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- Introduction and
dedications (0-8)
- Hom Yasht (9-11)
- The Zoroastrian Creed (12)
- Chapters 13-18
- Commentary on Ahunwar (19)
- Commentary on Ashem Vohu (20)
- Commentary on Yenghe Hatam (21)
- Chapter 22
- Invocation of the Fravashis
(Guardian Angels) (23)
- Presentations (24)
- Chapter 25
- Sacrifice and praise to the
Fravashis (26)
- Prelude to the chief recital of the Ahunwar
(27)
- Ahunavaiti Gatha (28-34)
- Yasna Haptanghaiti (35-42)
- Ushtavaiti Gatha (43-46)
- Spentamainyush Gatha (47-50)
- Vohukhshathra Gatha (51)
- Prayer for sanctity (52)
- Vahishtoishti Gatha (53)
- Airyema Ishyo formula (54)- (71)
1. INTRODUCTION & DEDICATOIN (YASNA 0-8)
YASNA 0
[Translation of
y0.4-6 is from Dhalla, pp. 9 ff. They are in the Old Avesta dialect.]
(In the name of God)
1. Ashem Vohu (1 & 3). I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper and a
Zoroastrian, opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. For
Hawan....
2. To Fire, the son of Ahura Mazda. To you, O Fire, son of Ahura
Mazda. With propitiation, for worship, adoration, propitiation, and
praise.
3. 'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me 'Atha ratush
ashatchit hacha', the knowing Ashavan should say. Ashem Vohu ...
4. I praise good thoughts, good words, and good deeds and those that
are to be thought, spoken, and done. I do accept all good thoughts, good
words, and good deeds. I do renounce all evil thoughts, evil words, and
evil deeds.
5. I proffer to you, O Amesha Spentas, sacrifice and prayer, with
thought, with word, with deed, with [my] being, with the very life of my
body.
6. I praise Asha. Ashem Vohu ...
YASNA 1.
1. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the creator Ahura
Mazda, the radiant and glorious, the greatest and the best, the most
beautiful (?) (to our conceptions), the most firm, the wisest, and the
one of all whose body is the most perfect, who attains His ends the most
infallibly, because of his Asha, to him who disposes our minds aright,
who sends His joy- creating grace afar; who made us, and has fashioned
us, and who has nourished and protected us, who is the most bounteous
Spirit!
2. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) to Vohu
Mano, and to the
Highest Asha, and to Khshathra Vairya, and to Spenta Armaiti, and to the
two, the Haurvatat and Ameretat, to the body of the Kine, and to the
Kine's Soul, and to the Fire of Ahura Mazda, that one who more than
(all) the Amesha Spentas has made most effort (for our succor)!
3. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for
Asnya, the
masters of Asha, to Hawan, Asha- sanctified, master of Asha; and I
celebrate, and I carry out (this Yasna) for Savanghi and for Visya, Asha-sanctified,
master(s) of Asha. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for Mithra of
wide pastures, of the thousand ears, and of the myriad eyes, the Yazad
of the spoken name, and for Raman Khwastra.
4. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for
Rapithwin, the Asha-sanctified
master of Asha, and for Fradat-fshu, and for Zangtuma, the holy master(s)
of Asha; and I celebrate and carry out (this Yasna) to Asha the Best,
and to the Fire of Ahura Mazda.
5. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for Uzerin the
Asha-sanctified
master of Asha, and for Fradat-vira and Dakhyuma, the Asha-sanctified
master(s) of Asha, and for that lofty Ahura Napat-apam (the son of
waters), and for the waters which Ahura Mazda made.
6. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for Aiwisruthrem (and)
Aibigaya, the Asha-sanctified master(s) of Asha, and for the
Zarathushtrotema, and for him who possesses and who gives that
prosperity in life which furthers all. And I celebrate and carry out
(this Yasna) for the fravashis of the saints, and for those of the women
who have many sons[FNOTE]'Men and herds?'[/FNOTE], and for a prosperous
home life which continues without reverse throughout the year, and for
that Might which is well-shaped and stately[FNOTE]'Well- grown'[/FNOTE],
which strikes victoriously, Ahura-made, and for that Victorious
Ascendency (which it secures).
7. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for
Ushahin, the Asha-sanctified
master of Asha, and for Berejya (and) Nmanya, the Asha-sanctified
master(s) of Asha, and for Sraosha, companion of Ashi, possessing
rewards, victorious, who furthers the world, and the very straight
Rashnu and Arshtad, who further the world, who augment the world.
8. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the
Mahya, the monthly
festivals, masters of Asha, for the new and the later[FNOTE]Literally,
'the moon within,' showing little light.[/FNOTE] moon, the Asha-sanctified
master of Asha, and for the full moon which scatters night.
9. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the
Yairya, yearly
feasts, the Asha-sanctified masters of Asha. I celebrate and carry out
(this Yasna) for Maidyozarem, the Asha-sanctified master of Asha, and
for Maidyoshahem, the Asha-sanctified master of Asha, and for
Paitishahem, and for Ayathrem the advancer, and the spender of the
strength of males, the Asha-sanctified master of Asha, and for Maidyarem,
the Asha-sanctified master of Asha, and for Hamaspathmaidyem, the Asha-sanctified
master of Asha; yea, I celebrate and carry out this Yasna for the
seasons, masters of Asha.
10. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for all those who are the
thirty three masters of Asha, which, coming the nearest, are around
about Hawan, and which (as in their festivals) were instituted by Ahura
Mazda, and were promulgated by Zarathushtra, as the masters of Asha
Vahishta.
11. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the two, for Ahura
and Mithra, the lofty, and the everlasting, and the Asha-sanctified, and
for all the stars which are Spenta Mainyu's creatures, and for the star
Tishtrya, the resplendent and glorious, and for the Moon which contains
the seed of the Kine, and for the resplendent Sun, the swift-horsed, the
eye of Ahura Mazda, and for Mithra the province ruler. And I celebrate
and carry out this Yasna for Ahura Mazda (once again, and as to him who
rules the month), the radiant, the glorious, and for the Fravashis of
the saints.
12. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for you, o Fire, son of
Ahura Mazda, together with all the fires, and for the good waters, even
for all the waters made by Mazda, and for all the plants which Mazda
made.
13. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the Bounteous
Manthra,
the Asha-sanctified and effective, the revelation given against the
Daevas; the Zoroastrian revelation, and for the long descent[FNOTE]'The
long tradition;' so Spiegel.[/FNOTE] of the good Mazdayasnian Faith.
14. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the mountain
Ushi-darena, the Mazda-made, with its sacred brilliance, and for all the
mountains glorious with sanctity[FNOTE]Observe the impossibility of the
meaning 'comfort,' or mere 'well-being' here.[/FNOTE], with their
abundant Glory Mazda-made, and for that majestic Glory Mazda-made, the
unconsumed[FNOTE]Or possibly 'the unseized,' the Pahlavi agrift(?); Ner.
agrihitam; hvar, to eat, may have meant 'seize' originally.[/FNOTE]
Glory which Mazda made. And I announce and carry out (this Yasna) for
Ashi the good, the blessedness (of the reward), and for Chisti, the good
religious Knowledge, for the good Erethe (Rectitude?), and for the good
Rasastat (persisting zeal?), and to the Glory and the Benefit which are
Mazda-made.
15. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the pious and good
Blessing of the religious man, the Asha-sanctified, and for the curse of
wisdom, the swift and redoubted Yazad of potency (to blight).
16. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for these places and
these lands, and for these pastures, and these abodes with their springs
of water(?)[FNOTE]The Pahlavi with its afkhvar points here perhaps to a
better text. Recall awzhdatemja, awzhdaungho, awrem.[/FNOTE], and for
the waters, land, and plants, and for this earth and for yon heaven, and
for the Asha-sanctified wind, and for the stars, moon, and sun, and for
the eternal stars without beginning, and self-disposing, and for all the
Asha-sanctified creatures of Spenta Mainyu, male and female, the
regulators of Asha.[COMMENT]Bailey, xxxviii (avO- xvarena):
"hay-rack, manger"[/COMMENT]
17. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for that lofty lord who
is the Asha (itself), and for the masters of the days in their duration,
and of the days during daylight, for the moons, the years, and the
seasons which are masters of Asha at the time of Hawan.
18. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for the fravashis of the
saints, the redoubted, which overwhelm (the evil), for those of the
saints of the ancient lore, for those of the next of kin, and for the
fravashi of (my) own soul!
19. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for all the masters of
Asha, and for all the yazads, the beneficent, who dispose (of all)
aright, for those both heavenly and earthly, who are (meet) for our
sacrifice and homage because of Asha Vahishta.
20. O Hawan, Asha-sanctified master of Asha, and
Savanghi, Rapithwin,
and Uzerin, and Aiwisruthrem, (and) Aibigaya, (you who aids life!) if I
have offended you, and you, o Ushahin, Asha-sanctified master of Asha!
21. If I have offended you, whether by thought, or word, or deed,
whether by act of will, or without intent or wish, I earnestly make up
the deficiency of this in praise to you. If I have caused decrease in
that which is your Yasna, and your homage, I announce (and carry out) to
you (the more for this)!
22. Yea, all ye masters, the greatest ones, Asha-sanctified masters
of Asha, if I have offended you by thought, or word, or deed, whether
with my will, or without intending error, I praise you (now the more)
for this. I announce to you (the more) if I have caused decrease in this
which is your Yasna, and your praise.
23. I would confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, of Zarathushtra's
order, a foe to the Daevas, devoted to the lore of Ahura, for Hawan, the
Asha-sanctified master of Asha, for (his) sacrifice, homage,
propitiation, and praise, for Savanghi and for Visya, the Asha-sanctified
master of Asha, for (his) sacrifice, homage, propitiation and praise,
and for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation and praise of the masters of
the days in their duration, and of the days during daylight, for those
of the monthly festivals, and for those of the yearly ones, and for
those of the seasons!
YASNA 2.
1. I desire the libations for this Yasna; I desire the Baresman for
this Yasna. I desire the Baresman for this Yasna; I desire the libations
for this Yasna. I desire the libations together with Baresman for this
Yasna; I desire the Baresman together with the libations for this Yasna.
With this libation I desire this Baresman for this Yasna. With this
Baresman I desire this libation for this Yasna. This Baresman with the
libation I desire for this Yasna. I desire for this Yasna this Baresman
with this libation and with its kusti, and spread with Asha.
2. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Ashawan Ahura Mazdah, the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the
well-ruling, judicious Amesha Spentas.
3. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified Asnya, the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified Hawan, the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the Savanghi and the
Asha-sanctified Visya, the master of Asha. With this libation and
Baresman I desire for this Yasna Mithra of the wide pastures, of the
thousand ears, of the ten-thousand eyes, the Yazad of the spoken name. I
desire for this Yasna Raman Khwastra.
4. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified Rapithwin, the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the Fradat-fshav
and the Asha-sanctified Zantuma, the master of Asha. With this libation
and Baresman I desire for this Yasna Asha Vahishta and Atar, the Son of
Ahura Mazda.
5. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified Uzerin, the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the Fradat-vira and
the Asha-sanctified Dahyuma, the master of Asha. With this libation and
Baresman I desire for this Yasna the high Lord, the kingly and brilliant
Apam-Napat, of swift-horses, and likewise the water, Mazda-made and
holy.
6. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified
Aiwisruthrem Aibigaya the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the
Fradat-vispam-hujyatay and the Asha-sanctified Zarathushtro-tema, the
master of Asha. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna
the good, mighty, bountiful Fravashis of the Asha-sanctified. I desire
for this Yasna the women who have many sons. And I desire for this Yasna
the Yairya Hushitay; and I desire for this Yasna the well-formed,
stately Ama; and I desire for this Yasna the Ahura-given Verethraghna;
and I desire for this Yasna the triumphing Uparatat.
7. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified Ushahina, the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna the Berejya and
the Asha-sanctified Nmanya, the master of Asha. With this libation and
Baresman I desire for this Yasna Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of
form, victorious, furthering the world, Asha-sanctified, the master of
Asha. I desire for this Yasna the straightest Rashnu, and I desire for
this Yasna Arshtat, who furthers the settlements, and causes them to
increase.
8. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified
Mahya (Monthly festivals), the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna
the Asha-sanctified Antaremah, the master of Asha. I desire for this
Yasna the Pereno-mah and the Asha-sanctified Vishaptatha, the master of
Asha.
9. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
Asha-sanctified
Yairya (Yearly festivals), the master of Asha. I desire for this Yasna
the Asha-sanctified Maidyozarem, the master of Asha. With this libation
and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the Asha-sanctified Maidyoshahem,
the master of Asha. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this
Yasna the Asha-sanctified Paitishahem, the master of Asha. With this
libation and Barasman I desire for this Yasna Ayathrem, the promoter,
who spends the strength of males, Asha-sanctified, the master of Asha.
With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the Asha-sanctified
Maidyarem, the master of Asha. With this libation and Baresman I desire
for this Yasna the Asha-sanctified Hamaspathmaidyem, the master of Asha.
With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the Asha-sanctified
Yairya (Yearly festivals), the masters of Asha.
10. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna all of
the masters of Asha, the thirty- three who come the nearest round about
our Hawans, who are masters of Asha Vahishta, which were inculcated by
Mazda, and spoken forth by Zarathushtra.
11. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna Ahura
(and) Mithra, the lofty, eternal, and Asha-sanctified two. I desire for
this Yasna the Stars and Moon and Sun (and) - with the Baresman-Plants -
and Mithra, the governor of all the provinces. With this libation and
Baresman I desire for this Yasna the radiant and glorious Ahura Mazda.
With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the good,
heroic, bountiful Fravashis of the Asha-sanctified.
12. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna you, the
Asha-sanctified Atar, the Son of Ahura Mazda, the master of Asha, with
all Fires. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
good, best, Mazda-made, Asha-sanctified Water. I desire for this Yasna
all the Mazda-made Asha-sanctified Waters. I desire for this Yasna all
the Mazda- made, Asha-sanctified Plants.
13. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the
bounteous Manthra, the most glorious. I desire for this Yasna the law
instituted against the Daevas. I desire for this Yasna the Zoroastrian
law. I desire for this Yasna the long tradition. I desire for this Yasna
the good Mazdayasnian Religion.
14. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna Mount
Ushi-darena, Mazda-made, the Yazad possessing the ease of Asha. I desire
for this Yasna all mountains possessed of ease of Asha, full of ease,
Mazda-made, Asha-sanctified, the masters of Asha. I desire for this
Yasna the strong, Mazda-made khwarrah of the Kavis. I desire for this
Yasna the strong, Mazda-made ungraspable khwarrah. With this libation
and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the good Ashi, the brilliant, tall,
vigorous, fair of form, self-sufficient. I desire for this Yasna the
Mazda-made khwarrah; I desire for this Yasna the Mazda-made prosperity.
15. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna the pious
and good Blessing. I desire for this Yasna the pious, Asha-sanctified
Man, and I desire for this Yasna the strong, brave Yazad Damoish Upamana.
16. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna these
Waters and Lands and Plants; I desire for this Yasna these places,
districts, and pastures, and these dwellings with their springs of
water, and this land-ruler, who is Ahura Mazda.
17. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna all the
greatest masters: the day-lords, the month-lords, those of the years,
and of the seasons, and the good, mighty, beneficent Fravashis of the
Asha-sanctified.
18. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna all the
Asha-sanctified Yazatas. I desire for this Yasna all the masters of Asha:
Hawan at his time, and Savanghi and Visya at their times, and all the
greatest masters at their times.
YASNA 3
THE YASNA ADVANCES TO THE NAMING OF THE OBJECTS OF
PROPITIATION.
1. With a Baresman brought to its appointed place accompanied
with the Zaothra at the time of Havani, I desire to approach the Myazda-offering
with my praise, as it is consumed, and likewise Ameretat (as the
guardian of plants and wood) and Haurvatat (who guards the water), with
the (fresh) meat, for the propitiation of Ahura Mazda, and of the
Bountiful Immortals, and for the propitiation of Sraosha (who is
Obedience) the blessed, who is endowed with sanctity, and who smites
with the blow of victory, and causes the settlements to advance.
2. And I desire to approach Haoma and Para-haoma with my praise
for the propitiation of the Fravashi of Spitama Zarathushtra, the saint.
And I desire to approach the (sacred) wood with my praise, with the
perfume, for the propitiation of thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's son!
3. And I desire to approach the Haomas with my praise for the
propitiation of the good waters which Mazda created; and I desire to
approach the Haoma-water, and the fresh milk with my praise, and the
plant Hadhanaepata, offered with sanctity for the propitiation of the
waters which are Mazda-made.
4. And I desire to approach this Baresman with the Zaothra with my
praise, with its binding and spread with sanctity for the propitiation
of the Bountiful Immortals. And I desire with (?) my voice the thoughts
well thought, and the words well spoken, and the deeds well done, and
the recital of the Gathas as they are heard. And I desire to approach
the well-said Mathras with my praise, and this (higher) lordship with
this sanctity, and this exact regulation (of the Ratu), and the
reverential prayer for blessings (spoken at the fitting hour); and I
desire to approach them for the contentment and propitiation of the holy
Yazads, heavenly and earthly, and for the contentment of each man's
soul.
