave him assistance; so did the waters and\nthe plants; and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, opened a wide\nway unto him.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[5]]\n8. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nthat afflicts the Pairikas, that vexes the Pairikas, who, in the\nshape of worm-stars, fly between the earth and the heavens, in\nthe sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea, the large-sized, deep sea\nof salt waters. He goes to its lake in the shape of a horse, in\na holy shape; and down there he makes the waters boil over, and\nthe winds flow above powerfully all around.\n9. 'Then Satavaesa makes those waters flow down to the seven\nKarshvares of the earth, and when he has arrived down there, he\nstands, beautiful, spreading ease and joy on the fertile countries\n(thinking in himself): \"How shall the countries of the Aryas\ngrow fertile?\"\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[6]]\n10. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwho spoke unto Ahura Mazda, saying: \"Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!\n11. '\"If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I\nwere invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas\nwith sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names,\nthen I should have come to the faithful at the appointed time;\nI should have come in the appointed time of my beautiful, immortal\nlife, should it be one night, or two nights, or fifty, or a hundred\nnights.\"\n12. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya;\n'We sacrifice unto the rains of Tishtrya.\n'We sacrifice unto the first star; we sacrifice unto the rains\nof the first star.\n'I will sacrifice unto the stars Haptoiringa, to oppose the Yatus\nand Pairikas.\n'We sacrifice unto Vanant, the star made by Mazda; for the well-shapen\nstrength, for the Victory, made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant,\nfor the destruction of what distresses us, for the destruction\nof what persecutes us.\n'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, whose eye-sight is sound.\n13. 'For ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! Tishtrya, the bright\nand glorious star, mingles his shape with light, moving in the\nshape of a man of fifteen years of age, bright, with clear eyes,\ntall, full of strength, strong, and clever.\n14. 'He is active as the first man was; he goes on with the strength\nof the first man; he has the virility of the first man.\n15. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying:\n\"Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the\nholy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of male children, a troop\nof male children, and the purification of his own soul? Now I\nought to receive sacrifice and prayer in the material world, by\nthe law of excellent holiness.\"\n16. 'The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and\nglorious Tishtrya mingles his shape with light, moving in the\nshape of a golden-horned bull.\n17. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying:\n\"Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the\nholy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of oxen, a herd of oxen,\nand the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice\nand prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness.\"\n18. 'The next ten nights, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and\nglorious Tishtrya mingles his shape with light, moving in the\nshape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and a golden\ncaparison.\n19. 'Here he calls for people to assemble, here he asks, saying:\n\"Who now will offer me the libations with the Haoma and the\nholy meat? To whom shall I give wealth of horses, a troop of horses,\nand the purification of his own soul? Now I ought to receive sacrifice\nand prayer in the material world, by the law of excellent holiness.\"\n20. 'Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Tishtrya\ngoes down to the sea Vouru-Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful\nhorse, with golden ears and a golden caparison.\n21. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha, in the\nshape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black\nback, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror.\n22. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathushtra!\nthe bright and glorious Tishtrya and the Daeva Apaosha. They fight\ntogether, O Spitama Zarathushtra! for three days and three nights.\nAnd then the Daeva Apaosha proves stronger than the bright and\nglorious Tishtrya, he overcomes him.\n23. 'And Tishtrya flees from the sea Vouru-Kasha, as far as a\nHathra's length. He cries out in woe and distress, the bright\nand glorious Tishtrya: \"Woe is me, O Ahura Mazda! I am in\ndistress, O Waters and Plants! O Fate and thou, Law of the worshippers\nof Mazda! Men do not worship me with a sacrifice in which I am\ninvoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas with\nsacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names.\n24. '\"If men had worshipped me with a sacrifice in which\nI had been invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas\nwith sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names,\nI should have taken to me the strength of ten horses, the strength\nof ten camels, the strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten\nmountains, the strength of ten rivers.\"\n25. 'Then I, Ahura Mazda, offer up to the bright and glorious\nTishtrya a sacrifice in which he is invoked by his own name, and\nI bring him the strength of ten horses, the strength of ten camels,\nthe strength of ten bulls, the strength of ten mountains, the\nstrength of ten rivers.\n26. 'Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Tishtrya\ngoes down to the sea Vouru-Kasha in the shape of a white, beautiful\nhorse, with golden ears and golden caparison.\n27. 'But there rushes down to meet him the Daeva Apaosha in the\nshape of a dark horse, black with black ears, black with a black\nback, black with a black tail, stamped with brands of terror.\n28. 'They meet together, hoof against hoof, O Spitama Zarathushtra!\nthe bright and glorious Tishtrya, and the Daeva Apaosha; they\nfight together, O Zarathushtra! till the time of noon. Then the\nbright and glorious Tishtrya proves stronger than the Daeva Apaosha,\nhe overcomes him.\n29. 'Then he goes from the sea Vouru-Kasha as far as a Hathra's\nlength: \"Hail!\" cries the bright and glorious Tishtrya.\n\"Hail unto me, O Ahura Mazda! Hail unto you, O waters and\nplants! Hail, O Law of the worshippers of Mazda! Hail will it\nbe unto you, O lands! The life of the waters will flow down unrestrained\nto the big-seeded corn fields, to the small-seeded pasture-fields,\nand to the whole of the material world!\"\n30. Then the bright and glorious Tishtrya goes back down to the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, in the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with\ngolden ears and a golden caparison.\n31. 'He makes the sea boil up and down; he makes the sea stream\nthis and that way; he makes the sea flow this and that way: all\nthe shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle\nof it is boiling over.\n32. 'And the bright and glorious Tishtrya rises up from the sea\nVouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the bright and glorious Satavaesa\nrises up from the sea Vouru-Kasha; and vapours rise up above Mount\nUs-hindu, that stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha.\n33. 'Then the vapours push forward, in the regular shape of clouds;\nthey go following the wind, along the ways which Haoma traverses,\nthe increaser of the world. Behind him travels the mighty wind,\nmade by Mazda, and the rain, and the cloud, and the sleet, down\nto the several places, down to the fields, down to the seven Karshvares\nof the earth.\n34. 'Apam Napat, O Spitama Zarathushtra! divides the waters amongst\nthe countries in the material world, in company with the mighty\nwind, the Glory, made by the waters, and the Fravashis of the\nfaithful.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[7]]\n35. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwho from the shining east, moves along his long winding course,\nalong the path made by the gods, along the way appointed for him\nthe watery way, at the will of Ahura Mazda, at the will of the\nAmesha-Spentas.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[8]]\n36. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwhose rising is watched by men who live on the fruits of the year,\nby the chiefs of deep understanding; by the wild beasts in the\nmountains, by the tame beasts that run in the plains; they watch\nhim, as he comes up to the country for a bad year, or for a good\nyear, (thinking in themselves): \"How shall the Aryan countries\nbe fertile?\"\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[9]]\n37. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nswift-flying and swift-moving, who flies towards the sea Vouru-Kasha,\nas swiftly as the arrow darted through the heavenly space, which\nErekhsha, the swift archer, the Arya amongst the Aryas whose arrow\nwas the swiftest, shot from Mount Khshaotha to Mount Hvanvant.\n38. 'Ahura Mazda gave him assistance, and the Amesha-Spentas and\nMithra, the lord of wide pastures, pointed him the way: behind\nhim went the tall Ashish Vanguhi and Parendi on her light chariot:\nalways till, in his course, he reached Mount Hvanvant on the shining\nwaters.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n39. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwho afflicts the Pairikas, who destroys the Pairikas, that Angra\nMainyus flung to stop all the stars that have in them the seed\nof the waters.\n40. 'Tishtrya afflicts them, he blows them away from the sea Vouru-Kasha;\nthen the wind blows the clouds forward, bearing the waters of\nfertility, so that the friendly showers spread wide over, they\nspread helpingly and friendly over the seven Karshvares.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n41. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nfor whom long the standing waters, and the running spring-waters,\nthe stream-waters, and the rain-waters:\n42. '\"When will the bright and glorious Tishtrya rise up\nfor us? When will the springs with a flow and overflow of waters,\nthick as a horse's shoulder, run to the beautiful places and fields,\nand to the pastures, even to the roots of the plants, that they\nmay grow with a powerful growth?\"\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n43. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwho washes away all things of fear, who stunts the growth of all\n...., and brings health to all these creations, being most beneficent,\nwhen he has been worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated,\nrejoiced, and satisfied.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n44. 'I will sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nwhom Ahura Mazda has established as a lord and overseer above\nall stars, in the same way as he has established Zarathushtra\nabove men; whom neither Angra Mainyu, nor the Yatus and the Pairikas,\nnor the men Yatus can deliver unto death, nor can all the Daevas\ntogether prevail for his death.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n45. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nto whom Ahura Mazda has given a thousand senses, and who is the\nmost beneficent amongst the stars that have in them the seed of\nthe waters:\n46. 'Who moves in light with the stars that have in them the seed\nof the waters: he, from the sea Vouru-Kasha, the powerful sea,\nthe large-sized, deep, and salt of waters, goes to all the lakes,\nand to all the beautiful caves, and to all the beautiful channels,\nin the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with golden ears and\na golden caparison.\n47. 'Then, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the waters flow down from the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, mother-like, friendly, and healing: he divides\nthem amongst these countries, being most beneficent, when he has\nbeen worshipped with a sacrifice and propitiated rejoiced, and\nsatisfied. 'For his brigbtness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[10]]\n48. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nfor whom long all the creatures of Spenta-Mainyu, those that live\nunder the ground, and those that live above the ground; those\nthat live in the waters, and those that live on dry land; those\nthat fly, and those that run in the plains; and all those that\nlive within this boundless and endless world of the holy Spirit.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n49. 'We sacrifice unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star,\nthe healthful, wise, happy, and powerful, who is the lord of a\nthousand boons, and grants many boons to that man who has pleased\nhim, whether begging or not begging for them.\n50. 'I, O Spitama Zarathushtra! have created that star Tishtrya\nas worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer, as worthy of progitiation,\nas worthy of glorification as myself, Ahura Mazda;\n51. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive\nback the malice of that Pairika Duzyairya, whom evil-speaking\npeople call Huyairya.\n52. 'Had I not created that star Tishtrya as worthy of sacrifice,\nas worthy of prayer, as worthy of propitiation, as worthy of glorification\nas myself, Ahura Mazda;\n53. 'In order to withstand, to break asunder, to afflict, to drive\nback the malice of that Pairika Duzyairya, whom evil-speaking\npeople call Huyairya;\n54. 'Then all day long, all night long, that Pairika Duzyairya\nwould wage war against this material world of mine, wanting to\nextinguish its life, and she goes on, rushing upon and around\nit.\n55. 'But the bright and glorious Tishtrya keeps that Pairika in\nbonds, with twofold bonds, with threefold bonds, that cannot be\novercome, with bonds all over the body: it is as if there were\na thousand men keeping one man in bonds, a thousand men of those\nwho are the strongest in strength.\n56. 'If the Aryan countries, O Spitama Zarathushtra! would perform\nin honour of the bright and glorious Tishtrya the due sacrifice\nand invocation, just as that sacrifice and invocation ought to\nbe performed in the perfection of holiness; never should a hostile\nhorde enter these Aryan countries, nor any plague, nor leprosy,\nnor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a foe, nor the uplifted\nspear of a foe.'\n57. Zarathushtra asked: 'What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice\nand invocation in honour of the bright and glorious Tishtrya,\nas it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?'\n58. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Let the Aryan nations bring libations\nunto him; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him;\nlet the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white,\nor black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same\ncolour.\n59. 'Let not a murderer take of these offerings, nor a whore,\nnor a .... who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in\nthe world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra.\n60. 'If a murderer take of these offerings, or a whore, or a ....\nwho does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in the world and\nwithstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra, then the\nbright and glorious Tishtrya takes back his healing virtues.\n61. 'Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan nations; hostile hordes\nwill ever fall upon the Aryan nations; the Aryans will be smitten,\nby their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their\nthousands, by thetr thousands and their tens of thousands, by\ntheir tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.\n62. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and of the powerful\nSatavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward.\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the\nbright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'\n 9. Drvasp Yasht\n ---------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be afflicted!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, satisfaction, and glorification unto Havani,\nthe holy and master of holiness.\nUnto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. We sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and\nholy, who heeps the flocks in health, the herds in health, the\ngrown-up (cattle) in health, the young ones in health; who watches\nwell from afar, with a wide-spread and long-continued welfare-giving\nfriendship;\n2. Who yokes teams of horses, who makes her chariot turn and\nits wheels sound, fat and glistening, strong, tall-formed, weal-possessing,\nhealth-giving, powerful to stand and powerful to turn for assistance\nto the faithful.\n3. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice\non the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by Mazda,\nwith a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand\nlambs, and with an offering of libations:\n4. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that\nI may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana; that I may never fear\nand bow through terror before the Daevas, but that all the Daevas\nmay fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may\nfear and flee down to darkness.'\n5. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the\nmaintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering libations,\ngiving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant\nhim that boon.\n6. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice\nworth being heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed,\nnamely, unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy. We\noffer up libations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and\nholy; we offer her the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom\nof the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,\nand the rightly-spoken words.\nYenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n7. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by\nMazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health....\nWho yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful.\n8. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice\nfrom the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand\noxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations:\n9. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that\nI may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda;\nthat I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda;\n10. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world\ncreated by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death,\nfrom the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot\nwind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand\nyears.'\n11. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the\nmaintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering lipbations,\ngiving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant\nhim that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[3]]\n12. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by\nMazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health....\nWho yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful.\n13. To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,\noffer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred\nmale horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an\noffering of libations:\n14. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that\nI may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed,\nthe six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish\nDruj, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Druj that\nAngra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the\nworld of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two wives,\nSavanghavack and Erenavach, who are the fairest of body amongst\nwomen, and the most wonderful creatures in the world.'\n15. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvasya, the\nmaintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations,\ngiving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant\nhim that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[4]]\n16. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by\nMazda and holy, who keeps flocks in health....\nWho yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful.\n17. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening,\nthe healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon\nthe highest height of the Haraiti Bareza. He begged of her a boon\nsaying:\n18. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that\nI may bind the Turanian murderer Franghrasyan, that I may drag\nhim bound, that may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king\nHusravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake\nof salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana,\na man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.'\n19. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the\nmaintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations,\ngiving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would give\nhim that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[5]]\n20. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by\nMazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health....\nWho yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful.\n21. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Arya nations\ninto one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta\nlake, the deep lake of salt waters, with a hundred male horses,\na thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and an offering of libations:\n22. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that\nI may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the Chaechasta\nlake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my\nfather Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.'\n23. The powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the\nmaintainer, granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations,\ngiving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant\nhim that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[6]]\n24. We offer up a sacrifice unlo the powerful Drvaspa, made by\nMazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health....\nWho yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful,\n25. To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in the\nAiryana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat,\nwith the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy\nspells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and\nwith the rightly-spoken words. He begged of her a boon, saying:\n26. 'O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! grant me this boon, that\nI may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think according to the\nlaw, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law,\nthat she may spread my Mazdean law and make it known, and that\nshe may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.'\n27. The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer,\ngranted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving\ngifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that\nboon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I wiII offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[7]]\n28. We offer up a sacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by\nMazda and holy, who keeps the flocks in health....\nWho yokes teams of horses .... for assistance to the faithful.\n29. To her did the tall Kavi Vistaspa offer up a sacrifice behind\nthe waters of the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, a\nthousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations:\n30. 'Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Drvaspa! that\nI may put to flight Ashta-aurvant, the son of Vispa-thaurvo-asti,\nthe all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour,\nof the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred camels ....; that\nI may put to flight the Hvyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I\nmay put to flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the Daevas;\n31. And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may\nsmite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I\nmay bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and\nof the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Huyaona nations their\nfifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands,\ntheir thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands\nand their myriads of myriads.\n32. The strong Drvaspa, made by Mazda, the holy Drvaspa, the maintainer,\ngranted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving\ngifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that\nboon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard; I will offer her a sacrifice well performed, namely,\nunto the powerful Drvaspa made by Mazda and holy. We offer up\nlibations to the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy; we\noffer her the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue,\nthe holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the\nrightly-spoken words.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of\nbody,.... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the\nholy Ones.\n 10. Mihr Yasht (Hymn to Mithra)\n -------------------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas, and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears,\nten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name, and unto\nRama Hvastra,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Verily,\nwhen I created Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, O Spitama! I\ncreated him as worthy of sacrifice, as worthy of prayer as myself\nAhura Mazda.\n2. 'The ruffian who lies unto Mithra brings death unto the whole\ncountry, injuring as much the faithful world as a hundred evil-doers\ncould do. Break not the contract, O Spitama! neither the one that\nthou hadst entered into with one of the unfaithful, nor the one\nthat thou hadst entered into with one of the faithful who is one\nof thy own faith. For Mithra stands for both the faithful and\nthe unfaithful.\n3. 'Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, gives swiftness to the\nhorses of those who lie not unto Mithra.\n'Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda, gives the straightest way to those\nwho lie not unto Mithra.\n'The good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful give a\nvirtuous offspring to those who lie not unto Mithra.\n4. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures.\n'We offer up libations unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nwho gives a happy dwelling and a good dwelling to the Aryan nations.\n5. 'May he come to us for help! May he come to us for ease! May\nhe come to us for joy! May he come to us for mercy! May he come\nto us for health! May he come to us for victory! May he come to\nus for good conscience! May he come to us for bliss! he, the awful\nand overpowering, worthy of sacrifice and prayer, not to be deceived\nanywhere in the whole of the material world, Mithra, the lord\nof wide pastures.\n6. 'I will offer up libations unto him, the strong Yazata, the\npowerful Mithra, most beneficent to the creatures: I will apply\nunto him with charity and prayers: I will offer up a sacrifice\nworth being heard unto him, Mithra, the lord ofwide pastures,\nwith the Haoma and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of\nthe tongue, with the holy spells, with the speech, with the deeds,\nwith the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. 'Yenhe\nhatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n7. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who\nis truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears,\nwell-shapen, with ten thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge,\nstrong, sleepless, and ever awake;\n8. 'To whom the chiefs of nations offer up sacrifices, as they\ngo to the field, against havocking hosts, against enemies coming\nin battle array, in the strife of conflicting nations.\n9. 'On whichever side he has been worshipped first in the fulness\nof faith of a devoted heart, to that side turns Mithra, the lord\nof wide pastures, with the fiend-smiting wind, with the cursing\nthought of the wise.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[3]]\n10. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake.\n11. 'Whom the horsemen worship on the back of their horses, begging\nswiftness for their teams, health for their own bodies, and that\nthey may watch with full success those who hate them, smite down\ntheir foes, and destroy at one stroke their adversaries, their\nenemies, and those who hate themn,\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[4]]\n12. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n13. 'Who first of the heavenly gods reaches over the Hara, before\nthe undying, swift-horsed sun; who, foremost in a golden array,\ntakes hold of the beautiful summits, and from thence looks over\nthe abode of the Aryans with a beneficent eye.\n14. 'Where the valiant chiefs draw up their many troops in array;\nwhere the high mountains, rich in pastures and waters, yield plenty\nto the cattle; where the deep lakes, with salt waters, stand;\nwhere wide-flowing rivers swell and hurry towards Ishkata and\nPouruta, Mouru and Haroyu, the Gava-Sughdha and Hvairizem;\n15. 'On Arezahi and Savahi, on Fradadhafshu and Vidadhafshu, on\nVourubareshti and Vourujareshti, on this bright Karshvare of Hvaniratha,\nthe abode of cattle, the dwelling of cattle, the powerful Mithra\nlooks with a health-bringing eye;\n16. 'He who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata unseen, and\nbrings glory; he who moves along all the Karshvares, a Yazata\nunseen, and brings sovereignty; and increases strength for victory\nto those who, with a pious intent, holily offer him libations.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[5]]\n17. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Unto whom nobody must lie, neither the master of a house, nor\nthe lord of a borough, nor the lord of a town, nor the lord of\na province.\n18. 'If the master of a house lies unto him, or the lord of a\nborough, or the lord of a town, or the lord ofa province, then\ncomes Mithra, angry and offended, and he breaks asunder the house,\nthe borough, the town, the province; and the masters of the houses,\nthe lords of the boroughs, the lords of the towns, the lords of\nthe provinces, and the foremost men of the provinces.\n19. 'On whatever side there is one who has lied unto Mithra, on\nthat side Mithra stands forth, angry and offended, and his wrath\nis slow to relent.\n20. 'Those who lie unto Mithra, however swift they may be running,\ncannot overtake; riding, cannot ....; driving, cannot ..... The\nspear that the foe of Mithra flings, darts backwards, for the\nnumber of the evil spells that the foe of Mithra works out.\n21. 'And even though the spear be flung well, even though it reach\nthe body, it makes no wound, for the number of the evil spells\nthat the foe of Mithra works out. The wind drives away the spear\nthat the foe of Mithra flings, for the number of the evil spells\nthat the foe of Mithra works out.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[6]]\n22. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who takes out of distress the man who has not lied unto him,\nwho takes him out of death.\n23. 'Take us out of distress, take us out of distresses, O Mithra!\nas we have not lied unto thee. Thou bringest down terror upon\nthe bodies of the men who lie unto Mithra; thou takest away the\nstrength from their arms, being angry and all-powerful; thou takest\nthe swiftness from their feet, the eye-sight from their eyes,\nthe hearing from their ears.\n24. 