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GOS YAST |
Gos or Geush meant the spirit of Living Nature, creation, in a wider sense (Geush Urvaan). Originally the Bull was a symbol for the whole of it, even including mankind, but in a narrower meaning it was used to indicated the cattle that became so all-important for the agrarian people that had settled down in Aireanem Vaeja (hence: Iran), which would later grow into the Persian Empire. The Cattle did supply the essential manure to make the earth fertile for agriculture, and of course also all the other products from the cattle became very important to the agrarian people living the Peaceful way that Zarathustra taught, instead of their previous nomad way, which nearly always included raiding neighbouring tribes. So it was very important to obtain divine protection to preserve all the livestock of the farm.

[Zarathustra said:]
I
"
We
sacrifice to the
powerful
Preserver,
made
by
Mazda,
who keeps the
Flocks in
Health, the
herds in
Health, the
grown up Cattle in
Health, the
young ones
in
Health
; who
watches well from afar, with a
wide-spread
and
long-continued
Welfare, ![]()
welfare-giving
Friendship ;
health-giving,
powerful to
stand and
powerful to turn to for
assistance,
by the
Faithful.
II
To the
Preserver
we
are
offering
the
Haoma, the
Wisdom of the Tongue,
Holy Spells :
Speech,
Deeds,
Libations and rightly-spoken
Words.
III
Do
Grant me,
O good
Preserver, that
I may
bring down
Abundance to the
World
created by
Mazda ; that
I
may
bring
down
Immortality to the
World
created by
Mazda ; that
I
may
take
away both
hunger and
thirst,
from the
World
created by
Mazda ; that
I
may
take
away both
old age and
death, from the
World
created by
Mazda."
IV
And the great
Zarathustra did offer up a
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sacrifice to the
Preserver
: with
Haoma, with
Wisdom of the Tongue, with
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Holy Spells, with
Speech ; with
Deeds accompanied by rightly-spoken
Words. V
And he
begged
the
Preserver, saying :
"O
good, most
beneficent
Preserver
!
grant me
that
I may
think according to the
Law, may
speak according to the
Law, and may
do according
to the
Law
; that
You
may
spread my Mazdean
Law and
make it
known, and
that
You
may
bestow beautiful
Praises upon
my
Deeds."
VI
The
strong
Preserver,
made by
Mazda, the
Holy Preserver, the
Maintainer, did
grant
him that
Boon as
he was
invoking
the
Preserver, saying :
"
I
bless the
strength and
vigor of the
powerful
Preserver,
made by
Mazda ! VII
ASHA is the
Best of
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All Good.
Give unto
Man
brightness and
glory !
give
him
Health of
body,
give
him the
bright,
all-happy,
blissful abode of the
Preserver."

The Preserver on Guard during all of the Day
(sun on left bunch of arrows) and Night (moon on top of other arrows)