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III.
11. Let the Yatus be crushed, O Zarathushtra! both Daevas and men. Who is he
in whose house, O Spitama Zarathushtra! every Druj is destroyed, every Druj
perishes, when he pronounces these words:
12. ........?
13. It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spentas, the all-ruling, the
all-beneficent, as a shield against his enemies. We worship the Law of the
worshippers of Mazda; we worship the waters coming in the shape of a horse, made
by Mazda. 14-15. He has renounced trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! he has
renounced all trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! when he throws down the
destroyer of Vohu-Mano and his words, with a hundred times hundredfold, with a
many times manifold preaching and smiting, and he takes away the Law of Mazda,
that was carried away as a prisoner, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are
destroyed by his strength. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....
16. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... I bless
the sacrifice and the prayer, the strength and vigour Of Ahura Mazda, bright and
glorious, and of the Amesha-Spentas; Of Vohu-Mano; of Peace, whose breath is
friendly.... Of Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; of the much-desired Airyaman.... Of
Khshathra-Vairya, of the metals.... Of the good Spenta-Armaiti and of the good
Rata.... Of Haurvatat, the master.... Of Ameretat, the master.... (At the Gah
Hawan): Of Mithra.... (At the Gah Rapithwin): Of Asha-Vahishta.... (At the Gah
Uzerin): Of the high lord Apam Napat.... (At the Gah Aiwisruthrem): Of the
Fravashis of the faithful.... (At the Gah Ushahin): Of the holy, devout,
fiend-smiting Sraosha, who makes the world grow; of Rashnu-Razishta and of
Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. Ashem Vohu:
Holiness is the best of all good.... Give unto that man brightness and glory,
give him health of body, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious
strength of body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous
offspring, give him long, long life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful
abode of the holy Ones.
3. Ardwahisht Yasht 
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer,
propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of
holiness.... Unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest; unto the much-desired Airyaman,
made by Mazda, and unto the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and
holy; Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
I. 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'That thou mayest
increase Asha-Vahishta, O Spitama Zarathushtra! with hymns of praise, with
performance of the office, with invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings,
and adoration - once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful
abodes - for the sacrifice and invocation of us, the Amesha-Spentas'....
2. Zarathushtra said: 'Say unto me the right words, such as they are, O Ahura
Mazda! that I may increase Asha-Vahishta, with hymns of praise, with performance
of the office, with invocations, holy words, sacrifice, blessings, and
adoration, - once to abide in the shining luminous space, in the beautiful
abodes, - for the sacrifice and invocation of you, the Amesha-Spentas.
3. '.... I proclaim Asha-Vahishta: if I proclaim Asha-Vahishta, then easy is
the way to the abode of the other Amesha-Spentas, which Ahura Mazda keeps with
Good Thoughts, which Ahura Mazda keep with Good Words, which Ahura Mazda keeps
with Good Deeds;
4. '(Easy is the way to the Garo-nmana of Ahura Mazda): the Garo-nmana is for
the holy souls, and no one of the wicked can enter the Garo-nmana and its
bright, wide, holy ways; (no one of them can go) to Ahura Mazda.
II. 5. 'The Airyaman prayer smites down the strength of all the creatures of
Angra Mainyu, of the Yatus and Pairikas. It is the greatest of spells, the best
of spells, the very best of all spells; the fairest of spells, the very fairest
of all spells; the fearful one amongst spells, the most fearful of all spells;
the firm one amongst spells, the firmest of all spells; the victorious one
amongst spells, the most victorious of all spells; the healing one amongst
spells, the best-healing of all spells.
6. 'One may heal with Holiness, one may heal with the Law, one may heal with
the knife, one may heal with herbs, one may heal with the Holy Word: amongst all
remedies this one is the healing one that heals with the Holy Word; this one it
is at will best drive away sickness from the body of the faithful: for this one
is the best-healing of all remedies.
7. 'Sickness fled away [before it], Death fled away; the Daeva fled away, the
Daeva's counter-work fled away; the unholy Ashemaogha fled away, the oppressor
of men fled away.
8. 'The brood of the Snake fled away; the brood of the Wolf fled away; the
brood of the Two-legged fled away. Pride fled away; Scorn fled away; Hot Fever
fled away; Slander fled away; Discord fled away; the Evil Eye fled away.