'Not the wound of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying\narrow reaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all\nthe strength of his soul, he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful,\nall-seeing, undeceivable Mithra.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[7]]\n25. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who is lordly, deep, strong, and weal-giving; a chief in assemblies,\npleased with prayers, high, holily clever, the incarnate Word,\na warrior with strong arms;\n26. 'Who breaks the skulls of the Daevas, and is most cruel in\nexacting pains; the punisher of the men who lie unto Mithra, the\nwithstander of the Pairikas; who, when not deceived, establisheth\nnations in supreme strength; who, when not deceived, establisheth\nnations in supreme victory;\n27. 'Who confounds the ways of the nation that delights in havoc,\nwho turns away their Glory, takes away their strength for victory,\nblows them away helpless, and delivers them unto ten thousand\nstrokes; he, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-seeing,\nundeceivable Mithra.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[8]]\n28. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who upholds the columns of the lofty house and makes its pillars\nsolid; who gives herds of oxen and male children to that house\nin which he has been satisfied; he breaks to pieces those in which\nhe has been offended,\n29. 'Thou, O Mithra! art both bad and good to nations; thou, O\nMithra! art both bad and good to men; thou, O Mithra! keepest\nin thy hands both peace and trouble for nations.\n30. 'Thou makest houses large, beautiful with women, beautiful\nwith chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high above their\ngroundwork; thou makest that house lofty, beautiful with women,\nbeautiful with chariots, with well-laid foundations, and high\nabove its groundwork, of which the master, pious and holding libations\nin his hand, offers thee a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked\nby thy own name and with the proper words.\n31. 'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name,\nwith the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful\nMithra!\n'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name,\nwith the proper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent\nMithra!\n'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name,\nwith the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable\nMithra!\n32. 'Listen unto our sacrifice, O Mithra! Be thou pleased with\nour sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept\nour libations! Accept them as they have been consecrated! Gather\nthem together with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana!\n33. 'Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god\nI in accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches,\nstrength, and victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and\na good soul; wisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness, the\nvictorious strength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of\nAsha Vahishta, and conversation (with God) on the Holy Word.\n34. 'Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted\nin joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in\na good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit,\nmay smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high\nspirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice\nof Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,\nthe blind, and the deaf.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[9]]\n35. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Victory-making, army-governing, endowed with a thousand senses;\npower-wielding, power-possessing, and all-knowing;\n36. 'Who sets the battle a going, who stands against (armies)\nin battle, who, standing against (armies) in battle, breaks asunder\nthe lines arrayed. The wings of the columns gone to battle shake,\nand he throws terror upon the centre of the havocking host.\n37. 'He can bring and does bring down upon them distress and fear;\nhe throws down the heads of those who lie to Mithra, he takes\noff the heads of those who lie unto Mithra.\n38. 'Sad is the abode, unpeopled with children, where abide men\nwho lie unto Mithra, and, verily, the fiendish killer of faithful\nmen. The grazing cow goes a sad straying way, driven along the\nvales of the Mithradrujes: they stand on the road, letting tears\nrun over their chins.\n39. 'Their falcon-feathered arrows, shot from the string of the\nwell-bent bow, fly towards the mark, and hit it not, as Mithra,\nthe lord of wide pastures, angry, offended, and unsatisfied, comes\nand meets them.\n'Their spears, well whetted and sharp, their long spears fly from\ntheir hands towards the mark, and hit it not, as Mithra, the lord\nof wide pastures, angry, offended, and unsatisfied, comes and\nmeets them.\n40. 'Their swords, well thrust and striking at the heads of men,\nhit not the mark, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry,\noffended, and unsatisfied, comes and meets them.\n'Their clubs, well falling and striking at the heads of men, hit\nnot the mark, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry, offended,\nand unsatisfied, comes and meets them.\n41. 'Mithra strikes fear into them; Rashnu strikes a counter-fear\ninto them; the holy Sraosha blows them away from every side towards\nthe two Yazatas, the maintainers of the world. They make the ranks\nof the army melt away, as Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, angry,\noffended, and unsatisfied, comes and meets them.\n42. 'They cry unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, saying:\n\"O Mithra, thou lord of wide pastures! here are our fiery\nhorses taking us away, as they flee from Mithra; here are our\nsturdy arms cut to pieces by the sword, O Mithra!\"\n43. 'And then Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, throws them to\nthe ground, killing their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds\nand their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands,\ntheir tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads; as Mithra,\nthe lord of wide pastures, is angry and offended,\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[10]]\n44. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Whose dwelling, wide as the earth, extends over the material\nworld, large, unconfined, and bright, a far-and-wide-extending\nabode.\n45. 'Whose eight friends sit as spies for Mithra, on all the heights,\nat all the watching-places, observing the man who lies unto Mithra,\nlooking at those, remembering those who have lied unto Mithra,\nbut guarding the ways of those whose life is sought by men who\nlie unto Mithra, and, verily, by the fiendish killers of faithful\nmen.\n46. 'Helping and guarding, guarding behind and guarding in front,\nMithra, the lord of wide pastures, proves an undeceivable spy\nand watcher for the man to whom he comes to help with all the\nstrength of his soul, he of the ten thousand spies, the powerful,\nall-knowing, undeceivable god.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[11]]\n47. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'A god of high renown and old age, whom wide-hoofed horses carry\nagainst havocking hosts, against enemies coming in battle array,\nin the strife of conflicting nations.\n48. 'And when Mithra drives along towards the havocking hosts,\ntowards the enemies coming in battle array, in the strife of the\nconflicting nations, then he binds the hands of those who have\nlied unto Mithra, he confounds their eye-sight, he takes the hearing\nfrom their ears; they can no longer move their feet; they can\nno longer withstand those people, those foes, when Mithra, the\nlord of wide pastures, bears them ill-will.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[12]]\n49. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n50. 'For whom the Maker, Ahura Mazda, has built up a dwelling\non the Hara Berezaiti, the bright mountain around which the many\n(stars) revolve where come neither night nor darkness, no cold\nwind and no hot wind, no deathful sickness, no uncleanness made\nby the Daevas, and the clouds cannot reach up unto the Haraiti\nBareza;\n51. 'A dwelling that all the Amesha-Spentas, in one accord with\nthe sun, made for him in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart,\nand he survevs the whole of the material world from the Haraiti\nBareza.\n52. 'And when there rushes a wicked worker of evil, swiftly, with\na swift step, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, goes and yokes\nhis horses to his chariot, along with the holy, powerful Sraosha\nand Nairyo-sangha, who strikes a blow that smites the army, that\nsmites the strength of the malicious.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[13]]\n53. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n54. 'Who, with hands lifted up, ever cries unto Ahura Mazda, saying:\n\"I am the kind keeper of all creatures, I am the kind maintainer\nof all creatures; yet men worship me not with a sacrifice in which\nI am invoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with\nsacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names.\n55. '\"If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I\nwere invoked by my own name, as they worship the other Yazatas\nwith sacrifices in which they are invoked by their own names,\nthen I would come to the faithful at the appointed time; I would\ncome in the appointed time of my beautiful, immortal life.\"\n56. 'But the pious man, holding libations in his hands, does worship\nthee with a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own ame,\nand with the proper words.\n'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name,\nwith the proper words will I offer thee libations, O powerful\nMithra!\n'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name,\nwith the groper words will I offer thee libations, O most beneficent\nMithra!\n'With a sacrifice, in which thou art invoked by thy own name,\nwith the proper words will I offer thee libations, O thou undeceivable\nMithra!\n57. 'Listen unto our sacrifice, 'O Mithra! Be thou pleased with\nour sacrifice, O Mithra! Come and sit at our sacrifice! Accept\nour libations! Accept them as they have been consecrated! Gather\nthem together with love and lay them in the Garo-nmana!\n58. 'Grant us these boons which we beg of thee, O powerful god!\nin accordance with the words of revelation, namely, riches, strength,\nand victory, good conscience and bliss, good fame and a good soul;\nwisdom and the knowledge that gives happiness, the victorious\nstrength given by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant of Asha-Vahishta,\nand conversation (with God) on the Holy Word.\n59. 'Grant that we, in a good spirit and high spirit, exalted\nin joy and a good spirit, may smite all our foes; that we, in\na good spirit and high spirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit,\nmay smite all our enemies; that we, in a good spirit and high\nspirit, exalted in joy and a good spirit, may smite all the malice\nof Daevas and Men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,\nthe blind, and the deaf.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[14]]\n60. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Whose renown is good, whose shape is good, whose glory is good;\nwho has boons to give at his will, who has pasture-fields to give\nat his will; harmless to the tiller of the ground, ...., beneficent;\nhe, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable\ngod.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[15]]\n61. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Firm-legged, a watcher fully awake; valiant, a chief in assemblies;\nmaking the waters flow forward; listening to appeals; making the\nwaters run and the plants grow up; ruling over the Karshvares;\ndelivering; happy; undeceivable; endowed with many senses; a creature\nof wisdom;\n62. 'Who gives neither strength nor vigour to him who has lied\nunto Mithra; who gives neither glory nor any boon to him who has\nlied unto Mithra.\n63. 'Thou takest away the strength from their arms, being angry\nand all-powerful; thou takest the swiftness from their feet, the\neye-sight from their eyes, the hearing from their ears.\n'Not the wound of the well-sharpened spear or of the flying arrow\nreaches that man to whom Mithra comes for help with all the strength\nof his soul he of the ten-thousand spies, the powerful all-knowing\nundeceivable god. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer\nhim a sacrifice worth being heard....\n [[16]]\n64. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who takes possession of the beautiful, wide-expanding law, greatly\nand powerfully and whose face looks over all the seven Karshvares\nof the earth;\n65. 'Who is swift amongst the swift, liberal amongst the liberal,\nstrong amongst the strong, a chief of assembly amongst the chiefs\nof assemblies; increase-giving, fatness-giving, cattle-giving,\nsovereignty-giving, son-giving, cheerfulness-giving, and bliss-giving.\n66. 'With whom proceed Ashi Vanguhi, and Parendi on her light\nchariot, the awful Manly Courage, the awful kingly Glory, the\nawful sovereign Sky, the awful cursing thought of the wise, the\nawful Fravashis of the faithful, and he who keeps united together\nthe many faithful worshippers of Mazda.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[17]]\n67. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastares, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who drives along on his high-wheeled chariot, made of a heavenly\nsubstance, from the Karshvare of Arezahi to the Karshvare of Hvaniratha,\nthe bright one; accompanied by the wheel of sovereignty, the Glory\nmade by Mazda, and the Victory made by Ahura;\n68. 'Whose chariot is embraced by the great Ashi Vanguhi; to whom\nthe Law of Mazda opens a way, that he may go easily; whom four\nheavenly steeds, white, shining, seen afar, beneficent, endowed\nwith knowledge, swiftly carry along the heavenly space, while\nthe cursing thought of the wise pushes it forward;\n69. 'From whom all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee\naway in fear. Oh! may we never fall across the rush of the angry\nlord, who goes and rushes from a thousand sides against his foe,\nhe, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable\ngod.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[18]]\n70. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Before whom Verethraghna, made by Ahura, runs opposing the foes\nin the shape of a boar, a sharp-toothed he-boar, a sharp-jawed\nboar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, wrathful, with a dripping\nface; strong, with iron feet, iron fore-paws, iron weapons, an\niron tail, and iron jaws;\n71. 'Who, eagerly clinging to the fleeing foe, along with Manly\nCourage, smites the foe in battle, and does not think he has smitten\nhim, nor does he consider it a blow till he has smitten away the\nmarrow and the column of life, the marrow and the spring of existence.\n72. 'He cuts all the limbs to pieces, and mingles, together with\nthe earth, the bones, hair, brains, and blood of the men who have\nlied unto Mithra.\n'For his brightness and glory, we offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[19]]\n73. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who, with hands lifted up, rejoicing, cries out, speaking thus:\n74. '\"O Ahura Mazda, most beneficent spirit! Maker of the\nmaterial world, thou Holy One!\n'\"If men would worship me with a sacrifice in which I were\ninvoked by my own name, as they worship the other gods with sacrifices\nin which they are invoked by their own names, then I should come\nto the faithful at the appointed time; I should come in the appointed\ntime of my beautiful, immortal life.\"\n75. 'May we keep our field; may we never be exiles from our field,\nexiles from our house, exiles from our borough, exiles from our\ntown, exiles from our country.\n76. 'Thou dashest in pieces the malice of the malicious, the malice\nof the men of malice: dash thou in pieces the killers of faithful\nmen!\n'Thou hast good horses, thou hast a good chariot: thou art bringing\nhelp at every appeal, and art powerful.\n77. 'I will pray unto thee for help, with many consecrations,\nwith good consecrations of libations; with many offerings, with\ngood offerings of libations, that we, abiding in thee, may long\ninhabit a good abode, full of all the riches that can be wished\nfor.\n78. 'Thou keepest those nations that tender a good worship to\nMithra, the lord of wide pastures; thou dashest in pieces those\nthat delight in havoc. Unto thee will I pray for help: may he\ncome to us for help, the awful, most powerful Mithra, the worshipful\nand praiseworthy, the glorious lord of nations.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[20]]\n79. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who made a dwelling for Rashnu, and to whom Rashnu gave all his\nsoul for long friendship;\n80. 'Thou art a keeper and protector of the dwelling of those\nwho lie not: thou art the maintainer of those who lie not. With\nthee hath Verethraghna, made by Ahura, contracted the best of\nall friendships, and thus it is how so many men who have lied\nunto Mithra, even privily, lie smitten down on the ground.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[21]]\n81. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who made a dwelling for Rashnu, and to whom Rashnu gave all his\nsoul for long friendship;\n82. 'To whom Ahura Mazda gave a thousand senses and ten thousand\neyes to see. With those eyes and those senses, he watches the\nman who injures Mithra, the man who lies unto Mithra. Through\nthose eyes and those senses, he is, undeceivable, he, of the ten\nthousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing, undeceivable god.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[22]]\n83. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Whom the lord of the country invokes for help, with hands uplifted;\n'Whom the lord of the town invokes for help, with hands uplifted;\n84. 'Whom the lord of the borough invokes for help, with hands\nuplifted;\n'Whom the master of the house invokes for help, with hands uplifted;\n'Whom the .... in danger of death invokes for help, with hands\nuplifted;\n'Whom the poor man, who follows the good law, when wronged and\ndeprived of his rights, invokes for help, with hands uplifted.\n85. 'The voice of his wailing reaches up to the sky, it goes over\nthe earth all around, it goes over the seven Karshuares, whether\nhe utters his prayer in a low tone of voice or aloud.\n86. 'The cow driven astray invokes him for help, longing for the\nstables:\n'\"When will that bull, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nbring us back, and make us reach the stables? when wilt he turn\nus back to the right way from the den of the Druj where we were\ndriven?\"\n87. 'And to him with whom Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, has\nbeen satisfied, he comes with help; and of him with whom Mithra,\nthe lord of wide pastures, has been offended, he crushes down\nthe house, the borough, tne town, the province, the country.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[23]]\n88. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'To whom the enlivening, healing, fair, lordly golden-eyed Haoma\noffered up a sacrifice on the highest of the heights, on the Haraiti\nBareza, he the undefiled to one undefiled, with undefiled baresma,\nundefiled libations, and undefiled words;\n89. 'Whom the holy Ahura Mazda has established as a priest, quick\nin performing the sacrifice and loud in song. He performed the\nsacrifice with a loud voice, as a priest quick in sacrifice and\nloud in song, a priest to Ahura Mazda, a priest to the Amesha-Spentas.\nHis voice reached up to the sky; went over the earth all around,\nwent over the seven Karshvares.\n90. 'Who first lifted up Haomas, in a mortar inlaid with stars\nand made of a heavenly substance. Ahura Mazda longed for him,\nthe Amesha-Spentas longed for him, for the well-slapen body of\nhim whom the swift-horsed sun awakes for prayer from afar.\n91. 'Hail to Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand\nears and ten thousand eyes! Thou art worthy of sacrifice and prayer:\nmayest thou have sacrifice and prayer in the houses of men! Hail\nto the man who shall offer thee a sacrifice, with the holy wood\nin his hand, the baresma in his hand, the holy meat in his hand,\nthe holy mortar in his hand, with his hands well-washed, with\nthe mortar well-washed, with the bundles of baresma tied up, the\nHaoma uplifted, and the Ahuna Vairya sung through.\n92. 'The holy Ahura Mazda confessed that religion and so did Vohu-Mano,\nso did Asha-Vahishta, so did Khshathra-Vairya, so did Spenta-Armaiti,\nso did Haurvatat and Ameretat; and all the Amesha-Spentas longed\nfor and confessed his religion. The kind Mazda conferred upon\nhim the mastership of the world; and [so did they] who saw thee\namongst all creatures the right lord and master of the world,\nthe best cleanser of these creatures.\n93. 'So mayest thou in both worlds, mayest thou keep us in both\nworlds, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! both in this material\nworld and in the world of the spirit, from the fiend of Death,\nfrom the fiend Aeshma, from the fiendish hordes, that lift up\nthe spear of havoc, and from the onsets of Aeshma, wherein the\nevil-doing Aeshma rushes along with Vidotu, made by the Daevas.\n94. 'So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness\nto our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch\nwith full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and\ndestroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies and those who\nhate us.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[24]]\n95. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who goes over the earth, all her breadth over, after the setting\nof the sun, touches both ends of this wide, round earth, whose\nends tie afar, and surveys everything that is between the earth\nand the heavens,\n96. 'Swinging in his hands a club with a hundred knots, a hundred\nedges, that rushes forwards and fells men down; a club cast out\nof red brass, of strong, golden brass; the strongest of all weapons,\nthe most victorious of all weapons;\n97. 'From whom Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear;\nfrom whom Aeshma, the evil-doing Peshotanu, flees away in fear;\nfrom whom the long-handed Bushyasta flees away in fear; from whom\nall the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away in fear.\n98. 'Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord\nof wide pastures, when in anger! May Mithra, the lord of wide\npastures, never smite us in his anger; he who stands up upon this\nearth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods,\nthe most energetic of all god , th swiftest of all gods, the most\nfiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[25]]\n99. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'From whom all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya fiends flee away\nin fear.\n'The lord of nations, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, drives\nforward at the right-hand side of this wide, round earth, whose\nends lie afar.\n100. 'At his right hand drives the good, holy Sraosha; at his left\nhand drives the tall and strong Rashnu; on all sides around him\ndrive the waters, the plants, and the Fravashis of the faithful.\n101. 'In his might, he ever brings to them falcon-feathered arrows,\nand, when diiving, he himself comes there, where are nations,\nenemy to Mithra, he, first and foremost, strikes blows with his\nclub on the horse and his rider; he throws fear and fright upon\nthe horse and his rider.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[26]]\n102. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'The warrior of the white horse, of the sharp spear, the tong\nspear, the quick arrows; foreseeing and clever;\n103. 'Whom Ahura Mazda has established to maintain and look over\nall this moving world, and who maintains and looks over all this\nmoving world; who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation\nof Mazda; who, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation\nof Mazda;\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[27]]\n104. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Whose long arms, strong with Mithra-strength, encompass what\nhe seizes in the easternmost river and what he beats with the\nwesternmost river, what is by the Sanaka of the Rangha and what\nis by the boundary of the earth.\n105. 'And thou, O Mithra! encompassing all this around, do thou\nreach it, all over, with thy arms.\n'The man without glory, led astray from the right way, grieves\nin his heart; the man without glory thinks thus in himself: \"That\ncareless Mithra does not see all the evil that is done, nor all\nthe lies that are told.\"\n106. 'But I think thus in my heart:\n'\"Should the evil thoughts of the earthly man be a hundred\ntimes worse, they would not rise so high as the good thoughts\nof the heavenly Mithra;\n'\"Should the evil words of the earthly man be a hundred times\nworse, they would not rise so high as the good words of the heavenly\nMithra;\n'\"Should the evil deeds of the earthly man be a hundred times\nworse, they would not rise so high as the good deeds of the heavenly\nMithra;\n107. '\"Should the heavenly wisdom in the earthly man be a\nhundred times greater, it would not rise so high as the heavenly\nw'isdom in the heavenly Mithra;\n''And thus, should the ears of the earthly man hear a hundred\ntime better, he would not hear so well as the heavenly Mithra,\nwhose ear hears well who has a thousand senses, and sees every\nman that tells a lie.\"\n'Mithra stands up in his strength, he drives in the awfulness\nof royalty, and sends from his eyes beautiful looks that shine\nfrom afar, (saying):\n108. '\"Who will offer me a sacrifice? Who will lie unto me? Who\nthinks me a god worthy of a good sacrifice? Who thinks me worthy\nonly of a bad sacrifice? To whom shall I, in my might, impart\nbrightness and glory? To whom bodily health? To whom shall I,\nin my might, impart riches and full weal? Whom shall I bless by\nraising him a virtuous offspring?\n109. '\"To whom shall I give in return, without his thinking\nof it, the awful sovereignty, beautifully. arrayed, with many\narmies, and most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant,\nwho fells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders\nchastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he\nhas ordered in his anger?\"\n'O Mithra! when thou art offended and not satisfied, he soothes\nthy mind, and makes Mithra satisfied.\n110. '\"To whom shall I, in my might, impart sickness and death?\nTo whom shall I impart poverty and sterility? Of whom shall I\nat one stroke cut off the offspring!\n111. '\"From whom shall I take away, without his thinking of\nit, the awful sovereignty, beautifully arrayed, with many armies,\nand most perfect; the sovereignty of an all-powerful tyrant, who\nfells down heads, valiant, smiting, and unsmitten; who orders\nchastisement to be done and his order is done at once, which he\nhas ordered in his anger.\"\n'O Mithra! while thou art satisfied and not angry, he moves thy\nheart to anger, and makes Mithra unsatisfied.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[28]]\n112. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'A warrior with a silver helm, a golden cuirass, who kills with\nthe poniard, strong, valiant, lord of the borough. Bright are\nthe ways of Mithra, by which he goes towards the country, when,\nwishing well, he turns its plains and vales to pasture grounds,\n113. 'And then cattle and males come to graze, as many as he wants.\n'May Mithra and Ahura, the high gods, come to us for help, when\nthe poniard lifts up its voice aloud, when the nostrils of the\nhorses quiver, when the poniards ...., when the, strings of the\nbows whistle and shoot sharp arrows; then the brood of those whose\nlibations are hated fall smitten to the ground, with their hair\ntorn off.\n114. 'So mayest thou, O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! give swiftness\nto our teams, strength to our own bodies, and that we may watch\nwith full success those who hate us, smite down our foes, and\ndestroy at one stroke our adversaries, our enemies, and those\nwho hate us.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[29]]\n115. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake.\n'O Mithra, lord of wide pastures! thou master of the house, of\nthe borough, of the town, of the country, thou Zarathushtrotema!\n116. 'Mithra is twentyfold between two friends or two relations;\n'Mithra is thirtyfold between two men of the same group;\n'Mithra is fortyfold between two partners;\n'Mithra is fiftyfold between wife and husband;\n'Mithra is sixtyfold between two pupils (of the same master);\n'Mithra is seventyfold between the pupil and his master;\n'Mithra is eightyfold between the son-in-law and his father-in-law;\n'Mithra is ninetyfold between two brothers;\n117. 'Mithra is a hundredfold between the father and the son;\n'Mithra is a thousandfold between two nations;\n'Mithra is ten thousandfold when connected with the Law of Mazda,\nand then he will be every day of victorious strength.\n118. 'May I come unto thee with a prayer that goes lowly or goes\nhighly! As this sun rises up above the Hara Berezaiti and then\nfulfils its career, so may I, O Spitama! with a prayer that goes\nlowly or goes highly, rise up above the will of the fiend Angra\nMainyu!\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[30]]\n119. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastwes, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake,\n'Offer up a sacrifice unto Mithra, O Spitama! and order thy pupils\nto do the same.\n'Let the worshipper of Mazda sacrifice unto thee with small cattle,\nwith black cattle, with flying birds, gliding forward on wings.\n120. 'To Mithra all the faithful worshiypers of Mazda must give\nstrength and energy with offered and proffered Haomas, which the\nZaotar proffers unto him and gives in sacrifice. Let the faithful\nman drink of the libations cleanly prepared, which if he does,\nif he offers them unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, Mithra\nwill be pleased with him and without anger.'\n121. Zarathushtra asked him: 'O Ahura Mazda! how shall the faithful\nman drink the libations cleanly prepared, which if he does and\nhe offers them unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, Mithra\nwill be pleased vvith him and without anger?'\n122. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Let them wash their bodies three days\nand three nights; let them undergo thirty strokes for the sacrifice\nand prayer unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures. Let them wash\ntheir bodies two days and two nights; let them undergo twenty\nstrokes for the sacrifice and prayer unto Mithra, the lord of\nwide pastures. Let no man drink of these libations who does not\nknow the staota yesnya: Vispe ratavo.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacriace worth\nbeing heard....\n [[31]]\n123. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'To whom Ahura Mazda offered up a sacrifice in the shining Garo-nmana.\n124. 'With his arms lifted up towards Immortality, Mithra, the\nlord of wide pastures, drives forward from the shining Garo-nmana,\nin a beautiful chariot that drives on, ever-swift, adorned with\nall sorts of ornaments, and made of gold.\n125. 'Four stallions draw that chariot, all of the same white colour,\nliving on heavenly food and undying. The hoofs of their fore-feet\nare shod with gold, the hoofs of their hind-feet are shod with\nsilver; all are yoked to the same pole, and wear the yoke and\nthe cross-beams of the yoke, fastened with hooks of Khshathra\nvairya to a beautiful....\n126. 'At his right hand drives Rashnu-Razishta, the most beneficent\nand most well-shapen.\n'At his left hand drives the most upright Chista, the holy one,\nbearing libations in her hands, clothed with white clothes, and\nwhite herself; and the cursing thought of the Law of Mazda.\n127. 