Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 23 — The Zend-Avesta, Part II / Yasts & Nyayis (Darmesteter, page scans)
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Sun, the swift-horsed !]
May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! May Angra Mainyu be destroyed!
by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God).
I recite the ' Praise of Holiness-.'
3. I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds \
4. I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O Amesha-
Spe7«tas ! even with the fulness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of my heart : I give unto you even my own life.
1 recite the 'Praise of Holiness^ :'
' Ashem Vohii : Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness * ! '
5^ Hail to Ahura Mazda!
Hail to the Amesha-Spe;nas !
Hail to Mithra, the lord of wide pastures !
Hail to the Sun, the swift-horsed !
Hail to the two eyes of Ahura Mazda !
Hail to the Bull !
Hail to Gaya^ !
^ In thought, speech, and deed (Pers. and Sansk. transl).
2 Vayu, as being the same with Fate (Vend. Introd. IV, 17), became identified with Time.
3 The Ashem Vohu. * See p. 22. « § 5=Yasna LXVIII (22-23 [LXVII, 58-67]).
* Gaya Maretan, the first man.
KHORSHED NYAYI5. 35^
Hail to the Fravashi of the holy Spitama Zarathui-tra !
Hail to the whole of the holy creation that was, is, or will be !
May I grow in health of body through Vohu-Mano, Khshathra, and Asha, and come to that luminous space, to that highest of all high things \ when the world, O Spey^ta Mainyu ! has come to an end!
Ashem Vohil : Holiness is the best of all good ....
6. We sacrifice unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.
We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears.well-shapen, with ten thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake ^.
7. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda made the most glorious of all the gods in the world unseen ^.
So may Mithra and Ahura, the two great gods, come to us for help !
We sacrifice unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.
8. We sacrifice unto Tii-trya, whose sight is sound *.
We sacrifice unto Ti^trya ; we sacrifice unto the rains of Ti^trya^.
We sacrifice unto Ti^trya, bright and glorious.
We sacrifice unto the star Vana;^^f^ made by
Mazda.
^ The sun: 'May my soul arrive at the sun-region 1' (Pahl. transl.) 2 Yt. X, 7. 3 In heaven. * See Yt. VIII, 12, note 7.
5 See Yt.VIII, 12, note 2. * See Yt. XX.
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, bright and glorious.
We sacrifice unto the star Vana;^^f^ made by
Mazda.
^ The sun: 'May my soul arrive at the sun-region 1' (Pahl. transl.) 2 Yt. X, 7. 3 In heaven. * See Yt. VIII, 12, note 7.
5 See Yt.VIII, 12, note 2. * See Yt. XX.
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We sacrifice unto Ti^trya, the bright and glorious star.
We sacrifice unto the sovereign sky.
We sacrifice unto the boundless Time.
We sacrifice unto the sovereign Time of the long
Period.
We sacrifice unto the beneficent, well-doing Wind.
We sacrifice unto the most upright Arista \ made by Mazda and holy.
We sacrifice unto the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.
We sacrifice unto the way of content^.
We sacrifice unto the golden instruments We sacrifice unto Mount Saoka/^ta, made by Mazda \
9. We sacrifice unto all the holy gods of the world unseen.
We sacrifice unto all the holy gods of the material world.
We sacrifice unto our own soul.
We sacrifice unto our own Fravashi.
We sacrifice unto the good, strong, beneficent
Fravashis of the holy Ones.
We sacrifice unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.
10. I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of
Zarathu5'tra ....
1 See Yt. XVI. ^ Qr, of pleasure.
^ ' On Mount Saoka«ta there is a golden tube coming from the root of the earth ; the water that is on the surface of the earth goes up through the hole of that tube to the heavens, and being driven by the wind, spreads everywhere, and thus the dew is produced' (Sansk. transl.).
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Unto the bright, undying, shining, swift-horsed
Sun ;
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification . . . . ^
Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....
[We sacrifice] unto the Ahurian waters ^ the waters of Ahura, with excellent libations, with finest libations, with libations piously strained ^.
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.
II. MIHIR NYAYI^-.
I*. Hail unto thee, O Ahura IMazda, in the threefold way!
[Hail unto thee] before all other creatures !
Hail unto you, O Amesha-Spewtas, who are all of you of one accord with the Sun !
INIay this prayer come unto Ahura IMazda ! INIay it come unto the Amesha-Spewtas ! May it come unto the Fravashis of the holy Ones ! ]\Iay it come unto the sovereign Vayu of the long Period !
2. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . .
3. I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, and deeds ....
4.
mesha-Spewtas ! May it come unto the Fravashis of the holy Ones ! ]\Iay it come unto the sovereign Vayu of the long Period !
2. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced ! . . . .
3. I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, and deeds ....
4. I give sacrifice and prayer unto you, O Amesha-Spewtas ! . . . .
5. Hail to Ahura Mazda I . . . .
May I grow in health of body through Vohu-Mano, Khshathra, and Asha, and come to that luminous space, to that highest of all high things, when the world, O Spewta Mainyu, has come to an end!
6^ We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assembHes, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with ten thousand
^ The whole of the Kh6rshe<f Ya^t is inserted here. ^ Rivers considered as Ahura's wives (cf. Ormazd et Ahriman, § 32)-
-' From Yasna LXVIII, 10 (LXVII, 30); cf. p. 34. * §§ i-5 = Kh6rshet^ Nyayij, §§ 1-5. ' §§ 6-7 = Kh6rshe(^ Nyayi^, §§ 6-7. [23] A ap. 354 eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.
7. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda made the most glorious of all the heavenly gods.
So may Mithra and Ahura, the two great gods, come to us for help !
We sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swifthorsed Sun.
8 ^. We sacrifice unto Tij-trya, whose sight is sound ....
9. We sacrifice unto all the holy gods of the world unseen ....
10 ^ I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of
Zarathu-ftra ....
11^ We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.
We sacrifice unto the Mithra around countries ;
We sacrifice unto the Mithra within countries ;
We sacrifice unto the Mithra in this country ;
We sacrifice unto the Mithra above countries ;
We sacrifice unto the Mithra under countries ;
We sacrifice unto the Mithra before countries ;
We sacrifice unto the Mithra behind countries.
12. We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura, the two great, imperishable, holy gods ; and unto the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with the trees that yield baresma. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all countries.
1 3''. For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard ....
1 §§ 8-9 = Kh6rsha^ Nyayij, §§ 8-9. ^ Yt. X, o.
' §§ ii-i2=Yt. X, 144-145. ' §§ i3-i5=Yt. X, 4-6.
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We offer up libations unto Mithra ....
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