5. And I desire to approach the Asnya with my praise, the lords of
the ritual order, and the Havani and Savanghi and Visya, the holy lords
of the ritual order. And I desire to approach with the Yasht of Mithra
of the wide pastures, of the thousand ears, of the myriad eyes, the
Yazad of the spoken name, and with him Raman Hvastra.
6. And I desire to approach Rapithwina with my praise, the holy lord
of the ritual order, and Fradat-fshu and Zantuma, and Righteousness the
Best, and Ahura Mazda's Fire.
7. And I desire to approach Uzayeirina, and Fradat-vira and
Dahvyuma*
with my praise, with that lofty Ahura Napt-apam, and the waters
Mazda-made,
8. And Aiwisruthrima, and Aibigaya, and
Fradat-vispam-hujaiti, and
Zarathushtrotema with the Yasht of the Fravashis of the saints, and of
the women who have many sons, and the year long unchanged prosperity,
and of Might, the well-shaped and stately, smiting victoriously, Ahura-made and of the Victorious Ascendency (which it secures).
9. And I desire to approach Ushahina, Berejya, and Nmanya with the
Yasht of Sraosha (Obedience) the sacred, the holy, who smites with the
blow of victory, and makes the settlements advance, and with that of
Rashnu, the most just, and Arshtat who furthers the settlements, and
causes them to increase.
10. And I desire to approach the monthly festivals, the lords of the
ritual order, and the new moon and the waning moon, and the full moon
which scatters night,
11. And the yearly festivals, Maidhyo-zaremaya,
Maidhyo-shema, Paitishahya, and Ayathrima the breeder who spends the strength of males,
and Maidhyairya, and Hamaspathmaedhaya, and the seasons, lords of the
ritual order,
(12) and all those lords who are the three and thirty, who approach
the nearest at the time of Havani, who are the Lords of Asha called
Vahishta (and whose services were) inculcated by Mazda, and pronounced
by Zarathushtra, as the feasts of Righteousness, the Best.
13. And I desire to approach Ahura and Mithra, the lofty and
imperishable two, the holy, and with the Yasht of those stars which are
the creatures of Spenta Mainyu, and with the Yasht of the star Tistrya,
the radiant, the glorious, and with that of the moon which contains the
seed of cattle, and with that of the resplendent sun, the eye of Ahura
Mazda, and of Mithra, province-lord of the provinces, and with that of
Ahura Mazda (as He rules this day) the radiant, the glorious, and with
that of the Fravashis of the saints, (who rule this month),
14. And with thy Yasht, the Fire's, O Ahura Mazda's son! with all the
fires, and to the good waters with the Yasht of all the waters which are
Mazda-made, and with that of all the plants which Mazda made.
15. And I desire to approach with the Yasht of the Mathra
Spenta, the
holy, the effective, the law composed against the Daevas, the
Zarathushtrian, and with that of the long descent of the Religion which
Mazda gave.
16. And I desire to approach with the Yasht of Mount
Ushi-darena,
Mazda-made, and of all, glorious with sanctity, and abundant in
brilliance, and with that of the Kingly Glory, Mazda- made; yea, with
that of the unconsumed glory which Mazda made, and with that of Ashi
Vanguhi, and Chishti Vanguhi, and with that of the good Erethe, and the
good Rasastat, and the good Glory, and of the Benefit which Mazda gave.
17. And I desire to approach with the Yasht of the good and pious
Blessing of the pious man and of the saint, and with that of the awful
and swift Curse of the wise, the Yazad-curse,
(18) and to these places, regions, pastures, and abodes, with their
water-springs, and with that of the waters, and the lands, and the
plants, and with that of this earth and yon heaven, and with that of the
holy wind and of the stars, moon, and sun, and with that of the stars
without beginning, self-determined and self-moved, and with that of all
the holy creatures which are those of Spenta Mainyu, male and female,
regulators of the ritual order,
(19) and with that of the lofty lord who is Righteousness (himself,
the essence of the ritual), and with that of the days in their duration,
and of the days during daylight, and with that of the monthly festivals,
and the yearly festivals, and with those of the several seasons which
are lords of the ritual at the time of Havani.
20. And I desire to approach the meat-offering with a
Yasht, and
Haurvatat (who guards the water), and Ameretatat (who guards the plants
and wood), with the Yasht of the sacred flesh for the propitiation of
Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed and the mighty, whose body is the Mathra,
of him of the daring spear, the lordly, the Yazad of the spoken name.
21. And I desire to approach both Haoma and the Haoma-juice with a
Yasht for the propitiation of the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the
saint, the Yazad of the spoken name. And I desire to approach the
wood-billets with a Yasht, with the perfume for the propitiation of
thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's son! the Yazad of the spoken name.
22. And I desire to approach with a Yasht for the mighty Fravashis of
the saints, the overwhelming, the Fravashis of those who held to the
ancient lore, and of those of the next of kin.
23. And I desire to approach toward all the lords of the ritual order
with a Yasht, toward all the good Yazads, heavenly and earthly, who are
(set) for worship and for praise because of Asha Vahishta (of
Righteousness the Best).
24. I will confess myself a Mazdayasnian, of Zarathushtra's order, a
foe to the Daevas, devoted to the lore of the Lord for Havani, the holy
lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for
praise, and for Savanghi and Visya, the holy lord(s) of the ritual
order, and for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise of the
day-lords of the days in their duration, and of the days during
daylight, and for the month-regulators, and the year- regulators, and
for those of the (several) seasons, for their sacrifice, and homage,
their propitiation, and their praise. (The Zaotar speaks): As the Ahu to
be (revered and) chosen, let the priest speak forth to me. (The Ratu
responds): As the Ahu to be (revered and) chosen, let him who is the
Zaotar speak forth to me. (The Zaotar again): So let the Ratu from his
Righteousness, holy and learned, speak forth!
YASNA 4
THE OFFERING TAKES PLACE.