9. 'The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the Jahi, addicted to the
Yatu, fled away; the Jahi, who makes one pine, fled away; the wind that blows
from the North fled away; the wind that blows from the North vanished away.
10. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who might smite
those Daevas by thousands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thousands; he
smites sickness, he smites death, he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva's
counter-work, he smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men.
11. 'He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of the Wolf; he
smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites
Hot Fever; he smites Slander; he smites Discord; he smites the Evil Eye.
12. 'He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the Jahi,
addicted to the Yatu; he smites the Jahi, who makes one pine. He smites the wind
that blows from the North; the wind that blows from the North vanished away.
13. 'He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and who might smite
those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thousands.
Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from
before him:
14. 'He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu: "Woe is me! Here is the god
Asha-Vahishta, who will smite the sickliest of all sicknesses, who will afflict
the sickliest of all sicknesses; '"He will smite the deadliest of all
deaths, he will afflict the deadliest of all deaths; '"He will smite the
most fiendish of all fiends, he will afflict the most fiendish of all fiends;
'"He will smite the most counter-working of all counter-works, he will
afflict the most counter-working of all counter-works; '"He will smite the
unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the unholy Ashemaogha; '"He will smite
the most oppressive of the oppressors of men, he will afflict most oppressive of
the oppressors of men.
15. '"He will smite the snakiest of the Snake's brood, he will afflict
the snakiest of the Snake's brood; '"He will smite the most wolfish of the
Wolf's brood, he will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolf's brood; '"He
will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will afflict the worst of the
two-legged brood; '"He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride; '"He
will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn; '"He will smite the hottest of hot
fevers, he will afflict the hottest of hot fevers; '"He will smite the most
slanderous of slanders, he will afflict the most slanderous of slanders;
'"He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will afflict the most
discordant of discords; '"He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will
afflict the worst of the Evil Eye.
16. '"He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will afflict
the most lying words of falsehood; '"He will smite the Jahi, addicted to
the Yatu, he will afflict the Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; '"He will smite
the Jahi, who makes one pine, he will afflict the Jahi, who makes one pine;
'"He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will afflict the
wind that blows from the North."
17. 'The Druj will perish away, the Druj will perish; the Druj will rush, the
Druj will vanish. Thou perishest away to the regions of the North, never more to
give unto death the living world of the holy spirit.
18. 'For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth
being heard, namely, unto Asha-Vahishta, the fairest - the Amesha-Spenta. Unto
Asha-Vahishta, the fairest, the Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the libations, the
Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the
speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. 'Yenhe hatam:
All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the goodness....
19. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... 'I
bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of Asha-Vahishta, the
fairest; of the much-desired Airyaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka,
with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of
all good.... '[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of
body; .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'
4. Awerdad Yasht
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! .... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer,
propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of
holiness....
Unto Haurvatat, the master; unto the prosperity of the seasons and unto the
years, the masters of holiness, Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer,
propitiation, and glorification. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the
law of holiness.... We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrifice
unto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years, the holy and
masters of holiness.
1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I created for the
faithful the help, the enjoyments, the comforts, and the pleasures of Haurvatat.
We unite them with him who would come up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spentas,
as he would come to any of the Amesha-Spentas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahishta,
Khshathra-Vairya, Spenta-Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat.
2. 'He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas, against their
ten thousands of ten thousands, against their numberless myriads would invoke
the name of Haurvatat, as one of the Amesha-Spentas, he would smite the Nasu, he
would smite Hashi, he would smite Bashi, he would smite Saeni, he would smite
Buji.
3. 'I proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men]; if I proclaim the
faithful man as the first [of men], then Rashnu Razishta, then every heavenly
Yazata of male nature in company with the Amesha-Spentas will free the faithful
man
4. 'From the Nasu, from Hashi, from Gashi, from Saeni, from Buji; from the
hordes with the wide front, from the hordes with the many spears uplifted, from
the evil man who oppresses, from the willful sinner, from the oppressor of men,
from the Yatu, from the Pairika, from the straying way.
