(Extensions to
the liturgy)
(Translated by
L. H. Mills : From Sacred Books of the East, American Edition, 1898.)
Contents
VISPERAD 1. 
1. I announce,
and (will) complete (my Yasna) to the lords of the spiritual
creatures, and to
the lords of the earthly creatures, to the lords of those which live under the
waters, and to the lords of those which live upon land, to the lords of those
which strike the wing, and to the lords of those which roam (wild) upon the
plains, to the lords of those of (home-beasts) of the cloven hoof, holy lords of
the ritual order.
2. I announce,
and I (will) complete (my Yasna) to the Yearly festivals, the lords of the
ritual order, to Maidyozarem, the milk-giver, the holy lord of the ritual order,
and to Maidyoshahem, the pasture-giver, and to Paitishahem, the corn-giver, and
to Ayathrem, the furtherer or breeder, the spender of the seed of males, and to
Maidyarem the cold, the holy lord of the ritual order, and to Hamaspathmaidyem,
the especial time for ritual deeds, holy lords of the ritual order.
3. I announce,
and I (will) complete (my Yasna) to the settlements of the future one, when the
future shall produce them as it were anew, and I celebrate and will complete (my
Yasna) to the Praises of the Yasna collected, completed, and much-offered, and
to the Myazdas of the saints of the ritual, male and female.
4. And I
announce, and will complete (my Yasna) to the Seasons, the lords of the ritual
order, and to the heard recital of the Ahuna-vairya, and to Righteousness the
Best, to him who has (?) our praise, and to the Yenhe hatam, the frequent chant
of sacrifice, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order.
5. And I announce
and complete (my Yasna) to the Gatha Ahunavaiti, the holy, ruling in the ritual
order, and to those women who bring forth many sons of many talents,
Mazda-given, and holy lords of the ritual order, and to that (chant) which has
its Ahu and its Ratu (before it in the Yasna). And I celebrate, and will
complete (my sacrifice) to the Yasna Haptanghaiti, holy, and ruling in the
ritual order, [and to the water Ardvi Anahita].
6. And I
announce, and I (will) complete (my Yasna) to the Gatha Ushtavaiti, the holy,
ruling in the ritual order, and to the mountains which shine with holiness, the
abundantly brilliant and Mazda-made, the holy lords of the ritual order. And I
announce, and (will) complete (my Yasna) to the Gatha Spenta-mainyu, the holy,
ruling in the ritual order; and I celebrate and will complete (my Yasna) to
Verethraghna (the blow of victory) Ahura-given, the holy lord of the ritual
order.
7. And I
announce, and (will) complete (my Yasna) to the Gatha Vohu-khshathra, holy,
ruling in the ritual order, and to Mithra of the wide pastures, and to Raman
Hvastra, the holy lords of the ritual order. And I celebrate and will complete
my Yasna to the Gatha Vahishtoishti, the holy, ruling in the ritual order. And I
celebrate and will complete my Yasna to the good and pious Prayer for blessings,
the benediction of the pious, and to that Yazad, the redoubted and swift Curse
of the wise, the holy lord of the ritual order.
8. And I
announce, and (will) complete (my Yasna) to the Airyema-ishyo, the holy lord of
the ritual order, and to the Fshusho-mathra, and to that lofty lord Hadhaokhdha,
the holy lord of the ritual order.
9. And I
announce, and (will) complete (my Yasna) to the questions asked of Ahura, and to
the lore of Ahura, to the Ahurian Dahvyuma (Dahyuma), and to the Ahurian
Zarathushtrotema, holy lords of the ritual order, and to the farm-house with its
pastures which give pasture to the Kine of blessed gift, and to the holy
cattle-breeding man.
VISPERAD 2.
1. In this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the lords of (the ritual) which
are spiritual with my praise; and I desire to approach the earthly lords (as
well). And I desire to approach the lords of the water with my praise, and the
lords of the land; and I desire to approach with my praise those chiefs which
strike the wing, and those which wander wild at large, and those of the cloven
hoof, who are chiefs of the ritual (in their turn).
