Zarathushtra

Created by Jijith Nadumuri at 04 Oct 2011 14:13 and updated at 04 Oct 2011 14:13

YASNA NOUN

ysn.01 10. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for all those who are the Thirty Three masters of Asha, which, coming the nearest, are around about Hawan, and which (as in their festivals) were instituted by Ahura Mazda, and were promulgated by Zarathushtra, as the masters of Asha Vahishta.
ysn.01 23. I would confess myself a Mazda worshipper, of Zarathushtra s order, a foe to the Daevas, devoted to the lore of Ahura, for Hawan, the Asha sanctified master of Asha, for (his) sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise, for Savanghi and for Visya, the Asha sanctified master of Asha, for (his) sacrifice, homage, propitiation and praise, and for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation and praise of the masters of the days in their duration, and of the days during daylight, for those of the monthly festivals, and for those of the yearly ones, and for those of the seasons!
ysn.02 10. With this libation and Baresman I desire for this Yasna all of the masters of Asha, the Thirty Three who come the nearest round about our Hawans, who are masters of Asha Vahishta, which were inculcated by Mazda, and spoken forth by Zarathushtra.
ysn.03 2. And I desire to approach Haoma and Para haoma with my praise for the propitiation of the Fravashi of Spitama Zarathushtra, the saint. And I desire to approach the (sacred) wood with my praise, with the perfume, for the propitiation of thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda s son!
ysn.03 (12) and all those lords who are the Three and Thirty, who approach the nearest at the time of Havani, who are the Lords of Asha called Vahishta (and whose services were) inculcated by Mazda, and pronounced by Zarathushtra, as the feasts of Righteousness, the Best.
ysn.03 21. And I desire to approach both Haoma and the Haoma juice with a Yasht for the propitiation of the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint, the Yazad of the spoken name. And I desire to approach the wood billets with a Yasht, with the perfume for the propitiation of thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda s son! the Yazad of the spoken name.
ysn.03 24. I will confess myself a Mazdayasnian, of Zarathushtra s order, a foe to the Daevas, devoted to the lore of the Lord for Havani, the holy lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and for praise, and for Savanghi and Visya, the holy lord(s) of the ritual order, and for the sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise of the day lords of the days in their duration, and of the days during daylight, and for the month regulators, and the year regulators, and for those of the (several) seasons, for their sacrifice, and homage, their propitiation, and their praise.
ysn.04 15. And these we announce and we present hereby to all those lords who are the Three and Thirty lords of the ritual order, who approach the nearest around about our Havani, and which are the festivals of Righteousness the Best, inculcated by Mazda, and uttered forth by Zarathushtra for their sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise.
ysn.04 23. Yea, these we announce and we present to Sraosha, the blessed and mighty, whose body is the Mathra, him of the daring spear, the lordly one, and to the holy Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint.
ysn.06 9. Worship with our sacrifice all the lords of the ritual order, who are the Thirty and Three who approach the nearest around about us at Havani, who are the lords of Righteousness the Best, and whose observances were inculcated by Ahura Mazda, and uttered forth by Zarathushtra.
ysn.06 18. And we worship Haoma with our sacrifice and the Haoma juice. And we worship the sacred Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint.
ysn.07 2. And I offer the Haoma and Haoma juice with a complete and sacred offering for the propitiation of the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint, and I offer the wood billets with the perfume for Thy propitiation, the Fire s, O Ahura Mazda s son!
ysn.07 12. And I offer with a complete and sacred offering to all those lords who are the Thirty and Three, who approach the nearest round about our Havani, and who are the lords of Asha (the ritual by eminence), of Righteousness who is (the Best), whose observances are inculcated as precepts by Mazda, and uttered forth by Zarathushtra.
ysn.07 21. And I offer the Haoma and the Haoma juice for the propitiation of the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint, the Yazad of the spoken name.
ysn.08 I offer the Myazda (of the) Meat offering with a complete and sacred offering; and I offer Haurvatatat (who guards the water), and Ameretatat (who guards the plants and the wood), and the flesh of the blessed Kine; and I offer the Haoma and the Haoma juice, the wood billets and the perfume for the praise of Ahura Mazda, and of the Ahuna vairya, the veracious word, and for that of the pious and beneficent Prayer for blessings, and for the redoubted Curse of the wise, and for the praise of the Haoma, and of the Mathra of the holy Zarathushtra; and may it come to us with sacred fullness (to accept and to recompense our gift).