'Close by him drives the strong cursing thought of the wise\nman, opposing foes in the shape of a boar, a sharp-toothed he-boar,\na sharp- jawed boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing, wrathful,\nwith a dripping face, strong and swift to run, and rushing all\naround.\n'Behind him drives Atar, all in a blaze, and the awful kingly\nGlory.\n128. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstand a thousand bows well-made, with a string of cowgut; they\ngo through the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly\nspace upon the skulls of the Daevas.\n129. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstand a thousand vulture-feathered arrows, with a golden mouth,\nwith a horn shaft, with a brass tail, and well-made. They go through\nthe heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon\nthe skulls of the Daevas.\n130. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstand a thousand spears well-made and sharp-piercing. They go\nthrough the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space\nupon the skulls of the Daevas.\n'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstand a thousand steel-hammers, two-edged, well-made. They go\nthrough the heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space\nupon the skulls of the Daevas.\n131. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstand a thousand swords, two-edged and well-made. They go through\nthe heavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon\nthe skulls of the Daevas.\n'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstand a thousand maces of iron, well-made. They go through the\nheavenly space, they fall through the heavenly space upon the\nskulls of the Daevas.\n132. 'On a side of the chariot of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nstands a beautiful well-falling club, with a hundred knots, a\nhundred edges, that rushes forward and fells men down; a club\ncast out of red brass, of strong, golden brass; the strongest\nof all weapons, the most victorious of all weapons. It goes through\nthe heavenly space, it falls through the heavenly space upon the\nskulls of the Daevas.\n133. After he has smitten the Daevas, after he has smitten down\nthe men who lied unto Mithra, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\ndrives forward through Arezahe and Savahe, through Fradadhafshu\nand Vidadhafshu, through Vourubareshti and Vouru-jareshti, through\nthis our Karshvare, the bright Hvaniratha.\n134. 'Angra Mainyu, who is all death, flees away in fear; Aeshma,\nthe evil-doing Peshotanu, flees away in fear; the long-handed\nBushyasta flees away in fear; all the Daevas unseen and the Varenya\nfiends flee away in fear.\n135. 'Oh! may we never fall across the rush of Mithra, the lord\nof wide pastures, when in anger! May Mithra, the lord of wide\npastures, never smite us in his anger; he who stands up upon this\nearth as the strongest of all gods, the most valiant of all gods,\nthe most energetic of all gods, the swiftest of all gods, the\nmost fiend-smiting of all gods, he, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[32]]\n136. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'For whom white stallions, yoked to his chariot, draw it, on one\ngolden wheel, with a full shining axle.\n137. 'If Mithra takes his libations to his own dwelling, \"Happy\nthat man, I think,\" - said Ahura Mazda,- \"O holy Zarathra!\nfor whom a holy priest, as pious as any in the world, who is the\nWord incarnate, offers up a sacrifice unto Mithra with bundles\nof baresma and with the [proper] words.\n'\"Straight to that man, I think, will Mithra come, to visit\nhis dwelling,\n138. '\"When Mithra's boons will come to him, as he follows\nGod's teaching, and thinks according to God's teaching.\n'\"Woe to that man, I think,\" - said Ahura Mazda, - \"O\nholy Zarathushtra! for whom an unholy priest, not pious, who is\nnot the Word incarnate, stands behind the baresma, however full\nmay be the bundles of baresma he ties, however long may be the\nsacrifice he performs.\"\n139. 'He does not delight Ahura Mazda, nor the other Amesha-Spentas,\nnor Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, he who thus scorns Mazda,\nand the other Amesha-Spentas, and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nand the Law, and Rashnu, and Arstat, who makes the world grow,\nwho makes the world increase.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[33]]\n140. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake.\n'I will offer up a sacrifice unto the good Mithra, O Spitama!\nunto the strong, heavenly god, who is foremost, highly merciful,\nand peerless; whose house is above, a stout and strong warrior;\n141. 'Victorious and armed with a well-fashioned weapon, watchful\nin darkness and undeceivable. He is the stoutest of the stoutest,\nhe is the strongest of the strongest, he is the most intelligent\nof the gods, he is victorious and endowed with Glory: he, of the\nten thousand eyes, of the ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing,\nundeceivable god.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[34]]\n142. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, ....\nsleepless, and ever awake;\n'Who, with his manifold knowledge, powerfully increases the creation\nof Spenta Mainyu, and is a well-created and most great Yazata,\nself-shining like the moon, when he makes his own body shine;\n143. 'Whose face is flashing with light like the face of the star\nTistrya; whose chariot is embraced by that goddess who is foremost\namongst those who have no deceit in them, O Spitama! who is fairer\nthan any creature in the world, and full of light to shine. I\nwill worship that chariot, wrought by the Maker, Ahura Mazda,\ninlaid with stars and made of a heavenly substance; (the chariot)\nof Mithra, who has ten thousand spies, the powerful, all-knowing,\nundeceivable god.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[35]]\n144. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who\nis truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears,\nwell-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge,\nstrong, sleepless, and ever awake.\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries;\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries;\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country;\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries;\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries;\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries;\n'We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries.\n145. 'We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable,\nholy gods; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with\nthe trees that yield up baresma. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the\nlord of all countries.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures.\n'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n'I bless the sacrifice and p yer, and the strength and vigour\nof Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears,\nten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name; and that\nof Rama Hvastra.\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the\nbright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!'\n 11. Srosh Yasht Hadokht\n -----------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared\nand lordly god,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha,\nwho makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness.\nGood prayer, excellent prayer to the worlds, O Zarathushtra!\n2. This it is that takes away the friendship of the fiend and\nfiends, of the he-fiend and of the she-fiend; it turns away in\ngiddiness their eyes, minds, ears, hands, feet, mouths, and tongues;\nas good prayer, without deceit and without harm, is Manly Courage,\nand turns away the Druj.\n3. The holy Sraosha, the best protector ofthe poor, is fiend-smiting;\nhe is the best smiter of the Druj.\nThe faithful one who pronounces most words of blessing is the\nmost victorious in victory; the Mathra Spenta takes best the unseen\nDruj way. The Ahuna Vairya is the best fiend-smiter among all\nspells; the word of truth is the fighter that is the best of all\nfiend-smiters.\nThe Law of the worshippers of Mazda is the truest giver of all\nthe good things of all those that are the offspring of the good\nprinciple; and so is the Law of Zarathushtra.\n4. And he who should pronounce that word, O Zarathushtra! either\na man or a woman with a mind all intent on holiness, with words\nall intent on holiness, with deeds all intent on holiness, when\nhe is in fear either of high waters or of the darkness of a rainy\nnight;\nOr at the fords of a river, or at the branching-off of roads;\nOr in the meeting together of the faithful, or the rushing together\nof the worshippers of the Daevas;\n5. Whether on the road or in the law he has to fear, not in that\nday nor in that night shall the tormenting fiend, who wants to\ntorment him, prevail to throw upon him the look of his evil eye,\nand the malice of the thief who carries off cattle shall not reach\nhim.\n6. Pronounce then that word, O Zarathushtra! that word to be\nspoken, when thou fall upon the idolaters and thieves and Daevas\nrushing together. Then the malice of the wicked worshippers of\nthe Daevas, of the Yatus and their followers, of the Pairikas\nand their followers, will be affrighted and rush away. Down are\nthe Daevas! Down are the Daeva-worshippers, and they take back\ntheir mouths from biting.\n7. And therefore we take around us the holy-natured Sraosha,\nthe holy, the fiend-smiter, as one does with shepherds' dogs;\ntherefore we sacrifice unto the holy-natured Sraosha, the holy,\nthe fiend-smiter, with good thoughts, good words, and good deeds.\n8. For his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious\npower, for his offering sacrifices unto the gods, I will offer\nhim a sacrifice worth being heard. I will offer up libations unto\nthe holy Sraosha, unto the great Ashi Vanguhi, and unto Nairyo-sangha,\nthe tall-formed.\nSo may the holy Sraosha, the fiend-smiter, come to us for help!\n9. We worship the holy Sraosha; we worship the great master,\nAhura Mazda, who is supreme in holiness, who is the foremost to\ndo deeds of holiness.\nWe worship all the words of Zarathushtra, and all the good deeds,\nthose done and those to be done.\nYenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n10. We sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed fiend-smiting Sraosha,\nwho makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness;\nWho strikes the evil-doing man, who strikes the evil-doing woman;\nwho smites the fiendish Druj, and is most strong and world-destroying;\nwho maintains and looks over all this moving world;\n11. Who, never sleeping, wakefully guards the creation of Mazda;\nwho, never sleeping, wakefully maintains the creation of Mazda;\nwho protects all the material world with his club uplifted, from\nthe hour when the sun is down;\n12. Who never more did enjoy sleep from the time when the two\nSpirits made the world, namely, the good Spirit and the evil One;\nwho every day, every night, fights with the Mazainya Daevas.\n13. He bows not for fear and fright before the Daevas: before\nhim all the Daevas bow for fear and fright reluctantly, and rush\naway to darkness.\nFor his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious\npower....\n [[3]]\n14. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nWe sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha,\nwho makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness;\nWho with peace and friendship watches the Druj and the most beneficent\nSpirit: so that the Amesha-Spentas may go along the seven Karshvares\nof the earth; who is the teacher of the Law: he himself was taught\nit by Ahura Mazda, the holy One.\nFor his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious\npower....\n [[4]]\n15. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nWe sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha,\nwho makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness;\nWhom the holy Ahura Mazda has created to withstand Aeshma, the\nfiend of the wounding spear; we sacrifice unto Peace, whose breath\nis friendly, and unto the two withstanders of sin and guilt,\n16. The friends of the holy Sraosha;\nThe friends of Rashnu Razista;\nThe friends of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda;\nThe friends of Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes the\nworld increase, who makes the world prosper;\nThe friends of Ashi Vanguhi;\nThe friends of the good Chisti;\nThe friends of the most right Chista;\n17. The friends of all gods;\nThe friends of the Mathra Spenta;\nThe friends of the fiend-destrqying Law;\nThe friends of the long-traditional teaching;\nThe friends of the Amesha-Spentas;\nThe friends of ourselves, the Saoshyants, the two-footed part\nof the holy creation;\nThe friends of all the beings of the holy world.\nFor his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious\npower....\n [[5]]\n18. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of tbe Lord is the law of holiness....\nWe sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha,\nwho makes the world increase, the holy and master of holiness;\nThe first [Sraosha], the next, the middle, and the highest; with\nthe first sacrifice, with the next, with the middle, and with\nthe highest. We sacrifice unto all [the moments] of the holy and\nstrong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word;\n19. The strong Sraosha, of the manly courage, the warrior of the\nstrong arms, who breaks the skulls of the Daevas; who smites with\nheavy blows and is strong to smite; the holy Sraosha, who smites\nwith heavy blows; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant of\nboth the holy Sraosha and Arshti.\n20. We sacrifice for all the houses protected by Sraosha, where\nthe holy Sraosha is dear and friendly treated and satisfied, as\nwell as the faithful man, rich in good thoughts, rich in good\nwords, rich in good deeds.\n21. We sacrifice unto the body of the holy Sraosha;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of Rashnu Razishta;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of the holy wind;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of the good Law of the worshippers\nof Mazda;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of Arshtat, who makes the world grow,\nwho makes the world increase, who makes the world prosper;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of Ashi Vanguhi;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of the good Chisti;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of the most right Chista;\nWe sacrifice unto the bodies of all the gods;\n22. We sacrifice unto the body of the Mathra Spenta;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of the fiend-destroying Law;\nWe sacrifice unto the body of the long-traditional teaching;\nWe sacrifice unto the bodies of the Amesha-Spentas;\nWe sacrifice unto the bodies of ourselves, the Saoshyants, the\ntwo-footed part of the holy creation;\nWe sacrifice unto the bodies of all the beings of the holy world.\nFor his brightness and glory, for his strength and victorious\npower....\n23. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, the strength and vigour of the\nholy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared\nand lordly god\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, ... give him the bright,\nall-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones!\n 11a. Srosh Yasht\n ----------------\n (See Yasna, chapter 57)\n 12. Rashn Yasht yt12sbe \n ---------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness.\nUnto Rashnu Razishta; unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow,\nwho makes the world increase; unto the true-spoken speech, that\nmakes the world grow;\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. The holy (Zarathushtra) asked him: 'O holy Ahura Mazda! I\nask thee; answer me with words of truth, thou who knowest the\ntruth. Thou art undeceivable, thou hast an undeceivable understanding;\nthou art undeceivable, as thou knowest everything.\n'What of the Holy Word is created true? what is created progress-making?\nwhat is fit to discern? what is healthful? what is wise? what\nis happy and more powerful to destroy than all other creatures?'\n2. Ahura Mazda answered: 'I will declare that unto thee, O pure,\nholy Spitama!\n'The most glorious Holy Word (itself), this is what in the Holy\nWord is created true, what is created progress making, what is\nfit to discern, what is healthful, wise, and happy, what is more\npowerful to destroy than all other creatures.'\n3. Ahura Mazda said: 'Bind up a three-twigged baresma against\nthe way of the sun. [Address] unto me, Ahura Mazda, these words:\n\"We invoke, we bless [Ahura]; I invoke the friendship [of\nAhura] towards this var (ordeal) prepared, towards the fire and\nthe baresma, towards the full boiling [milk], towards the var\nof oil and the sap of the plants.\"\n4. 'Then I, Ahura Mazda, shall come for help unto thee, towards\nthis var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, towards the\nfull boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the sap of the\nplants;\n'Along with the fiend-smiting Wind, along with the cursing thought\nof the wise, along with the kingly Glory, along with Saoka, made\nby Mazda.\n5. 'We invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong; I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma, towards\nthe full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the sap of:\nthe plants.\n6. 'Then Rashnu the tall, the strong, will come for help unto\nthee, towards this var prepared, towards the fire and the baresma,\ntowards the full boiling [milk], towards the var of oil and the\nsap of the plants:\n'Along with the fiend-smiting Wind, along with the cursing thought\nof the wise, along with the kingly Glory, along with Saoka, made\nby Mazda.\n7. 'O thou, holy Rashnu! O most true Rashnu! most beneficent\nRashnu! most knowing Rashnu! most discerning Rashnu I most fore-knowing\nRashnu! most far-seeing Rashnu I Rashnu, the best doer of justice!\nRashnu, the best smiter of thieves;\n8. 'The uninjured, the best killer, smiter, destroyer of thieves\nand bandits! in whatever part of the world thou art watching the\ndoings of men and making the account... (obscure).\n [[2]]\n9. 'Whether thou, O hoIy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Arezahi,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou\nart.\n [[3]]\n10. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Savahi,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this\nvar prepared ... in whatever part of the world thou art.\n [[4]]\n11. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Fradadhafshu,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou\nart.\n [[5]]\n12. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vidadhafshu,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou\nart.\n [[6]]\n13. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vouru-bareshti,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou\nart.\n [[7]]\n14. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the Karshvare Vouru-jareshti,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou\nart.\n [[8]]\n15. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in this Karshvare, the bright\nHvaniratha, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his\nfriendship towards this var prepared .... in whatever part of\nthe world thou art.\n [[9]]\n16. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sea Vouru-Kasha,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared .... in whatever part of the world thou\nart.\n [[10]]\n17. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the tree of the eagle,\nthat stands in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha, that is called\nthe tree of good remedies, the tree of powerful remedies, the\ntree of all remedies, and on which rest the seeds of all plants;\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[11]]\n18. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Aodhas of the Rangha,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[12]]\n19. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Sanaka of the Rangha,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[13]]\n20. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at one of the angles of\nthis earth, we invoke we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[14]]\n21. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art at the boundary of this\nearth, we invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards\nthis var prepared....\n [[15]]\n22. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in any place of this earth,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu. I invoke his friendship towards this\nvar prepared....\n [[16]]\n23. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art on the Hara Berezaiti, the\nbright mountain around which the many (stars) revolve, where come\nneither night nor darkness, no cold wind and no hot wind, no deathful\nsickness, no uncleanness made by the Daevas, and the clouds cannot\nreach up unto the Haraiti Bareza; we invoke, we bless Rashnu.\nI invoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[17]]\n24. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art upon the highest Hukairya,\nof the deep precipices, made of gold, where from this river of\nmine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, leaps from a thousand times the height\nof a man, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his\nfriendship towards this var prepared....\n [[18]]\n25. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art upon the Taera of the height\nHaraiti, around which the stars, the moon, and the sun revolve,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[19]]\n26. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the star Vanant, made\nby Mazda, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his\nfriendship towards this var prepared....\n [[20]]\n27. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright and glorious\nstar Tishtrya, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke\nhis friendship towards the var prepared....\n [[21]]\n28. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the group of the Haptoiringa\nstars, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[22]]\n29. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have\nthe seed of the waters in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the\nstrong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[23]]\n30. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have\nthe seed of the earth in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the\nstrong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[24]]\n31. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in those stars that have\nthe seed of the plants in them, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the\nstrong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[25]]\n32. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the stars that belong\nto the Good Spirit, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I\ninvoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[26]]\n33. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the moon which has the\nseed of the Bull in it, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong.\nI invoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[27]]\n34. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the swift-horsed sun,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[28]]\n35. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the sovereign endless\nLight, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[29]]\n36. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the bright, all-happy,\nblissful abode of the holy Ones, we invoke, we bless Rashnu, the\nstrong. I invoke his friendship towards this var prepared....\n [[30]]\n37. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art in the shining Garo-demana,\nwe invoke, we bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship\ntowards this var prepared....\n [[31]]\n38. 'Whether thou, O holy Rashnu! art, ... (obscure) we invoke,\nwe bless Rashnu, the strong. I invoke his friendship towards this\nvar prepared....\n39. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n40. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof Rashnu Razishta; of Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who\nmakes the world increase; and of the true-spoken speech that makes\nthe world grow.\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of\nbody, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the\nholy Ones.'\n 13. Frawardin Yasht (Hymn to the Fravashis)\n -------------------------------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness.\nUnto the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the faithful; unto the\nFravashis of the men of the primitive law; unto the Fravashis\nof the next-of-kin,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Do thou\nproclaim, O pure Zarathushtra! the vigour and strength, the glory,\nthe help and the joy that are in the Fravashis of the faithful,\nthe awful and overpowering Fravashis; do thou tell how they come\nto help me, how they bring assistance unto me, the awful Fravashis\nof the faithful.\n2. 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain\nthat sky, there above, shining and seen afar, and encompassing\nthis earth all around.\n3. 'It looks like a palace, that stands built of a heavenly substance,\nfirmly established, with ends that lie afar, shining in its body\nof ruby over the three-thirds (of the earth)\"; it is like\na garment inlaid with stars, made of a heavenly substance, that\nMazda puts on, along with Mithra and Rashnu and Spenta-Armaiti,\nand on no side can the eye perceive the end of it.\n4. 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain\nArdvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who\nhates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura who is worthy of\nsacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the material\nworld, the life-increasing and holy, the flocks-increasing and\nholy, the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth increasing and\nholy, the country increasing and holy;\n5. 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb\nof all females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females\nbring forth in safety, who puts milk in the breasts of all females\nin the right measure and the right quality;\n6. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole\nof all the waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully\nfrom the height Hukairya down to the sea Vouru-kasha.\n7. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-kasha are boiling over, all\nthe middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there, when\nshe streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand\ncells and a thousand channels; the extent of each of those cells,\nof each of those channels, is as much as a man can ride in forty\ndays, riding on a good horse.\n8. 'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread\nall over the seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on\nbringing waters, both in summer and in winter. This river of mine\npurifies the seed in males, the womb in females, the milk in females'\nbreasts.\n9. 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain\nthe wide earth made by Ahura, the large and broad earth, that\nbears so much that is fine, that bears all the bodily world, the\nlive and the dead, and the high mountains, rich in pastures and\nwaters;\n10. 'Upon which run the many streams and rivers; upon which the\nmany kinds of plants grow up from the ground, to nourish animals\nand men, to nourish the Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds\nof animals, and to help the faithful.\n11. 'Through their brightness and glory, O Zarathushtra! I maintain\nin the womb the child that has been conceived, so that it does\nnot die from the assaults of Vidotu, and I develop in it the bones,\nthe hair, the ..., the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs.\n12. 'Had not the awful Fravashis of the faithful given help unto\nme, those animals and men of mine, of which there are such excellent\nkinds, would not subsist; strength would belong to the Druj, the\ndominion would belong to the Druj, the material world would belong\nto the Druj.\n13. 'Between the earth and the sky the immaterial creatures would\nbe harassed by the Druj; between the earth and the sky the immaterial\ncreatures would be smitten by the Druj; and never afterwards would\nAngra-Mainyu give way to the blows of Spenta-Mainyu.\n14. 'Through their brightness and glory the waters run and flow\nforward from the never-failing springs; through their brightness\nand glory the plants grow up from the earth, by the never-failing\nsprings; through their brightness and glory the winds blow, driving\ndown the clouds towards the never-failing springs.\n15. 'Through their brightness and glory the females conceive offspring;\nthrough their brightness and glory they bring forth in safety;\nit is through their brightness and glory when they become blessed\nwith children.\n16. 'Through their brightness and glory a man is born who is a\nchief in assemblies and meetings, who listens well to the (holy)\nwords, whom Wisdom holds dear, and who returns a victor from discussions\nwith Gaotema, the heretic.\n'Through their brightness and glory the sun goes his way; through\ntheir brightness and glory the moon goes her way; through their\nbrightness and glory the stars go their way.\n17. 'In fearful battles they are the wisest for help, the Fravashis\nof the faithful.\n'The most powerful amongst the Fravashis of the faithful, O Spitama!\nare those of the men of the primitive law or those of the Saoshyants\nnot yet born, who are to restore the world. Of the others, the\nFravashis of the living faithful are more powerful, O Zarathushtra!\nthan those of the dead, O Spitama!\n18. 'And the man who in life shall treat the Fravashis of the\nfaithful well, will become a ruler of the country with full power,\nand a chief most strong; so shall any man of you become, who shall\ntreat Mithra well, the lord of wide pastures, and Arshtat, who\nmakes the world grow, who makes the world increase.\n19. 'Thus do I proclaim unto thee, O pure Spitama! the vigour\nand strength, the glory, the help, and the joy that are in the\nFravashis of the faithful, the awful and overpowering Fravashis;\nand how they come to help me, how they bring assistance unto me,\nthe awful Fravashis of the faithful.'\n [[2]]\n20. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'If in\nthis material world, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thou happenest to\ncome upon frightful roads, full of dangers and fears, O Zarathushtra!\nand thou fearest for thyself, then do thou recite these words,\nthen proclaim these fiend-smiting words, O Zarathushtra!\n21. '\"I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice\nunto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful. We\nworship the Fravashis of the masters of the houses, those of the\nlords of the boroughs, those of the lords of the towns, those\nof the lords of the countries, those of the Zarathustrotemas;\nthe Fravashis of those that are, the Fravashis of those that have\nbeen, the Fravashis of those that will be; all the Fravashis of\nall nations, and most friendly the Fravashis of the friendly nations;\n22. '\"Who maintain the sky, who maintain the waters, who\nmaintain the earth, who maintain the cattle, who maintain in the\nwomb the child that has been conceived, so that it does not die\nfrom the assaults of Vidotu, and develop in it the bones, the\nhair, the ...., the entrails, the feet, and the sexual organs;\n23. '\"Who are much-bringing, who move with awfulness, well-moving,\nswiftly moving, quickly moving, who move when invoked; who are\nto be invoked in the conquest of good, who are to be invoked in\nfights against foes, who are to be invoked in battles;\n24. '\"Who give victory to their invoker, who give boons to\ntheir lover, who give health to the sick man, who give good Glory\nto the faithful man that brings libations and invokes them with\na sacrifice and words of propitiation,\n25. '\"Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most\ndevoted to holiness, and where is the greatest piety, where the\nfaithful man is rejoiced, and where the faithful man is not ill-treated.