2. In this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the holy Yearly festivals with
my praise, the lords of the ritual order, Maidyozarem, the milk-giver, and
Maidyoshahem, the pasture-giver, and Paitishahem, the corn-giver, and Ayathrem
the breeder, the spender of the seed of males, Maidyarem, the cold,
Hamaspathmaidyem, the especial time for ritual duties, the holy lords of the
ritual order.
3. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the future one of the
settlements with my praise, the holy lord of the ritual order, when the future
one shall produce (them as it were anew). And in this Zaothra with this Baresman
I desire to approach all these chieftains of the ritual with my praise whom
Ahura Mazda mentioned to Zarathushtra for sacrifice and homage because of Asha
Vahishta (of Righteousness the Best).
4. And in
this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach Thee, the lord, with my
praise, Thou who art Ahura Mazda, the spiritual lord and regulator of the
spiritual creatures [the lord and regulator of the spiritual creation]. And in
this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach thee, Zarathushtra Spitama,
with my praise, the terrestrial (lord and regulator) of the terrestrial
creation, [the lord and regulator of the terrestrial creation].
5. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the man who recites the ritual
rites with my praise, who is maintaining thus the thought well thought, and the
word well spoken, and the deed well done, and Piety the bountiful, even him who
maintains the Mathra of the Saoshyant, by whose actions the settlements are
advanced in the righteous order.
6. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the (yearly) Seasons with my
praise, the holy lords of the ritual order, and the Ahuna-vairya as it is
recited, and Asha Vahishta when he is lauded, and the Yenhe hatam, the frequent
chant of sacrifice.
7. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Gatha Ahunavaiti with my
praise. And in this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to worship those women
with my praise who are well portioned, and of good parentage, and who are
stately in their growth; yea, I desire to approach that chant in my praise which
has the Ahu and the Ratu, [for He is verily the one who has the Ahu and the Ratu,
that is, Ahura Mazda]. And I desire to approach the heroic Yasna Haptanghaiti in
my praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order; and Ardvi Sura Anahita, the
holy, and ruling in the ritual order.
8. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Gatha Ushtavaiti with my
praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order; and I desire to approach those
mountains with my praise which shine with holiness, abundantly glorious,
Mazda-made, the holy lords of the ritual order, and the Gatha Spenta-mainyu, and
Verethraghna, the blow of victory, Mazda- given, the holy lord of the ritual
order, and the Victorious Ascendancy (which it bestows).
9. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Gatha Vohu-khshathra with my
praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order, and Mithra of the wide
pastures, and Raman Hvastra, and the Gatha Vahishtoishti, and the pious and good
prayer for blessings, and the pious and holy man, and that Yazad, the redoubted
and swift curse of the wise.
10. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the Airyema-ishyo with my
praise, and the Fshusho-mathra, and that lofty lord, the Hadhaokhdha, holy
lord(s) of the ritual order.
11. And in this
Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the question asked of Ahura, and
the lore of the Lord (which he reveals in answer) and the farm-house of the man
possessed of pastures, and the pasture produced for the Kine of blessed gift,
and the holy cattle-breeding man.
VISPERAD 3
BEGINNING OF THE HAOMA OFFERING; ROLL-CALL OF THE PRIEST.
1. (The
Zaotar speaks.) (I call for) the Havanan, and would have him here. (The Ratu
answers.) I will come (and fulfill his duties). (The Zaotar speaks.) I would
have the Atarevakhsha here. (The Ratu answers.) I will come (and fulfill the
services which fall to his charge). (The Zaotar.) I would have the Frabaretar.
(The Ratu.) I will come (and fulfill the services which fall to his charge).
(The Zaotar.) I would have the Aberet present. (The Ratu.) I will come (for
him). (The Zaotar.) I would have the Asnatar. (The Ratu.) I will come (and do
the duties which he serves). (The Zaotar.) I would have the Raethwishkar to be
here. (The Ratu.) I will come (for him). (The Zaotar.) I would have the
Sraoshavareza present, the wisest one, the most correct and veracious in his
speech (The Ratu.) I will come.
2. (The Zaotar.)
I would have the Fire-priest to be here, and the warrior, and the thrifty tiller
of the earth, and the house-lord, and the lords of the Vis and the Zantu.