5. 'How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the way of the
wicked?' Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is when a man pronouncing my spell, either
reading or reciting it by heart, draws the furrows and hides there himself,
[saying]:
6. '"I will smite thee, O Druj! whomsoever thou art, whomsoever thou art
amongst the Drujes that come in an open way, whomsoever thou art amongst the
Drujes that come by hidden way, whomsoever thou art amongst the Drujes that
defile by contact; whatsoever Druj thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan
countries; whatsoever Druj thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Druj! I
throw thee down below, O Druj!"
7. 'He draws [then] three furrows: I proclaim him one of the faithful; he
draws six furrow: I proclaim him one of the faithful; he draws nine furrows: I
proclaim him one of the faithful.
8. 'The names of those (Amesha-Spentas) smite the men turned to Nasus by the
Drujes: the seed and kin of the deaf are smitten, the scornful are dead, as the
Zaotar Zarathushtra blows them away to woe, however fierce, at his will and
wish, as many as he wishes.
9. 'From the time when the sun is down he smites them with bruising blows;
from the time when the sun is no longer up, he deals deadly blows on the Nasu
with his club struck down, for the propitiation and glorification of the
heavenly gods.
10. 'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except by the
father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from the same womb, or by
the Athravan to his pupil in black hair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted
to the good law, holy and brave, stills all the Drujes.
11. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth
being heard, namely, unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta. Unto Haurvatat, the
Amesha-Spenta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the
wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and
the rightly-spoken words. 12. 'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law
of holiness.... 'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour
of Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons and of the years, the
masters of holiness. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... '[Give]
unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all happy,
blissful abode of the holy Ones.'
5. Ardui Sur Bano Yasht (Hymn to the Waters)
Translated by James Darmesteter. (From Sacred Books of the East, American
Edition, 1898.)
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer,
propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of
holiness.... Unto the good Waters, made by Mazda; unto the holy water-spring
ARDVI ANAHITA; unto all waters, made by Mazda; unto all plants, made by Mazda,
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
I. 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Offer up a
sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita,
the wide-expanding and health-giving, who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of
Ahura, who is worthy of sacrifice in the material world, worthy of prayer in the
material world; the life-increasing and holy, the herd-increasing and holy, the
fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing and holy, the country-increasing
and holy; 2. 'Who makes the seed of all males pure, who makes the womb of all
females pure for bringing forth, who makes all females bring forth in safety,
who puts milk into the breasts of all females in the right measure and the right
quality; 3. 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole of the
waters that run along the earth; that runs powerfully from the height Hukairya
down to the sea Vouru-Kasha. 4. 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are
boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there,
when she streams down there, she, Ardvi Sura Anahita, who has a thousand cells
and a thousand channels: the extent of each of those cells, of each of those
channels is as much as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse. 5.
'From this river of mine alone flow all the waters that spread all over the
seven Karshvares; this river of mine alone goes on bringing waters, both in
summer and in winter. This river of mine purifies the seed in males, the womb in
females the milk in females' breasts. 6. 'I, Ahura Mazda, brought it down with
mighty vigor, for the increase of the house, of the borough of the town, of the
country, to keep them, to maintain them, to look over them, to keep and maintain
them close. 7. 'Then Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Spitama Zarathushtra! proceeded forth
from the Maker Mazda. Beautiful were her white arms, thick as a horse's shoulder
or still thicker; beautiful was her ...., and thus came she, strong, with thick
arms, thinking thus in her heart: 8. '"Who will praise me? Who will offer
me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained, together with
the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me, and thinks with
me, and bestows gifts upon me, and is of good will unto me?" 9. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard; I will
offer up unto the holy Ardvi Sura Anahita a good sacrifice with an offering of
libations;- thus mayest thou advise us when thou art appealed to! Mayest thou be
most fully worshipped, O Ardvi Sura Anahita! with the Haoma and meat, with the
baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells, with the words
with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. 'Yenhe
hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....
II. 10. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita, the wide-expanding and health-giving, who hates the
Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura, who is worthy of sacrifice in the material
world, worthy of prayer in the material world; the life-increasing and holy, the
herd-increasing and holy, the fold-increasing and holy, the wealth-increasing
and holy, the country-increasing and holy; 11. 'Who drives forwards on her
chariot, holding the reins of the chariot. She goes, driving, on this chariot,
longing for men and thinking thus in her heart: "Who will praise me? Who
will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained,
together with the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me,
and thinks with me, and bestows gifts unto me, and is of good will unto
me?" 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice, worth
being heard....