\"'\n [[3]]\n26. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho are the mightiest of drivers, the lightest of those driving\nforwards, the slowest of the retiring, the safest of all bridges,\nthe least-erring of all weapons and arms, and who never turn their\nbacks.\n27. At once, wherever they come, we worship them, the good ones,\nthe excellent ones, the good, the strong, the beneficent Fravashis\nof the faithful. They are to be invoked when the bundles of baresma\nare tied; they are to be invoked in fights against foes, in battles,\nand there where gallant men strive to conquer foes.\n28. Mazda invoked them for help, when he fixed the sky and the\nwaters and the earth and the plants; when Spenta-Mainyu fixed\nthe sky, when he fixed the waters, when the earth, when the cattle,\nwhen the plants, when the child conceived in the womb, so that\nit should not die from the assaults of Vidotu, and developed in\nit the bones, the hair, the ...., the entrails, the feet, and\nthe sexual organs.\n29. Spenta-Mainyu maintained the sky, and they sustained it from\nbelow, they, the strong Fravashis, who sit in silence, gazing\nwith sharp looks; whose eyes and ears are powerful, who bring\nlong joy, high and high-girded; well-moving and moving afar, loud-snorting,\npossessing riches and a high renown.\n [[4]]\n30. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful;\nwhose friendship is good, and who know how to benefit; whose friendship\nlasts long; who like to stay in the abode where they are not harmed\nby its dwellers; who are good, beautiful afar, health-giving,\nof high renown, conquering in battle, and who never do harm first.\n [[5]]\n31. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful;\nwhose will is dreadful unto those who vex them; powerfully working\nand most beneficent; who in battle break the dread arms of their\nfoes and haters.\n [[6]]\n32. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful;\nliberal, valiant, and full of strength, not to be seized by thought,\nwelfare-giving, kind, and health-giving, following with Ashi's\nremedies, as far as the earth extends, as the rivers stretch,\nas the sun rises.\n [[7]]\n33. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho gallantly and bravely fight, causing havoc, wounding, breaking\nto pieces all the malice of the malicious, Daevas and men, and\nsmiting powerfully in battle, at their wish and will.\n34. You kindly deliver the Victory made by Ahura, and the crushing\nAscendant, most beneficently, to those countries where you, the\ngood ones, unharmed and rejoiced, unoppressed and unoffended,\nhave been held worthy of sacrifice and prayer, and proceed the\nway of your wish.\n [[8]]\n35. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nof high renown, smiting in battle, most strong, shield-bearing\nand harmless to those who are true, whom both the pursuing and\nthe fleeing invoke for help: the pursuer invokes them for a swift\nrace, and for a swift race does the fleer invoke them;\n36. Who turn to that side where are faithful men, most devoted\nto holiness, and where is the greatest piety, where the faithful\nman is rejoiced, and where the faithful man is not ill-treated.\n [[9]]\n37. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho form many battalions, girded with weapons, lifting up spears,\nand full of sheen; who in fearful battles come rushing along where\nthe gallant heroes go and assail the Danus.\n38. There you destroy the victorious strength of the Turanian\nDanus; there you destroy the malice of the Turanian Danus; through\nyou the chiefs are of high intellect and most successful; they,\nthe gallant heroes, the gallant Saoshyants, the gallant conquerors\nof the offspring of the Danus chiefs of myriads, who wound with\nstones.\n [[10]]\n39. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho rout the two wings of an army standing in battle array, who\nmake the centre swerve, and swiftly pursue onwards, to help the\nfaithful and to distress the doers of evil deeds.\n [[11]]\n40. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful;\nawful, overpowering, and victorious, smiting in battle, sorely\nwounding, blowing away (the foes), moving along to and fro, of\ngood renown, fair of body, godly of soul, and holy; who give victory\nto their invoker, who give boons to their lover, who give health\nto the sick man;\n41. Who give good glory to him who worships them with a sacrifice,\nas that man did worship them, the holy Zarathushtra, the chief\nof the material world, the head of the two-footed race, in whatever\nstruggle he had to enter, in whatever distress he did fear;\n42. Who, when well invoked, enjoy bliss in the heavens; who, when\nwell invoked, come forward from the heavens, who are the heads\nof that sky above, possessing the well-shapen Strength, the Victory\nmade by Ahura, the crushing Ascendant, and Welfare, the wealth-bringing,\nboon-bringing, holy, well fed, worthy of sacrifice and prayer\nin the perfection of holiness.\n43. They shed Satavaesa between the earth and the sky, him to\nwhom the waters belong, who listens to appeals and makes the waters\nflow and the plants grow up, to nourish animals and men, to nourish\nthe Aryan nations, to nourish the five kinds of animals and to\nhelp the faithful.\n44. Satavaesa comes down and flows between the earth and the sky,\nhe to whom the waters belong, who listens to appeals and makes\nthe waters and the plants grow up, fair, radiant, and full of\nlight, to nourish animals and men, to nourish the Aryan nations,\nto nourish the five kinds of animals, and to help the faithful.\n [[12]]\n45. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful;\nwith helms of brass, with weapons of brass, with armour of brass;\nwho struggle in the fights for victory in garments of light, arraying\nthe battles and bringing them forwards, to kill thousands of Daevas.\nWhen the wind blows from behind them and brings their breath unto\nmen,\n46. Then men know where blows the breath of victory: and they\npay pious homage unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of\nthe faithful, with their hearts prepared and their arms uplifted.\n47. Whichever side they have been first worshipped in the fulness\nof faith of a devoted heart, to that side turn the awful Fravashis\nof the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu and the awful cursing\nthought of the wise and the victorious wind.\n48. And those nations are smitten at one stroke by their fifties\nand their hundreds, by their hundreds and their thousands, by\ntheir thousands and their tens of thousands, by their tens of\nthousands and their myriads of myriads, against which turn the\nawful Fravashis of the faithful, along with Mithra and Rashnu,\nand the awful cursing thought of the wise and the victorious wind.\n [[13]]\n49. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho come and go through the borough at the time of the Hamaspathmaidyem;\nthey go along there for ten nights, asking thus:\n50. 'Who will praise us? Who will offer us a sacrifice? Who will\nmeditate upon us? Who will bless us? Who will receive us with\nmeat and clothes in his hand and with a prayer worthy of bliss?\nOf which of us will the name be taken for invocation? Of which\nof you will the soul be worshipped by you with a sacrifice? To\nwhom will this gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing\nfood for ever and ever?'\n51. And the man who offers them up a sacrifice, with meat and\nclothes in his hand, with a prayer worthy of bliss, the awful\nFravashis of the faithful, satisfied, unharmed, and unoffended,\nbless thus:\n52. 'May there be in this house flocks of animals and men! May\nthere be a swift horse and a solid chariot! May there be a man\nwho knows how to praise God and rule in an assembly, who will\noffer us sacrifices with meat and clothes in his hand, and with\na prayer worthy of bliss.'\n [[14]]\n53. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho show beautiful paths to the waters, made by Mazda, which had\nstood before for a long time in the same place without flowing:\n54. And now they flow along the path made by Mazda, along the\nway made by the gods, the watery way appointed to them, at the\nwish of Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas.\n [[15]]\n55. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho show a beautiful growth to the fertile plants, which had stood\nbefore for a long time in the same place without growing;\n56. And now they grow up along the path made by Mazda, along the\nway made by the gods, in the time appointed to them, at the wish\nof Ahura Mazda, at the wish of the Amesha-Spentas.\n [[16]]\n57. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho showed their paths to the stars, the moon, the sun, and the\nendless lights, that had stood before for a long time in the same\nplace, without moving forwards, through the oppression of the\nDaevas and the assaults of the Daevas.\n58. And now they move around in their far-revolving circle for\never, till they come to the time of the good restoration of the\nworld.\n [[17]]\n59. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho watch over the bright sea Vouru-Kasha, to the number of ninety\nthousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine.\n [[18]]\n60. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho watch over the stars Haptoiringa, to the number of ninety\nthousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine.\n [[19]]\n61. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho watch over the body of Keresaspa, the son of Sama, the club-bearer\nwith plaited hair, to the number of ninety thousand, and nine\nthousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine.\n [[20]]\n62. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho watch over the seed of the holy Zarathushtra, to the number\nof ninety thousand, and nine thousand, and nine hundred, and ninety-nine.\n [[21]]\n63. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho fight at the right hand of the reigning lord, if he rejoices\nthe faithful and if the awful Fravashis of the faithful are not\nhurt by him, if they are rejoiced by him, unharmed and unoffended.\n [[22]]\n64. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho are greater, who are stronger, who are swifter, who are more\npowerful, who are more victorious, who are more healing, who are\nmore effective than can be expressed by words; who run by tens\nof thousands into the midst of the Myazdas.\n65. And when the waters come up from the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama\nZarathushtra! along with the Glory made by Mazda, then forwards\ncome the awful Fravashis of the faithful, many and many hundreds,\nmany and many thousands, many and many tens of thousands,\n66. Seeking water for their own kindred, for their own borough,\nfor their own town, for their own country, and saying thus: 'May\nour own country have a good store and full joy!'\n67. They fight in the battles that are fought in their own place\nand land, each according to the place and house where he dwelt\n(of yore): they look like a gallant warrior who, girded up and\nwatchful, fights for the hoard he has treasured up.\n68. And those of them who win bring waters to their own kindred,\nto their own borough, to their own town, to their own country,\nsaying thus: 'May my country grow and increase!'\n69. And when the all-powerful sovereign of a country has been\nsurprised by his foes and haters, he invokes them, the awful Fravashis\nof the faithful.\n70. And they come to his help, if they have not been hurt by him,\nif they have been rejoiced by him, if they have not been harmed\nnor offended, the awful Fravashis of the faithful: they come flying\nunto him, it seems as if they were well-winged birds.\n71. They come in as a weapon and as a shield, to keep him behind\nand to keep him in front, from the Druj unseen, from the female\nVarenya fiend, from the evil-doer bent on mischief, and from that\nfiend who is all death, Angra Mainyu. It will be as if there were\na thousand men watching over one man;\n72. So that neither the sword well-thrust, neither the club well-falling,\nnor the arrow well-shot, nor the spear well-darted, nor the stones\nflung from the arm shall destroy him.\n73. They come on this side, they come on that side, never resting,\nthe good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful, asking\nfor help thus: 'Who will praise us? Who will offer us a sacrifice?\nWho will meditate upon us? Who will bless us? Who will receive\nus with meat and clothes in his hand and with a prayer worthy\nof bliss? Of which of us will the name be taken for invocation?\nOf which of you will the soul be worshipped by you with a sacrifice?\nTo whom will that gift of ours be given, that he may have never-failing\nfood for ever and ever?'\n74. We worship the perception; we worship the intellect; we worship\nthe conscience; we worship those of the Saoshyants;\nWe worship the souls; those of the tame animals; those of the\nwild animals; those of the animals that live in the waters; those\nof the animals that live under the ground; those of the flying\nones; those of the running ones; those of the grazing ones.\nWe worship their Fravashis.\n75. We worship the Fravashis.\nWe worship them, the liberal;\nWe worship them, the valiant; we worship them, the most valiant;\nWe worship them, the beneficent; we worship them, the most beneficent;\nWe worship them, the powerful;\nWe worship them, the most strong;\nWe worship them, the light; we worship them, the most light;\nWe worship them, the effective; we worship them, the most effective.\n76. They are the most effective amongst the creatures of the two\nSpirits, they the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful,\nwho stood holding fast when the two Spirits created the world,\nthe Good Spirit and the Evil One.\n77. When Angra Mainyu broke into the creation of the good holiness,\nthen came in across Vohu Mano and Atar.\n78. They destroyed the malice of the fiend Angra Mainyu, so that\nthe waters did not stop flowing nor did the plants stop growing;\nbut at once the most beneficent waters of the creator and ruler,\nAhura Mazda, flowed forward and his plants went on growing.\n79. We worship all the waters;\nWe worship all the plants;\nWe worship all the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful.\nWe worship the waters by their names;\nWe worship the plants by their names;\nWe worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the faithful\nby their names.\n80. Of all those ancient Fravashis, we worship the Fravashi of\nAhura Mazda; who is the greatest, the best, the fairest, the most\nsolid, the wisest, the finest of body and supreme in holiness;\n81. Whose soul is the Mathra Spenta, who is white, shining, seen\nafar; and we worship the beautiful forms, the active forms wherewith\nhe clothes the Amesha-Spentas; we worship the swift-horsed sun.\n [[23]]\n82. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the Amesha-Spentas,\nthe bright ones, whose looks perform what they wish, the tall,\nquickly coming to do, strong, and lordly, who are undecaying and\nholy;\n83. Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one\nspeech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same,\nwhose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father\nand commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda;\n84. Who see one another's soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking\nof good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana,\nand whose ways are shining as they go down towards the libations.\n [[24]]\n85. We worship the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis: that of\nthe most rejoicing fire, the beneficent and assembly-making; and\nthat of the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a\nmighty-speared and lordly god; and that of Nairyo-sangha.\n86. And that of Rashnu Razishta;\nThat of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures;\nThat of the Mathra-Spenta;\nThat of the sky;\nThat of the waters;\nThat of the earth;\nThat of the plants;\nThat of the Bull;\nThat of the living man;\nThat of the holy creation.\n87. We worship the Fravashi of Gaya Maretan, who first listened\nunto the thought and teaching of Ahura Mazda; of whom Ahura formed\nthe race of the Aryan nations, the seed of the Aryan nations.\nWe worship the piety and the Fravashi of the holy Zarathushtra;\n88. Who first thought what is good, who first spoke what is good,\nwho first did what is good; who was the first Priest, the first\nWarrior, the first Plougher of the ground; who first knew and\nfirst taught; who first possessed and first took possession of\nthe Bull, of Holiness, of the Word, the obedience to the Word,\nand dominion, and all the good things made by Mazda, that are\nthe offspring of the good Principle;\n89. Who was the first Priest, the first Warrior, the first Plougher\nof the ground; who first took the turning of the wheel from the\nhands of the Daeva and of the cold-hearted man; who first in the\nmaterial world pronounced the praise of Asha, thus bringing the\nDaevas to naught, and confessed himself a worshipper of Mazda,\na follower of Zarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas, and obeys\nthe laws of Ahura.\n90. Who first in the material world said the word that destroys\nthe Daevas, the law of Ahura; who first in the material world\nproclaimed the word that destroys the Daevas, the law of Ahura;\nwho first in the material world declared all the creation of the\nDaevas unworthy of sacrifice and prayer; who was strong, giving\nall the good things of life, the first bearer of the Law amongst\nthe nations;\n91. In whom was heard the whole Mathra, the word of holiness;\nwho was the lord and master of the world, the praiser of the most\ngreat, most good and most fair Asha; who had a revelation of the\nLaw, that most excellent of all beings;\n92. For whom the Amesha-Spentas longed, in one accord with the\nsun, in the fulness of faith of a devoted heart; they longed for\nhim, as the lord and master of the world, as the praiser of the\nmost great, most good, and most fair Asha, as having a revelation\nof the Law, that most excellent of all beings;\n93. In whose birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced;\nin whose birth and growth the waters and the plants grew; in whose\nbirth and growth all the creatures of the good creations cried\nout, Hail!\n94. 'Hail to us! for he is born, the Athravan, Spitama Zarathushtra.\nZarathushtra will offer us sacrifices with libations and bundles\nof baresma; and there will the good Law of the worshippers of\nMazda come and spread through all the seven Karshvares of the\nearth.\n95. 'There will Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, increase all\nthe excellences of our countries, and allay their troubles; there\nwill the powerful Apam-Napat increase all the excellences of our\ncountries, and allay their troubles.'\nWe worship the piety and Fravashi of Maidhyo-maungha, the son\nof Arasti, who first listened unto the word and teaching of Zarathushtra.\n [[25]]\n96. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asmo-hvanvant;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asan-hvanvant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Gavayan.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshat-gaush. the son of\nFrata;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohvasti, the son of Snaoya;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Isvat, the son of Varaza.\n97. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Saena, the son of Ahum-stut,\nwho first appeared upon this earth with a hundred pupils.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhidaya.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmanara, the son of Paeshata.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-raochah, the son of Franya;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-raochah, the son of Franya;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmo-raochah, the son of\nFranya.\n98. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Isat-vastra, the son of\nZarathushtra;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Urvatat-nara, the son of Zarathushtra;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chithra, the son of\nZarathushtra.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Daevo-tbis, the son of Takhma.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrimithwant, the son of Spitama.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Daungha, the son of Zairita.\n99. We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Vistaspa; the gallant\none, who was the incarnate Word, the mighty-speared, and lordly\none; who, driving the Druj before him, sought wide room for the\nholy religion; who, driving the Druj before him, made wide room\nfor the holy religion, who made himself the arm and support of\nthis law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathushtra.\n100. Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus,\nand established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high\nruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle\nand pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures.\n101. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairi-vairi;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhta-vairi;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Sriraokhshan;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaokhshan;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanara;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Varaza;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Bujisravah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezyarshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Tizyarshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Perethu-arshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vizhyarshti.\n102. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Naptya;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vazhaspa;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Habaspa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vistauru, the son of Naotara.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frash-ham-vareta;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasho-kareta.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-vanu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-pata;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-data;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-chithra;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-hvarenah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-savah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-zantu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Atare-danghu.\n103. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hushkyaothna;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Pishkyaothna;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Spento-data.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Basta-vairi;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Kava-razem.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frashaoshtra, the son of Hvova;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Jamaspa, the son of Hvova;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Avaraoshtri.\n104. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hushkyaothna, the son\nof Frashaoshtra;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvadaena, the son of Frashaoshtra.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hanghaurvaungh, the son of\nJamaspa;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vareshna, the son of Hanghaurvaungh.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-nemah, the son of Avaraoshtri,\nTo withstand evil dreams, to withstand evil visions, to withstand\nevil ....(?), to withstand the evil Pairikas.\n105. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Mathravaka, the son of\nSimaezhi, the Aethrapati, the Hamidhpati, who was able to smite\ndown most of the evil, unfaithful Ashemaoghas, that shout the\nhymns, and acknowledge no lord and no master, the dreadful ones\nwhose Fravashis are to be broken; to withstand the evil done by\nthe faithful.\n106. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-stu, the son of Maidhyo-maungha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Avarethrabah, the son of Rastare-vaghant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Bujra, the son of Dazgaraspa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Zbaurvant;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Karesna, the son\nof Zbaurvant; who was the incarnate Word, mighty-speared and lordly;\n107. In whose house did walk the good, beautiful, shining Ashi\nVanguhi, in the shape of a maid fair of body, most strong, tall-formed,\nhigh-up girded, pure, nobly born of a glorious seed; who, rushing\nto the battle, knew how to make room for himself with his own\narms; who, rushing to the battle, knew how to fight the foe with\nhis own arms.\n108. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Viraspa, the son of Karesna;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Azata, the son of Karesna:\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frayaodha, the son of Karesna.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy and good Arshya; Arshya, the\nchief in assemblies, the most energetic of the worshippers of\nMazda.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Darayat-ratha;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frayat-ratha;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Skarayat-ratha.\n109. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Arshvant;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vyarshvant;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Paityarshvant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Amru;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Chamru.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Dratha;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Paiti-dratha;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Paiti-vangha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasha-vakhsha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Nemo-vanghu, the son of Vaedhayangha.\n110. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Visadha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-vanghu, the son of Bivandangha;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Jaro-danghu, the son of Pairishtira;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Neremyazdana, the son of Athwyoza.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Berezishnu, the son of Ara;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Kasupatu, the son of Ara.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frya.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA.\n [[26]]\n111. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaopi-vanghu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Ham-baretar vanghvam.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Staotar-Vahishtahe-Ashyehe.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru-dhakhshti, the son of\nKhshtavaenya;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Khshoi-wraspa, the son of\nKhshtavaenya.\n112. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ayo-asti, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohv-asti, the son of Pount-dhakhshti;\nWe-worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaya-dhasti, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-vazdah, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Urudhu, the son of Pouru-dhakhshti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Khshathro-chinah, the son\nof Khshvoiwraspa.\n113. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Ashahura, the son of Jishti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Fraya-zanta;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frenah, the son of Frayazanta;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Jaro-vanghu, the son of Frayazanta.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy Asha-vazdah and Thrita, the\nsons of Sayuzhdri.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-raochah, the son of Varakasa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Arejan-ghant, the Turanian.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Usinemah.\n114. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yukhtaspa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-skyaothna, the son of\nGayadhasti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-nemah, the son of Katu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-vazdah, the son of Katu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-saredha, the son of Asha-sairyach;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-saredha, the son of Zairyach.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Chakhshni.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Syavaspi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Pourushti, the son of Kavi.\n115. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmapa, the son of\nJanara.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Nanarasti, the son of Paeshatah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Zarazdati, the son of Paeshatah.\nWe worship tke Fravashi of the holy Gaevani, the son of Vohu-nemah.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy Arezva and Sruta-spadha\nWe worship the Fravashis Of the holy Zrayah and Spento-khratu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Varshni, the son of Vagereza.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frachya, the son of Taurvati.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vahmae-data, the son of Mathravaka,\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtra, the son of Sadhanah.\n116. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Danghu-sruta;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Danghu-fradhah.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Aspo-padho-makhshti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Payanghro-makhshti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtazanta.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asha-savah,\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-urvatha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Haomo-hvarenah.\n117. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frava.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Usnaka.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvanvant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Daeno-vazah.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Arejaona.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Aiwi-hvarenah.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Huyazata.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hare-dhaspa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Pazinah.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvakhshathra.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asho-paoirya,\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA.\n [[27]]\n118. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hugau.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Anghuyu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Gauri;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Yushta, the son of Gauri.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Mazdra-vanghu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Srira-vanghu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ayuta.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Suro-yazata.\n119. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Eredhwa\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Kavi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshan, the son of the great\nVidi-sravah, known afar.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vanghu-dhata, the son of Hvadhata;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzya, the son of Vanghu-dhata;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frya.