3. And I summon
the youth of holy thoughts, words and works, and of good conscience; (yea), the
youth of good speech, given (in marriage) to his kin. And I summon the
province-ranger, and the itinerant of many arts, and the house-mistress.
4. And I summon
the woman advanced in her holy thoughts, and words, and deeds, and well
subordinated, whose ruler is her lord, the holy one, who is (as) the bounteous
Armaiti; (yea), I summon even Thy wives, O Ahura ! And I summon likewise the
holy man advanced in his good thoughts, and words, and deeds, who is learned in
pious lore, and innocent of the Kayadha, and by whose deeds the settlements are
furthered in the righteous order.
5. Yea, we summon
you, whoever you may be, if only chiefs of the Mazdayasnians; and we summon the
Bounteous Immortals, and the pious Saoshyants (the prophets for our help), the
most correct and truthful in their speech, the most zealous, the most glorious
in their thoughts, the greatest ones, and the powerful; and we summon the
Fire-priests, and the warriors, and the diligent husbandman of the Mazdayasnian
faith.
6. (The Zaotar.)
As an Ahu to be (revered and) chosen, the Atarevakhsha (announcing) speaks forth
to me. (The Ratu [?].) So let the Ratu from his righteousness, holy and learned,
speak forth. (The Ratu.) As an Ahu to be (revered and) chosen, the Zaotar
(announcing) speaks forth to me. (The Zaotar.) So let the Ratu from (his)
righteousness, holy and learned, speak forth. (The Ratu.) Thou art the announcer
for us, O Fire-priest! [(Pazand.) It is the Zaotar (who is meant).] (The Zaotar.)
I will come as this Zaotar, and recite the Staota Yesnya with memorized
intoning, chanting, and praise.
VISPERAD 4.
1. (Yea,) we
sacrifice to the thoughts of the mind, and to the good wisdom, and to the good
and blessed sanctity, and to the good religious knowledge, and to good health
(of soul and body). [At their (several) seasons, and with the presence of
seasonable circumstances, they are hymned.]
2. Confession is
to be made for the Kine; we, Zarathushtrian Mazdayasnians, celebrate at the
sacrificial time for the Myazda-offering, at the time for the Ratufriti, the
prayer for blessings, for the sacrificial worship, homage, propitiation, and
praise of the entire creation of the holy (and the clean).
VISPERAD 5.
1. I come
to You, O Ye Bountiful Immortals! as a praiser priest, and invoker, as a
memoriser, reciting (Your ritual), and as a chanter for Your sacrifice and
homage, Your propitiation, and Your praise; (yea, for Yours) the Bountiful
Immortals, and for our preparation, (O ye holy Saoshyants!) and for your
well-timed prayer for blessings, and your sanctification, and for our victorious
smiting of our foes, beneficial (as it is) for our souls, for ours, the
Saoshyants, (with you), and holy.
2. And I make my
offering to You, O Ye Bountiful Immortals, who rule aright, and who dispose (of
all) aright! (Yea), I offer You the flesh of my very body, and all the blessings
of my life as well.
3. And I confess
my belief in Thee, O Ahura Mazda! and as a Mazdayasnian of the order of
Zarathushtra, and in accordance with this Faith.
VISPERAD 6.
1. In accordance
with the precept, with praise, and with the joyful reception of grace, with
Zaothras intelligently offered, with sacrificial words correctly spoken, I call
the good Amesha Spenta by their names of beauty; yea, I worship the Bountiful
Immortals by their beautiful names, with the blessing of the ritual Order, with
the longing blessing of Righteousness the good.
VISPERAD 7.
1. We worship the
(sacrificial) words correctly uttered, and Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, and
the good Ashi, (the blest order of our rites), and Nairya-sangha. And we worship
the victorious Peace as the unprostrated and unmoved. And we sacrifice to the
Fravashis of the saints, and to the Chinwad Bridge, and to the Garo Nmana of
Ahura, even Heaven, the best world of the saints, the shining and all glorious!
2. And we
sacrifice to that better path that leads to that Best World (as well). And we
worship Arshtat (Justice) the good, which helps the settlements to advance and
flourish, benefiting them thereby, that Arshtat which is the Mazdayasnian Faith;
and (with her) we worship Rashnu the most just, and Mithra of the wide pastures.
