I
Thus 
begged
Zarathustra of
Ahura
Mazda for an explanation :
“O,
Ahura
Mazda !
Creator of
the 
World,
You, One and
Only, Supreme God ! II
How shall
I
purify the
Fire ? how the
Water ? how
the 
Earth ?
how the 
Tree
? how the Faithful
Man ? and the 
Faithful Woman ? how the
Stars
? how the 
Moon
? how the Sun
? how the 
boundless
Light ? how
all good
things, that were
made by
Mazda, whose
offspring is the Holy
ASHA ?”
III
And
Ahura Mazda,
answering,
said :
“With
good
thoughts,
good words, and
good deeds :
clean shall
be the Fire,
clean the
Water, clean
the Earth,
clean the
Tree, clean
the Faithful
Man, clean
the
Faithful Woman,
clean the
Stars, clean
the Moon,
clean the
Sun, clean
the boundless
Light, clean
the good
things made
by Mazda,
whose
offspring is the Holy
ASHA.”
IV [And you shall recite the following thankful incantation:]
“Your
Fire,
we approach
with worship,
o,
Ahura Mazda ! Your
Waters,
we
worship,
o
Ahura
Mazda ! this
Earth,
we
worship,
o
Ahura
Mazda ! this
Earth, with
the
Women : this
Earth which
bears us, and
those
Women who are
Yours, o
Ahura !”
V [And a thankful incantation for the plants:]
“As a
reward for the
followers of
ASHA, Mazda
made the
plants to
grow ; let us
worship
Mazda in them.”
VI [Next follow the cleansing incantations for each individual's tasks:]
“Let
me drive
away the 
enemy that
comes upon the
Fire, upon
the Water,
upon the
Earth, and upon the
Tree. VII
Let
me
drive away
the 
uncleanness that
comes upon
the
Fire, upon the
Water, upon
the Earth,
and upon the
Tree.”
VIII
“Let me
drive away
all evil
things from the
Fire, from
the
Water, from the
Earth, and
from
the Tree, from the
Faithful
Man and the
Faithful Woman, from the
Stars, from the
Moon, from
the Sun, from
the boundless
Light, from all
good
things, made
by
Mazda, whose
offspring is the Holy
ASHA.”
IX
And 
then, you
shall say
the following victorious
words :
“O,
Mazda ! do
speak to me ; with your excellent
words and
your excellent
works, thatwe
have
deserved for our good
thoughts,
words and
deeds !”