\n120. We worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yenhe-raochau;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yenhe-vereza;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy one whose name is Ashem-yahmai-ushta.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Yoishta, of the Fryana house.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Usmanara, the son of Paeshatah\nPaitisrira, to withstand the evil done by one's kindred.\n121. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Spiti, the son of Uspasnu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Erezraspa, the son of Uspasnu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Usadhan, the son of Mazdayasna.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-vanghu, the son of\nStivant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Raochas-chaeshman;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chaeshman\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frasrutara;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Visrutara.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Baremna. We worship the Fravashi\nof the holy Visruta.\n122. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvaspa;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Chathwaraspa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Dawra-maeshi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Fraora-ostra, the son of Kaosha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frinaspa, the son of Kaeva.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-nara, the son of Gravaratu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-ushtra, the son of Akhnangha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vivare-shvant, the son of\nAinyu.\n123. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Frarazi, the son of Tura.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Stipi, the son of Ravant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Parshanta, the son of Gandarewa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Avahya, the son of Spenta.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Aeta, the son of Mayu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Yaetush-gau, the son of Vyatana.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Garshta, the son of Kavi.\n124. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouru-bangha, the son\nof Zaosha.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-data, the son of Kata.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Baungha, the son of Saungha.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy Hvareza and Ankasa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Aravaoshtra, the son of Erezvat-danghu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frachithra, the son of Berezvant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vohu-peresa, the son of Ainyu.\n125. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Paro-dasma, the son of\nDashtaghni, a Miza man of the Miza land.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy Fratira and Baeshatastira.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy and pure Avare-gau, the son\nof Aoighimatastira.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Gaomant, the son of Zavan,\na Raozhdya man of the Raozhdya land.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Thrit, the son of Aevo-saredha-fyaeshta,\na Tanya man of the Tanya land.\n126. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Tiro-nakathwa, of the\nUspaeshta-Saena house.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Utayuti Vit-kavi, the son\nof Zighri, of the Saena house;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Frohakafra, the son of Merezishmya,\nof the Saena house.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Varesmo-raochah, the son of\nPerethu-afzem.\n127. We worship the Fravashis of the holy Asha-nemah and Vidat-gau,\nof this country.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy Par-shat-gau and Dazgara-gau,\nof the Apakhshira country.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hufra-vakhsh, of the Kahrkana\nhouse.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Akayadha, of the Pidha house.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Jamaspa, the younger.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Maidhyo-maungha, the younger.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Urvatat-nara, the younger.\n128. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Raochas-chaeshman;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvare-chaeshman;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradat-hvarenah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Varedat-hvarenah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vouru-nemah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vouru-savah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyat-ereta;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyat-nemah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy ASTVAT-ERETA;\n [[28]]\n129. Whose name will be the victorious SAOSHYANT and whose name\nwill be Astvat-ereta. He will be SAOSHYANT (the Beneficent One),\nbecause he will benefit the whole bodily world; he will be ASTVAT-ERETA\n(he who makes the bodily creatures rise up), because as a bodily\ncreature and as a living creature he will stand against the destruction\nof the bodily creatures, to withstand the Druj of the two-footed\nbrood, to withstand the evil done by the faithful.\n [[29]]\n130. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Yima, the son of Vivanghant;\nthe valiant Yima, who had flocks at his wish; to stand against\nthe oppression caused by the Daevas, against the drought that\ndestroys pastures, and against death that creeps unseen.\n131. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Thraetaona, of the Athwya\nhouse; to stand against itch, hot fever, humours, cold fever,\nand incontinency, to stand against the evil done by the Serpent.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Aoshnara, the son of Pouru-jira.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Uzava, the son of Tumaspa.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Aghraeratha, the demi-man.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Manushchithra, the son of\nAiryu.\n132. We worship the Fravashi of the holy king Kavata;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy king Aipivanghu;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy king Usadhan;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Arshan;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Pisanah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy king Byarshan;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy king Syavarshan;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy king Husravah;\n133. For the well-shapened Strength, for the Victory made by Ahura,\nfor the crushing Ascendant for the righteousness of the law, for\nthe innocence of the law, for the unconquerable power of the law;\nfor the extermination of the enemies at one stroke;\n134. And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda,\nfor the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring,\nwise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees\n[their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect; and\nfor that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to\nthose who do not follow impiety;\n135. For a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, and\nfor all boons and remedies; to withstand the Yatus and Pairikas,\nthe oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; to withstand the evil\ndone by oppressors.\n136. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Keresaspa, the Sama, the\nclub-bearer with plaited hair; to withstand the dreadful arm and\nthe hordes with the wide battle array, with the many spears, with\nthe straight spears, with the spears uplifted, bearing the spears\nof havoc; to withstand the dreadful brigand who works destruction,\nthe man-slayer who has no mercy; to withstand the evil done by\nthe brigand.\n137. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Akhrura, the son of Husravah;\nTo withstand the wicked one that deceives his friend and the niggard\nthat causes the destruction of the world.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy and gallant Haoshyangha;\nTo withstand tke Mazainya Daevas and the Varenya fiends; to withstand\nthe evil done by the Daevas.\n138. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Fradhakhshti, the son\nof the jar,\nTo withstand Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear, and the\nDaevas that grow through Aeshma; to withstand the evil done by\nAeshma.\n [[30]]\n139. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvovi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Thriti;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Pouruchista.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hutaosa;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Huma.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Zairichi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Vispa-taurvashi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ushtavaiti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Tushnamaiti.\n140. We worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of Usenemah;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of the son\nof Frayazanta;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of the son\nof Khshoiwraspa;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Freni, the wife of Gayadhasti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Asabani, the wife of Pourudhakhsti.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Ukhshyeinti, the wife of Staotar-Vahishtahe-Ashyehe.\n141. We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vadhut.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Jaghrudh.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Franghadh.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Urudhayant.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Paesanghanu.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Hvaredhi.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Huchithra.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy Kanuka.\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Srutat-fedhri.\n142. We worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Vanghu-fedhri;\nWe worship the Fravashi of the holy maid Eredat-fedhri, who is\ncalled Vispa-taurvairi. She is Vispa-taurvairi (the all-destroying)\nbecause she will bring him forth, who will destroy the malice\nof Daevas and men, to withstand the evil done by the Jahi.\n143. We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Aryan countries;\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Aryan countries.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Turanian countries;\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Turanian countries.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan countries;\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Sairimyan countries.\n144. We worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Sairimyan\ncountries;\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Saini countries.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy men in the Dahi countries;\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy women in the Dahi countries.\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy men in all countries;\nWe worship the Fravashis of the holy women in all countries.\n145. We worship all the good, awful, beneficent Fravashis of the\nfaithful, from Gaya Mareta down to the victorious Saoshyant. May\nthe Fravashis of the faithful come quickly to us! May they come\nto our help!\n146. They protect us when in distress with manifest assistance,\nwith the assistance of Ahura Mazda and of the holy, powerful Sraosha,\nand with the Mathra-Spenta, the all-knowing, who hates the Daevas\nwith a mighty hate, a friend of Ahura Mazda, whom Zarathushtra\nworshipped so greatly in the material world.\n147. May the good waters and the plants and the Fravashis of the\nfaithful abide down here! May you be rejoiced and well received\nin this house! Here are the Athravans of the countries, thinking\nof good holiness. Our hands are lifted up for asking help, and\nfor offering a sacrifice unto you, O most beneficent Fravashis!\n148. We worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women\nwhose souls are worthy of sacrifice, whose Fravashis are worthy\nof invocation.\nWe worship the Fravashis of all the holy men and holy women, our\nsacrificing to whom makes us good in the eyes of Akura Mazda:\nof all of those we have heard that Zarathushtra is the first and\nbest, as a follower of Ahura and as a performer of the law.\n149. We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi\nof men of the primitive law, of the first who listened to the\nteaching (of Ahura), holy men and holy women, who struggled for\nholiness; we worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul,\nand Fravashi of our next-of-kin, holy men and holy women, who\nstruggled for holiness.\n150. We worship the men of the primitive law who will be in these\nhouses, boroughs, towns, and countries;\nWe worship the men of the primitive law who have been in these\nhouses, boroughs, towns, and countries;\nWe worship the men of the primitive law who are in these houses,\nboroughs, towns, and countries.\n151. We worship the men of the primitive law in all houses, boroughs,\ntowns, and countries, who obtained these houses, who obtained\nthese boroughs, who obtained these towns, who obtained these countries,\nwho obtained holiness, who obtained the Mathra, who obtained the\n[blessedness of the] soul, who obtained all the perfections of\ngoodness.\n152. We worship Zarathushtra, the lord and master of all the material\nworld, the man of the primitive law; the wisest of all-beings,\nthe best-ruling of all beings, the brightest of all beings, the\nmost glorious of all beings, the most worthy of sacrifice amongst\nall beings, the most worthy of prayer amongst all beings, the\nmost worthy of propitiation amongst all beings, the most worthy\nof glorification amongst all beings, whom we call well-desired\nand worthy of sacrifice and prayer as much as any being can be,\nin the perfection of his holiness.\n153. We worship this earth; we worship those heavens;\nWe worship those good things that stand between (the earth and\nthe heavens) and that are worthy of sacrifice and prayer and are\nto be worshipped by the faithful man.\n154. We worship the souls of the wild beasts and of the tame.\nWe worship the souls of the holy men and women, born at any time,\nwhose consciences struggle, or will struggle, or have. struggled,\nfor the good.\n155. We worship the spirit, conscience, perception, soul, and Fravashi\nof the holy men and holy women who struggle, will struggle, or\nhave struggled, and teach the Law and who have struggled for holiness.\nYenhe hatam: All those beings to whom Ahura Mazda...\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n156. The Fravashis of the faithful, awful and overpowering, awful\nand victorious; the Fravashis of the men of the primitive law;\nthe Fravashis of the next-of-kin; may these Fravashis come satisfied\ninto this house, may they walk satisfied through this house!\n157. May they, being satisfied, bless this house with the presence\nof the kind Ashi Vanguhi! May they leave this house satisfied!\nMay they carry back from here hymns and worship to the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, and the Amesha-Spentas! May they not leave this house\nof us, the worshippers of Mazda, complaining!\n158. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the faithful; of the Fravashis\nof the men of the primitive law; of the Fravashis of the next-of-kin.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright,\nall-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.\n 14. Warharan Yasht\n ------------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the\nbest of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto (Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Verethraghna, made by Mazda, and unto the crushing Ascendant;\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n1. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the\nbest-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n2. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him first, running in\nthe shape of a strong, beautiful wind, made by Mazda; he bore\nthe good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda, that is\nboth health and strength.\n3. Then he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest\nin strength; I am the most victorious in victory; I am the most\nglorious in glory; I am the most favouring in favour; I am the\nbest giver of welfare: I am the best-healing in health-giving.\n4. 'And I shall destroy the malice of all the malicious, the\nmalice of Daevas and men, of the 'Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors,\nthe blind, and the deaf.\n5. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard; namely, unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura. We\nworship Verethraghna, made by Ahura, with an offering of libations,\naccording to the primitive ordinances of Ahura; with the Haoma\nand meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells,\nthe speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words.\n'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n6. 'We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.'\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!\nWho is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n7. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the second time,\nrunning in the shape of a beautiful bull, with yellow ears and\ngolden horns; upon whose horns floated the well-shapen Strength,\nand Victory, beautiful of form, made by Ahura: thus did he come,\nbearing the good Glory, made by Mazda, the Glory made by Mazda,\nthat is both health and strength.\nThen he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest\nin strength....,\n'And I shall destroy the malice of all malicious....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[3]]\n8. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!\n'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n9. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the third time, running\nin the shape of a white, beautiful horse, with yellow ears and\na golden caparison; upon whose forehead floated the well-shapen\nStrength, and Victory, beautiful of form, made by Ahura: thus\ndid he come, bearing the good Glory, made by Mazda, that is both\nhealth and strength.\nThen he, who is the strongest, said unto him: 'I am the strongest\nin strength....\n'And I shall destroy the malice of all malicious....'\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[4]]\n10. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, 'Who is the best-armed of\nthe heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n11. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the fourth time,\nrunning in the shape of a burden-bearing camel, sharp-toothed,\nswift ...., stamping forwards, long-haired, and living in the\nabodes of men;\n12. Who of all males in rut shows greatest strength and greatest\nfire, when he goes to his females. Of all females those are best\nkept whom a burden-bearing camel keeps, who has thick forelegs\nand large humps, ...., quick-eyed, long-headed, bright, tall,\nand strong;\n13. Whose piercing look goes afar ...., even in the dark of the\nnight; who throws white foam along his mouth; well-kneed, well-footed,\nstanding with the countenance of an all-powerful master: Thus\ndid Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda, the\nGlory made by Mazda\n [[5]]\n14. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the\nbest-armed of the heavenly gods?' Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is\nVerethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathushtra!'\n15. 'Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the fifth time,\nrunning in the shape of a boar, opposing the foes, a sharp-toothed\nhe-boar, a sharp-jawed boar, that kills at one stroke, pursuing,\nwrathful, with a dripping face, strong, and swift to run, and\nrushing all around.\nThus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda,\nthe Glory made by Mazda.\n [[6]]\n16. We sacrifice unto Verethragna, made by ..... Zarathushtra\nasked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent Spirit, Maker\nof the material world, thou Holy One!\n'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n17. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the sixth time, running\nin the shape of a beautiful youth of fifteen, shining, clear-eyed,\nthin-heeled.\nThus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda,\nthe Glory made by Mazda....\n [[7]]\n18. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!\n'Who is the best-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n19. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the seventh time,\nrunning in the shape of a raven that ... below and ... above,\nand that is the swiftest of all birds, the lightest of the flying\ncreatures.\n20. He alone of living things, - he or none, - overtakes the flight\nof an arrow, however well it has been shot. He flies up joyfully\nat the first break of dawn, wishing the night to be no more, wishing\nthe dawn, that has not yet come, to come.\n21. He grazes the hidden ways of the mountains, he grazes the\ntops of the mountains, he grazes the depths of the vales, he grazes\nthe summits of the trees, listening to the voices of the birds.\nThus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda,\nthe Glory made by Mazda.\n [[8]]\n22. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world. thou Holy One! Who is the\nbest-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n23. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the eighth time,\nrunning in the shape of a wild, beautiful ram, with horns bent\nround.\nThus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda,\nthe Glory made by Mazda....\n [[9]]\n24. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the\nbest-armed of the heavenly gods?' Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is\nVerethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama Zarathushtra!'\n25. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the ninth time, running\nin the shape of a beautiful, fighting buck, with sharp horns.\nThus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda,\nthe Glory made by Mazda....\n [[10]]\n26. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! 'Who is the\nbest-armed of the heavenly gods?'\nAhura Mazda answered: 'It is Verethraghna, made by Ahura, O Spitama\nZarathushtra!'\n27. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, came to him the tenth time, running\nin the shape of a man, bright and beautiful, made by Mazda: he\nheld a sword with a golden blade, inlaid with all sorts of ornaments.\nThus did Verethraghna come, bearing the good Glory made by Mazda,\nthe Glory made by Mazda.\n [[11]]\n28. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility,\nwho makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace,\nwho has a free way.\nUnto him did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice, [asking]\nfor victorious thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing,\nvictorious addressing, and victorious answering.\n29. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of manliness,\nthe strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness\nof the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives\nbeneath the waters and can measure a rippling of the water, not\nthicker than a hair, in the Rangha whose ends lie afar, whose\ndepth is a thousand times the height of a man.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[12]]\n30. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility,\nwho makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace,\nwho has a free way.\nUnto him did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice, [asking]\nfor victorious thinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing,\nvictorious addressing, and victorious answering.\n31. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of manliness,\nthe strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness\nof the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that,\nin the dark of the night, in its first half and through the rain,\ncan perceive a horse's hair lying on the ground and knows whether\nit is from the head or from the tail.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[13]]\n32. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura, who makes virility,\nwho makes death, who makes resurrection, who possesses peace,\nwho has a free way.\nUnto him did the holy Zarathushtra sacrifice, [asking] for victorious\nthinking, victorious speaking, victorious doing, victorious addressing,\nand victorious answering.\n33. Verethraghna, made by Ahura, gave him the fountains of virility,\nthe strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness\nof the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden\ncollar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece\nof flesh not thicker than the fist, giving just as much light\nas a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[14]]\n34. We sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One!\n'If I have a curse thrown upon me, a spell told upon me by the\nmany men who hate me, what is the remedy for it?'\n35. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Take thou a feather of that bird with\n... feathers, the Varenjana, O Spitama Zarathushtra! With that\nfeather thou shalt rub thy own body, with that feather thou shalt\ncurse back thy enemies.\n36. 'If a man holds a bone of that strong bird, or a feather of\nthat strong bird, no one can smite or turn to flight that fortunate\nman. The feather of that bird of birds brings him help; it brings\nunto him the homage of men, it maintains in him his glory.\n37. 'Then the sovereign, the lord of countries, will no longer\nkill his hundreds, though he is a killer of men; the .... will\nnot kill at one stroke; he alone smites and goes forwards.\n38. 'All tremble before him who holds the feather, they tremble\ntherefore before me; all my enemies tremble before me and fear\nmy strength and victorious force and the fierceness established\nin my body.\n39. 'He carries the chariot of the lords; he carries the chariots\nof the lordly ones, the chariots of the sovereigns. He carried\nthe chariot of Kavi Usa; upon his wings runs the male horse, runs\nthe burden-bearing camel, runs the water of the river.\n40. 'Him rode the gallant Thraetaona, who smote Azhi Dahaka, the\nthree-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who had a thousand\nsenses; that most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful\nto the world, the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against\nthe material world, to destroy the world of the good principle.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[15]]\n41. 'We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\n'Verethraghna confounds the glory of this house with its wealth\nin cattle. He is like that great bird, the Saena; he is like the\nbig clouds, full of water, that beat the mountains.\n'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[16]]\n42. 'We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.'\nZarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: 'Ahura Mazda, most beneficent\nSpirit, Maker of the material world thou Holy One! 'Where is it\nthat we must invoke the name of Verethraghna, made by Ahura? Where\nis it that we must praise him? That we must humbly praise him?'\n43. Ahura Mazda answered: 'When armies meet together in full array,\nO Spitama Zarathushtra! (asking) which of the two is the party\nthat conquers and is not crushed, that smites and is not smitten;\n44. 'Do thou throw four feathers in the way. Whichever of the\ntwo will first worship the well-shapen Strength, and Verethraghna,\nbeautiful of form. made by Mazda, on his side will victory stand.\n45. 'I will bless Strength and Victory, the two keepers, the two\ngood keepers, the two maintainers; the two who ..., the two who\n... the two who ...; the two who forgive, the two who strike off,\nthe two who forget.\n46. 'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except\nby the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from\nthe same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil. These are words\nthat are awful and powerful, awful and assembly-ruling, awful\nand victorious, awful and healing: these are words that save the\nhead that was lost and chant away the uplifted weapon.'\n [[17]]\n47. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura: who goes along\nthe armies arrayed, and goes here and there asking, along with\nMithra and Rashnu: 'Who is it who lies unto Mithra? Who is it\nwho thrusts [his oath] against Rashnu? To whom shall I, in my\nmight, impart illness and death?'\n48. Ahura Mazda said: 'If men sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made\nby Ahura, if the due sacrifice and prayer is offered unto him\njust as it ought to be performed in the perfection of holiness,\nnever will a hostile horde enter the Aryan countries, nor any\nplague, nor leprosy, nor venomous plants, nor the chariot of a\nfoe, nor the uplifted spear of a foe.\n49. Zarathushtra asked: 'What is then, O Ahura Mazda! the sacrifice\nand invocation in honour of Verethraghna, made by Ahura, as it\nought to be performed in the perfection of holiness?'\n50. Ahura Mazda answered: 'Let the Aryan nations bring libations\nunto him; let the Aryan nations tie bundles of baresma for him;\nlet the Aryan nations cook for him a head of cattle, either white,\nor black, or of any other colour, but all of one and the same\ncolour.\n51. 'Let not a murderer take of those offerings, nor a whore,\nnor a ...., who does not sing the Gathas, who spreads death in\nthe world and withstands the law of Mazda, the law of Zarathushtra.\n52. 'If a murderer take of those offerings, or a whore, or a ....,\nwho does not sing the Gathas, then Verethraghna, made by Ahura,\ntakes back his healing virtues.\n53. 'Plagues will ever pour upon the Aryan nations; hostile hordes\nwill ever fall upon the Aryan nations; the Aryans will be smitten\nby their fifties and their hundreds, by their hundreds and their\nthousands, by their thousands and their tens of thousands, by\ntheir tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.'\n54. There Verethraghna, made by Ahura, proclaimed thus: 'The Soul\nof the Bull, the wise creature, does not receive from man due\nsacrifice and prayer; for now the Daevas and the worshippers of\nthe Daevas make blood flow and spill it like water;\n55. 'For now the ... Daevas and the worshippers of the Daevas\nbring to the fire the plant that is called Haperesi, the wood\nthat is called Nemetka;\n56. '(Therefore) when the (?Vyambura) Daevas and the worshippers\nof the Daevas bow their backs, bend their waists, and arrange\nall their limbs, they think they will smite and smite not, they\nthink they will kill and kill not; and then the (?Vyambura) Daevas\nand the worshippers of the Daevas have their minds confounded\nand their eyes made giddy.'\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[18]]\n57. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nI offer up Haoma, who saves one's head; I offer up the victorious\nHaoma; I offer him up, the good protector; I offer up Haoma, who\nis a protector to my body, as a man who shall drink of him shall\nwin and prevail over his enemies in battle;\n58. That I may smite this army, that I may smite down this army,\nthat I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind me.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[19]]\n59. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nThe prince and his son and his sons who are chiefs of myriads\noffer him up a bright ...(?) [saying]: 'He is strong, and Victorious\nis his name; he is victorious, and Strong is his name;'\n60. That I may be as constantly victorious as any one of all the\nAryans; that I may smite this army, that I may smite down this\narmy, that I may cut in pieces this army that is coming behind\nme.