And we worship Parendi the wealthy, wealthy with a wealth of thoughts, with a
throng of words, and with a breadth of actions, [for she makes our persons agile
(for good thoughts and words and actions)]
3. And we worship
that virile defensive Heroism which possesses men who think beforehand, and
heroic men, which is fleeter a than the fleet, stronger than the strong, which
comes to him who is endowed by God, which, when especially made theirs by men,
produces one who is a freer of the body. And we worship Sleep, the Mazda-made,
the gladdener of the herd and men.
4. And we worship
those things in the creation of the holy which are the ancient institutions,
those formed before the sky, the water, the land, the plants, and the Kine of
blessed gift. And we worship the sea Vouru-kasha, and the stormy wind which is
made by Mazda, and the shining heaven, of old created, the first-made earthly
object of (all) the earthly world.
5. And we
worship thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's son! the holy lord of the ritual order,
and this Baresman, having the Zaothra with it, and the girdle with it, spread
out with sanctity, the holy ritual chief, and we worship Apam-napat (the son of
waters)
VISPERAD 8.
1. With this word
be Thou approached, with the proper word be Thou present here, Thou who art
Ahura Mazda, the holy, together with the good Yazads who are the Bountiful
Immortals, who rule aright, and dispose (of all) aright, together with fifty,
and a hundred, and a thousand, and ten thousand, and millions, and yet more.
2. And to Him who
rules the best let the Kingdom be!
VISPERAD 9.
1. (I desire to
offer my homage and my praise) to the offered Haomas and Zaothras, and to those
also which shall yet be offered, which smite victoriously, and are foes of
hatred, and following in company (as they do) with the healing virtues of
sanctity, following also in company with those of Chishti (religious knowledge),
and with the remedies of Mazda, and with those of Zarathushtra and the
Zarathushtrotema,
(2) and to the
offered Haomas and Zaothras which accompany those remedies which belong to the
holy disciple well versed in good devices, and accompanying those of the
itinerant also versed in good devices, and accompanying those likewise of the
good Mazdayasnian Faith, and those of the pious and beneficent Prayer for
blessings, and of the pious and good veracity, and of the pious word against
unbelief,
(3) for
information and explanation, for preparation (?) and devotion, for the libation
and complete offering, for the complete recital of the liturgy memorized as
well; and to those Haomas which are pungent, bounteous, holy, and offered with
sanctity (and for a blessing), to those which are yet to be offered with
sanctity, and which are now being celebrated, and which are likewise in the
future to be celebrated, to those which are being pressed with sanctity, and to
those which are yet to be pressed, (to these I desire to approach, and to
express my homage and my praise).
4. And I desire
to express my homage and my praise to the strength of the strong, and to the
victorious blow of the mighty, to the powerful Rectitude and Blessedness, to
Chisti and the Priority for the powerful Ascendancy, and to these powerful
Yazads which are the Bountiful Immortals, who rule aright, and dispose of all
aright, ever-living, ever-helpful, who, male and female, dwell together with the
Good Mind, (to these I desire in my homage and my praises to approach);
(5) (yea, I
desire to approach for homage and praises toward) our Universal Weal and
Immortality, to the body of the Kine, and to the Kine's Soul. (And I desire to
approach) the Fire of the spoken name, and toward that farm-house which is
sanctified and which has fields and comfort, and mercy (for the poor);
(6) as a praiser
with praise for the sacrifice, homage, which is this praise of Ahura Mazda, of
the Bountiful Immortals, and of the holy and lofty Lord, for the sacrifice, and
homage of the Lord that most attains his ends, and which is this praise of that
blessedness which has approached us, and of that well-timed prayer for blessings
offered in the ritual,
(7) which is
likewise the praise of the Mathra Spenta (the bounteous word of reason), and of
the Mazdayasnian Religion, and the Praises of the Yasnas, which is also that of
all the lords of the ritual, and of all the well-timed prayers for blessings,
for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and glorification of the entire
creation of the holy (and the clean).
VISPERAD 10.
1. I desire to
approach the Arezahis with my praise, and the Savahis, and Fradadhafshu, and
Vidadhafshu, and Vouru-bareshti, and Vouru-jareshti, and this Karshvar which is
Hvaniratha.