III. 12. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 13. 'Whom four horses carry, all white, of one and
the same color, of the same blood, tall, crushing down the hates of all haters,
of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the oppressors, of the
blind and of the deaf. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a
sacrifice ....
IV. 14. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 15. 'Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form,
who sends down by day and by night a flow of motherly waters as large as the
whole of the waters that run along the earth, and who runs powerfully. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
V. 16. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 17. 'To her did the Maker Ahura Mazda offer up a
sacrifice to the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and
meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells,
with the words, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken
words. 18. He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most
beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of Pourushaspa, the holy
Zarathushtra, to think after my law, to speak after my law, to do after my
law!" 19. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and begging that she would grant him that
boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
VI. 20. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 21. 'To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer
up a sacrifice on the enclosure of the Hara, with a hundred male horses, a
thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs. 22. 'He begged of her a boon, saying:
"Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita, that I may
become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus
and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may smite
down two thirds of the Daevas of Mazana and of the fiends of Varena." 23. 'Ardvi
Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
VII. 24. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 25. 'To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd,
offer up a sacrifice from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a
thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 26. 'He begged of her a boon, saying:
"Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may
become the sovereign lord of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus
and Pairikas, of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may take
from the Daevas both riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and
Glory." 27. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him
that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
VIII. 28. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 29. 'To her did Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed,
offer up a sacrifice in the land of Bawri, with a hundred male horses, a
thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs. 30. 'He begged of her a boon, saying:
"Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may
make all the seven Karshvares of the earth empty of men." 31. 'Ardvi Sura
Anahita did not grant him that boon, although he was offering libations, giving
gifts, sacrificing, and entreating her that she would grant him that boon. 'For
her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
IX. 32. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi Sura
Anahita.... 33. 'To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,
offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred male horses, a
thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 34. 'He begged of her a boon, saying:
"Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may
overcome Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has
a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful to the
world, the strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material world,
to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two
wives, Savanghavach and Erenavach, who are the fairest of body amongst women,
and the most wonderful creatures in the world." 35. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita
granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing,
and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her brightness and
glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
X. 36. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto Ardvi Sura Anahita....
37. 'To her did Keresaspa, the manly-hearted, offer up a sacrifice behind the
Vairi Pisanah, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
38. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most
beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the golden-heeled Gandarewa,
though all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over; and that I may
run up to the stronghold of the fiend on the wide, round earth, whose ends lie
afar." 39. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him
that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XI. 40. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sara Anahita.... 41. 'To her did the Turanian murderer, Frangrasyan,
offer up a sacrifice in his cave under the earth, with a hundred male horses, a
thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 42. 'He begged of her a boon, saying:
"Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may
seize hold of that Glory, that is waving in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha
and that belongs to the Aryan people, to those born and to those not yet born,
and to the holy Zarathushtra." 43. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita did not grant him
that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
II. 44. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 45. 'To her did the great, most wise Kavi Usa offer
up a sacrifice from Mount Erezifya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen,
ten thousand lambs. 46. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me, this,
O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the sovereign lord
of all countries, of the Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas, of the
oppressors, the blind and the deaf." 47. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him
that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and
entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I
will offer her a sacrifice....
XIII. 48. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 49. 'To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united
the Aryan nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice behind the Chaechasta
lake, the deep lake, of salt waters, with a hundred male horses, a thousand
oxen, ten thousand lambs. 50. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me
this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may become the
sovereign lord of all countries, of Daevas and men, of the Yatus and Pairikas,
of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf; and that I may have the lead in front
of all the teams and that he may not pass through the forest , he, the murderer,
who now is fiercely striving against me on horseback." 51. 'Ardvi Sura
Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XIV. 52. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 53. 'To her did the valiant warrior Tusa offer
worship on the back of his horse, begging swiftness for his teams, health for
his own body, and that he might watch with full success those who hated him,
smite down his foes, and destroy at one stroke his adversaries, his enemies, and
those who hated him. 54. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this,
O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the gallant sons
of Vaesaka, by the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high up on the lofty,
holy Kangha; that I may smite of the Turanian people their fifties and their
hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of
thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads." 55. 'Ardvi
Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XV. 56. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 57. 'To her did the gallant sons of Vaesaka offer
up a sacrifice in the castle Khshathro-saoka, that stands high up on the lofty,
holy Kangha, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs.