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n61. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nIn the ox is our strength, in the ox is our need; in the ox is\nour speech, in the ox is our victory; in the ox is our food, in\nthe ox is our clothing; in the ox is tillage, that makes food\ngrow for us.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[21]]\n62. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura;\nWho breaks the columns asunder, who cuts the columns to pieces,\nwho wounds the columns, who makes the columns shake; who comes\nand breaks the columns asunder, who comes and cuts the columns\nto pieces, who comes and wounds the columns, who comes and makes\nthe columns shake, both of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas,\nof the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[22]]\n63. We sacrifice to Verethraghna, made by Ahura.\nWhen Verethraghna, made by Ahura, binds the hands, confounds the\neye-sight, takes the hearing from the ears of the Mithradrujes\nmarching in columns, allied by cities, they can no longer move\ntheir feet, they can no longer-withstand.\nFor his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n64. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof Verethraghna, made by Mazda; and of the crushing Ascendant.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright,\nall-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.\n 15. Ram Yasht\n -------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas, and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani]\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Rama Hvastra, unto Vayu who works highly and is more powerful\nto afflict than all other creatures,\nBe propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation and\nglorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.\nI will sacrifice to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and to Weal,\nboth of them.\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke, for this\nhouse, for the master of this house, and for the man here who\nis offering libations and giving gifts. To this excellent God\ndo we sacrifice, that he may accept our meat and our prayers,\nand grant us in return to crush our enemies at one stroke.\n2. To him did the Maker, Ahura Mazda, offer up a sacrifice in\nthe Airyana Vaejah, on a golden throne, under golden beams and\na golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings of full-boiling\n[milk].\n3. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that I may smite the creation of Angra Mainyu,\nand that nobody may smite this creation of the Good Spirit!'\n4. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\n5. We sacrifice to the holy Vayu: we sacrifice to Vayu, who works\nhighly.\nTo this part of thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu! that belongs to\nSpenta Mainyu.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the awful Vayu, who works highly.\nWe offer up a sacrifice unto the awful Vayu, who works highly,\nwith the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma,\nwith the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, the words,\nthe deeds, the libations, and the well-spoken words.\nYenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n6. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n7. To him did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice\non the Taera of the Hara, bound with iron, on a goIden throne,\nunder golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma\nand offerings of full-boiling [milk].\n8. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me, O Vayu! who dost\nwork highly, that I may smite two-thirds of the Daevas of Mazana\nand of the fiends of Varena.'\n9. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[3]]\n10. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n11. To him did Takhma Urupa, the well-armed, offer up a sacrifice\non a golden throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with\nbundles of baresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk].\n12. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that I may conquer all Daevas and men, all the\nYatus and Pairikas, and that I may ride Angra Mainyu, turned into\nthe shape of a horse, all around the earth from one end to the\nother, for thirty years.'\n13. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\n'We sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[4]]\n14. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them.....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n15. Unto him did the bright Yima, the good shepherd, sacrifice\nfrom the height Hukairya, the all-shining and golden, on a golden\nthrone, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of\nbaresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk].\n16. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that I may become the most glorious of the men\nborn to behold the sun: that I may make in my reign both animals\nand men undying, waters and plants undrying, and the food for\neating creatures never-failing.'\nIn the reign of the valiant Yima there was neither cold wind nor\nhot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas.\n17. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[5]]\n18. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n19. Unto him did the three-mouthed Azhi Dahaka offer up a sacrifice\nin his accursed palace of Kvirinta, on a golden throne, under\ngolden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and\nofferings of full-boiling [milk].\n20. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that I may make all the seven Karshvares of\nthe earth empty of men.'\n21. In vain did he sacrifice, in vain did he beg, in vain did\nhe invoke, in vain did he give gifts, in vain did he bring libations;\nVayu did not grant him that boon.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[6]]\n22. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n23. Unto him did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,\noffer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, on a golden\nthrone, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of\nbaresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk].\n24. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed,\nthe three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that\nmost powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon baleful to the world,\nthe strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material\nworld, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I\nmay deliver his two wives, Savanghavach and Erena-vach, who are\nthe fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures\nin the world.'\n25. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[7]]\n26. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n27. To him did the manly-hearted Keresaspa offer up a sacrifice\nby the Gudha, a channel of the Rangha, made by Mazda, upon a golden\nthrone, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with bundles of\nbaresma and offerings of full-boiling [milk].\n28. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that I may succeed in avenging my brother Urvakhshaya,\nthat I may smite Hitaspa and yoke him to my chariot.'\nThe Gandarewa, who lives beneath the waters, is the son of Ahura\nin the deep, he is the only master of the deep.\n29. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[8]]\n30. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n31. To him did Aurvasara, the lord of the country, offer up a\nsacrifice, towards the White Forest, by the White Forest, on the\nborder of the White Forest, on a golden throne, under golden beams\nand a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings of\nfull-boiling [milk].\n32. He begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu! who\ndost work highly, that the gallant Husravah, he who unites the\nAryan nations into one kingdom, may not smite us; that I may flee\nfrom king Husravah;....\n'That king Husravah and all the Aryans in the forest may smite\nhim.'\n33. Vayu, who works highly, granted him that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nWorth being heard....\n [[9]]\n34. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n35. To him did Hutaosa, she of the many brothers, of the Naotara\nhouse, offer up a sacrifice, on a golden throne, under golden\nbeams and a golden canopy, with bundles of baresma and offerings\nof boiling milk.\n36. She begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O Vayu!\nwho dost work highly, that I may be dear and loved and well-received\nin the house of King Vishtaspa.'\n37. Vayu, who works highly, granted her that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n38. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\n39. To him did the maids, whom no man had known, offer up a sacrifice\non a golden throne, under golden beams and a golden canopy, with\nbundles of baresma and offerings of boiling milk.\n40. They begged of him a boon, saying: 'Grant us this, O Vayu!\nwho dost work highly, that we may find a husband, young and beautifuI\nof body, who will treat us well, all life long, and give us offspring;\na wise, learned, ready-tongued husband.'\n41. Vayu, who works highly, granted them that boon, as the Maker,\nAhura Mazda, did pursue it.\nWe sacrifice to the holy Vayu....\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n42. I will sacrifice to the Waters and to Him who divides them....\nTo this Vayu do we sacrifice, this Vayu do we invoke....\nWe sacrifice to that Vayu that belongs to the Good Spirit, the\nbright and glorious Vayu.\n43. My name is Vayu, O holy Zarathushtra! My name is Vayu, because\nI go through (vyemi) the two worlds, the one which the Good Spirit\nhas made and the one which the Evil Spirit has made.\nMy name is the Overtaker (apaeta), O holy Zarathushtra! My name\nis the Overtaker, because I can overtake the creatures of both\nworlds, the one that the Good Spirit has made and the one that\nthe Evil Spirit has made.\n44. My name is the All-smiting, O holy Zarathushtra! My name is\nthe All-smiting, because I can smite the creatures of both worlds,\nthe one that the Good Spirit has made and the one that the Evil\nSpirit has made.\nMy name is the Worker of Good, O holy Zarathushtra! My name is\nthe Worker of Good, because I work the good of the Maker, Ahura\nMazda and of the Amesha-Spentas.\n45. My name is He that goes forwards.\nMy name is He that goes backwards.\nMy name is He that bends backwards.\nMy name is He that hurls away.\nMy name is He that hurls down.\nMy name is He that destroys.\nMy name is He that takes away.\nMy name is He that finds out.\nMy name is He that finds out the Glory (Hvareno).\n46. My name is the Valiant; my name is the Most Valiant.\nMy name is the Strong; my name is the Strongest.\nMy name is the Firm; my name is the Firmest.\nMy name is the Stout; my name is the Stoutest.\nMy name is He that crosses over easily.\nMy name is He that goes along hurling away.\nMy name is He that crushes at one stroke.\nMy name is (?Ainiva).\nMy name is He that works against the Daevas.\nMy name is (?Keredharisha).\n47. My name is He that prevails over malice; my name is He that\ndestroys malice.\nMy name is He that unites; my name is He that reunites; my name\nis He that separates.\nMy name is the Burning; my name is the Quick of intelligence,\nMy name is Deliverance; my name is Welfare.\nMy name is the Burrow; my name is He who destroys the burrows;\nmy name is He who spits upon the burrows.\n48. My name is Sharpness of spear; my name is He of the sharp\nspear.\nMy name is Length of spear; my name is He of the long spear.\nMy name is Piercingness of spear; my name is He of the piercing\nspear.\nMy name is the Glorious; my name is the Over-glorious.\n49. Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! in the midst\nof the havocking hordes, in the midst of the columns moving forwards,\nin the strife of the conflicting nations.\n50. Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! when the\nall-powerful tyrant of a country falls upon thee, rushes upon\nthee, deals wounds hpon thee, or hurls his chariot against thee,\nto rob thee of thy wealth, to rob thee of thy health.\n51. Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! when the\nunholy Ashemaogha falls upon thee, rushes upon thee, deals wounds\nupon thee, or hurls his chariot against thee, to rob thee of thy\nstrength, to rob thee of thy health, to rob thee of thy health.\n52. Invoke these names of mine, O holy Zarathushtra! when a man\nstands in bonds, when a man is being thrown into bonds, or when\na man is being dragged in bonds: thus the prisoners flee from\nthe hands of those who carry them, they flee away out of the prison.\n53. 0 thou Vayu! who strikest fear upon all men and horses, who\nin all creatures workest against the Daevas, both into the lowest\nplaces and into those a thousand times deep dost thou enter with\nequal power.\n54. 'With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With\nwhat manner of sacrifice shall I forward and worship thee? With\nwhat manner of sacrifice will be achieved thy adoration, O great\nVayu! thou who art high-up g.rded, firm, swift-moving, high-footed,\nwide-breasted, wide-thighed, with untrembling eyes, as powerful\nin sovereignty as any absolute sovereign in the world?'\n55. 'Take thou a baresma, O holy Zarathushtra! turn it upwards\nor downwards, according as it is full day or dawning; upwards\nduring the day, downwards at the dawn.\n56. 'If thou makest me worshipped with a sacrifice, then I shall\nsay unto thee with my own voice things of health, made by Mazda\nand full of glory, so that Angra Mainyu may never do harm unto\nthee, nor the Yatus, nor those addicted to the works of the Yatu,\nwhether Daevas or men.'\n57. We sacrifice unto thee, O great Vayu! we sacrifice unto thee,\nO strong Vayu!\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, the greatest of the great; we sacrifice\nunto Vayu, the strongest of the strong.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden helm.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden crown.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden necklace.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden chariot.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden wheel.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden weapons.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden garment.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden shoe.\nWe sacrifice unto Vayu, of the golden girdle.\nWe sacrifice unto the holy Vayu; we sacrifice unto Vayu, who works\nhighly.\nTo this part of thee do we sacrifice, O Vayu! that belongs to\nthe Good Spirit.\nFor his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the awful Vayu, who works highly....\n58. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and invocation unto, and the strength and\nvigour of Rama Hvastra, and Vayu, who works highly, more powerful\nto amict than all the other creatures: this part of thee that\nbelongs to the Good Spirit.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright,\nall-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.\n 16. Den Yasht\n -------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nTo the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good\nLaw of the worshippers of Mazda.\nBe propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation,\nand glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.....\n [[1]]\n1. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the\nsupplier of good stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees\none best from dangers, who brings libations, who is holy, clever,\nand renowned, speedy to work and quick of work; who goes quickly\nand cleanses well; the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda;\n2. To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice, saying: 'Rise up from\nthy seat, come forward from the Abode, thou most right Chista,\nmade by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if\nthou art behind me, overtake me.\n3. 'Let everything be as friendly to us as anything can be: may\nwe go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains,\nrun easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!'\n4. For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the most right Chista, made by\nMazda and holy. I will offer up a sacrifice unto the most right\nChista, made by Mazda and holy, with the libations, with the Haoma\nand meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with\nthe holy spells, with the words and deeds, with the libations,\nwith the well spoken words.\nYenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n5. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... (repeat\nverse 1).\n6. To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,\nfor righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for\nthis boon,\n7. That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would\ngive him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,\nthe strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness\nof the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives\nbeneath the waters, and can measure a rippling of the waters not\nthicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose\ndepth is a thousand times the height of a man.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[3]]\n8. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....\n9. To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,\nfor righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for\nthis boon,\n10. That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would\ngive him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,\nthe strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness\nof the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that,\nin the dark of the night, through the rain, the snow, the hail,\nor the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse's\nhair, mingled with the earth, and knows whether it is from the\nhead or from the tail.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[4]]\n11. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....\n12. To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,\nfor righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for\nthis boon,\n13. That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would\ngive him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,\nthe strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness\nof the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden\ncollar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece\nof flesh, not thicker than a fist, giving just as much light as\na needle gives, as the point of a needle gives.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[5]]\n14. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....\n15. To whom the holy Hvovi did sacrifice with full knowledge,\nwishing that the holy Zarathushtra would give her his good narcotic,\nthat she might think according to the law, speak according to\nthe law, and do according to the law.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[6]]\n16. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....\n17. To whom the Athravans, sent afar, did sacrifice, wishing a\ngood memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their\nown body.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n [[7]]\n18. We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:\nwe sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....\n19. To whom the king of the country, the lord of the country does\nsacrifice, wishing peace for his country, wishing strength for\nhis own body.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice\nworth being heard....\n20. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and of the good\nLaw of the worshippers of Mazda.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him long,\nlong life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the\nholy Ones.\n 17. Ard Yasht\n -------------\n [[1]]\n1. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,\nwell worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,\nwelfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful;\n2. The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of the Amesha-Spentas,\nwho endows all the Saoshyants with the enlivening intelligence;\nshe also brings heavenly wisdom at her wish, and comes to help\nhim who invokes her from near and him who invokes her from afar,\nand worships her with offerings of libations.\n3. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice\nworth being heard; I will offer up unto Ashi Vanguhi a good sacrifice\nwith an offering of libations. We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi\nwith the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the baresma,\nwith the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the\nwords, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken\nwords.\nYenhe-hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n4. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,\nwell worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,\nwelfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful.\n5. Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mathra, and unto the holy\nZarathushtra!\nHomage unto Haoma, because all other drinks are attended with\nAeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear: but the drinking of Haoma\nis attended with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself.\n6. Ashi is fair; Ashi is radiant with joy; she is far-piercing\nwith her rays. Ashi gives good Glory unto those men whom thou\ndost follow, O Ashi! Full of perfumes is the house in which the\ngood, powerful Ashi Vanguhi puts her ....(obscure) feet, for long\nfriendship.\n7. Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi! are kings of kingdoms,\nthat are rich in horses, with large tributes, with snorting horses,\nsounding chariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments and in stores\nof food; well-scented where the beds are spread and full of all\nthe other riches that may be wished for. Happy the man whom thou\ndost attend! do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable\nthings and strong!\n8. Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have houses\nthat stand well laid up, rich in cattle, foremost in Asha, and\nlong-supported. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend\nme, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!\n9. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have beds that\nstand well-spread, well-adorned, well-made, provided with cushions\nand with feet inlaid with gold. Happy the man whom thou dost attend!\nDo thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things\nand strong!\n10. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have their\nladies that sit on their beds, waiting for them: they lie on the\ncushions, adorning themselves, ....(obscure), with square bored\near-rings and a necklace of gold: 'When will our lord come? when\nshall we enjoy in our bodies the joys of love?' Happy the man\nwhom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts\nof desirable things and strong!\n11. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have daughters\nthat sit ....(obscure); thin is their waist, beautiful is their\nbody, long are their fingers; they are as fair of shape as those\nwho look on can wish. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do\nthou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and\nstrong!\n12. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have horses\nswift and loud-neighing; they drive the chariot lightly, they\ntake it to the battle, they bear a gallant praiser (of the gods),\nwho has many horses, a solid chariot, a sharp spear, a long spear,\nand swift arrows, who hits his aim, pursuing after his enemies,\nand smiting his foes. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do\nthou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and\nstrong!\n13. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have large-humped,\nburden-bearing camels, flying from the ground or fighting with\nholy fieriness. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend\nme, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!\n14. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have hoards\nof silver and gold brought together from far distant regions;\nand garments of splendid make. Happy the man whom thou dost attend!\nDo thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things\nand strong!\n15. Do not turn thy look from me! turn thy mercy towards me, O\ngreat Ashi! thou art well-made and of a noble seed; thou art sovereign\nat thy wish; thou art Glory in a bodily form.\n16. Thy father is Ahura Mazda, the greatest of all gods, the best\nof all gods; thy mother is Armaiti Spenta; thy brothers are Sraosha,\na god of Asha, and Rashnu, tall and strong, and Mithra, the lord\nof wide pastures, who has ten thousand spies and a thousand ears;\nthy sister is the Law of the worshippers of Mazda.\n17. Praised of the gods, unoffended by the righteous, the great\nAshi Vanguhi stood up on her chariot, thus speaking: 'Who art\nthou who dost invoke me, whose voice is to my ear the sweetest\nof all that invoked me most?'\n18. And he said aloud: 'I am Spitama Zarathushtra, who, first\nof mortals, recited the praise of the excellent Asha and offered\nup sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda and the Amesha-Spentas; in whose\nbirth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced; in whose\nbirth and growth the waters and the plants grew; in whose birth\nand growth all the creatures of the good creation cried out, Hail!\n19. 'In whose birth and growth Angra Mainyu rushed away from this\nwide, round earth, whose ends lie afar, and he, the evil-doing\nAngra Mainyu, who is all death, said: \"All the gods together\nhave not been able to smite me down in spite of myself, and Zarathushtra\nalone can reach me in spite of myself.\n20. '\"He smites me with the Ahuna Vairya, as strong a weapon\nas a stone big as a house; he burns me with Asha-Vahishta, as\nif it were melting brass. He makes it better for me that I should\nleave this earth, he, Spitama Zarathushtra, the only one who can\ndaunt me.\"'\n21. And the great Ashi Vanguhi exclaimed: 'Come nearer unto me,\nthou pure, holy Spitama! lean against my chariot!'\nSpitama Zarathushtra came nearer unto her, he leant against her\nchariot.\n22. And she caressed him with the left arm and the right, with\nthe right arm and the left, thus speaking: 'Thou art beautiful,\nO Zarathushtra! thou art well-shapen, O Spitama! strong are thy\nlegs and long are thy arms: Glory is given to thy body and long\ncheerfulness to thy soul, as sure as I proclaim it unto thee.'\n [[3]]\n23. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,\nwell worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,\nwelfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect and powerful.\n24. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice,\nupon the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by\nMazda.\n25. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana; that I\nmay never fear and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that\nall the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before\nme, that they may fear and flee down to darkness.'\n26. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Haoshyangha,\nthe Paradhata, obtained that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n [[4]]\n27. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n28. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice\nfrom the height Hukairya.\n29. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world\ncreated by Mazda; that I may bring immortality down to the world\ncreated by Mazda;\n30. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world\ncreated by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death,\nfrom the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot\nwind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand\nyears.'\n31. Then great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaeta,\nthe good shepherd, obtained that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....\n [[5]]\n32. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n33. To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,\noffer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena.\n34. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the\nthree-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most\npowerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful to the world, the\nstrongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material\nworld, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I\nmay deliver his two wives, Savanghavak and Erenavak, who are the\nfairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures\nin the world.'\n35. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Thraetaona,\nthe heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....\n [[6]]\n36. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n37. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening,\nthe healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon\nthe highest height of the Haraiti Bareza.\n38. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan,\nthat I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king\nHusravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta\nlake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his\nfather Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.'\n39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the\nenlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden\neyes, obtained that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....\n [[7]]\n40. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n41. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations\ninto one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta\nlake, the deep lake of salt waters.\n42. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan,\nbehind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge\nthe murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha,\na semi-man.'\n43. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant\nHusravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained\nthat boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[8]]\n44. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n45. To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in the\nAiryana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat,\nwith the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy\nspells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and\nwith the rightly-spoken words.\n46. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think\naccording to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according\nto the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that\nshe may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.'\n47. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the holy\nZarathushtra obtained that boon.\nFor her brightness, and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n [[9]]\n48. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n49. To her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice behind\nthe waters of the river Daitya.\n50. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi\nVanguhi! that I may put to flight Asta-aurvant, the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti,\nthe all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour,\nof the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred camels ....; that\nI may put to flight the Hvyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I\nmay put to flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the Daevas;\n51. 'And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may\nsmite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I\nmay bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and\nof the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hvyaona nations their\nfifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands,\ntheir thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands\nand their myriads of myriads.'