2. And I desire
to approach the stone mortar with my praise, and the iron mortar, and the cup
that holds the Zaothra, and the hair (which stays the spilling
3), and Thy
Baresman spread with sanctity. And I desire to approach the Ahuna-vairya with my
praise, and the ritual prayers beside Ahuna, and the standing offices of the
Mazdayasnian Faith.
VISPERAD 11.
1. To Ahura
Mazda would we present our offered Haomas and that which is lifted up, as the
most beneficial to Verethraghna (the blow of victory) which furthers the
settlements; and that which is offered to the good and holy king, and that which
is offered to the holy ruler which rules according to, or in the ritual, and we
make known our Haomas to the Bountiful Immortals, and to the good waters; and we
present our Haomas each to (our) own soul; and we announce our Haomas in our
celebration to the entire creation of the holy (and the clean).
2. Yea, we
present these Haomas and Haoma implements, and these spread mats, and these
Myazdas, these stones, the first in the creation, the stone mortar brought here
with the yellow Haoma in it, and the iron mortar brought here with the yellow
Haoma in it, this Haoma-water, and this Baresman spread with sanctity,
(3) these bodies,
and (their) forces, these striving Zaothras (that seek to find Thy grace), this
holy Haoma, and the flesh, and the holy man, and the saint's innate thoughts,
even the Saoshyants' innate thoughts. And we present this fresh milk as an
offering, now lifted up with sanctity, and this Hadhanaepata plant, lifted up
with sanctity;
(4) and we offer,
and present these Zaothras with our celebration, having the Haoma with them, and
the milk, and the Hadhanaepata, to the good waters and offered up with piety.
And we present the Haoma-water in our celebrations to the good waters, and both
the stone and the iron mortar,
(5) and this
branch for the Baresman, and the prayer for blessings uttered at the fitting
moment which has approached (for our help in its order with the prayers), and
the recollection and practice of the good Mazdayasnian law, and the heard
recital of the Gathas, the well-timed prayer for blessings as it comes uttered
by the saint (and for our help), and ruling (while it is spoken) as a ritual
lord, and these wood-billets, and the perfume even Thine, the Fire's, O Ahura
Mazda's son! and all good objects (which are ours), and Mazda-made, and which
have the seed of sanctity (or are that seed).
6. Yea, these we
make known and we announce in this our celebration to Ahura Mazda (as our gift),
and to Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, and to Ashi (who is the recompense),and
to Rashnu the most just, and to Mithra of the wide pastures, and to the
Bountiful Immortals, and the Fravashis of the saints, and to their souls, and to
the Fire of Ahura Mazda, the lord, and to the lofty lord (the Apam-napat?), and
to the Myazda, the lord, and to the well-timed prayer for blessings as it rules
in the order of our prayers, for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and
adoration of the entire creation of the holy (and the clean).
7. Yea, these we
make known in this our celebration hereby for the Fravashi of Zarathushtra
Spitama, the saint, for its sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise, and to
the (Fravashi) of Anghuyu (?) who hath loved righteousness, together with all
the holy Fravashis of the saints, of those now dead, and of those of the living,
and of those of men unborn, of the prophets that shall serve us, bringing on the
renovation of the completed world.
8-11. (See verses
2-5.)
12. Yea, we would
make these known hereby in our celebrations to the Bountiful Immortals, who rule
aright, and who dispose (of all) aright, the ever-living, ever-helpful, who are
good (?), and bestowers of the good, who dwell with the Good Mind: [(Pazand) for
they who are the Bountiful Immortals abide with the Good Mind, they who rule
aright, and dispose (of all) aright, for thence they are regulated, and thence
they arose, (namely,) from the Good Mind].
13. And we make
known these our celebrations as the more promotive for this house, for the
furtherance of this house, and as benefits for this house, because of the
increase of this household, as overcoming the restrictions which impede this
household, and as overcoming the harmful malice which may mar this house, to
bless its herds, and its retainers, born, and yet to be born, for the saints of
the house as it was aforetime, of it as it stands here now, and to which we
likewise now belong as the Saoshyants of the provinces,
(14) [which (is
that we are Saoshyants) for the saints who do good deeds, and of the female
saints who do good deeds, and of the saints who do the deeds conspicuously good,
and of the females likewise thus, of the saints who do good deeds upon good
deeds, and of the females thus the same].