1. These good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, these
Haomas,
meat-offerings, and Zaothras, this Baresman spread with sanctity, this
flesh, and the two, Haurvatat (who guards the water) and Ameretatat (who
guards the plants and wood), even the flesh, the Haoma and Haoma-juice,
the wood-billets, and their perfume, this sacred lordship and
chieftainship, and the timely prayer with blessing, and the heard
recital of the Gathas, and the well-said Mathras, these all we offer,
and make known with celebrations (here).
2. Yea, these do we announce with celebrations, and we present them
to Ahura Mazda, and to Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, and to the
Bountiful Immortals, and to the Fravashis of the saints, and to their
souls, and to the Fire of Ahura Mazda, the lofty lord of the entire
creation of the holy, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise.
3. Yea, further, we present (them to the Bountiful Immortals with an
especial gift) these thoughts well thought, these words well spoken,
these deeds well done, these Haomas, Myazdas, Zaothras, and this
Baresman spread with sanctity, the flesh, and Haurvatat (who guards the
water), and Ameretatat (who guards the plants and wood), even the flesh,
Haoma and Parahaoma, the wood-billets, the perfume, and this their
lordship and their sanctity, and this chieftainship, this prayer for
blessing, the heard recital of the Gathas, and the well-said Mathras.
4. We offer with our celebrations, and we announce them (of a verity)
to the Bountiful Immortals, those who exercise their rule aright, and
who dispose (of all) aright, the ever- living, ever-helpful, the male
divinities among their number who dwell with the Good Mind, [and the
female ones as well].
5. And we announce them in our celebrations as more propitious for
this house, and for the furtherance of this house, of its herds, and of
its men, of those now born, and of those yet to be born, the holy, yea,
for the furtherance of that house of which these (men) are thus.
6. And we present these offerings to the good Fravashis of the saints
who are mighty and overwhelming for the succor of the saints.
7. Yea, we present these hereby to the Creator Ahura Mazda, the
radiant, the glorious, and the heavenly spirit, for the sacrifice,
homage, propitiation, and praise of the Bountiful Immortals (all).
8. And we present these hereby to the Day-lords of the ritual order,
to Havani, to Savanghi, and to Visya, the holy lords of the ritual
order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for praise, and to
Mithra of the wide pastures, and the thousand ears, and the myriad eyes,
the Yazad of the spoken name,
9. And to Rapithwina, Fradat-fshu, and Zantuma, the holy lords of the
ritual order, and to Righteousness the Best, and to Ahura Mazda's Fire,
10. And to Uzayeirina, Fradat-vira, and Dahvyuma, the holy lords of
the ritual order, and to that lofty lord Napat-apam, and to the water
Mazda-made,
11. And to Aiwisruthrima, the life-furtherer, and to
Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti and Zarathushtrotema, the holy lords of the
ritual order, and to the Fravashis of the saints, and to the women who
bring forth many sons, and to the Prosperous home-life which endures
without reverse throughout the year, and to Force, well-shaped and
stately, and to the Blow of victory which Mazda gives, and to the
Victorious Ascendency which it secures, for their sacrifice, homage,
their propitiation, and their praise,
12. And to Ushahina, with Berejya and Nmanya, and Sraosha (Obedience)
the blessed, smiting with the blow of victory and furthering the
settlements, and to Rashnu, the most just, and to Arstat, furthering the
settlements, and causing them to increase.
13. And these we announce and we present hereby to the Month-lords of
the ritual order, to the new moon and the waning moon (the moon within),
and to the full moon which scatters night, the holy lord of the ritual
order, for (their) sacrifice, homage, their propitiation, and their
praise.
14. And these we announce hereby and we present to the Yearly
festivals, to Maidhyo-zaremaya, Maidhyo-shema, Patishahya, and to
Ayathrima, to Maidhyairya, Hamaspathmaedhaya, and to the Seasons as holy
lords of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for
praise.
15. And these we announce and we present hereby to all those lords
who are the three and thirty lords of the ritual order, who approach the
nearest around about our Havani, and which are the festivals of
Righteousness the Best, inculcated by Mazda, and uttered forth by
Zarathushtra for their sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise.
16. And these we announce and we present to Ahura and to
Mithra, the
lofty, and imperishable, and holy two, to the stars, the creatures of
Spenta Mainyu, and to the star Tistrya, the radiant, the glorious, and
to the Moon which contains the seed of cattle, and to the resplendent
Sun, of the swift horses, Ahura Mazda's eye, and to Mithra, the lord of
provinces, for their sacrifice, homage, their propitiation and their
praise; yea, these we present hereby to Ahura Mazda (as he rules this
day) and to the Fravashis of the saints (as they rule this month), for
their sacrifice, homage, their propitiation and their praise.
17. And these we announce hereby to thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's
son! with all the fires for thy sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and
praise, and to the good waters for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation,
and praise of all the waters Mazda-made, and to all the plants which
Mazda made,
18. And to the Mathra Spenta, the holy, the effective, the law
against the Daevas, the Zarathushtrian statute, and to the long descent
of the good Mazdayasnian religion.
19. And these we announce and we present hereby to Mount
Ushi-darena,
Mazda-made, brilliant with sanctity, and to all the mountains shining
with their holiness, abundantly luminous, and Mazda-made, and to the
Kingly glory, the unconsumed glory Mazda-made, and to the good
Blessedness, and the good Religious-knowledge, and the good Rectitude,
and to the good Rasastat, and to the Glory and the Benefit which Mazda
created.
20. And these we offer and present to the pious and good
Blessing of the pious, and to the swift and dreadful Yazad, the Curse of
wisdom.
21. And to these places, pastures, and dwellings with their
springs of water, their rivers, to the lands and to the plants, to this
earth and yon heaven, to the holy wind, to the stars, moon, and sun, to
the stars without beginning, self-disposed, and to all the holy
creatures of the Spenta Mainyu, male and female (the rulers as they are
of the ritual order).
