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RAM YAST |
In the Indian Sankrit, the word for the state of Bliss, : "Samadhi", means that one has reached a blissful state of Peaceful Joy: Peace AND Joy; the feeling of Ram, Raman Hvastra. This is just like the desired Kingdom of Peace, which we desire to reign "As in heaven, so also on Earth" (Khshathra Vairya ), but which must start as a personal achievement of Inner Peace. In this Yast it becomes clear which powers play a role on the way to it, and which sacrifice gains which reward.
I
ASHEM
Vohu :
the best of all Good.
II
I will
invoke
Peace, Whose
breath is
friendly. For His brightness and
glory, 
I will
offer to Him
a sacrifice with
Wisdom of
the tongue, with
Holy Spells,
Words and 
Deeds :
Invocations, with well-spoken
Words.
III
Grant
me this, o
Ahura of
Peace : that I
may make, in
my
reign, animals as well as
men to be
undying, 
Waters and 
Plants to be 
undrying, and the food for
eating
Creatures, to be
never-failing.
IV
In the reign of
Peace there
is neither 
cold wind nor hot wind,
neither old age nor death.
V
So spoke
the Ahura :
“My name is
“Peace”, o
Holy
Zarathustra !
My name is: "the
Worker of Good", because I
work
the good of 
the Creator,
Ahura Mazda, and of the
Ahuras.
VI
My name is:
“The
Strong”, my name is: “The
Strongest”,
my name is:
“He that
unites”, my name is:
“He that
re-unites”, my name is:
“Deliverance”, my name is:
“Welfare”.
VII
Do
invoke these
names of
Mine,
o
Holy
Zarathustra ! even in
the midst of 
the havocking hordes, in the midst of
the columns
moving forward, in the strife of
conflicting
Nations !
VIII
Do
invoke these
names of
Mine,
o
Holy
Zarathustra !
even when the
all-powerful 
tyrant of a country
falls upon
you, rushes upon you,
inflicts wounds upon you, or
hurls his
chariots against you, to rob you of your
Wealth, to rob
you of your 
Health !
IX
Invoke these
names of
Mine,
o
Holy
Zarathustra ! even
when a
man stands in
bonds, when a
man is being
thrown into
bonds, or when
a man is being
dragged into
bonds !