15. And we make
these known in our celebrations to the good Fravashis of the saints which are
formidable and overwhelming in their aid.
16. And we make
these known in our celebrations hereby to Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, and
to the good Blessedness, and to Nairya-sangha, and to the victorious Peace, and
to Ahura Mazda's Fire, and to the lofty lord, for sacrifice, homage,
propitiation, and for praise, to the entire creation of the holy and the clean.
17-18.
(=Vr10.1-2.)
19. Yea, we make
that known which is lifted up in offering, and which is the Avesta as the holy
Ahura Mazda directed that it should be said, and as Zarathushtra, the holy,
directed, and as I, the priest, who am acquainted with their sacrifice and
homage, am now letting it be known. I who understand the lawful and legitimate
Avesta, and the ritual prescripts
(20) for Your
sacrifice, homage, and propitiation, O Ye who are the Bountiful Immortals, and
for our preparation (?), and for the success of our well-uttered prayer for
blessings, for victory, sanctification, and the well-being of our souls, (of
ours), for (we are) the holy Saoshyants.
21. Yea, we make
these known in our celebrations here, and we offer them to Him who is Ahura
Mazda, of all the greatest, the master and the Lord.
VISPERAD 12.
1. For the
offered Haomas which have been offered in libation to that lofty Lord Ahura
Mazda and to the holy Zarathushtra Spitama (produce) abundance in cattle and in
men; and this abundance is (as) the good Sraosha, who accompanies (us) with the
great splendor of sanctity, and may he be here with energetic effort (to aid us
in our worship).
2. We offer the
wise offerings of the Ahuna-vairya intoned with sanctity and yet to be intoned,
possessing their many teachings of religious wisdom (as they to), and those of
the two mortars which pour the Haomas out, and which are pushed forward with
precision, and are now in the course of being thus advanced once more.
3. (And so we
teach as well the many teachings of the religious wisdom) contained in the words
correctly spoken, in the Zarathushtrian utterances, and in the ceremonies
correctly practiced, and the Baresmans spread exactly, and the Haomas pressed
correctly, and the praise, Yasnas, and the doctrines of the Mazdayasnian
Religion with their recitations, and their movements.
4. For thus they
may become to us more full of devices and of wisdom, and so we offer these wise
ritual deeds in the creation, so we impart them with their many points of
meaning while we (ourselves) still ponder them as those which Ahura Mazda, the
holy One, delivered, which have (as if) their nourishment from Vohu Manah and
their growth from the Righteous Order, which are the greatest of all beings, the
best, and the most beautiful; for thus shall these be to us the more full of
wisest meaning, and more full of incitation and may we be among those (who are)
of Spenta Mainyu's world in that we are imparting (to the chosen) these precepts
of the wisest meaning and these incitations which are contained therein.
5. And full of
wisest meaning be ye two to us, O (thou) stone mortar, and (thou) the iron one,
as ye are now turned, and as ye are now being advanced, ye two mortars of the
house, [and of the village, of the tribe, and of the province, and ye who are in
this house (itself), this village, tribe, and province]; yea, in those which are
ours, Mazdayasnians, who are steadfast in our worship, who appear with our
wood-billets and our perfumes, and with our supplicated blessings [(Pazand) for
so may they be to us, the more full of wisest teaching].
VISPERAD 13.
1. According to
the ritual we worship Ahura Mazda; according to the ritual we worship the
Bountiful Immortals; and we sacrifice to the sacrificial word correctly spoken,
and to every Mathra (as to a sacred word of reason). And we sacrifice to
Zarathushtra, him who is especially the possessor of the Mathra; and we
sacrifice to the 'blessings for the saints'; and we worship the 'hail' addressed
to the Bountiful Immortals.
2. Also we
worship the three principal (chapters) uttered (in the Yasna) without addition
or omission; and we worship the three principal ones without addition or
omission; we worship the three commencing ones entire without addition or
omission. And we worship the entirety of the three principal ones without
addition or omission; and their Has, their metrical lines, their words, and
their word structure [and their recital, memorizing, chanting, and their
steadfast offering].