58. 'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O good, most
beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome the valiant warrior Tusa,
and that we may smite of the Aryan people their fifties and their hundreds,
their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands,
their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads." 59. 'Ardvi Sura
Anahita did not grant them that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will
offer her a sacrifice....
XVI. 60. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 61. 'The old Vafra Navaza worshipped her when the
strong fiend-smiter, Thraetaona, flung him up in the air in the shape of a bird,
of a vulture. 62. 'He went on flying, for three days and three nights, towards
his own house; but he could not, he could not turn down. At the end of the third
night, when the beneficent dawn came dawning up, then he prayed unto Ardvi Sura
Anahita, saying: 63. '"Ardvi Sura Anahita! do thou quickly hasten helpfully
and bring me assistance at once. I will offer thee a thousand libations, cleanly
prepared and well strained, along with Haomas and meat, by the brink of the
river Rangha, if I reach alive the earth made by Ahura and my own house."
64. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, fair of body,
most strong, tall-formed, high-girdled, pure, nobly born of a glorious race,
wearing shoes up to the ankle wearing a golden...., and radiant. 65. 'She seized
him by the arm: quickly was it done, nor was it long till, speeding, he arrived
at the earth made by Mazda and at his own house, safe, unhurt, unwounded, just
as he was before. [66. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was
offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, entreating that she would
grant him that boon.] 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a
sacrifice....
XVII. 67. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 68. 'To her did Jamaspa offer up a sacrifice, with
a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, when he saw the army of
the wicked, of the worshippers of the Daevas, coming from afar in battle array.
69. 'He asked of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most
beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may be as constantly victorious as any one
of all the Aryans." 70. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he
was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a
sacrifice....
XVIII. 71. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 72. 'To her did Ashavazdah, the son of
Pouru-dhakhshti, and Ashavazdah and Thrita, the sons of Sayuzhdri, offer up a
sacrifice, with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, by Apam
Napat, the tall lord, the lord of the females, the bright and swift-horsed. 73.
'They begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant us this, O good, most beneficent
Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may overcome the assemblers of the Turanian Danus,
Kara Asabana, and Vara Asabana, and the most mighty Duraekaeta, in the battles
of this world. 74. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were
offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would
grant them that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, l will offer her a
sacrifice....
XIX. 75. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 76. 'Vistauru, the son of Naotara, worshipped her
by the brink of the river Vitanghuhaiti, with well-spoken words, speaking thus:
77. '"This is true, this is truly spoken, that I have smitten as many of
the worshippers of the Daevas as the hairs I bear on my head. Do thou then, O
Ardvi Sura Anahita! leave me a dry passage, to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti."
78. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita hastened unto him in the shape of a maid, fair of body,
most strong, tall-formed, high-girded, pure, nobly born of a glorious race,
wearing shoes up to the ankle, with all sorts of ornaments and radiant. A part
of the waters she made stand still, a part of the waters she made flow forward,
and she left him a dry passage to pass over the good Vitanghuhaiti. [79. 'Ardvi
Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving
gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon.] 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XX. 80. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 81. 'To her did Yoishta, one of the Fryanas, offer
up a sacrifice with a hundred horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs on the
Pedvaepa of the Rangha. 82. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me
this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome the
evil-doing Akhtya, the offspring of darkness, and that I may answer the
ninety-nine hard riddles that he asks me maliciously, the evil-doing Akhtya, the
offspring of darkness." 83. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as
he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she
would grant him that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a
sacrifice....
XXI. 84. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 85. 'Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful ordered thus,
saying: "Come, O Ardvi Sura Anahita, come from those stars down to the
earth made by Ahura, that the great lords may worship thee, the masters of the
countries, and their sons. 86. '"The men of strength will beg of thee swift
horses and supremacy of Glory. '"The Athravans who read and the pupils of
the Athravans will beg of thee knowledge and prosperity, the Victory made by
Ahura, and the crushing Ascendant. 87. '"The maids of barren womb, longing
for a lord, will beg of thee a strong husband; '"Women, on the point of
bringing forth, will beg of thee a good delivery. '"All this wilt thou
grant unto them, as it lies in thy power, O Ardvi Sura Anahita!" 88. 'Then
Ardvi Sura Anahita came forth, O Zarathushtra! down from those stars to the
earth made by Mazda; and Ardvi Sura Anahita spake thus: 89. '"O pure, holy
Zarathushtra! Ahura Mazda has established thee as the master of the material
world: Ahura Mazda has established me to keep the whole of the holy creation.