22. And these we announce and we present hereby to
that lofty lord who is Asha, the ritual righteousness itself, to the
Day-lords, and the Month-lords, the Year-lords, and the Seasons who are
the lords of the ritual at the time of Havani, and for their sacrifice,
homage, their propitiation and their praise.
23. Yea, these we announce
and we present to Sraosha, the blessed and mighty, whose body is the
Mathra, him of the daring spear, the lordly one, and to the holy
Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint. And these we announce and
we present to thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's son! for thy sacrifice,
homage, thy propitiation, and thy praise.
24. And these we announce and
we present to the Fravashis of the saints, the mighty and overwhelming,
of the saints of the ancient lore, and of the next of kin.
25. And these
we announce and we present hereby to all the good Yazads, earthly and
heavenly, who are (meet) for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for
praise, because of Asha Vahishta (who is Righteousness the Best). We
worship the Bountiful Immortals who rule aright, and who dispose of all
aright.
26. And that one of beings (do we worship) whose superior
(service) in the sacrifice Ahura Mazda knows, and from his righteousness
(which he maintains, and those of all female beings do we worship) whose
(higher service is thus likewise known; yea, all) male and female beings
do we worship (who are such)!
YASNA 5.
(This chapter is identical with Yasna 37. )
YASNA 6
THE SACRIFICE CONTINUES WITH FULLER EXPRESSION.
1. We worship
the Creator Ahura Mazda with our sacrifice, and the Bountiful Immortals
who rule aright, and who dispose of all aright.
2. And we worship the
Asnya with our sacrifice, and Havani, Savanghi and Visya, the holy lords
of the ritual order, and Mithra of the wide pastures, of the thousand
ears, and myriad eyes, the Yazad of the spoken name, and we worship
Raman Hvastra.
3. And we worship Rapithwina with our sacrifice, and
Fradat-fshu, and the Zantuma, and Righteousness the Best, and the Fire,
Ahura Mazda's son, holy lords of the ritual order.
4. And we worship Uzayeirina, and Fradat-vira, and
Dahvyuma*, the holy lord of the ritual
order, and that kingly Ahura, the radiant Napat-apam, of the fleet
horses, and the water holy, and Mazda-made.
5. And we worship
Aiwisruthrima and Aibigaya in our sacrifice, the holy lord of the ritual
order, and Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti and the Zarathushtrotema, the holy
lord of the ritual order, and the good, heroic, bountiful Fravashis of
the saints, and the women who bring forth many sons, and the Prosperous
home-life which endures without reverse throughout the year, and Force
which is well-shaped and stately, and the Blow which brings the victory,
which is Ahura-given, and the Victorious Ascendency (which it secures).
6. And we worship Ushahina with our sacrifice, and Berejya, and Nmanya,
and Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed and the stately who smites with
victory, and makes the settlements advance, and Rashnu, the most just,
and Arshtat who makes the settlements advance and causes them to
increase, the holy lords of the ritual order.
7. And we worship the
Mahya in our sacrifice, the new moon and the waning moon (the moon
within) and the full moon which scatters night, the holy lord of the
ritual order.
8. And we worship the Yearly festivals in our sacrifice,
Maidhya-zaremaya, Maidhyo-shema, Paitishhahya, and Ayathrima, the
furtherer (or breeder), the spender of virile strength, and Maidhyairya,
the holy lord of the ritual order, and Hamaspathmaedhaya, and the
Seasons (in which they are).
9. And we worship with our sacrifice all
the lords of the ritual order, who are the thirty and three who approach
the nearest around about us at Havani, who are the lords of
Righteousness the Best, and whose observances were inculcated by Ahura
Mazda, and uttered forth by Zarathushtra.
10. And we worship Ahura and
Mithra with our sacrifice, the lofty, and imperishable, and holy two,
and the stars, moon, and sun, among the plants of the Baresman, and
Mithra, the province-lord of all the provinces, even Ahura Mazda, the
radiant, the glorious, and the good, valiant, and bountiful Fravashis of
the saints.
11. And we worship thee, the Fire, Ahura Mazda's son,
together with all the fires, and the good waters, the best and
Mazda-made, and holy, even all the waters which are Mazda-made and holy,
and all the plants which Mazda made.
12. And we worship the Mathra
Spenta with our sacrifice, the glorious and of a truth, the law revealed
against the Daevas, the Zarathushtrian law, and we worship with our
sacrifice its long descent, and the good Mazdayasnian Religion.
13. And
we worship Mount Ushi-darena, the Mazda-made, the glorious Yazad,
shining with holiness, and all the mountains that shine with holiness,
with abundant brilliance, Mazda- made, the holy lords of the ritual
order. And we worship the mighty Kingly glory Mazda- made, the mighty
glory, unconsumed and Mazda-made, and the good Sanctity, the brilliant,
the lofty, the powerful and the stately, delivering (men) with its
inherent power. Yea, we worship the Glory, and the Benefit which are
Mazda-made.
14. And we worship the pious and good Blessing with our
sacrifice, and the pious man, the saint, and that Yazad, the mighty
Curse of wisdom.
15. And we worship these waters, lands, and plants,
these places, districts, pastures, and abodes with their springs of
water, and we worship this lord of the district with our sacrifice, who
is Ahura Mazda (Himself).
16. And we worship all the greatest lords, the
Day-lords in the day's duration, and the Day-lords during daylight, and
the Month-lords, and the Year-lords.
17. And we worship Haurvatat (who
guards the water) and Ameretatat (who guards the plants and the wood),
and Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed and the stately, who smites with the
blow of victory, and makes the settlements advance, the holy lord of the
ritual order.
18. And we worship Haoma with our sacrifice and the
Haoma-juice.
And we worship the sacred Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint.
And we worship the wood-billets, and the perfume and thee, the Fire,
Ahura Mazda's son, the holy lord of the ritual order.
19. And we worship
the good, heroic, bountiful Fravashis of the saints.
20. And we worship
all the holy Yazads, and all the lords of the ritual order at the time
of Havani, and Savanghi, and all the greatest lords at their (proper)
time. (The Yenhe hatam follows.)