VISPERAD 14.
1. (We worship
Ahura Mazda, the holy Lord of the ritual order; and we sacrifice to the Gatha
Ahunavaiti) with its measures, and word-structure, and its Zand, with its
questions and counter-questions, with its words and its metric feet. And we
sacrifice to these as well-recited, and now in the course of being recited, as
well-worshipped, and now in the course of being used in worship.
2. (Yea, we
sacrifice to it) in its own 'wisdom;, in its own 'clearness', in its own 'loving
intention', in its sovereignty, and its own ritual order, and its 'acquired
boon', which is also that given by Ahura Mazda for the promotion of piety, for
that thought which originates from the 'heart-devoted self'.
3. Also we
worship the Ahuna-vairya, the holy lord of the ritual order, the holy lord with
its Ahu and its Ratu [(Pazand); for He is the one with the title Ahu and Ratu,
who is Ahura Mazda].
4. And we
sacrifice to the constituent parts of the Gatha Ahunavaiti, to its chapters, and
its metrical lines, its words, and word-structure, [and to its heard-recital,
and memorized recital, its continuous and its steadfast offering].
VISPERAD 15.
1. Hold your feet
in readiness, and your two hands, and your understandings, O ye Zarathushtrian
Mazdayasnians! for the well-doing of lawful deeds in accordance with the sacred
Order, and for the avoidance of the unlawful and evil deeds which are contrary
to the ritual. Let the good deeds for the furtherance of husbandry be done here.
Render ye the needy rich.
2. Let Sraosha
(Obedience) be present here for the worship of Ahura Mazda, the most helpful,
and the holy, who is so desired by us in the pronunciation, and for the service,
and the pondering of the Yasna Haptanghaiti, for the heart's devotion to it, for
its memorization, and its victorious and holy recital (or for the victorious
saint), without addition or omission,
(3) which has
been intoned, and which shall yet be uttered as great, powerful, smiting with
victory, separate from harmful malice, for the pronunciation of victorious words
for Ahura Mazda's Fire.
4-5. (=Vr9.6-7.)
VISPERAD 16.
1. And we worship
the Fire here, Ahura Mazda's son, and the Yazads having the seed of fire in
them, and the Rashnus having the seed of fire in them; and we worship the
Fravashis of the saints. And we worship Sraosha who smites with victory, and the
holy man, and the entire creation of the holy (and the clean).
2. And we worship
the Blessedness and the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint. And we
worship the saints and their blessed Fravashis (as of one). And we worship all
their Fravashis (as considered each apart), and those of the saints within the
Province, and those of the saints without the Province, yea, we worship the
Fravashis of holy men and holy women (wherever they may be, those devoted to the
Order of the Faith). And we sacrifice to those whose (service) for us in the
Yasna Ahura Mazda, the holy, has known as the better, and of these Zarathushtra
is the living chief and master. And we sacrifice to the fields and the waters,
the lands and the plants, and to the constituent parts of the Yasna Haptanghaiti,
its chapters, its metered lines, its words, and word structure.
VISPERAD 17.
1. And we strive
after the good thoughts, words, and deeds inculcated in the Yasna Haptanghaiti.
A blessing is the Right (called) the Best, (there is) weal; (there is) weal for
this (man) when toward Righteousness Best (there is) right.
VISPERAD 18.
1. We worship
Ahura Mazda with the ushta. And we worship the Amesha Spenta with the ushta, and
the holy man, the saint. And we worship the prior world of the holy (and of the
clean) with an ushta, and the state of weal and salvation for the holy man (the
saint).
2. And we worship
that life-long state of blessedness (for the holy) which is the evil man's
calamity; yea, we worship his eternal salvation, and with the salvation prayer.
And we sacrifice to every saint who exists, who is now coming into existence,
and who shall exist in future.
VISPERAD 19.
1. We worship
Ahura Mazda the bountiful; and we worship the Bountiful Immortals (saying the
Spenta). And we sacrifice to the bountiful saint, and to the bountiful
anticipative understanding Also we sacrifice to the good and bountiful Armaiti
(the ready mind). And we worship her together with the bountiful creatures in
the creation of the pure. And we sacrifice to the holy creatures who have
intelligence as their first, (to those foremost in their mind). And we worship
the omniscient understanding, and Him who is Ahura Mazda (Himself).
