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ORMAZD YAST |
I
Zarathustra
asked of
Ahura
Mazda :
“O
Ahura
Mazda, most
beneficent
Spirit,
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maker
of the
material World, You
Holy
One ! II
What of the
Holy
Word is the
strongest
:
what is the most
victorious :
what is the most
glorious :
what is the most
effective :
what is the best
healing
: what
destroys best the
malice of
Devas
and
Man : what
makes the
material World best come to the
fulfillment :
what
frees
the
material World best from the
anxieties of
the heart ?”
III
And
Ahura
Mazda
answered him :
”
Our Name, o
Zarathustra, of Us, who
are the
Ahuras !”
IV
Then
Zarathustra
spoke
thus:
“
Reveal
to me that
Name of
Yours, o
You:
Ahura
Mazda !”
V
Ahura
Mazda,
in
reply, said to
him :
“
My Name is : the
One of Whom
questions are asked,
o
Holy
Zarathustra !
My Name
is : The
Strong
One !
My Name is :
Perfection !
My Name is :
All good things that have been
created
by
Mazda,
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offspring of
the Holy Principle !
VI
My Name
is also :
Understanding :
My
Name is : The One with
Understanding ;
My
Name is :
Knowledge.
My
Name is :
Ahura.
My
Name is : The
Most Beneficent.
My
Name is : The
Unconquerable One.
My
Name is : He Who makes the
true account. My Name is : The
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All-seeing One. My Name is : The
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Healing One. My Name is :
The Creator. My Name is
Mazda,
the
All-knowing One !
VII
Do![]()
Worship
Me !
o
Zarathustra,
by
day and by
night ;
I will
come to
you,
for
help and for
joy !
VIII
I
: Ahura Mazda and the good Sraosha,
will
come to
you, for
your
help and
your
joy ;
the
Waters,
the
Plants,
and the
Fravashis of the Holy Ones will
come to
you, for
your
help and
your
joy !
IX
O
Zarathustra
: if
you
want to
destroy
the
malice,
of
Devas
and of
men,
then
you should
Invoke* these Names of
Me,
every
day and
every
night
!
*By the Ashem Vohu and Yatha Ahu Vairyo.
X
I am the
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Keeper :
I am
the
Creator and
I am
the
Maintainer,
I
am the
Discerner,
and
I
am the
Spirit !
XI
My
Name is : The
Bestower of
Health.
My Name is :
Ahura.
My Name is : Mazda, the
All-Knowing.
My Name is : the
Full-Seeing.
My Name is : the
Far-Seeing.
My Name is : the
Protector.
My
Name is : the
Producer of
Prosperity.
My
Name is : the Word of
Prosperity.
My
Name is : the liberal King.
My
Name is : He
Who does not deceive ;
My
Name is : He
Who is not deceived.
My Name is : He
Who conquers everything.
My
Name is : He
Who
has shaped everything :
My
Name is : the
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energetic One.
My Name is : the
great One.
My
Name is : the
good Sovereign.
My
Name is : the
Wisest of the Wise.
These
all are
My
Names !
XII
O
Zarathustra
!
He, who in this
material World shall
invoke and pronounce those
Names of
Mine : either
by
Day or by
Night ;
he who shall
invoke
Them when
he
rises up or when he
lies down,
when he
goes
out of his dwelling place,
or when
he
goes
out of his Town, or
when
he
goes
out of his Country
and
he
comes
into another Country :
those Names shall come in to
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keep him from behind
and to
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keep him from in front.
It will
be as if there were a
thousand
Men ![]()
watching over one
Man !
XIII
The
Will of the
Ahuras is the
Law of ASHA. (The
Will of the
Lord is
the
Law of
Holiness.)
O Holy
Zarathustra ! you
do
know this, and how it is, from
that
Understanding, which is
Mine
and
from
your
Knowledge of
Me, as
to how
the World
first
began and
as to how
it will
end."
XIV [And Zarathustra said:]
“
We
worship the Memory of
Ahura Mazda : to
keep the
great Word. We
worship the
Understanding of
Ahura Mazda :
to
study the
great Word. XV
We
worship the Tongue of
Ahura Mazda : to
speak forth the
great Word.
We
worship the
Creation of
Ahura Mazda
and the
Holy Creations of
ASHA, that
are
foremost in
greatness.
XVI
Here
I take as
Lord and
Master
the
greatest of All :
Ahura Mazda, to
increase
Ahura Mazda, Who
is so
Bright and
glorious ;to
make increase the
power of the
Ahuras ;
to make
increase the
power of the
Stars, that
are so
bright and
glorious ;
to make
increase the
strength of the
faithful Men ;
to make
increase the
strength of all the
Holy Creatures
of the
Beneficent
Spirit.
XVII
ASHA is the best of all good ; (
Holiness is the Best of all good.)
Give
unto that
faithful 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
victorious Offspring,
give
him
long, long Life, and
[at the end of it:]
grant
him to stay in the
bright, all-happy,
blissful
Abode of the
Holy Ones.”
XVIII [And Ahura Mazda spoke:]
“May it
so
come,
According to my
Blessing :
a
thousand
remedies, ten thousand remedies !
ASHA is the Best of All Good
(
Holiness is the Best of All Good.)”