21. The Ratu. As an Ahu (revered and)
to be chosen, the priest speaks forth to me. The Zaotar. So let the Ratu
from his Righteousness, holy and learned, speak forth!
YASNA 7
PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS BY THE PRIEST WITH THE OBJECT OF
PROPITIATION NAMED.
1. With a complete and sacred offering I offer and I give this
meat-offering, and (with it) Haurvatat (who guards the water), and
Ameretatat (who guards the plants and the wood), and the flesh of the
Kine of blessed gift, for the propitiation of Ahura Mazda, and of the
Bountiful Immortals (all, and) for the propitiation of Sraosha
(Obedience) the blessed, endowed with sanctity, who smites with the blow
of victory, and who causes the settlements to advance.
2. And I offer
the Haoma and Haoma-juice with a complete and sacred offering for the
propitiation of the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint, and I
offer the wood-billets with the perfume for Thy propitiation, the
Fire's, O Ahura Mazda's son!
3. And I offer the Haomas with a complete
and sacred offering for propitiation [to the good waters] for the good
waters Mazda-made. And I offer this Haoma-water with scrupulous
exactness and with sanctity, and this fresh milk, and the plant
Hadhanaepata uplifted with a complete and sacred offering for the
propitiation of the waters which are Mazda-made.
4. And I offer this
Baresman with its Zaothra (and with its binding) for a girdle spread
with complete sanctity and order for the propitiation of the Bountiful
Immortals, and I offer with my voice the thoughts well-thought, the
words well-spoken, and the deeds well-done, and the heard recital of the
Gathas, the Mathras well-composed and well-delivered, and this Lordship,
and this Sanctity, and this ritual mastership, and the timely Prayer for
blessings, with a complete and sacred offering for the propitiation of
the holy Yazads, heavenly and earthly, and for the contentment of the
individual soul!
5. And I offer to the Asnya with a complete and sacred
offering, as lords of the ritual order, and to Havani, and to Savanghi
and Visya, holy lords of the ritual order, and to Mithra of the wide
pastures, of the thousand ears, and myriad eyes, the Yazad of the spoken
name, and to Raman Hvastra.
6. And I offer with a complete and sacred
offering to Rapithwina, the holy lord of the ritual order; and I offer
to Fradat-fshu and to the Zantuma, and to Asha Vahishta (who is
Righteousness the Best) and to Ahura Mazda's Fire.
7. And I offer with a
complete and sacred offering to Uzayeirina, Fradat-vira, and to the
Dahvyuma*, the holy lord of the ritual order, and to that lofty Ahura
Napat-apam, and to the waters which Mazda created.
8. And I offer with a
complete and sacred offering to Aiwisruthrima, the life-furtherer, and
to Fradat-vispam-hujyaiti, and to the Zarathushtrotema, and to the
Fravashis of the saints, and to the women who have many sons, and to the
Prosperous home-life which endures (without reverse) throughout the
year, and to Force, the well-shaped and stately, and to the Blow which
smites with victory Ahura-given, and to the Victorious Ascendency (which
it secures).
9. And I offer with a complete and sacred offering to
Ushahina, the holy lord of the ritual order, and to Berejya, and Nmanya,
and to Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, endowed with sanctity, who
smites with the blow of victory, and makes the settlements advance, and
to Rashnu the most just, and to Arshtat who furthers the settlements and
causes them to increase.
10. And I offer with a complete and sacred
offering to the Mahya, lords of the ritual order, to the new and the
waning moon (the moon within), and to the full moon which scatters
night, holy lords of the ritual order.
11. And I offer with a complete
and sacred offering to the Yearly festivals, the lords of the ritual
order, to Maidhyo-zaremaya, and Maidhyo-shema, to Paitishahya, and to
Ayathrima the furtherer (the breeder), the spender of the strength of
males, and to Maidhyairya and Hamaspathmaedhaya, holy lords of the
ritual order, and I offer with sanctity to the several seasons, the
lords of the ritual order.
12. And I offer with a complete and sacred
offering to all those lords who are the thirty and three, who approach
the nearest round about our Havani, and who are the lords of Asha (the
ritual by-eminence), of Righteousness who is (the Best), whose
observances are inculcated as precepts by Mazda, and uttered forth by
Zarathushtra.
13. And I offer with a complete and sacred offering to
Ahura and Mithra, the lofty and imperishable, and holy two, and to the
stars which are the creatures of Spenta Mainyu, and to the star Tishtrya,
the radiant, the glorious, and to the Moon which contains the seed of
cattle in its beams, and to the resplendent Sun of the fleet horses, the
eye of Ahura Mazda, and to Mithra, the lord of the provinces. And I
offer with a complete and sacred offering to Ahura Mazda, the
resplendent, the glorious, (who rules this day), and to the Fravashis of
the saints (who name the month).
14. And I offer with a complete and
sacred offering to thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's son! together with
all the fires, and to the good waters, even to the waters which are
Mazda-made, and to all the plants which Mazda made.
15. And I offer with
a complete and sacred offering to the Mathra Spenta, the holy, the
effective, revealed against the Daevas, the Zarathushtrian law, and to
the long descent of the good Religion, of the Mazdayasnian faith.
16.
And I offer with a complete and sacred offering to Mount Ushi-darena,
the Mazda-made, brilliant with holiness, and to all the mountains
shining with holiness, of abundant brightness, and which Mazda made, and
to the Royal glory unconsumed and Mazda-made. And I offer with a
complete and sacred offering to Ashi Vanguhi, and to Chishti Vanguhi,
and to Erethe, and to Rasastat, and to the Glory (and the) Benefit which
Mazda made.
17. And I offer with a complete and sacred offering to the
good and pious Prayer for blessings of the pious man, and to that Yazad,
the swift and dreadful Curse of the wise.