ysn.08 7. I will incite, even I who am Zarathushtra, the heads of the houses, villages, Zantus, and provinces, to the careful following of this Religion which is that of Ahura, and according to Zarathushtra, in their thoughts, their words, and their deeds.3
ysn.09 1. At the hour of Havani, Haoma came to Zarathushtra, as he served the (sacred) Fire, and sanctified (its flame), while he sang aloud the Gathas. And Zarathushtra asked him: Who art thou, O honorable one1! who art of all the incarnate world the most beautiful in Thine own body of those whom I have, seen, (thou) glorious [immortal]?
ysn.09 2. Thereupon gave Haoma answer, the holy one who driveth death afar: I am, O Zarathushtra Haoma, the holy and driving death afar; pray to me, O Spitama, prepare me for the taste. Praise me so that also the other Saoshyants [benefactors] may praise me2.
ysn.09 3. Thereupon spake Zarathushtra: Unto Haoma be the praise. What man, O Haoma! first prepared thee for the corporeal world? What award3 was offered him? what gain did he acquire?
ysn.09 13. Thereupon gave Haoma answer, he the holy, and driving death afar: Pourushaspa was the fourth man who prepared me for the corporeal world. This blessedness was given him, this gain did he acquire, that thou, O Zarathushtra! wast born to him, the just, in Pourushaspa s house, the Daeva s foe, the friend of Mazda s lore,
ysn.09 14. famed in Airyana Vaejah; and thou, O Zarathushtra! didst recite the first the Ahuna vairya, Four times intoning it, and with verses kept apart Pazand[() each time with louder and still louder voice].
ysn.09 15. And thou didst cause, O Zarathushtra! all the demon gods to vanish in the ground who aforetime flew about this earth in human shape (and power. This hast thou done), thou who hast been the strongest, and the staunchest, the most active, and the swiftest, and (in every deed) the most victorious in the Two spirits world.
ysn.09 16. Thereupon spake Zarathushtra: Praise to Haoma. Good is Haoma, and the well endowed, exact and righteous in its nature, and good inherently, and healing, beautiful of form, and good in deed, and most successful in its working, golden hued, with bending sprouts. As it is the best for drinking, so (through its sacred stimulus) is it the most nutritious for the soul.
ysn.10 17. Thereupon spake Zarathushtra: Praise to Haoma, Mazda made. Good is Haoma, Mazda made. All the plants of Haoma praise I, on the heights of lofty mountains, in the gorges of the valleys, in the clefts (of sundered hill sides) cut for the bundles bound by women. From the silver cup I pour Thee to the golden chalice over. Let me not thy (sacred) liquor spill to earth, of precious cost.
ysn.10 21. We worship the yellow lofty one; we worship Haoma who causes progress, who makes the settlements advance; we worship Haoma who drives death afar; yea, we worship all the Haoma plants. And we worship (their) blessedness, and the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint.
ysn.11 8. Thereupon spake Zarathushtra: Praise to Haoma made by Mazda, good is Haoma Mazda made.
ysn.11 16. I confess myself a Mazdayasnian of Zarathushtra s order.
ysn.12 I declare myself a Mazda worshipper, a supporter of Zarathushtra, hostile to the Daevas, fond of Ahura s teaching, a praiser of the Amesha Spentas, a worshipper of the Amesha Spentas. I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda, and all the best, Asha endowed, splendid, xwarena endowed, whose is the Cow, whose is Asha, whose is the light, may whose blissful areas be filled with light
ysn.12 5. As Ahura Mazda taught Zarathushtra at all discussions, at all meetings, at which Mazda and Zarathushtra conversed;
ysn.12 6. as Ahura Mazda taught Zarathushtra at all discussions, at all meetings, at which Mazda and Zarathushtra conversed even as Zarathushtra rejected the authority of the Daevas, so I also reject, as Mazda worshipper and supporter of Zarathushtra, the authority of the Daevas, even as he, the Asha endowed Zarathushtra, has rejected them.
ysn.12 7. As the belief of the waters, the belief of the plants, the belief of the well made Original() Cow; as the belief of Ahura Mazda who created the Cow and the Asha endowed Man; as the belief of Zarathushtra, the belief of Kavi Vishtaspa, the belief of both Frashaostra and Jamaspa; as the belief of each of the Saoshyants (saviors) fulfilling destiny and Asha endowed
ysn.13 7. And we would worship the Fravashi of the Kine of blessed gift, and that of the holy Gaya Mareyan Gayomard[], and we would worship the holy Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint. Yea, that one of beings do we worship whose better (service) in the sacrifice Ahura Mazda knows; (even those women do we worship) whose (better service thus is known). Yea, both (holy) men and women (do we worship whom Ahura Mazda knows).
ysn.14 4. I confess myself a Mazdayasnian, and of Zarathushtra s order.
