Waters and Light.

Ii.

2 (3). 'Come, come on, O clouds [by GOD's command], along the sky, through the air, down on the earth, by thousands of drops, by myriads of drops:' thus say, O holy Zarathustra! 'to destroy sickness altogether, to destroy death altogether, to destroy altogether the sickness made by the Gaini, to destroy altogether the death made by the Gaini, to destroy altogether Gadha and Apagadha.

3 (9). 'If death come at eve, may healing come at daybreak!

'If death come at daybreak, may healing come at night!

'If death come at night, may healing come at dawn!

'Let showers shower down new waters, new earth, new trees, new health, and new healing powers.

III a.

4 (15). 'As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of waters, rise up, go up the aerial way and go down on the earth; go down on the earth and go up the aerial way. Rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda [GOD the Wise Lord] made the aerial way.

5 (20). 'Up! rise up and roll along! thou swift-horsed sun, above Hara Berezaiti, and produce light for the world (and mayst thou (O man!) rise up there, if thou art to abide in Garo-nmana [the Garden]), along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods [angels], the watery way they opened.

6 (23). 'And thou shalt keep away the evil by this [prayer]: [By GOD's leave,] of thee (O child!) I will cleanse the birth and growth; of thee (O woman!) I will make the body and the strength pure; I make thee a woman rich in children and rich in milk;

7 (27). 'A woman rich in seed, in milk, in fat, in marrow, and in offspring. [GOD shall] make for thee a thousand springs flow and run towards the pastures that will give food to the child.

III b.

8 (30). 'As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of waters, rise up, go up the aerial way, and go down on the earth; go down on the earth and go up the aerial way. Rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made the earth.

9 (31). 'Up! rise up, thou moon, that dost keep in thee the seed of the bull, rise up above Hara Berezaiti, and produce light for the world (and mayst thou (O man!) rise up there, if thou art to abide in Garo-nmana), along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way they opened.

10 (32). 'And thou shalt keep away the evil by this [prayer]: [By GOD's leave,] of thee (O child!) I will cleanse the birth and growth; of thee (O woman!) I will make the body and the strength pure; I make thee a woman rich in children and rich in milk;

11 (32). 'A woman rich in seed, in milk, in fat, in marrow, and in offspring. [GOD shall] make for thee a thousand springs flow and run towards the pastures that will give food to the child.

III c.

12 (32). 'As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of waters, rise up, go up the aerial way, and go down on the earth; go down on the earth and go up the aerial way. Rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made everything grow.

13 (33). 'Up! rise up, ye stars, that have in you the seed of waters, rise up above Hara Berezaiti, and produce light for the world (and mayst thou (O man!) rise up there, if thou art to abide in Garo-nmana), along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way they opened.

14 (34). 'And thou shalt keep away the evil by this [prayer]: [By GOD's leave,] of thee (O child!) I will cleanse the birth and growth; of thee (O woman!) I will make the body and the strength pure; I make thee a woman rich in children and rich in milk;

15 (34). 'A woman rich in seed, in milk, in fat, in marrow, and in offspring. [GOD shall] make for thee a thousand springs flow and run towards the pastures that will give food to the child.

16 (34). 'As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of waters, rise up and gather together, go up the aerial way and go down on the earth; go down on the earth and go up the aerial way. Rise up and roll along!

17 (35). 'Up! rise up! away will the Kaznu fly and cry, away will Ayadhi fly and cry, away will the Gahi, who is addicted to the Yatu, fly and cry.

Iv.

(18. 'I drive away Ishire, I drive away Aghuire, I drive away Aghra, I drive away Ughra; I drive away sickness, I drive away death, I drive away pain and fever; I drive away Sarana, I drive away Sarasti, I drive away Azana, I drive away Asahva, I drive away Kurugha, I drive away Asivaka, I drive away Duruka, I drive away Astairya; I drive away the disease, rottenness, and infection [that afflict] the bodies of mortals.

19 'I drive away all manner of diseases and deaths, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.

20 '[O GOD,] may the much-desired Airyaman [the angel] come here, for the men and women of Zarathustra to rejoice, for the faithful to rejoice; with the desirable reward that is won by means of the law, and with that boon for holiness that is vouchsafed by Ahura!

21 'May the much-desired Airyaman smite all manner of diseases and deaths, all the Yatus and Pairikas, and all the wicked Gainis.

22 'Yatha ahu vairyo: -- the will of the Lord . . .

'Kem na mazda: -- whom hast thou placed to protect me . . . ?

'Ke verethrem ga: -- who is he who will smite the fiend . . . ?

23 'Keep us from our hater, O Mazda [through] Armaiti Spenta! Perish, O fiendish Druj! Perish, O brood of the fiend! Perish, O world of the fiend! Perish away, O Druj! Perish away to the regions of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit!')