GĀTHĀS, part 3:
SPENTOMAD GĀTHĀ
YASNA XLVII
I
And to this
man
[the Ashavan, Good Man]
Ahura Mazda will
give both the two greatest gifts : His
universal Weal and
Immortality, by means of
His bountiful Spirit, and with His
Best Mind, due to His desire to
maintain His
Cosmic Order in
Word and
Deed, and by the
strength and
wisdom of His ![]()
Cosmic Sovereign Power.
II
And by such wise beneficence He is the
Father of the
Cosmic Order within our
worship and in
our
lives.
III
Only the ![]()
simple man
does give freely and
without any obligation to Your
Ashavan ; but the
inferior man, who already does have
wealth and
ruling power, remains at the
service of the
wicked. IV
Far remote from Your Love, the
wicked man
keeps taking his portion, and keeps
acting according to the
evil mind !
V
By
Your
bounteous Spirit and by Your
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Holy Fire, by the
prosperous increase of the
Cosmic Order, You will
teach the
many ones who still are to come,
in search of Your
Kingdom.
YASNA XLVIII
I
For, to an
enlightened
man, the Best of
Teachings
is that, which the
beneficent
Ahura does
proclaim, and
he is
full of blessing and
wise with
His Intelligence, through the
revelations of His
Order.
II
This
person, who
thus has become like
You, O
Mazda !
will then be endowed with the
Understanding
Thought of
Your
Good Mind.
III
How
shall
I
seek the open
helpers for the spread and
maintenance of Your
Good Order, while
I myself find
my life in the
Good Deeds of Your
Good Spirit ?
IV
Who
shall be the
ones that will give us
peace and
quietness
from the
inferior man,
who
leads his evil life in
faithlessness ?
V, and to
who shall the
sacred
wisdom of
Your
Good Mind
come, to
guide
them ?
VI
Such people shall
they be, who
through the Grace of Your
Good Mind,
shall
go
on, hand in hand, with
mental
keenness, by doing every
Deed according to Your
commandment, O
Ahura !
through the
help of, and
in accordance
with
Your
Holy Order :
ASHA !
YASNA XLIX
I
For
every
man of
piety is a
wise
citizen
in accordance
with the
Holy Order ;
and so are
they all, who
are,
in truth within
Your
Realm, O
Lord !
II
And as
we
speak it forth as
taught by
ASHA, then let
the zealous
followers
give
heed, and with Your
Good Mind,
O
Ahura Mazda !
Yea, let
them
give
ear
in accordance
with the dictate of Your
Holy Order.
III
But
as the
evil
ones, the
souls of the evil dead, shall
meet those
evil men who
serve their
rulers,
who
speak with
evil words, and harbor
evil
consciences, those
souls shall come, and verily, in the
abode of
falsehood [the place of eternal darkness, Hell]
their
dwelling shall be, with evil
food and
thought !
YASNA L
I
We are in
readiness to declare
Your
Words,
O
Ahura Mazda ! through
Your
Grace and
in accordance
with Your
Holy Order,
since
You do
advance with
friendliness, to
cheer the
speaker of
Your
Word.
II
I,
Zarathustra, as
faithful
friend,
in accordance with the
Holy
Order, and
giver of
Understanding,
do proclaim and
teach
all good
things
in accordance
with Your
Good
Mind, as my
Law !
III
Your
Holy Works
: the
Stars, the
Suns, and the
Aurora which
brings on the
Light of Days, they are
all,
through their
Cosmic Order,
speaking
Your
praise, O You Great
Giver, O
Lord !