\n52. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall\nKavi Vishtaspa obtained that boon.\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard ....\n [[10]]\n53. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and\npowerful.\n54. And the great Ashi Vanguhi said: 'None of those libations\nwill be accepted by me, which are sent to me either by a man whose\nseed is dried out, or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues,\nor by young boys, or by girls who have known no man.\n'When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their\nhands, ran after me,\n55. 'I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden;\nthen young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me,\neven while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping\ntheir hands, were running after me.\n56. 'Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold\nenergy: then again young boys, and girls who had known no man,\ndiscovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras,\nclapping their hands, were running after me.'\n57. The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing\nabout the courtezan who destroys her fruit: 'Stand thou not near\nher, sit thou not on her bed!' - 'What shall I do? Shall I go\nback to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'\n58. The second wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing\nabout the courtezan who brings forth a child conceived of a stranger\nand presents it to her husband: 'What shall I do? Shall I go back\nto the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'\n59. This is the third wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi: 'This\nis the worst deed that men and tyrants do, namely, when they deprive\nmaids, that have been barren for a long time, of marrying and\nbringing forth children. What shall I do? Shall I go back to the\nheavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'\n60. Ahura Mazda answered: 'O fair and wise Ashi, go not back to\nthe heavens, sink not into the earth! Stay here and walk inside\nthe fine kingly palace.'\n61. I shall worship thee with such a sacrifice, I shall worship\nand forward thee with such a sacrifice as Vishtaspa offered unto\nthee, behind the river Daitya. The Zaotar lifted up a loud voice,\nwith baresma before him. With that sort of sacrifice shall I worship\nthee? With that sort of sacrifice shall I worship and forward\nthee, O fair and wise Ashi?\nFor her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth\nbeing heard....\n62. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof Ashi Vanguhi; of the good Chisti; of the good Erethe; of the\ngood Rasastat; of the Glory and Weal, made by Mazda.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of\nbody, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the\nholy Ones.\n 18. Ashtad Yasht\n ----------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra.\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness ....\nUnto the Glory of the Aryans, made by Mazda,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I made\nthe Aryan Glory, rich in food, rich in flocks, rich in wealth,\nrich in Glory; provided with full store of intelligence, with\nfull store of money, to withstand Need, and to withstand enemies.\n2. 'It destroys Angra Mainyu, who is all death; it destroys Aeshma,\nthe fiend of the wounding spear; it destroys the yellow Bushyasta;\nit destroys the contagion of Aekha; it destroys the fiend of death,\nApaosha; it destroys the non-Aryan nations.\n3. 'And I made the great Ashi Vanguhi; she comes in, amid the\nfamily; she comes in, inside the fine royal palace.\n4. 'Let Ashi, with fulness of welfare, follow the man who gladdens\nthe faithful with his gifts! she comes in, inside his family;\nshe comes in, inside his fine royal palace.\n'With all sorts of flocks, with all victory, with all intelligence,\nwith all Glory, the great Ashi Vanguhi puts one foot inside his\nfamily; she comes in, inside his fine royal palace.\n5. 'Horses multiply a thousandfold, flocks multiply a thousandfold;\nand so does his virtuous offspring, (as) the bright, glorious\nstar Tishtrya moves on equally, and so does the strong wind made\nby Mazda, and so does the Glory of the Aryas.\n6. 'And they bring increase on the tops of all mountains, down\nthe depths of all vales; they bring increase to all the growing\nplants, the fair, the golden-hued. And they bring (away) the contagion\nof Aekha, they bring (away) the fiend of death, Apaosha.\n7. 'Hail to the bright and glorious star Tishtrya Hail to the\nstrong wind, made by Mazda! Hail to the Glory of the Aryas!\n'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n8. 'We worship the Ahuna Vairya.\n'We worship Asha-Vahishta, the fairest Amesha-Spenta.\n'We worship the rightly-spoken Words, fiend-smiting and healing.\n'We worship the healing, well-spoken Words, the fiend-smiting.\n'We worship the Mathra Spenta and the Law of Mazda, and (piety)\nthat delights in Haoma.\n'We worship the Glory of the Aryas.\n'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n9. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda.\n'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the\nbright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'\n 19. Zam Yasht\n -------------\n (This Yasht, inscribed to the Genius of the Earth, is devoted to\n a description of the mountains and the kingly Glory (kavaem Hvareno),\n which are invoked, together with the Earth, in the corresponding\n formula of he Sirozah (par. 28) there is no Yasht devoted to the\n Earth itself.)\n The mountains are simply enumerated (pars. 1-8). The rest of the\n Yasht is devoted to the praise of the Hvareno, or, more precisely,\n to that of those who possessed it, whose powers or feats are described.\n The list begins with Ahura Mazda (par. 10), and closes with Saoshyant\n (par. 89); that is to say, it begins with the beginning of the\n world, and closes with its end. It includes the Amesha-Spentas\n (par. 15), Haoshyangha (par. 26), Takhma Urupa (par. 28), Yima\n (par. 31), Mithra (par. 35), Thraetaona (par. 36), Keresaspa (par.\n 38), the kings of the Kaianyan dynasty (pars. 66-72), Kavi Husravah\n (par. 74), Zarathushtra (par. 79), Vishtaspa (par. 84). The unsuccessful\n efforts of Franghrasyan to take possession of it are described\n at length (pars. 56-64).\n This Yasht would serve as a short history of the Iranian monarchy,\n an abridged Shah Namah.)\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness;\nunto the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; unto that Glory that cannot\nbe forcibly seized, made by Mazda,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n [[1]]\n1. The first mountain that rose up out of the earth, O Spitama\nZarathushtra! was the Haraiti Barez. That mountain stretches all\nalong the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east.\nThe second mountain was Mount Zeredho, outside Mount Manusha:\nthis mountain too stretches all along the shores of the land washed\nby waters towards the east.\n2. From there grew up Mount Ushi-dhau, Ushi-darena, Mount Erezifya,\nand Mount Fraorepa. The sixth was Mount Erezura. The seventh was\nMount Bumya. The eighth was Mount Raoidhita. The ninth was Mount\nMazishishvau. The tenth was Mount Antare-danghu. The eleventh\nwas Mount Erezisha. The twelfth was Mount Vaiti-gaesa.\n3. And Mount Adarana, Mount Bayana, Mount Ishkata Upairi-saena,\nwith the .... snows; the two Hamankuna mountains, the eight Vasna\nmountains, the eight powerful Fravanku, the four Vidhvana summits;\n4. Mount Aezakha, Mount Maenakha, Mount Vakhedrakae, Mount Asaya,\nMount Tudhaskae, Mount Isavae, Mount Draoshishvau, Mount Sairivau,\nMount Nanghushmau, Mount Kakahyu, Mount Antare-Kangha;\n5. Mount Sichidava, Mount Ahuna, Mount Raemana, Mount Asha-stembana,\nMount Urunyo-vaidhkae, Mount Asnavant, Mount Ushaoma, Mount Ushta-hvarenah,\nMount Syamaka, Mount Vafrayau, Mount Vourusha;\n6. Amongst which stand Mount Jatara, Mount Adhutavau, Mount Spitavarena,\nMount Spento-data, Mount Kadrva-aspa, Mount Kaoirisa, Mount Taera,\nMount Bara-srayana, Mount Barana, Mount Frapayau, Mount Udrya,\nand Mount Raevant, and all those heights to which men have given\nthe name of mount,\n7. To the number of two thousand mountains, and two hundred and\nforty and four, O Spitama Zarathushtra!\n8. For its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice\nworth being heard, namely, unto the awful kingly Glory. Unto the\nawful kingly Glory we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat,\nthe baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech,\nthe deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words.\nYenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....\n [[2]]\n9. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda; most\nconquering, highly working, that possesses health. wisdom, and\nhappiness, and is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures;\n10. That belongs to Ahura Mazda, as (through it) Ahura Mazda made\nthe creatures, many and good, many and fair, many and wonderful,\nmany and prosperous, many and bright;\n11. So that they may restore the world, which will (thenceforth)\nnever grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting,\never living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when\nthe dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the\nworld will be restored at its wish;\n12. When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation\nof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may\nrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold\nbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[3]]\n14. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n15. That belongs to the Amesha-Spentas, the bright ones, whose\nlooks perform their wish, tall, quickly coming to do, strong,\nlordly, who are undecaying and holy;\n16. Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one\nspeech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same,\nwhose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose father\nand commander is the same, namely, the Maker, Ahura Mazda.\n17. Who see one another's soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking\nof good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of Garo-nmana,\nand whose ways are shining as they go down to the libations;\n18. Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers,\nthe keepers and preservers of these creations of Ahura Mazda.\n19. It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth)\nnever grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting,\never living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when\nthe dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the\nworld will be restored at its wish;\n20. When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation\nof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may\nrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold\nbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[4]]\n21. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n22. That belongs to the gods in the heavens and to those in the\nmaterial world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born,\nwho are to perform the restoration of the world.\n23. It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth)\nnever grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting,\never living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when\nthe dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the\nworld will be restored at its wish;\n24. When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation\nof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may\nrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold\nbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[5]]\n25. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n26. That clave unto Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, for a long time,\nwhen he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the\nDaevas and men, over the Yatus and the Pairikas, over the oppressors,\nthe blind, and the deaf; he who smote two-thirds of the Daevas\nof Mazana and of the Varenya fiends.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[6]]\n27. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n28. That clave unto Takhma Urupa, the well-armed, while he ruled\nover the seven Karshvares of the earth, over the paevas and men,\nthe Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf;\n29. When he conquered all Daevas and men, all the Yatus and Pairikas,\nand rode Angra Mainyu, turned into the shape of a horse, all around\nthe earth from one end to the other, for thirty years.\nFor its brightness and glory, I win offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[7]]\n30. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n31. That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a\nlong time, while he ruled over the seven Karshvares of the earth,\nover the Daevas and men, the Yatus and Pairikas, the oppressors,\nthe blind, and the deaf;\n32. He who took from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both\nfatness and flocks, both weal and Glory;\nIn whose reign both aliments were never failing for feeding creatures,\nflocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying;\n33. In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither\nold age nor death, nor envy made by the Daevas, in the times before\nhis lie, before he began to have delight in words of falsehood\nand untruth.\n34. But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood and\nuntruth, the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shape\nof a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great Yima\nKhshaeta, the good shepherd, trembled and was in sorrow before\nhis foes; he was confounded, and laid him down on the ground.\n35. The first time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima,\nthe Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape\nof a Varaghna bird.\nThen Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures,\nwhose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We sacrifice\nunto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda has created\nthe most glorious of all the gods in the heavens.\n36. The second time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima,\nthe Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape\nof a Varaghna bird.\nThen Thraetaona seized that Glory, he, the heir of the valiant\nAthwya clan, who was the most victorious of all victorious men\nnext to Zarathushtra;\n37. Who smote Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed,\nthe six-eyed, who had a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish\nDruj, that demon baleful to the world, the strongest Druj that\nAngra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the\nworld of the good principle.\n38. The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima,\nthat Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape\nof a Varaghna bird.\nThen the manly-hearted Keresaspa seized that Glory; he who was\nthe sturdiest of the men of strength, next to Zarathushtra, for\nhis manly courage.\n39. For Manly Courage clave unto him. We worship Manly Courage,\nfirm of foot, unsleeping, quick to rise, and fully awake, that\nclave unto Keresaspa;\n40. Who killed the snake Srvara, the horse-devouring, men-devouring,\nyellow, poisonous snake, over which yellow poison flowed a thumb's\nbreadth thick. Upon him Keresaspa was cooking his food in a brass\nvessel: at the time of noon, the fiend felt the heat, and stood\nupon his feet: he rushed from under the brass vessel and upset\nthe boiling water: the manly-hearted Keresaspa fell back affrighted;\n41. Who killed the golden-heeled Gandarewa, that was rushing with\nopen jaws, eager to destroy the living world of the good principle;\nWho killed the brood of Pathana, all the nine; and the brood of\nNivika, and the brood of Dashtayana;\nWho killed the golden-crowned Hitaspa, and Vareshava, the son\nof Dana and Pitaona, attended by many Pairikas;\n42. Who killed Arezo-shamana, him of the manly courage, who was\nstrong, well-beloved, hail, energetically rushing, fully awake,\nnever falling back....;\n43. Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the\nstone-handed: thus did he exclaim to all around: 'I am an infant\nstill, I am not yet of age: if I ever grow of age, I shall make\nthe earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot;\n44. 'I shall bring down the Good Spirit from the shining Garo-nmana;\nI shall make the Evil Spirit rush up from the dreary Hell. They\nwill carry my chariot, both the Good Spirit and the Evil One,\nunless the manly-hearted Keresaspa kill me.'\nThe manly-hearted Keresaspa killed him, his life went away, his\nspirit vanished.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[8]]\n45. We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly\nseized, made by Mazda ....\n46. For which the Good Spirit and the Evil One did struggle with\none another: for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized they\nflung each of them their darts most swift.\nThe Good Spirit flung a dart, and so did Vohu-Mano, and Asha-Vahishta\nand Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda.\nThe Evil Spirit flung a dart, and so did Akem-Mano, and Aeshma\nof the wounding spear and Azhi Dahaka and Spityura, he who sawed\nYima in twain.\n47. Then forward came Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, thinking thus\nin his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly\nseized.'\nBut Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed\non his back, thinking of extinguishing it:\n48. 'Here give it up to me; O Atar, son of Ahura Mazda: if thou\nseizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rush\nupon thee, so that thou mayest never more blaze on the earth made\nby Ahura and protect the world of the good principle.'\nAnd Atar took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed,\nso much had Azhi affrighted him.\n49. Then Azhi, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward,\nthinking thus in his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot\nbe forcibly seized.'\nBut Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, advanced behind him, speaking\nin these words:\n50. 'There give it up to me, thou three-mouthed Azhi Dahaka. If\nthou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then I\nwill enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so that\nthou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by Mazda and destroy\nthe world of the good principle.'\nThen Azhi took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed,\nso much had Atar affrighted him.\n51. That Glory swells up and goes to the sea Vouru-Kasha. The\nswift-horsed Son of the Waters seizes it at once: this is the\nwish of the Son of the Waters, the swift-horsed: 'I want to seize\nthat Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, down to the bottom\nof the sea Vouru-Kasha, in the bottom of the deep rivers.'\n52. We sacrifice unto the Son of the Waters, the swift-horsed,\nthe tall and shining lord, the lord of females; the male god,\nwho helps one at his appeal; who made man, who shaped man, a god\nwho lives beneath waters, and whose ear is the quickest to hear\nwhen he is worshipped.\n53. 'And whosoever of you, O men,' - thus said Ahura Mazda, -\n'O holy Zarathushtra! shall seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly\nseized, he has the gifts of an Athravan; whosoever shall long\nfor the illumination of knowledge, he has the gifts of an Athravan;\nwhosoever shall long for fulness of knowledge, he has the gifts\nof an Athravan;\n54. 'And Riches will cleave unto him, giving him full welfare,\nholding a shield before him, powerful, rich of cattle and garments;\nand Victory will cleave unto him, day after day; and likewise\nStrength, that smites more than a year. Attended by that Victory,\nhe will conquer the havocking hordes; attended by that Victory,\nhe will conquer all those who hate him.' For its brightness and\nglory, I will offer it a sacrifice....\n [[9]]\n55. We sacrifice unto the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly\nseized, made by Mazda ....\n56. Which the Turanian ruffian Frangrasyan tried to seize in the\nsea Vouru-Kasha. He stripped himself naked, wishing to seize that\nGlory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and\nto the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled\naway, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kasha\nwas produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Husravah.\n57. Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thoughts:\n'.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to\nthe Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.\n58. 'Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness,\ngoodness, and fairness.'\n- 'Ahura Mazda will come against thee, ever eager to create new\ncreatures.'\nThen the most crafty Turania Frangrasyan rushed down into the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra!\n59. A second time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize\nthat Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn,\nand to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory\nfled away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kasha\nwas produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Vanghazdau.\n60. Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thoughts:\n'.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to\nthe Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.\n61. 'Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness,\ngoodness, and fairness.'\n- 'Ahura Mazda will come against thee, ever eager to create new\ncreatures.'\nThen the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed down into the\nsea Vouru-Kasha.\n62. A third time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize the\nGlory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and\nto the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled\naway, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm was produced in the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, namely, the water that is called Awzh-danva.\n63. Then the most crafty Turanian Frangrasyan rushed out of the\nsea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra! thinking evil thought:\n'.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to\nthe Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra!'\n64. He was not able to seize the Glory that belongs to the Aryan\nnations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[10]]\n65. We sacrifice unto the awful Glory that cannot be forcibly\nseized, made by Mazda ....\n66. That cleaves unto him who grows up there, where lies Lake\nKasava, along with the Haetumant river; there where stands Mount\nUshidhau, surrounded by waters, that run from the mountain.\n67. It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bringing good\npastures and fine horses, bringing plenty, full of glory; with\nbeauty and weal; powerful and friendly, rich of pastures, prolific\nand golden. It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bright\nand glorious, making the white .... grow, smiting away all plagues.\n68. And there comes with him a horse's strength, there comes with\nhim a camel's strength, there comes with him a man's strength,\nthere comes with him the kingly Glory: and there is in him, O\nholy Zarathushtra! so much of kingly Glory as might extinguish\nat once all the non-Aryan nations.\n69. And then (through it) living creatures may keep away hunger\nand death, living creatures (may keep away) cold and heat. Such\nis the kingly Glory, the keeper of the Aryan nations and of the\nfive kinds of animals, made to help the faithful and the Law of\nthe worshippers of Mazda.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[11]]\n70. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n71. That clave unto Kavi Kavata, and unto Kavi Aipivohu, and unto\nKavi Usadha, and unto Kavi Arshan, and unto Kavi Pisina, and unto\nKavi Byarshan, and unto Kavi Syavarshan;\n72. So that they were all of them brave, all of them strong, all\nof them healthful, all of them wise, all of them happy in their\nwishes, all of them powerful kings.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[12]]\n73. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n74. That clave unto Kavi Husravah for the well-shapen Strength,\nfor the Victory made by Ahura, for the crushing Ascendant; for\nthe righteousness of the law, for the innocence of the law, for\nthe unconquerable power of the law; for the extermination of the\nenemies at one stroke;\n75. And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by Mazda,\nfor the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring,\nwise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees\n[their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect; and\nfor that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to\nthose who do not follow impiety;\n76. And for a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life,\nand for all boons and remedies; 77. So that king Husravah [had\nthe lead] all along the long race, and he could not pass through\nthe forest, he, the murderer, who was fiercely striving against\nhim on horseback; the lord Kavi Husravah prevailed over all; he\nput in bonds Frangrasyan and Keresavazda, to avenge the murder\nof his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[13]]\n78. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n79. That clave unto the holy Zarathushtra, so that he thought\naccording to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according\nto the Law; so that he was the holiest in holiness in all the\nliving world, the best-ruling in exercising rule, the brightest\nin brightness, the most glorious in glory, the most victorious\nin victory.\n80. At his sight the Daevas rushed away; at his sight the (demoniac)\nmalices were extinguished; at his sight the Jainis drew hack their\nways from the mortals and, lamenting and wailing, laid violent\nhands on the Daevas.\n81. And that one prayer, the Ahuna Vairya, which the holy Zarathushtra\nsang and repeated four times, with a song that waxed louder and\nlouder, drove back all the Daevas beneath the earth, and took\noff from them sacrifice and prayer.\n82. It was it, the Glory of Zarathushtra, that the Turanian ruffian\nFrangrasyan tried to seize to rule over all the Karshvares; round\nabout the seven Karshvares did that ruffian Frangrasyan rush,\ntrying to seize the Glory of Zarathushtra. But that Glory escaped\nto hidden inlets of the sea; and there those two made my will\nroll on; they entered my will, as it was my wish, Ahura Mazda's,\nand as it was the wish of the Law of Mazda.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[14]]\n83. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n84. That clave unto king Vistaspa, so that he thought according\nto the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according to the\nLaw; so that he professed that Law, destroying his foes and causing\nthe Daevas to retire.\n85. Who, driving the Druj before him, sought wide room for the\nholy religion; who, driving the Druj before him, made wide room\nfor the holy religion; who made himself the arm and support of\nthis law of Ahura, of this law of Zarathushtra;\n86. Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus,\nand established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high\nruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle\nand pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures.\n87. The valiant king Vishtaspa conquered all enemies, Tathravant\nof the evil law, Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas, and the\nfiendish wicked Arejat-aspa and the other wicked Hvyaonas.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[15]]\n88. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n89. That will cleave unto the victorious Saoshyant and his helpers,\nwhen he shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never\ngrow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever\nliving and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead\nwill rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world\nwill be restored at its wish;\n90. When the creation will grow deathless, - the prosperous creation\nof the Good Spirit, - and the Druj shall perish, though she may\nrush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold\nbrood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n [[16]]\n91. We sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda ....\n92. When Astvat-ereta shall rise up from Lake Kasava, a friend\nof Ahura Mazda, a son of Vispa-taurvairi, knowing the victorious\nknowledge.\nIt was that Glory that Thraetaona bore with him when Azhi Dahaka\nwas killed;\n93. That Frangrasyan, the Turanian, bore when Drvau was killed,\nwhen the Bull was killed;\nThat king Husravah bore when Frangrasyan, the Turanian, was killed;\nThat king Vishtaspa bore, when he victoriously maintained Holiness\nagainst the host of the fiends and took off the Druj from the\nworld of the good principle.\n94. He, with the eye of intelligence, shall look down upon all\nthe creatures of the Paeshish, her of the evil seed: he shall\nlook upon the whole living world with the eye of plenty, and his\nlook shall deliver to immortality the whole of the living creatures.\n95. And there shall his friends come forward, the friends of Astvat-ereta,\nwho are fiend-smiting, well-thinking, well-speaking, well-doing,\nfollowing the good law, and whose tongues have never uttered a\nword of falsehood.\nBefore them shall Aeshma of the wounding spear, who has no Glory,\nbow and flee; he shall smite the most wicked Druj, her of the\nevil seed, born of darkness.\n96. Akem-Mano smites, but Vohu-Mano shall smite him; the Word\nof falsehood smites, but the Word of truth shall smite it. Haurvatat\nand Ameretat shall smite both hunger and thirst: Haurvatat and\nAmeretat shall smite the evil hunger and the evil thirst. The\nevil-doing Angra Mainyu bows and flees, becoming powerless.\nFor its brightness and glory, I will offer it a sacrifice ....\n97. Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness\n....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness;\nof the kingly Glory, made by Mazda; of the Glory that cannot be\nforcibly seized, made by Mazda.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright,\nall-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.\n 20. Hom Yasht\n -------------\n (See Yasna, chapters 9-11.)\n 21. Vanand Yasht\n ----------------\n0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\nI confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,\none who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;\nFor sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],\nthe holy and master of holiness....\nUnto the star Vanant, made by Mazda,\nBe propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.\nYatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\n1. We sacrifice unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda, the holy\nand master of holiness.\nI will sacrifice unto Vanant, strong, invoked by his own name,\nhealing, in order to withstand the accursed and most foul Khrafstras\nof the most abominable Angra Mainyu.\n2. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....\nI bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour\nof the star Vanant, made by Mazda.\nAshem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....\n[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright,\nall-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.\nSirozas (Dedications for the thirty days of the month)\n------------------------------------------------------\n Siroza 1\n --------\n1. Ohrmazd.\nTo Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the Amesha-Spentas.\n2. Vohuman.\nTo Vohu-Mano; to Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more\npowerful to destroy than all other creatures; to the heavenly\nWisdom, made by Mazda; and to the Wisdom acquired through the\near, made by Mazda.\n3. Ardwahisht.\nTo Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; to the much-desired Airyaman, made\nby Mazda; to the instrument made by Mazda; and to the good Saoka,\nwith eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.