Prayers for the Dwelling of the Offerer.

1 Thus that which is better than the good may he approach, who shows to us straight paths of profit appertaining to this bodily life and to the mental likewise, in the eternal realms where the Lord dwells; yea, may he approach it, who is Thy worthy servant, and good citizen, O great giver, Lord!

2 May these blessings approach this house, which are the wise perceptions of the saints, the sacred blessings bestowed through worship, their guileless characteristics, together with their recognition of what is due; and may the Righteous Order appear for this village, and the divine Sovereign Power, together with the benefit and glorious welfare which ensues.

3 And with these the long enduring prominence of this Religion of the Lord, the faith of Zarathustra. And may the cattle be now with greatest speed within the farm-yard of this house, most speedily may the rewarded sanctity and the strength of the holy man be here, most speedily as well the lore of the Lord. 4. And may the good and heroic and bountiful souls of the righteous come here, and may they go hand in hand with us with the healing virtues of their blessed gifts as wide-spread as the earth, as far-spread as the rivers, as high-reaching as the sun, for the furtherance of the better men, for the hindrance of the hostile, and for the abundant growth of riches and of glory.

5 May Obedience conquer disobedience within this house, and may peace triumph over discord here, and generous giving over avarice, reverence over contempt, speech with truthful words over lying utterance. May the Righteous Order gain the victory over the Demon of the Lie.

6 As in this house the Bountiful Immortals seek for good Yasnas and good praises from the blessed Obedience who governs here, and as they seek for one good sacrifice and act of homage, which is a good offering to God for our salvation, and a good offering in praise, together with a long continued offering of the entire self, (7) let not then the brilliant glory ever desert this house, nor the bright abundance, nor an illustrious offspring legitimately born, nor that long continued companionship which is the furtherance of that good blessedness which teaches concerning glory. 8-10 (= Y. VIII, 5-7).

11 In order that our minds may be delighted, and our souls the best, let our bodies be glorified as well, and let them, O Wise Lord! go likewise openly unto Heaven as the best world of the saints devoted to the Lord, (12) and accompanied by Righteousness the Best, and the most beautiful! And may we see Thy favour, and may we, approaching, come around about Thee, and attain to entire nearness to Thee! And we honour the Righteous Order, the best, the most beautiful, the bounteous Immortal!