18. And I offer with a
complete and sacred blessing to these places, districts, pastures, and
abodes with their springs of water, and to the waters and the lands, and
the plants, and to this earth and yon heaven, and to the holy wind, and
to the stars, and the moon, even to the stars without beginning (to
their course), the self-appointed, and to all the holy creatures of
Spenta Mainyu, be they male or female, regulators (as they are) of the
ritual order.
19. And I offer with a complete and sacred blessing to
that lofty lord who is Righteousness (the Best) and the Day-lords, the
lords of the days during their duration, and to those of the days during
daylight, and to the Month-lords, and the Year-lords, and to those of
the seasons, the lords who are lords of the ritual, and at the time of
Havani.
20. And I offer the Myazda meat-offering with a complete and
sacred offering, and Haurvatat (who guards the water), and Ameretatat
(who guards the wood), and the flesh of the Kine of blessed gift, for
the propitiation of Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, whose body is the
Mathra, him of the daring spear, the lordly, the Yazad of the spoken
name.
21. And I offer the Haoma and the Haoma-juice for the propitiation
of the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint, the Yazad of the
spoken name. And I offer the wood-billets with the perfume for Thy
propitiation, the Fire's, Ahura Mazda's son, the Yazad of the spoken
name.
22. And I offer with a complete and sacred offering to the
Fravashis of the saints, the mighty and overwhelming, to those of the
saints of the ancient lore, and to those of the next of kin.
23. And I
offer with a complete and sacred offering to all the lords of the ritual
order, and to all the good Yazads heavenly and earthly who are (meet)
for sacrifice and homage because of Asha who is Vahishta (of
Righteousness who is the Best).
24. May that approach to us, and with a
sacred blessing (O Lord!) whose benefits the offerers are seeking for.
Thy praisers and Mathra-speakers, O Ahura Mazda! may we be named; we
desire it, and such may we be. What reward, O Ahura Mazda! adapted to
myself Thou hast appointed unto souls,
25. Of this do Thou Thyself
bestow upon us for this world and for that of mind; (yea, do Thou
bestow) so much of this as that we may attain to Thy ruling protection
and to that of Righteousness for ever.
26. We sacrifice to the
Ahuna-vairya and to the veracious word correctly uttered, and to the
good and pious prayer for blessings, and to the dreadful curse of the
wise, the Yazad, and to Haurvatat and Ameretatat, and to the flesh of
the Kine of blessed gift, and to the Haoma and Haoma-juice, and to the
wood-billets, and the perfume, for the praise of the pious and good
prayer for blessings. (The Yenghe hatam:)
27. (To that one) of beings do
we sacrifice whose superior (fidelity) in the sacrifice Ahura Mazda
knows through his Righteousness (within him, yea, even to those female
saints do we sacrifice) whose (superior sanctity is thus known. We
sacrifice to all) both males and females whose (superiority is such).
(The Ratu speaks.) As an Ahu (revered and) to be chosen, he who is the
Zaotar speaks forth to me. (The Zaotar.) So let the Ratu from his
Righteousness, holy and learned, speak forth!
YASNA 8
OFFERING OF THE MEAT-OFFERING IN PARTICULAR. THE FAITHFUL
PARTAKE.
1. A blessing is Righteousness (called) the Best. It is weal; it is weal
to this (man), When toward Righteousness Best there is right. I offer
the Myazda (of the) meat-offering with a complete and sacred offering;
and I offer Haurvatatat (who guards the water), and Ameretatat (who
guards the plants and the wood), and the flesh of the blessed Kine; and
I offer the Haoma and the Haoma-juice, the wood- billets and the perfume
for the praise of Ahura Mazda, and of the Ahuna-vairya, the veracious
word, and for that of the pious and beneficent Prayer for blessings, and
for the redoubted Curse of the wise, and for the praise of the Haoma,
and of the Mathra of the holy Zarathushtra; and may it come to us with
sacred fullness (to accept and to recompense our gift).
2. (The Ratu
speaks.) Eat, O ye men, of this Myazda, the meat-offering, ye who have
deserved it by your righteousness and correctness.
3. O ye Bountiful
Immortals, and thou, the Mazdayasnian law, ye just men and just women,
and ye Zaothras, whoever among these Mazdayasnians would call himself a
Mazdayasnian desiring to live in the practice of the liberality of
Righteousness [for by sorcery the settlements of Righteousness are
ruined], do ye cause (such an one) to be (still further) taught, (ye),
who are the waters, the plants, and the Zaothras!
4. And whoever of
these Mazdayasnians, adults, when he invokes with earnestness, does not
adhere to these words, and (so) speaks, he approaches to that (word) of
the magician; (but, as against that magician's word) 'a blessing is
Righteousness (called) the Best.'
5. May'st Thou, O Ahura Mazda! reign
at Thy will, and with a saving rule over Thine own creatures, and render
Ye the holy (man) also a sovereign at his will over waters, and over
plants, and over all the clean and sacred (creatures) which contain the
seed of Righteousness. Strip ye the wicked of all power!
6. Absolute in
power may the holy be, bereft of all free choice the wicked ! Gone (may
he be), met as foe, carried out from the creatures of Spenta Mainyu,
hemmed in without power over any wish! ----------
7. I will incite, even
I who am Zarathushtra, the heads of the houses, villages, Zantus, and
provinces, to the careful following of this Religion which is that of
Ahura, and according to Zarathushtra, in their thoughts, their words,
and their deeds.
8. I pray for the freedom and glory of the entire
existence of the holy (man) while I bless it, and I pray for the
repression and shame of the entire existence of the wicked.
9.
Propitiation to Haoma who brings righteousness (to us) for sacrifice,
homage, propitiation, and for praise. (The Zaotar?) As the Ahu to be
(revered and) chosen, the Zaotar speaks forth to me. (The Ratu.) As an
Ahu to be (revered and) chosen, the Zaotar speaks forth to me. (The
Zaotar.) So let the Ratu from his Righteousness, holy and learned, speak
forth!
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