ysn.16 2. And we worship Zarathushtra Spitama in our sacrifice, the holy lord of the ritual order with these Zaothras and with faithfully delivered words; and we worship every holy earthly Yazad as we worship him; and we worship also the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint. And we worship the utterances of Zarathushtra and his religion, his faith and his lore.
ysn.19 1. Zarathushtra asked of Ahura Mazda: O Ahura Mazda, Thou most bounteous Spirit! maker of the corporeal worlds, the holy One! which was that word which Thou did st declare to me,
ysn.19 3. Thereupon Ahura Mazda said: It was this piece, the Ahuna vairya, O Spitama Zarathushtra! which I pronounced as thine
ysn.19 5. It was these part(s) of the Ahuna vairya, O Spitama Zarathushtra! which especially belongs to me, and when each is intoned aloud without the (needless) repetition of verses and of words, and without their omission, it is worth a Hundred of their other stanzas, even although they are prominent in the ritual, and likewise equally as well recited without additions or omissions; nay, further, when it is intoned imperfectly but added to, and with omissions, it is even then in effect equivalent (not to a Hundred indeed, but) to Ten other (stanzas) that are prominent.
ysn.19 6. And whoever in this world of mine which is corporeal shall mentally recall, O Spitama* Zarathushtra! a portion of the Ahuna vairya, and having thus recalled it, shall undertone it, or beginning to recite it with the undertone, shall then utter it aloud, or chanting it with intoning voice, shall worship thus, then with even Threefold (safety and with speed) I will bring his soul over the Bridge of Chinvat, I who am Ahura Mazda (I will help him to pass over it) to Heaven (the best life), and to Righteousness the Best, and to the lights of heaven.
ysn.19 7. And whoever, O Spitama Zarathushtra! while undertoning the part(s) of the Ahuna vairya (or this piece the Ahuna vairya), takes ought therefrom, whether the half, or the third, or the fourth, or the fifth, I who am Ahura Mazda will draw his soul off from the better world; yea, so far off will I withdraw it as the earth is large and wide; [and this earth is as long as it is broad].
ysn.19 9. And the more bountiful of the Two Spirits Ahura() declared to me Zarathushtra() the entire creation of the pure, that which exists at present, that which is in the course of emerging into existence, and that which shall be, with reference to the performance and realization of the actions of a life devoted to Mazda.
ysn.19 18. (Question.) How are the chiefs (constituted)? (Answer.) They are the house chief, the village chief, and the tribe chief, the chief of the province, and the Zarathushtra as the fifth. That is, so far as those provinces are concerned which are different from, and outside of the Zarathushtrian regency, or domain. Ragha[ which has Four chiefs (only) is the Zarathushtrian (district)] (Question.) How are the chiefs of this one constituted? (Answer.) They (are) the house chief, the village chief, the tribe chief, and the Zarathushtra as the fourth.
ysn.21 1. A word for the Yasna by Zarathushtra, the saint, Yenhe, &c. Here the worshipper indicates and offers the Yasna (which is the sacrificial worship) of Mazda as by the command (or as the institution) of Ahura. Hatam. Here the worshipper offers the sacrificial worship as if with the beings who are among those who are destined to live.
ysn.23 2. And I desire to approach toward the Fravashi of Ahura Mazda, and with my praise, and for those of the Bountiful Immortals, with all the holy Fravashis which are those of the heavenly Yazads. And I desire to approach the Fravashi of Gaya Maretan Gayomard[] (the life man) in my worship with my praise, and for that of Zarathushtra Spitama, and for those of Kavi Vishtaspa, and of Isat vastra, the Zarathushtrian, with all the holy Fravashis of the other ancient counselors as well.
ysn.24 5. And these we present hereby to the Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama, the saint, for sacrifice, propitiation, and for praise, and to that of the people who love Righteousness, with all the holy Fravashis of the saints who are dead and who are living, and to those of men who are as yet unborn, and to those of the prophets who will serve us, and will labor to complete the progress and renovation of the world.
ysn.26 5. And (having invoked it) hither, we worship the Fravashi of Gaya Maretan Gayomard[] the holy, and the sanctity and Fravashi of Zarathushtra Spitama the saint; and we worship the Fravashi of Kavi Vishtasp the holy, and that of Isat vastra the Zarathushtrian, the saint.
ysn.28 6. Come thou with Good Thought, give through Asha, O Mazda, as the gift to Zarathushtra, according to thy sure words, long enduring mighty help, and to us, O Ahura, whereby we may overcome the enmity of our foes.
