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ARDIBEHIST YAST |
I
Zarathustra
said :
“Say to
me
just how
the right
Words, are, o
Ahura Mazda
!
In order that
I may
increase
ASHA with hymns of
praise, with
performance of the
Word, with
Invocations,
Holy
Words,
Sacrifice,
Blessings and
Adoration, so that I may once abide in the
Shining,
Luminous
Space, in the
beautiful
Abodes
[heaven], as reward for the
Sacrifice and
Invocation of You, Who Is : The
Ahuras."
[And Ahura Mazda spoke the right words :]
II"
I
proclaim
ASHA ;
and since I
proclaim
ASHA, then
easy should be the
Way to the
Abode of
the
Amesha
Spentas, which
Ahura Mazda
keeps with
Good
Thoughts, which
Ahura Mazda
keeps with
Good Words,
which
Ahura Mazda
keeps with
Good
Deeds !
III
The
invocation of
ASHA
[=The ASHEM VOHU] is
the
Greatest of
Holy Spells, it is the
Best of
Holy
Spells, is the
very Best of All
Spells, is the
very
Fairest of All
Spells, is the most
dependable among
Holy
Spells, is the
most
resolute of All
Spells, is the
Victorious
One amongst
Holy Spells, is the
Healing One
amongst
Holy
Spells, is the
Best Healing of All
Spells !
IV
One may
heal with
Goodness ;
one may
heal with
The
Law ;
one may
heal with
the
Knife ;
one
may
heal
with
Herbs ;
one may
heal with
the
Wise
Word.
V
Amongst the
remedies,
this one is the healing one, that
heals with
the
Wise
Word ;
this
one it is, that will best
drive away
sickness
from the
body of the
Faithful ; for
this one
is the
Best
healing of
all remedies.
VI
Sickness
always
fled away before it,
death
fled
away, the
Deva
fled
away, the
Deva’s
work
fled away
; the
brood of
the beast
fled away ;
pride
fled
away ;
scorn
fled away
;
hot fever
fled away
;
slander
fled away ;
discord
fled away : the
evil
fled
away the most
lying words of falsehood
fled
away.”
VII
Then [, in reaction]
Angra
Mainyu
exclaimed :
“
Woe is me
! Here
is
ASHA,
who will
smite all
sicknesses;
who will
smite all
deaths ;
who
will
smite the
oppressors of men ;
who will
smite
pride
;
who will
smite
scorn ;
who will
smite
hot
fevers ;
who
will
smite all
slanders ;
who
will
smite all
discords ;
who
will
smite the worst of
evil ;
who will
smite the most
lying words of falsehood.”
VIII [And Ahura Mazda concluded:]
"
I
bless the
invocation
and Prayer, the
strength
and
vigour
of
ASHA."