Prayers chiefly for Grace and for the Words of Revelation.

1 A strengthening blessing is the thought, a blessing is the word, a blessing is the deed of the righteous Zarathustra. May God accept and help on the chants. Praise be to God for these sacred Gathas!

2 With venerating desire for this gift of gracious help, O Wise Lord, and stretching forth my hands to Thee, I pray for the first blessing of Thy bountiful Spirit; that is, I beseech of Thee that my actions toward all may be performed in Righteousness; and with this I implore from Thee the understanding of Thy Benevolent Mind, in order that I may propitiate the Soul of the Kine, our herds and folk, which cries so bitterly to Thee.

3 And therefore, O Great Creator, the Living Lord, inspired by Thy Benevolent Mind, I approach Thee, and beseech Thee to grant me, as a bountiful gift for both the worlds, the corporeal and that of mind, those attainments which are to be derived from Righteousness, and by means of which those who receive them may be brought into beatitude and glory!

4 O God, I will worship Thee, Wise Lord, the First, Thee alone; and I will hold fast to Righteousness and to Thy Benevolent Mind, which are Thy gifts. Through Piety, which Thou givest, Thou causest the imperishable Kingdom to advance. And while I thus utter my supplications to Thee, answer my calls and help!

5 Yea, I will approach Thee with my supplications, I who am delivering up my mind and soul to that heavenly abode, the Garden, knowing full well the holy characteristics and rewards of the ceremonial and moral actions prescribed by the Wise Lord. And so long as I am able and have the power, so long will I teach Thy people concerning these holy deeds to be done by them with faith toward God, and in the desire for the coming of Righteousness within their souls.

6 And, O Lord, when shall I see Thy Righteousness, knowing Thy Good Mind, and above all Obedience, which constitutes the way to Thee, the most beneficent Wise Lord? Asking this, I thus beseech Thee, for with this holy word of supplication we hold off with the tongue the flesh-devouring fiends, the very sign and power of all spiritual foulness!

7 And do Thou, O Lord, the Great Creator, draw near to me with Thy Good Mind; and do Thou, who bestowest gifts through Thy Righteousness, bestow alike long-lasting life on us. And that this life may be spent aright, do Thou by means of Thy lofty words bestow the needed powerful spiritual help upon Zarathustra and upon us, whereby we may overcome the torments of the tormentor.

8 And do Thou, O God, bestow upon me, through Righteousness, that sacred blessing which is constituted by the attainments of the Good Mind; and grant, through Piety, unto Vishtaspa and to me our wish; yea, mayest Thou grant us, O Wise Lord, ruler as Thou art, that grace whereby we may hear with understanding Thy benignant words.

9 That best of gifts do I beseech of Thee, O Thou best of beings, Wise Lord, whose will is in accord with Thy Righteousness, the best of all; desiring it for the heroic man Frashaoshtra, and for me, upon whom also mayest Thou bestow it, not for time alone, but for all the ages of Thy Good Mind, that reign of Thy benevolence which shall be to us as the Garden!

10 And moved by these gifts of strengthening grace which Thou mayest give in answer to these prayers, may we never anger Thee, O Wise Lord, nor go against Thy Righteousness, nor Thy Kindly Mind, since we have most earnestly made effort in the chanted offering of Thy praisers, for most easy to be invoked art Thou. Thine are verily both the desire for spiritual blessings for us and the power to grant them.

11 And therefore do Thou, O Lord, the Great Creator, fill up and satisfy my desire with these attainments of the grace of Thy Good Mind, which Thou dost know to be derived from Righteousness, and which are verily sublime, for I have known Thine instructions to be never void of their effect in the struggles for our daily food, and therefore worthy objects of desire.

12 Yea, I approach Thee with my prayers, I who by these great gifts of grace will protect Righteousness and the Good Mind for ever. And do Thou therefore, O Wise Lord, teach me from Thyself, yea, through Thy revelation, Thy word of spirit, that I may declare it forth to these Thy waiting people, by what powers and according to what laws the primeval world came into being!