ysn.29 8. Vohu( Manah:) He is known to me here who alone hath heard our commands, even Zarathushtra Spitama; he willeth to make known our thoughts, O Mazda, and those of the Right. So let us bestow on him charm of speech.
ysn.29 10. Zarathushtra(:) Do ye, O Ahura, grant them strength, and O Asha, and O Good Thought, that dominion, whereby he (the Savior) could produce good dwellings and peace. I also have realized thee, Mazda, as the first to accomplish this.
ysn.32 1. Zarathushtra() And his blessedness, even that of Ahura Mazda, shall the nobles strive to attain, his the community with the brotherhood, his, ye Daevas, in the manner as I declare it.
ysn.32 3. Zarathushtra() But ye, ye Daevas all, and he that highly honors you, are the seed of Bad Thought yes, and of the Lie and of Arrogance, likewise your deeds, whereby ye have long been known in the Seventh region of the earth.
ysn.33 14. As an offering Zarathushtra brings the life of his own body, the choiceness of good thought, action, and speech, unto Mazda, unto the Right, Obedience, and Dominion.
ysn.42 2. And we sacrifice to the hills that run with torrents, and the lakes that brim with waters! and to the corn that fills the corn fields; and we sacrifice to both the protector and the Creator, to both Zarathushtra and the Lord.
ysn.43 8. Then I said to him: "To the first (question), Zarathushtra am I, a true foe to the Liar, to the utmost of my power, but a powerful support would I be to the Righteous, that I may attain the future things of the infinite Dominion, according as I praise and sing thee, O Mazda.
ysn.43 16. And Zarathushtra himself, O Ahura, chooses each one of thy holiest Spirit, O Mazda. May Right be embodied full of life and strength! May Piety abide in the Dominion bright as the sun! May Good Thought give destiny to men according to their works!
ysn.46 13. Whoso among mortals has pleased Spitama Zarathushtra by his willingness, a man deserving of good fame, to him shall Mazda Ahura give Life, to him shall Good Thought increase substance, him we account to be a familiar friend with your Right.
ysn.46 14. O Zarathushtra, what righteous man is thy friend for the great covenant? Who wills to have good fame? It is the Kava Vishtaspa at the consummation. Those whom thou wilt unite in one house with thee, these will I call with words of Good Thought.
ysn.46 19. He who accomplisheth for me, even Zarathushtra, in accordance with Right that which best agrees with my will, to him as earning the reward of the Other Life shall be that of Two pregnant Cows, with all things whereon his mind is set. These things will thou bring to pass for me who best knowest how, O Mazda.
ysn.49 12. What help hast thou, O Right, for Zarathushtra that calls upon me? What hast thou, Good Thought? for me who with praises seeks your favor, O Mazda Ahura, longing for that which is best in your possession.
ysn.50 1. Zarathushtra(:) Can my soul count on any one for help? Who is there found for my herd, who for myself a protector, indeed, at my call other than the Right and thyself. O Mazda Ahura, and the Best Thought?
ysn.50 3. Zarathushtra(:) So this (reward) shall come to him through the Right, O Mazda, (this reward) which by the Dominion and Good Thought he promised, whomsoever by the power of his Destiny prospers the neighboring possession that now the Liar holds.
ysn.50 6. The prophet Zarathushtra, O Mazda, who lifts up his voice in worship, as friend of Asha may the Creator of Wisdom teach me his ordinances through Good Thought, that my tongue may have a pathway.
ysn.51 11. What man is friend to Spitama Zarathushtra, O Mazda? Who will let himself be counseled by Right? With whom is holy Piety? Or who as an upright man is intent on the brotherhood of Good Thought?
ysn.51 12. The Kavi s wanton did not please Zarathushtra Spitama at the Winter Gate, in that he stayed him from taking refuge with him, and when there came to him also Zarathushtra( s) Two steeds shivering with cold.
ysn.51 15. When Zarathushtra hath promised to the men of his brotherhood, (which) in the House of Song Ahura Mazda hath first attained, for all this I have looked through your blessings, Good Thought, and those of Right.
ysn.53 1. Zarathushtra() The best possession known is of Zarathushtra Spitama, which is that Mazda Ahura will give him through Right the glories of blessed life unto all time, and likewise to them that practice and learn the words and actions of his Good Religion.
ysn.53 2. Then let them seek the pleasure of Mazda with thoughts, words, and actions, unto him praise gladly, and seek his worship, even Kava Vishtaspa, and Zarathushtra s son, the Spitamid, with Frashaoshtra, making straight the paths for the Religion of the future Deliverer which Ahura ordained.