2. And we
sacrifice to the shining sun, which is the highest of the high; yea, we worship
the sun together with the Bountiful Immortals, and the Mathras with their good
ceremonies. Also we sacrifice to the glorious achievements, and to this glory
(which we have gained). And we sacrifice to the herds which have the Fire and
its blessings. Also we worship the holy benefit which is so widely diffused, and
that wisdom which is the bounteous Armaiti, whose are the laws of the Righteous
Order, and of those holy creatures who have Righteousness as their first.
VISPERAD 20.
1. (Homage to the
Gatha Vohu-khshathra! We sacrifice to the Vohu-khshathra), (the good kingdom)
even the Khshathra-vairya, the kingdom to be desired; and we sacrifice to the
iron- founding, and to the (sacrificial) words correctly spoken which smite (the
foe) with victory, and which hold the Daevas subject. And we worship that reward
and that health, that healing and that progress, that growth and that victorious
smiting
(2) which are
between the Vohu-khshathra and the Vahishtoishti, (and which are acquired by us)
by the memorized recital of the good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, for
the withstanding of evil thoughts, and words, and deeds; yea, for the undoing of
all treacherous thoughts (directed) against me, and of all false words, and
unfair deeds.
3. [And we
sacrifice to the later Yasna, the heroic Haptanghaiti, (and which as it recurs
becomes) the holy ritual chief.]
VISPERAD 21.
1. We strive
earnestly, and we take up our Yasna and our homage to the good waters, and to
the fertile fruit-trees (which bear as of themselves), and to the Fravashis of
the saints; yea, we take up our Yasna, and our homage earnestly to those beings
which are (so) good, the waters, and the trees, and the Fravashis of the saints,
(2) and to the Kine, and to Gaya (Maretan), and to the Mathra Spenta (the bounteous
word-of-reason), the holy, which works (within and for us with effect), to these
we take up our Yasnas and our homage with earnest zeal, and to Thee, O Ahura
Mazda I and to thee, O Zarathushtra, we do the same; and to thee, O lofty lord
(the Apam-napat), and to the Bountiful Immortals.
3. And we
sacrifice to the listening (that hears our prayers) and to that mercy, and to
the hearing of (our spoken) homage, and to that mercy which is (shown in
response to our offered) praise. And we sacrifice to the fraraiti vidushe, which
is contained in the piece hvadaenaish ashaonis; and we sacrifice to 'the good
praise which is without hypocrisy, and which has no malice (as its end)'; and we
sacrifice to the later Yasna and to its offering; and we sacrifice to the
chapters of the later Yasna, and to its metrical lines, its words, and
word-structure.
VISPERAD 22.
1. With this
chant (fully) chanted, and which is for the Bountiful Immortals and the holy
Saoshyants (who are the prophets who shall serve us), and by means of these
(ceremonial) actions, which are (of all) the best, we desire to utter our
supplications for the Kine. It is that chant which the saint has recognized as
good and fruitful of blessed gifts, and which the sinner does not know. May we
never reach that (ill-luck that the sinner) may outstrip us (in our chanting),
not in the matter of a plan (thought out), or of words (delivered), or
ceremonies (done), nor yet in any offering whatever when he (?) approaches (us
for harm).
VISPERAD 23.
1. We worship
Ahura Mazda as the best (worship to be offered in our gifts). We worship the
Amesha Spenta (once more, and as) the best. We worship Asha Vahishta (who is
Righteousness the Best). And we sacrifice to those (prayers) which are evident
as the best; that is, the Praises of the Yasnas. Also we sacrifice to that best
wish, which is that of Asha Vahishta, and we worship Heaven, which is the best
world of the saints, bright and all glorious; and we sacrifice likewise to that
best approach which leads to it.
2. And we
sacrifice to that reward, health, healing, furtherance, and increase, and to
that victory which is within the two, the Ahuna-vairya and the Airyema-ishyo,
through the memorized recital of the good thoughts, words, and deeds (which they
enjoin).
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