1 Propitiation be to the Wise Lord. A blessing is Righteousness the Best. I confess myself a worshipper of the Wise Lord, and of Zarathustra's order, a foe to the devils, devoted to the lore of the Lord, giving thanks for the early evening hours and the hours that further life, the holy times of the order of worship, for their worship, homage, propitiation, and praise, and for the furtherance of all happiness and the highest office in a province, the holy servants of the order of worship, for their worship, homage, propitiation, and praise. 2. And for the souls of the saints, and for the women who have many sons, and for that prosperity of home which lasts without reverse throughout the year, and for Strength, well-shaped and stately, and for the victorious Blow given by the Lord, and for the crushing Ascendency which it bestows, for all be propitiation. 3, 4. (See Gah I, 3, 4.) 5. And we give thanks for the early evening hours, the holy times of the order of worship, and to Thee, O Lord, who madest the fire, Thy sign! And we give thanks for the stone-mortar, and the iron-mortar, and this bundle of twigs spread with sanctity, with the offering, and with its girdle, holy things of the order of worship. Also we give thanks for the sacred two, the waters and the plants, and the sacred vows for the soul, holy things of the order of worship. 6. Also we give thanks for the furtherance of all happiness, ruling in the order of worship; and we give thanks for Zarathustra, the holy servant of the order of worship; also we give thanks for the bounteous holy word of reason, and for the soul of the cattle, and for the Zarathustrotema. 7. Also we give thanks for the priest of the fire, the holy servant of the order of worship, and for the charioteer, the warrior, the holy servant of the order of worship. Also we give thanks for the thrifty tiller of the earth, the holy servant of the order of worship. And we give thanks for the house-lord, and the village-chief, and the clan-chief, and the province-chief of the province, the holy servant of the order of worship. 8. And we give thanks for the youth of the good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, even the youth of good conscience, the holy servant of the order of worship; yea, we give thanks for the youth of the spoken word who spoke the words which we hold so dear, the holy servant of the order of worship. Yea, we give thanks for the youth who is given to his kin and married to his blood, the holy servant of the order of worship. And we give thanks for him who ranges through the province, and the itinerant with his many arts, the holy servants of the order of worship. And we give thanks for the house-mistress, holy, and ruling in the order of worship. 9. And we give thanks for the holy woman forward in good thoughts, and words, and deeds, receiving her instructions well, having her husband as her lord, the holy, and such as Piety, the bounteous, is, and such as are the wives of the faithful, O Lord!

And we give thanks for the holy man most forward in good thoughts, and words, and works, wise as to piety, simple as to sin, by whose deeds the settlements advance in the holy order, for the worship and homage of the Zarathustrotema, the lord. And we give thanks for the Zarathustrotema, the holy servant of the order of worship. 10. And we give thanks for the good, heroic, bountiful souls of the saints, and for the women who have many sons, and for that Prosperity which endures throughout the year, and for the well-shaped and stately Strength. And we give thanks for the Blow of Victory, given by the Lord, and for the crushing Ascendency which it secures. 11, 12. (See Gah I, 9, 10.) 13. The Ahuna-vairya, etc.