ysn.53 3. Him, O Pouruchista, thou scion of Haechataspa and Spitama, youngest of Zarathushtra s daughters, hath Zarathushtra() appointed as one to enjoin on them the fellowship with Good Thought, Right, and Mazda. So take counsel with thine own understanding, with good insight practice the holiest works of Piety.
ysn.53 5. Zarathushtra(): Teachings address I to maidens marrying, and to you (bridegrooms) giving counsel. Lay them to heart and learn to get them within your Selves in earnest attention to the Life of Good Thought. Let each of you strive to excel the other in the Right, for it will be a prize for that one.
ysn.54 1. Let the Airyaman, the desired friend and peersman, draw near for grace to the men and to the women who are taught of Zarathushtra, for the joyful grace of the Good Mind, whereby the conscience may attain its wished for recompense. I pray for the sacred reward of the ritual order which is (likewise so much) to be desired; and may Ahura Mazda grant it, (or cause it to increase).
ysn.57 4. We worship Sraosha, Obedience the blessed, and that lofty Lord who is Ahura Mazda Himself, Him who has attained the most to this our ritual, Him who has approached the nearest to us in our celebrations. And we worship all the words of Zarathushtra, and all the deeds well done (for him), both those that have been done (in times gone by), and those which are yet to be done (for him in times to come).
ysn.57 8. Who first chanted the Gathas, the Five Gathas of Zarathushtra, the Spitama, the holy (with the fashion) of their metres, and after the well constructed order of their words, together with the Zand which they contain, and the questions which they utter, and the answers which they give, for the Bountiful Immortals, for their sacrifice and homage, their propitiation, and their praise.
ysn.61 4. Yea, we send it forth for the encounter with, and for the overthrow of the murderers of the saints, and of those who hate and torment us for our Faith, and of those who persecute the ritual, and the tyrant full of death. Yea, let us peal them forth for the encounter with and the overthrow of the wicked, O Zarathushtra Spitama! whoever they may be, whose thoughts, and words, and works are not congenial to the holy ritual laws.
ysn.65 10. (It shall be only thus) as Ahura Mazda showed before to Zarathushtra, and as Zarathushtra taught the corporeal worlds (the men on earth)! Thou shalt pray the first petition to the waters, O Zarathushtra, and after that thou shalt offer the Zaothras to the waters, sanctified, and sought out with pious care; and thou shalt pronounce these words (as follows, thus):
ysn.68 22. Praise (be) to Ahura Mazda, and to the Bountiful Immortals. Praise (be) to Mithra of the wide pastures. Praise to the fleet Horsed sun. Praise to (the star which so we name, and with this sun) Ahura Mazda s eyes. Praise to the Kine (the herds of blessed gift). Praise to Gaya Maretan() Gayomard[] and to the Fravashi of Zarathushtra (first of) saints; yea, praise to the entire creation of the holy (and the clean), to those now living, and to those just passing into life, and to those of days to come
ysn.70 1. I would worship these (the Bountiful Immortals) with my sacrifice, those who rule aright, and who dispose (of all) aright, and this one (especially) I would approach with my praise, Ahura( Mazda). He is thus hymned (in our praise songs). Yea, we worship in our sacrifice that deity and lord, who is Ahura Mazda, the Creator, the gracious helper, the maker of all good things; and we worship in our sacrifice Zarathushtra Spitama, that chieftain (of the rite).
ysn.71 1. Frashaoshtra, the holy, asked the saintly Zarathushtra: Answer me, O thou most eminent Zarathushtra, what is (in very truth) the memorized recital of the rites?
ysn.71 2. Upon this Zarathushtra said: (It is as follows.) We worship Ahura Mazda with our sacrifice (as) the holy lord of the ritual order; and we sacrifice to Zarathushtra likewise as to a holy lord of the ritual order; and we sacrifice also to the Fravashi of Zarathushtra, the saint. And we sacrifice to the Bountiful Immortals, (the guardians) of the saints.
ysn.71 13. Frasha(.) Let the holy Zarathushtra himself seek out a friend and a protector. And I say to thee (O Zarathushtra!) to make to thee a friend holy beyond the holy, and truer than the true, for that is the better thing; for he is evil who is the best to the evil, and he is holy to whom the holy is a friend,
ysn.71 (14) for these are the best of words, those which Ahura Mazda spoke to Zarathushtra.
ysn.71 And do thou, O Zarathushtra! pronounce these words at the last ending of (thy) life.
ysn.71 15. For if, O Zarathushtra! thou shalt pronounce these words at the last ending of (thy) life I, Ahura Mazda, will keep your soul away from Hell. Yea, so far away shall I hold it as is the breadth and extension of the earth Pazand[() and the earth is as wide as it is long].

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