'"Through my brightness and glory flocks and herds and two-legged men go
on, upon the earth: I, forsooth, keep all good things, made by Mazda, the
offspring of the holy principle, just as a shepherd keeps his flock." 90.
'Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita: "O Ardvi Sura Anahita! With what
manner of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With what manner of sacrifice shall I
worship and forward thee? So that Mazda may make thee run down (to the earth),
that he may not make thee run up into the heavens, above the sun; and that the
Serpent may not injure thee with...., with...., with...., and.... poisons."
91. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama! this is the
sacrifice wherewith thou shalt worship me, this is the sacrifice wherewith thou
shalt worship and forward me, from the time when the sun is rising to the time
when the sun is setting.
'"Of this libation of mine thou shalt drink, thou who art an Athravan,
who hast asked and learnt the revealed law, who art wise, clever, and the Word
incarnate. 92. '"Of this libation of mine let no foe drink, no man
fever-sick, no liar, no coward, no jealous one, no woman, no faithful one who
does not sing the Gathas, no leper to be confined. 93. '"I do not accept
those libations that are drunk in my honor by the blind, by the deaf, by the
wicked, by the destroyers, by the niggards, by the...., nor any of those stamped
with those characters which have no strength for the holy Word. '"Let no
one drink of these my libations who is hump-backed or bulged forward; no fiend
with decayed teeth." 94. 'Then Zarathushtra asked Ardvi Sura Anahita:
"O Ardvi Sura Anahita! What becomes of those libations which the wicked
worshippers of the Daevas bring unto thee after the sun has set?" 95. 'Ardvi
Sura Anahita answered: "O pure, holy Spitama Zarathushtra! howling,
clapping, hopping, and shouting, six hundred and a thousand Daevas, who ought
not to receive that sacrifice, receive those libations that men bring unto me
after [the sun has set]." 96. 'I will worship the height Hukairya, of the
deep precipices, made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi Sura Anahita leaps,
from a hundred times the height of a man, while she is possessed of as much
Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth, and she runs
powerfully. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXII. 97. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 98. 'Before whom the worshippers of Mazda stand
with baresma in their hands: the Hvovas did worship her, the Naotaras did
worship her; the Hvovas asked for riches, the Naotaras asked for swift horses.
Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches an full prosperity; quickly became
Vishtaspa, the Naotaride, the lord of the swiftest horses in these countries.
99. ['Ardvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon, as they were offering up
libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant them
that boon.] 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXIII. 100. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 101. 'Who has a thousand cells and a thousand
channels: the extent of each of those cells, of each of those channels, is as
much as a man can ride in forty days, riding on a good horse. In each channel
there stands a palace, well-founded, shining with a hundred windows, with a
thousand columns, well-built, with ten thousand balconies, and mighty. 102. 'In
each of those palaces there lies a well-laid, well-scented bed, covered with
pillows, and Ardvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathushtra! runs down there from a thousand
times the height of a man, and she is possessed of as much Glory as the whole of
the waters that run along the earth, and she runs powerfully.
XXIV. 103. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 104. 'Unto her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a
sacrifice in the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya; with the Haoma and
meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy spells,
with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken
words. 105. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O good, most
beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may bring the son of Aurvat-aspa, the
valiant Kavi Vistaspa, to think according to the law, to speak according to the
law, to do according to the law." 106. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita granted him that
boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating
that she would grant him that boon. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer
her a sacrifice....
