The Most Worthy Invocation
[Zarathustra asked:]I
"O
Ahura
Mazda, which
invocation
is the most worthy of
You, in
Greatness and
goodness?"
II
Ahura Mazda answered, and
said :
"It is
that one, O
Holy
Zarathustra ! that
a
man delivers when eating the
gifts [of
food]
of the
Ahuras -
Haurvatat and
Ameretat, at the same time
professing
Good
Thoughts,
good Words, and
good
Deeds, and
rejecting
evil thoughts,
evil words and
evil
deeds. III
It is
that one,
O
Holy
Zarathustra !
that a
man
delivers when
waking up and rising from sleep, at the same time
professing
Good
Thoughts,
good Words, and
good
Deeds, and
rejecting
evil thoughts,
evil words and
evil
deeds.
IV
It is
that one, O
Holy
Zarathustra ! that
a
man delivers
in
the last moments of his life, at the same time
professing
Good
Thoughts,
good Words, and
good
Deeds, and
rejecting
evil thoughts,
evil words and
evil
deeds.
V
It is
that one,
O
Holy
Zarathustra !
that a
man
delivers to
renounce
evil thoughts,
evil words and
evil
deeds."