GATHA'S, part 1:
AHUNAVAD GÂTHÂ
YASNA XXXII
I
And the
evil teacher
may
destroy
our Teachings ! he may
pervert the
True
Understanding of Life,
seizing away from me my
riches, which is : the
choice and real wealth of Your
Good Mind.
II
To
You, and
to
ASHA, O
Ahura Mazda !
do
I therefore
cry
aloud, with the voice of my Spirit !
III
Yea, such liars may be able to
destroy my life, for they consult with
evil !
IV
For
evil
will
seek
after these things by means of her
evil
kingdom, situated in the
abode of
darkness and chaos, which is the
worst mind.
These ![]()
two : together they are the
destroyers of life !
V
But I get my
reward from
that
Best,
One God, who
teaches in
the far-reaching
mental light of
ASHA, and who, together with Sraosha and Mithra, rules as
Supreme
God ; O
You,
Ahura Mazda ! However
bad my
woes and feelings of doubt may be,
Yea, it is within His
Power to
let His
Sraosha
and Mithra
heal them.
YASNA XXXIII
I
As by the
Laws of the
Cosmic Order, so will our
spiritual chieftain act, he who is
named :
Zarathustra, by the
Lord.
II
He will do most
just deeds
toward the
wicked, and
will be equally
just toward the
righteous, and also
just
toward him,
whose
deeds of fraud and
whose
righteous deeds ![]()
combine in equal measure.
III
I, who,
abjuring sin,
call earnestly upon all assisting
Ahuras to be
obedient to
You,
entreating the
Greatest One of them for
help
unto us, thereby gaining
long life in the
realm of Your
Good Mind, which is incarnated in
our minds
; and for paths that lead
straight from
the
Cosmic Order, wherein
Ahura Mazda
does
dwell .
IV
Because
I,
therefore, do
abjure the
evil mind and all
disobedience,
arrogance and
falsehood, O
Mazda ! I would beseech of
You for a
sight of
You, and for
consultation with
You !
V
Please : do make
that our
bodily
[love-] and our
personal
life will be
blessed by the
Ahuras through Your
Good Mind, Your
Sovereign Power, and Your
Love.
VI
And, O
You, Who are the most
beneficent,
Ahura Mazda ! and
You, Who also are the
Cosmic Order and Who are
furthering on the ![]()
Kingdom ; and You, the
Good Mind, and the
Sovereign Power !
Please, do hear
me,
all of you, I
pray
You, and Have
mercy for
every Deed, whatsoever, which
I do.
VII
O
Ahura Mazda ! Will You please
reveal
Your
Nature to
me,
which is the
Power of
the
Ahuras of Thy
Holy Kingdom, and do reveal the Blessed
Gifts of Thy
Good Mind through
These Ahuras
!
VIII
And
You, O Gracious
Love, do
demonstrate Spiritual
Truth through Your
Cosmic Order.
IX
Thus
Zarathustra
does give the
very
life of his being, as an
offering.
X
And,
likewise, O
Mazda ! he offers the
priority of the
Good Mind, whose
superiority
is gained by his
Love.
XI
And,
above all things else,
he
offers his
Obedience in
Deed and in
Speech, to You, and These, in
harmony with Your established
Sovereign power:
ASHA !
YASNA XXXIV
I
Immortality and the
Cosmic Order,
You
have
given, O
Mazda ! to
all, through Holy
Deeds,
Words and
Thoughts.
II
All these
gifts of the
Good Spirit have been
offered back in
gratitude to
You, by the
Mind and the
Deed of the
generous man whose
Soul goes forth
hand in hand with the
thoughtful
man, whose life is
progressing in
harmony with the
Cosmic Order, all in
homage to
You, O
Mazda ! and with
Invocations by thankful
devotees.
III
What is then the nature of Your
Kingdom, O
Mazda ?
IV
and what are Your
riches ?
For
sure it is this: that
I may
become perfect in my actions, like
You, Yourself:
living in tune with the
Cosmic Order and Your
Good Mind !
V
Truly,
O
Mazda ! You
are
present,
vested in the
Cosmic Order and Your
Good Mind!
VI
Do then please
grant me
Your indication as to how I may approach
You, the more
devotedly, in my
Worship ! VII
We are Your
worshippers,
O
Mazda ! Your
helpers, who, as the
enlightened of Your
Good Mind, are
giving forth the Teachings with the
illumination
of
Radiant Thought as
inherited Treasure.
VIII
Aye,
they who
desert Your
bountiful Path, O
Mazda ! that one which is
desired by You,
O You
Omniscient !
they
thus
do
abandon it by reason of the
evil-doer, and in their
ignorance of Your
Good Mind.
IX
Yea, please do
show me, O
Mazda ! that
Path and its reward; tell me the
Best of Truths; reveal the
Best Words and
Best Actions through Your
Good Mind, which is living
within
us [which You placed in our souls], and
through the
Cosmic Order
[which You placed in our bodies], O
Ahura !
X
And may You, by Your Sovereign
Power and Your
Grace,
make life truly
progressive until
Perfection shall have been
attained !