XXV. 107. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 108. 'Unto her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up
a sacrifice behind Lake Frazdanava, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen,
ten thousand lambs. 109. 'He begged of her a boon, saying: "Grant me this,
O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I may overcome Tathravant, of
the bad law, and Peshana, the worshipper of the Daevas and the wicked
Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world!" 110. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita
granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXVI. 111. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 112. 'Unto her did Zairi-vairi, who fought on
horseback, offer up a sacrifice behind the river Daitya, with a hundred male
horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 113. 'He begged of her a boon,
saying: "Grant me this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that I
may overcome Pesho-Changha the corpse-burier, Humayaka the worshipper of the
Daevas, and the wicked Arejat-aspa, in the battles of this world. 114. 'Ardvi
Sura Anahita granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving
gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she would grant him that boon. 'For her
brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXVII. 115. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 116. 'Unto her did Arejat-aspa and Vandaremaini
offer up a sacrifice by the sea Vouru-Kasha, with a hundred male horses, a
thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs. 117. 'They begged of her a boon, saying:
"Grant us this, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! that we may
conquer the valiant Kavi Vishtaspa and Zairivairi who fights on horseback, and
that we may smite of the Aryan people their fifties and their hundreds, their
hundreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their
tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads." 118. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita
did not grant them that favor, though they were offering up libations, giving
gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that she should grant them that favor. 'For
her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXVIII. 119. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring
of mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 120. 'For whom Ahura Mazda has made four horses
-- the wind, the rain, the cloud, and the sleet -- and thus ever a upon the
earth it is raining, snowing, hailing, and sleeting; and whose armies are so
many and numbered by nine-hundreds and thousands. 121. 'I will worship the
height Hukairya, of the deep precipices, made of gold, wherefrom this mine Ardvi
Sura Anahita leaps, from a hundred times the height of a man, while she is
possessed of as much Glory as the whole of the waters that run along the earth,
and she runs powerfully. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a
sacrifice....
XXIX. 122. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 123. 'She stands, the good Ardvi Sura Anahita,
wearing a golden mantle, waiting for a man who shall offer her libations and
prayers, and thinking thus in her heart: 124. "'Who will praise me? Who
will offer me a sacrifice, with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained,
together with the Haoma and meat? To whom shall I cleave, who cleaves unto me,
and thinks with me, and bestows gifts upon, me, and is of good will unto
me?" 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....
XXX. 125. 'Offer up a sacrifice, O Spitama Zarathushtra! unto this spring of
mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita.... 126. 'Ardvi Sura Anahita, who stands carried forth
in the shape of a maid, fair of body, most strong, tall-formed, high-girded,
pure, nobly born of a glorious race, wearing along her.... a mantle fully
embroidered with gold; 127. 'Ever holding the baresma in her hand, according to
the rules, she wears square golden earrings on her ears bored, and a golden
necklace around her beautiful neck, she, the nobly born Ardvi Sura Anahita; and
she girded her waist tightly, so that her breasts may be well-shaped, that they
may be tightly pressed. 128. 'Upon her head Ardvi Sura Anahita bound a golden
crown, with a hundred stars, with eight rays, a fine ...., a well-made crown, in
the shape of a ...., with fillets streaming down. 129. 'She is clothed with
garments of beaver, Ardvi Sura Anahita; with the skin of thirty beavers of those
that bear four young ones, that are the finest kind of beavers; for the skin of
the beaver that lives in water is the finest-colored of all skins, and when
worked at the right time it shines to the eye with full sheen of silver and
gold. 130. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of thee this
favor: that I, fully blessed, may conquer large kingdoms, rich in horses, with
high tributes, with snorting horses, sounding chariots, flashing swords, rich in
aliments, with stores of food, with well-scented beds; that I may have at my
wish the fullness of the good things of life and whatever makes a kingdom
thrive. 131. 'Here, O good, most beneficent Ardvi Sura Anahita! I beg of thee
two gallant companions, one two-legged and one four-legged: one two-legged, who
is swift, quickly rushing, and clever in turning a chariot round in battle; and
one four-legged, who can quickly turn towards either wing of the host with a
wide front, towards the right wing or the left, towards the left wing or the
right. 132. 'Through the strength of this sacrifice, of this invocation, O Ardvi
Sura Anahita! come down from those stars, towards the earth made by Ahura,
towards the sacrificing priest, towards the full boiling [milk]; come to help
him who is offering up libations giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that
thou wouldst grant him thy favors; that all those gallant warriors may be
strong, like king Vishtaspa. 'For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a
sacrifice.... 133. 'Yatha ahu vairya: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigor of the holy
water-spring Anahita. 'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... '[Give]
unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy,
blissful abode of the holy Ones!'