\n4. Shahrewar.\nTo Khshathra-vairya; to the metals; to Mercy and Charity.\n5. Spandarmad.\nTo the good Spenta-Armaiti, and to the good Rata, with eyes of\nlove, made by Mazda and holy.\n6. Hordad.\nTo Haurvatat, the master; to the prosperity of the seasons and\nto the years, the masters of holiness.\n7. Amurdad.\nTo Ameretat, the master; to fatness and flocks; to the plenty\nof corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda.\n(At the gah Hawan):\nto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and to Rama Hvastra.\n(At the gah Rapithwin):\nto Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda.\n(At the gah Uzerin):\nto Apam Napat, the tall lord, and to the water made by Mazda.\n(At the gah Aiwisruthrem):\nto the Fravashis of the faithful, and to the females that\nbring forth flocks of males; to the prosperity of the seasons;\nto the well-shapen and tall-formed Strength, to Verethraghna,\nmade by Ahura, and to the crushing Ascendant.\n(At the gah Ushahin):\nto the holy, devout, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the\nworld grow; to Rashnu Razishta, and to Arshtat, who makes the\nworld grow, who makes the world increase.\n8. Dai-pa-Adar.\nTo the Maker Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the Amesha-Spentas.\n9. Adar.\nTo Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; to the Glory and to the Weal,\nmade by Mazda; to the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda; to the\nawful Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda.\nTo Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; to king Husravah; to the lake\nof Husravah; to Mount Asnavant, made by Mazda; to Lake Chaechasta,\nmade by Mazda; to the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda.\nTo Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; to Mount Raevant, made by Mazda;\nto the Glory of the Kavis, made by Mazda.\nTo Atar, the beneficent, the warrior; the God who is a full source\nof Glory, the God who is a full source of healing.\nTo Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda, with all Atars; to the God Nairyo-Sangha,\nwho dwells in the navel of kings.\n10. Aban.\nTo the good Waters, made by Mazda; to the holy water-spring Ardvi\nAnahita; to all waters made by Mazda; to all plants made by Mazda.\n11. Khwarshed.\nTo the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.\n12. Mah.\nTo the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; to the only-created\nbull; to the Bull of many species.\n13. Tishtar.\nTo Tistrya, the bright and glorious star; to the powerful Satavaesa,\nmade by Mazda, who pushes waters forward; to the stars, made by\nMazda, that have in them the seed of the waters, the seed of the\nearth, the seed of the plants; to the star Vanant, made by Mazda:\nto those stars that are seven in number, the Haptoiringas, made\nby Mazda, glorious and healing.\n14. Goshorun.\nTo the body of the Cow, to the soul of the Cow, to the powerful\nDrvaspa, made by Mazda and holy.\n15. Dai-pa-Mihr.\nTo the Maker Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and to the Amesha-Spentas.\n16. Mihr.\nTo Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears\nand ten thousand eyes, a God invoked by his own name; to Rama\nHvastra.\n17. Srosh.\nTo the holy, strong Sraosha, who is the incarnate Word, a mighty-speared\nand lordly God.\n18. Rashn.\nTo Rashnu Razishta; to Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes\nthe world increase; to the true-spoken speech, that makes the\nworld grow.\n19. Frawardin.\nTo the awful, overpowering Fravashis of the holy ones.\n20. Warharan.\nTo the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; to Verethraghna, made\nby Ahura; to the crushing Ascendant.\n21. Ram.\nTo Rama Hvastra; to Vayu, who works highly and is more powerful\nto destroy than all other creatures: to that part of thee, O Vayu,\nthat belongs to Spenta-Mainyu; to the sovereign Sky, to the Boundless\nTime, to the sovereign Time of the long Period.\n22. Wad.\nTo the bounteous Wind, that blows below, above, before, and behind;\nto the manly Courage.\n23. Dai-pa-Den.\nTo the Maker, Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious; to the Amesha-Spentas.\n24. Den.\nTo the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy; to the good\nLaw of the worshippers of Mazda.\n25. Ard.\nTo Ashi Vanguhi; to the good Chisti; to the good Erethe; to the\ngood Rasastat; to the Weal and Glory, made by Mazda; to Parendi,\nof the light chariot; to the Glory of the Aryas made by Mazda;\nto the kingly Glory made by Mazda; to that Glory that cannot be\nforcibly seized, made by Mazda; to the Glory of Zarathustra, made\nby Mazda.\n26. Ashtad.\nTo Arstat, who makes the world grow; to Mount Ushi-darena, made\nby Mazda, the seat of holy happiness.\n27. Asman.\nTo the high, powerful Heavens; to the bright all-happy, blissful\nabode of the holy ones.\n28. Zam.\nTo the bounteous Earth; to these places, to these fields; to Mount\nUshi-darena, made by Mazda, the seat of holy happiness; to all\nthe mountains made by Mazda, that are seats of holy happiness,\nof full happiness; to the kingly Glory made by Mazda; to that\nGlory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda.\n29. Mahraspand.\nTo the holy, righteousness-performing Mathra Spenta; to the Law\nopposed to the Daevas, the Law of Zarathushtra; to the long-traditional\nteaching; to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; to the\nDevotion to the Mathra Spenta; to the understanding that keeps\nthe Law of the worshippers of Mazda; to the knowledge of the Mathra\nSpenta; to the heavenly Wisdom made by Mazda; to the Wisdom acquired\nthrough the ear and made by Mazda.\n30. Anagran.\nTo the eternal and sovereign luminous space; to the bright Garo-nmana;\nto the sovereign place of eternal Weal; to the Chinvat-bridge,\nmade by Mazda; to the tall lord Apam Napat and to the water made\nby Mazda; to Haoma, of holy birth; to the pious and good Blessing;\nto the awful cursing thought of the wise; to all the holy Gods\nof the heavenly world and of the material one; to the awful, overpowering\nFravashis of the faithful, to the Fravashis of the first men of\nthe law, to the Fravashis of the next-of-kin; to every God invoked\nby his own name.\n Siroza 2\n --------\n1. Ohrmazd.\nWe sacrifice unto the bright and glorious Ahura Mazda; we\nsacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the\nall-beneficent.\n2. Vohuman.\nWe sacrifice unto Vohu-Mano, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto Peace, whose breath is friendly, and who is more powerful to\ndestroy than all other creatures. We sacrifice unto the heavenly\nWisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired\nthrough the ear, made by Mazda.\n3. Ardwahisht.\nWe sacrifice unto Asha-Vahista, the fairest, the\nAmesha-Spenta; we sacrifice unto the much-desired Airyaman; we\nsacrifice unto the instrument made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto\nthe good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.\n4. Shahrewar.\nWe sacrifice unto Khshathra-Vairya, the Amesha-Spenta; we\nsacrifice unto the metals; we sacrifice unto Mercy and Charity.\n5. Spandarmad.\nWe sacrifice unto the good Spenta Armaiti; we sacrifice unto\nthe good Rata, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy.\n6. Hordad.\nWe sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto the prosperity of the seasons. We sacrifice unto the years,\nthe holy and masters of holiness.\n7. Amurdad.\nWe sacrifice unto Ameretat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice\nunto fatness and flocks; we sacrifice unto the plenty of corn; we\nsacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda.\n(At the gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of\nwide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra.\n(At the gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahista and\nunto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda.\n(At the gah Uzerin): We sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the\nswift-horsed, the tall and shining lord, the lord of the females;\nwe sacrifice unto the water made by Mazda and holy.\n(At the gah Aiwisruthrem): We sacrifice unto the good,\npowerful, beneficent Fravashis of the holy ones; we sacrifice\nunto the females that bring forth flocks of males; we sacrifice\nunto the thrift of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the well-shapen\nand tall-formed Strength; we sacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by\nMazda; we sacrifice unto the crushing Ascendant.\n(At the gah Ushahin): We sacrifice unto the holy,\ntall-formed, fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world grow, the\nholy and master of holiness; we sacrifice unto Rashnu Razishta;\nwe sacrifice unto Arstat, who makes the world grow, who makes the\nworld increase.\n8. Dai-pa-Adar.\nWe sacrifice unto the Maker Ahura Mazda, the bright and\nglorious; we sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling,\nthe all-beneficent.\n9. Adar.\nWe sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice\nunto the Glory, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Weal, made\nby Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Glory of the Aryas, made by\nMazda; we sacrifice unto the awful Glory of the Kavis, made by\nMazda.\nWe sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice\nunto king Husravah; we sacrifice unto the lake of Husravah; we\nsacrifice unto Mount Asnavant, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto\nLake Chaechasta, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful Glory\nof the Kavis, made by Mazda.\nWe sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice\nunto Mount Raevant, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful\nGlory of the Kavis, made by Mazda.\nWe sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice\nunto Atar, the beneficent, the warrior. We sacrifice unto that\nGod, who is a full source of glory. We sacrifice unto that God,\nwho is a full source of healing.\nWe sacrifice unto Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda; we sacrifice\nunto all Fires; we sacrifice unto the God, Nairyo-Sangha, who\ndwells in the navel of kings.\n10. Aban.\nWe sacrifice unto the good Waters, made by Mazda and holy;\nwe sacrifice unto the holy water-spring Ardvi Anahita; we\nsacrifice unto all waters, made by Mazda and Holy; we sacrifice\nunto all plants, made by Mazda and holy.\n11. Khwarshed.\nWe sacrifice unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed\nSun,\n12. Mah.\nWe sacrifice unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the\nBull. We sacrifice unto the Soul and Fravashi of the\nonly-created Bull; we sacrifice unto the Soul and Fravashi of the\nBull of many species.\n13. Tishtar.\nWe sacrifice unto Tistrya, the bright and glorious Star; we\nsacrifice unto the powerful Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes\nwaters forward; we sacrifice unto all the Stars that have in them\nthe seed of the waters; we sacrifice unto all the Stars that have\nin them the seed of the earth; we sacrifice unto all the Stars\nthat have in them the seeds of the plants; we sacrifice unto the\nStar Vanant, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto those stars that\nare seven in number, the Haptoiringas, made by Mazda, glorious\nand healing; in order to oppose the Yatus and Pairikas.\n14. Goshorun.\nWe sacrifice unto the soul of the bounteous Cow; we\nsacrifice unto the powerful Drvaspa, made by Mazda and holy.\n15. Dai-pa-Mihr.\nWe sacrifice unto the Maker Ahura Mazda, the bright and\nglorious; we sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling,\nthe all-beneficent.\n16. Mihr.\nWe sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has\na thousand ears and ten thousand eyes, a God invoked by his own\nname; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra.\n17. Srosh.\nWe sacrifice unto the holy, tall-formed, fiend-smiting,\nworld-increasing Sraosha, holy and master of holiness.\n18. Rashn.\nWe sacrifice unto Rashnu Razishta; we sacrifice unto Arstat,\nwho makes the world grow, who makes the world increase; we\nsacrifice unto the true-spoken speech that makes the world grow.\n19. Frawardin.\nWe sacrifice unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of\nthe holy ones.\n20. Warharan.\nWe sacrifice unto the well-shapen, tall-formed Strength; we\nsacrifice unto Verethraghna, made by Ahura; we sacrifice unto the\ncrushing Ascendant.\n21. Ram.\nWe sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra; we sacrifice unto the holy\nVayu; we sacrifice unto Vayu, who works highly and is more\npowerful to destroy than all other creatures. Unto that part of\nthee do we sacrifice, O Vayu, that belongs to Spenta-Mainyu. We\nsacrifice unto the sovereign Sky; we sacrifice unto the Boundless\nTime; we sacrifice unto the sovereign Time of the long Period.\n22. Wad.\nWe sacrifice unto the beneficent, bounteous Wind; we\nsacrifice unto the wind that blows below; we sacrifice unto the\nwind that blows above; we sacrifice unto the wind that blows\nbefore; we sacrifice unto the wind that blows behind. We\nsacrifice unto the manly Courage.\n23. Dai-pa-Den.\nWe sacrifice unto the Maker Ahura Mazda, the bright and\nglorious; we sacrifice unto the Amesha-Spentas.\n24. Den.\nWe sacrifice unto the most right Chista, made by Mazda and\nholy; we sacrifice unto the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.\n25. Ard.\nWe sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi, the bright high, strong,\ntall-formed, and merciful; we Sacrifice unto the Glory made by\nMazda; we sacrifice unto the Weal made by Mazda. We sacrifice\nunto Parendi, of the light chariot; we sacrifice unto the Glory\nof the Aryas, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful kingly\nGlory, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto that awful Glory, that\ncannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the\nGlory of Zarathushtra, made by Mazda.\n26. Ashtad.\nWe sacrifice unto Arshtat, who makes the world grow; we\nsacrifice unto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, a God of holy\nhappiness.\n27. Asman.\nWe sacrifice unto the shining Heavens; we sacrifice unto the\nbright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones.\n28. Zam.\nWe sacrifice unto the Earth, a beneficent God; we sacrifice\nunto these places, unto these fields; we sacrifice unto Mount\nUshi-darena, made by Mazda, a God of holy happiness; we sacrifice\nunto all the mountains, that are seats of holy happiness, of full\nhappiness, made by Mazda, the holy and masters of holiness; we\nsacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda; we\nsacrifice unto the awful Glory that cannot be forcibly seized,\nmade by Mazda.\n29. Mahraspand.\nWe sacrifice unto the Mathra Spenta, of high glory; we\nsacrifice unto the Law opposed to the Daevas; we sacrifice unto\nthe Law of Zarathushtra; we sacrifice unto the long-traditional\nteaching; we sacrifice unto the good Law of the worshippers of\nMazda: we sacrifice unto the Devotion to the Mathra Spenta; we\nsacrifice unto the understanding that keeps the Law of the\nworshippers of Mazda; we sacrifice unto the knowledge of the\nMathra Spenta; we sacrifice unto the heavenly Wisdom, made by\nMazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired through the ear and\nmade by Mazda.\n30. Anagran.\nWe sacrifice unto the eternal and sovereign luminous space;\nwe sacrifice unto the bright Garonmana; we sacrifice unto the\nsovereign place of eternal Weal; we sacrifice unto the\nChinvat-bridge, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto Apam Napat, the\nswift-horsed, the high and shining lord, who has many wives; and\nwe sacrifice unto the water, made by Mazda and holy; we sacrifice\nunto the golden and tall Haoma; we sacrifice unto the enlivening\nHaoma, who makes the world grow; we sacrifice unto Haoma, who\nkeeps death far away; we sacrifice unto the pious and good\nBlessing; we sacrifice unto the awful, powerful, cursing thought\nof the wise, a God; we sacrifice unto all the holy Gods of the\nheavenly world; we sacrifice unto all the holy Gods of the\nmaterial world.\nI praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacrifice unto\nthe good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the holy ones.\nAfrinagans (prayers of blessing)\n--------------------------------\n(Translated by L. Mills (From Sacred Books of the East,\nAmerican Edition, 1898.)\n Afrinagan-i Dahman\n ------------------\n1. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).\nAshem Vohu...(3).\nI profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra,\nopposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine.\n (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.)\nWith propitiation of the Dahman Afrin of the good ones and the\nstrong wise one with higher intellect, for worship, adoration,\npropitiation, and praise.\n'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me\n'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', he who is the zaotar should say to me\n'Atha ratush ashatchit hacha', the Asha-sanctified knowing one\nshould say.\n(Karda:)\n2. May these blessings of the Asha-sanctified come into this\nhouse, namely, rewards, compensation, and hospitality; and may\nthere now come to this community Asha, possessions, prosperity,\ngood fortune, and easeful life, and the long enduring prominence\nof this Religion, which is Ahuric, Zarathushtrian.\n3. Now in this house may the cattle not be tainted, nor the Asha,\nnor the strength of Asha-sanctified men, nor the Ahuric doctrine.\n4. May the good, prosperity-giving, holy, Asha-sanctified, fravashis\ncome here, accompanied by the healing virtues of Ashi, to the\nwidth of the Earth, the length of the rivers, and the height of\nthe sun, to give the possession of good things, for the overthrow\nof misfortunes, and the advancement of riches and fortunes.\n5. May Hearkening (Sraosha) overcome disobedience within this\nhouse, and may peace overcome discord, generosity overcome greed,\nreverence overcome rebellion, and honesty overcome falsehood.\nMay Asha conquer the fiend,\n6. so that, in it the Amesha Spentas may receive, through Sraosha,\ncompanion of Ashi, good acts of worship and prayers of praise;\ngood in reverence and adoration, the abiding offering, the joyous\noffering, and the devotional offering, until the time of the final\nharvest.\n7. Let the comfort-giving good fortune never forsake this house,\nnor the comfort-giving riches, nor comfort-giving noble offspring,\nwith long lasting company of what bestows paradise and good rewards.\nAshem Vohu...(3)!\n(Asirvad:)\n8. To Ahura Mazda, rich, possessing good things. Blessings on\nthe rulers of the land, for greater strength, greater victory,\ngreater rule, greater sovereignty, compassion, long rule, enduring\nphysical vitality, and health.\n9. (Blessings) to Ama, well-built, fair of form, to Verethraghna,\nmade by Ahura, and to the triumphing Uparatat, completely repelling\nmalice, completely conquering the hostile malicious adversary\nwith a blow.\n10. Blessings so that he may be winner of the battle, victorious\nover every malicious adversary, over every evil adversary, faulty\nin thoughts, words and deeds.\n11. (Blessings) that he may be victorious through timely thoughts,\nwords, and deeds; to suppress all the evil-minded, and all Daeva-worshippers,\nso as to attain to good reward, and to good renown, and to long\nhappiness of my soul.\n12. Blessings for long life, for the desired life, for the service\nof Asha-sanctified people, and for the disservice of ill done\ndeeds - the best existence of the Asha-sanctified, the luminous,\noffering all blissful. Thus may it come as I wish.\nWe praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, performed\nhere and elsewhere, now and in the past. Thus we glorify and invoke\nall that is good (2).\nI yearn for good mind. May Peshotan son on Gushtasp come to my\naid, may he accept my prayers, may he shine for me. Thus may the\nholy attain long life and may their desires be fulfilled.\nMay this Afrinagan and Khshnuman reach the Yazad Dahman.\nMay the knowledge, promulgation, and glory of the good Mazdayasnian\nreligion spread throughout the seven regions of the world, through\nspeech, righteous persuasion, the good kingly authority and justice.\nSo be it.\nYatha Ahu Vairyo....\nAshem Vohu...!\n13. Yatha Ahu Vairyo...(2).\nI desire worship and adoration and strength and force for the\nDahman Afrin of the good ones and the valiant wise one with higher\nintellect.\nAshem Vohu....\nMay we all be one in Asha.\nThus may it come as I wish.\nWe praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, performed\nhere and elsewhere, now and in the past. Thus we glorify and invoke\nall that is good.\n Afrinagan-i Gatha\n -----------------\n1. As the Ahu is (revered and) to be chosen, so (is) the Ratu\n(one who rules) from the Righteous Order, a creator of mental\ngoodness, and of life's actions done for Ahura, and the Kingdom\n(is) to Mazda, which to the poor may offer a nurturer.\nI confess myself a Mazda-worshipper - for the praise of Ahura\nMazda, the resplendent, the glorious, and of the Bountiful Immortals,\nfor the bountiful and holy Gathas which rule in the ritual order.\n(Propitiation and praise be) to the Gatha Ahunavaiti, and to the\nGatha Ushtavaiti, to the Gatha Spenta-mainyu, and to the Gatha\nVohu-khshathra, and to the Gatha Vahishtoishti. 2. Propitiation\nto the Fravashis of the saints, the mighty, overwhelming, even\nto those of the saints of yore, who held the primeval faith (the\nGathic faith), and to those of the next of kin.\n3. We sacrifice to Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious;\nand we sacrifice to the Amesha Spenta who rule aright, and who\ndispose (of all aright). And we sacrifice to the bounteous and\nholy Gathas, which rule (as the first) in the ritual order.\nWe sacrifice to the Gatha Ahunavaiti, the holy, as it rules in\nthe ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gatha Ushtavaiti, the\nholy, as it rules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the\nGatha Spenta-mainyu, the holy, as it rules in the ritual order;\nand we sacrifice to the Gatha Vohu-khshathra, the holy, as it\nrules in the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gatha Vahishtoishti,\nthe holy, as it rules in the ritual order.\n4. (=Yt13.49-52.)\n Afrinagan-i Gahambar\n --------------------\n [This prayer is part of the ceremony of blessing (Afrinagan)\n addressed to the community during the great seasonal festivals\n (Gahambars).]\n1. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, and of Zarathustra's\norder, a foe of the Daevas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for\nthe holy Havani, the regulator of the ritual order (and its lord\nin its turn), for its sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise;\n(and I confess myself) for Savanghi and for Visya, the holy lords\nof the ritual order for their sacrifice, homage, propitiation,\nand praise, and for that of the Asnya, the day-lords of the days\nduring daylight, and of the days in their length, for the Mahya,\nmonth-lords, and the Yairya, year-lords, and for those of the\nespecial seasons, and for the worship, homage, propitiation, and\npraise of that lofty lord who is the Ritual Righteousness (itself);\nyea, for the worship, homage, propitiation, and praise of the\nlords of the days, months, years, and seasons - for those lords\nof the ritual order who are of all the greatest, who are the regulators\nof the ritual at the time of Havani.\n2. To Maidhyo-zaremya, the lord [or to Maidhyo-shema, the lord,\nor to Paitishahya, the lord, or to Ayathrima, Maidhyairya, or\nHamaspathmaedhaya], be propitiation, homage, and praise.\n3. O ye Mazdayasnians who are here present offer ye this ritual\nservice, and present ye the Myazda which is that of the Maidhyo-zaremaya,\ntaking a piece of sound flesh from a choice beast, with a full\nflow of milk.\n4. If ye are able to do this, (well); if ye are unable to do\nit, ye may take then (a portion) of some liquor of equal value,\nit matters not which it is, and have it consumed as it is proper;\nand so be ye discreet from your obedience, most correctly faithful\nin your speech, most saintly from your sanctity, best ordered\nin your exercise of power, least straitened by oppressions, heart-easy\nwith rejoicings, most merciful of givers, most helpful to the\npoor, fulfilling most the ritual, the blest and longed-for Asha,\n(coy ?) riches woman-minded (?) bringing (as reward). If ye can\ndo this and with vigour, (well); (5) if not, bring wood to the\nRatu's house. It matters not what kind, so it be well cut, and\nvery dry, and in loads of fitting size. If that is possible, (well);\nif not, let a man bring wood to the Ratu's dwelling, and heap\nit up as high as the ear, or to reach the fore-shoulder, or with\nthe fore-arm measure, (or at least as high as the end of the hanging\nhand). If that is possible, (well); (6) but if it has not been\npossible, then let the worshipper (with the mind's offering) ascribe\nthe power to him who rules the best, Ahura, (saying): Wherefore\nfor this cause verily we offer and ascribe the Sovereign Power\nto Ahura Mazda, who rules the best, and to Righteousness (the\nritual and moral Order), and we complete our sacrifice to them.\nThus is the Myazda offered with the well-timed prayer for blessings.\n7. In case that a man does not give of the first Myazda which\nis that of the Maidhyo-zaremaya, O Spitama Zarathushtra! the Ratu\nthat has the right to that Myazda, and who has this person under\nhis guidance, expels that (false) disciple who has not his Myazda\nwith him, as a man that does not worship, from the midst of the\nMazda-worshippers. 8. In the case that a man does not give of\nthe second Myazda, O Spitama Zarathushtra! which is that of the\nMaidhyo-shema, then let the Ratu to whom the Myazda should come,\nand who has the person under his guidance, expel that disciple,\nsince he comes without his Myazda, as he would a man who refuses\nto recite his vows, from among the number of the Mazda-worshippers.\n9. In the case that a man does not give of the third Myazda, O\nSpitama Zarathushtra! which is that of Paitishahya, then let the\nRatu who ought to receive that Myazda, and who has had the person\nunder his guidance, expel that disciple which brings no Myazda,\nas a detected reprobate, from among the number of the Mazdayasnians.\n10. In case that a man does not offer of the fourth Myazda, O\nSpitama Zarathushtra! which is that of the Ayathrima let the Ratu\nwho ought to receive that Myazda, and who has the person under\nhis guidance, expel that disciple, since he brings no Myazda,\nas a refuse beast from among the number of the Mazdayasnians.\n11. In the case that a man does not give of the fifth Myazda,\nwhich is that of the Maidhyairya, then let the Ratu to whom that\nMyazda belongs as a perquisite, and who has that person under\nhis guidance, expel him, since he brings no Myazda, as an alien,\nfrom among the number of the Mazdayasnians. 12. In case that a\nman does not give of the sixth Myazda, which is that of the Hamaspathmaedhaya,\nO Spitama Zarathushtra! let the Ratu to whom that Myazda belongs\nas a perquisite, and who has this person under his discipline\nto learn him the lore of Ahura, expel him, (as ignorant) since\nhe brings no Myazda, from among the number of the Mazdayasnians.\n13. And let him decry him afterwards without hesitation, and drive\nhim out; and let that Ratu lay upon him afterwards the expiating\ndeeds without reserve; and in accordance with these rules, let\nthe disciple treat the Ratu. (Let him beware of failure to bring\nhis Myazda, or if he fails let the disciple bear, as is befitting,\nwhat is due.) A blessing is Righteousness (called) the Best, it\nis weal, it is weal for this (man) when toward Righteousness Best\nthere is right.\n14. I bless with my prayer the royal Province-chiefs (who are\nfaithful worshippers) of Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious,\n(beseeching) for superior strength for them, and for more important\nvictory, and more influential rule, and desiring for them further\nauthoritative power, and helpful support, and long duration to\ntheir reign, and the prolonged vitality of their frames, and health.\n15. And I pray in my benediction for strength well-shaped and\nstately of growth, and which smites victoriously, Ahura-made,\nand crushing, and for an ascendency abundantly subduing all who\nare filled with furious hate, assaulting the evil-minded enemies,\nand destroying, as if at once, the deadly, godless foes.\n16. And I pray in my blessing that he (the province-governor)\nmay conquer in victorious battles every malicious foe, and each\nmalignant, profane in thoughts, and words, and actions, (17) that\nhe may indeed be constantly victorious in his own religious thoughts,\nand words, and deeds, and unvarying in the smiting of every foe,\nand of every Daeva-worshipper, and that he may, as he proceeds,\nbe well rewarded, and of good repute, possessing a far-foreseeing\npreparation of the soul. 18. And I pray with blessings thus: Live\nthou long and blessed be thou, 'hail' to thee; live for the aid\nof holy men, and for the crushing of the evil; and I pray for\nHeaven (for thee) the best world of the saints, shining, all glorious.\nAnd thus may it happen as I pray -. And I bless in my prayer the\nsacrifice, and homage, and the strength, and swiftness of the\nday-lords during daylight, and of the lords of the days in their\nlength, of the month-lords, and the year-lords, and of the lords\nof the seasons (in their course), and for the worship, homage,\npropitiation, and praise of the lofty lord who is the Righteous\nRitual itself, and of those lords of the ritual who are of all\nthe greatest, and who are the lords of the ritual at the time\nof Havani, for Maidhyo-zaremaya the lord, [(or) for Maidhyo-shema\nthe lord, (or) for Paitishahya the lord, or for Ayathrima, Maidhyairya,\nor Hamaspathmaedhaya].\n Afrinagan-i Rapithwin\n ---------------------\n1. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, of Zarathushtra's order,\na foe to the Daevas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for Rapithwina,\nthe holy lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation,\nand praise, and for Fradat-fshu and Zantuma, the holy lord(s)\nof the ritual order. 2. And to Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the\nglorious, and to the Bountiful Immortals, be propitiation, and\nto Asha Vahishta (who is Righteousness the Best), and to the Fire,\nAhura Mazda's son, and to all the holy Yazads, heavenly and earthly,\nand to the Fravashis of the saints, the mighty and overwhelming-.\n3. For thus did Ahura Mazda speak to Spitama Zarathushtra the\nword which was spoken for the ritual time of the Rapithwina, (saying):\nAsk us, O holy Zarathushtra, what are Thy questions to be asked\nof us, for Thy question is as that mighty one when Thy ruler speaks\nhis mighty wish. 4. Then Zarathushtra asked Ahura Mazda: O Ahura\nMazda, most bountiful creator of the material worlds and holy!\nwhat does that man acquire, what does he merit, what reward\nshall there be for that man (5) who shall recite the Rapithwina\noffice with the Rapithwina prayer for blessing, and who shall\nsacrifice with the Rapithwina office with hands (well) washed,\nand with (well) washed mortars, with the Baresman spread, and\nwith Haoma high uplifted, and with fire brightly flaming,with\nAhuna-vairya loud intoned, with Haoma-moistened tongue, and with\na body Mathra-bound?\n6. And Ahura Mazda answered him: As the wind from the southern\nquarter, O Spitama! causes the entire material world to advance\nand to increase, and as it will bless it, rejoice it, and cause\nit to progress, such a like reward does such a man receive, (7)\nwho recites the Rapithwina-ratu with the Rapithwina blessing,\nand sacrifices with it with (well) washed hands, and mortars,\nwith Baresman spread, and Haoma lifted, with fire brightly flaming,\nand with Ahuna-vairya loud intoned, and with Haoma-moistened tongue,\nand a body Mathra-bound! 8. Thus hath Ahura Mazda declared to\nSpitama Zarathushtra the word which (should be) spoken at the\nRapithwina time.\n9-10. (See A1.14-19.)","title":"AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (Book of Common Prayer) part 2","type":"page"}