The Fshusho-mathra.

1 Introduction. To the increase of our homage and praise of God we offer this service which, as our defence, may shield us, which is worship with its beneficent results; and Blessedness is with it of a verity, and Piety as well. And of this worship the results here mentioned are the well-thought thought, the word well spoken, and the deed well done; and let this our worship shelter us from the devil and from the evil-minded man. 2. And to this worship do we commit our settlements and persons for protection and care, for guarding, and for oversight; (3) and in this worship will we abide, O Wise Lord! and with joy.

In this worship do we exercise our choices; and to it will we approach, and to it will we belong; yea, to reverent worship will we commit our settlements and persons for protection, and for care, for guarding, and for oversight, to such worship as is the praise of such as Thee.

The holy word.

4 The owner of herds is the righteous one, and he is victorious when he strikes, and thus he is the best; we therefore offer this service for herd-owners, for the herd-owner is the father of the kine by the help of him who follows the order of worship; and he is the father of the holy man as well, and of the sanctified creation. He is in verity the bestower of blessings, and to him, O Ye Bountiful Immortals! we render, and his do we make Your greatness, Your goodness, and Your spiritual beauty, and let this man, the cattle-owner, approach to guard over us; and may he be our watchman together with the Righteous Order, and with store for our nourishment and full generous liberality, together with sharing of the goods, with gentleness, and with the sacred light of the Wise Lord!

5 O Ye Bountiful Immortals! as Ye have been made by God to serve, so by His leave do Ye help to save us, holy men, and saintly women as we are, and steadfast in the faith. Save us, O Ye Bountiful Immortals! Ye who rule aright, and who dispose all aright, for none other do I know, save the Lord; then with Thy Righteousness, O God, do Thou save us.

6 And we offer hereby our thoughts, and words, and actions, our herds, and men, to the Bountiful Spirit. And may the creative lights of the Wise Lord, the Creator, shine down on us, and round about us, with full herds and healthy settlements, with healthy herds and healthy men, and with all in vigour, and endowed with the blessing of the Lord. 7. Praise to Thee, O God, Who madest the light of fire! may it come to us in the greatest of the engrossing interests, for the help of the great effort, for the joy-producing grace of the great interest of our cause; grant us both Weal and Deathlessness!

8 We give thanks to God for the entire collection of the Praises of the Yasna, with the careful structure of their language which has reached the most its object. And we offer our homage in our celebrations to Thee, O Wise Lord, Who hast created the most beautiful of forms, these stars, and the highest of the high, such as the sun is called, which are Thy signs. Yea, we honour the Praises of the Yasna which were the production of the world of old.