6. Khwarshed Yasht (Hymn to the Sun)
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer,
propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of
holiness.... Unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun; Be propitiation, with
sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... 1. We
sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.
When the light of the sun waxes warmer, when the brightness of the sun waxes
warmer, then up stand the heavenly Yazatas, by hundreds and thousands: they
gather together its Glory, they make its Glory pass down, they pour its Glory
upon the earth made by Ahura, for the increase of the world of holiness, for the
increase of the creatures of holiness, for the increase of the undying, shining,
swift-horsed Sun. 2. And when the sun rises up, then the earth, made by Ahura,
becomes clean; the running waters become clean, the waters of the wells become
clean, the waters of the sea become clean, the standing waters become clean; all
the holy creatures, the creatures of the Good Spirit, become clean. 3. Should
not the sun rise up, then the Daevas would destroy all the things that are in
the seven Karshvares, nor would the heavenly Yazatas find any way of
withstanding or repelling them in the material world. 4. He who offers up a
sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun - to withstand darkness,
to withstand the Daevas born of darkness, to withstand the robbers and bandits,
to withstand the Yatus and Pairikas, to withstand death that creeps in unseen -
offers it up to Ahura Mazda, offers it up to the Amesha-Spentas, offers it up to
his own soul. He rejoices all the heavenly and worldly Yazatas, who offers up a
sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. 5. I will sacrifice unto
Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I
will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, well struck
down upon the skulls of the Daevas. I will sacrifice unto that friendship, the
best of all friendships, that reigns between the moon and the sun. 6. For his
brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard,
namely, unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. Unto the undying, shining,
swift-horsed Sun we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the
wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and
the rightly-spoken words. Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....
7. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
I bless the sacrifice and the invocation, and the strength and vigour of the
undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... Give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, ....
give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.
7. Mah Yasht (Hymn to the Moon)
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice,prayer,
propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of
holiness.... Unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; unto the
only-created Bull and unto the Bull of many species; Be propitiation, with
sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... 1. Hail to
Ahura Mazda! Hail to the Amesha-Spentas! Hail to the Moon that keeps in it the
seed of the Bull! Hail to thee when we look at thee! Hail to thee when thou
lookest at us! 2. How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane? For fifteen
days does the moon wax; for fifteen days does the moon wane. As long as her
waxing, so long is the waning; as long as her waning, so long is the waxing.
'Who is there but thee who makes the moon wax and wane?' 3. We sacrifice unto
the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, the holy and master of holiness.
Here I look at the moon, here I perceive the moon; here I look at the light of
the moon, here I perceive the light of the moon. The Amesha-Spentas stand up
holding its glory; the Amesha-Spentas stand up, pouring its glory upon the
earth, made by Mazda. 4. And when the light of the moon waxes warmer,
golden-hued plants grow on from the earth during the spring. We sacrifice unto
the new moons, the full moons, and the Vishaptathas. We sacrifice unto the new
moon, the holy and master of holiness; We sacrifice unto the full moon, the holy
and master of holiness; We sacrifice unto the Vishaptatha, the holy and master
of holiness. 5. I will sacrifice unto the Moon, that keeps in it the seed of the
Bull, the liberal, bright, glorious, water-giving, warmth-giving, wisdom-giving,
wealth-giving, riches-giving, thoughtfulness-giving, weal-giving,
freshness-giving, prosperity-giving, the liberal, the healing. 6. For its
brightness and glory, I will offer unto it a sacrifice worth being heard,
namely, unto the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull. Unto the Moon that
keeps in it the seed of the Bull, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat,
the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds,
the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. Yenghe hatam: All those beings of
whom Ahura Mazda.... 7. Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of
holiness....
I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the Moon,
that keeps in it the seed of the Bull, and of the only-created Bull, and of the
Bull of many species. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Give unto
that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, .... give him the
bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.
8. Tishtar Yasht (Hymn to the Star Sirius)
(Tishtrya is the angel (Yazad) of the
star Sirius. Tishtrya also presides over the fourth month and the thirteenth day
of each month. Sirius also directs the rain.)
0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!.... Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all
good.... I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra, one
who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura; For sacrifice, prayer,
propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of
holiness.... Unto Tishtrya, the bright and glorious star, and unto the powerful
Satavaesa, made by Mazda, who pushes waters forward, Be propitiation, with
sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
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