May God the Wise Lord be glorified! May Satan be afflicted! . . .

Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. . . .

I confess myself a worshipper of God, a follower of the messenger Zarathushtra, one who hates the devils and obeys the laws of God;

For devotion, prayer, thanksgiving, and glorification unto God, the holy and master of holiness.

For the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, His blessing of the flocks;

Be thanksgiving, with devotion, prayer, thanksgiving, and glorification.

Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness. . . .

I.

1 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps the flocks in health, the herds in health, the grown-up cattle in health, the young ones in health; that watches well from afar, with a wide-spread and long-continued welfare-giving friendship;

2 That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked, its wheels sounding, fat and glistening, strong, tall-formed, weal-possessing, health-giving, powerful to stand and powerful to turn for assistance to the faithful.

3 For this blessing did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice to God on the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by God, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, and ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations:

4 "Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent God, that I may overcome all the devils of Mazandaran; that I may never fear and bow through terror before the devils, but that all the devils may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness."

5 God granted him that boon, as he was offering libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

6 For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer a sacrifice well performed, in thanks for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy. We offer up libations to God in thanks for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy; we offer the Haoma-drink and meat, the sacred twigs, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy prayers, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words, to God alone.

Yenghe hatam: All those beings of whom God the Wise Lord knows the goodness. . . .

II.

7 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps the flocks in health. . . .

That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked. . . . for assistance to the faithful.

8 For this blessing did Yima the Radiant, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice to God from the height Hukairya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations:

9 "Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent God, that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by God; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by God;

10 "That I may take away both hunger and thirst from the world created by God; that I may take away both old age and death from the world created by God; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind from the world created by God, for a thousand years."

11 God granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard. . . .

III.

12 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps the flocks in health. . . .

That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked. . . . for assistance to the faithful.

13 For this blessing did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, offer up a sacrifice to God in the four-cornered Varena, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations:

14 "Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent God, that I may overcome Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Falsehood, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Falsehood that Satan created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two captives, Savanghavak and Erenavak, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures in the world."

15 God granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard. . . .

IV.

16 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps flocks in health. . . .

That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked. . . . for assistance to the faithful.

17 For this blessing did the first presser of the Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, offer up a sacrifice to God upon the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza. He begged of God a boon, saying:

18 "Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent God, that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto King Husravah, that King Husravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a righteous man."

19 God granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard. . . .

V.

20 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps the flocks in health. . . .

That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked. . . . for assistance to the faithful.

21 For this blessing did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Arya nations into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice to God, behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and an offering of libations:

22 "Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent God, that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a righteous man."

23 God granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard. . . .

VI.

24 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps the flocks in health. . . .

That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked. . . . for assistance to the faithful.

25 For this blessing did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice to God in the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma-drink and meat, with the sacred twigs, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy prayers, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words. He begged of God a boon, saying:

26 "O good, most beneficent God! grant me this boon, that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law, that she may spread my Mazdean law and make it known, and that she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds."

27 God granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard. . . .

VII.

28 We give thanks to God for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy, that keeps the flocks in health. . . .

That is like a chariot with teams of horses yoked. . . . for assistance to the faithful.

29 For this blessing did the tall King Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice to God behind the waters of the river Daitya, with a hundred male horses, a thousand oxen, ten thousand lambs, and with an offering of libations:

30 "Grant me this boon, O good, most beneficent God, that I may put to flight Ashta-aurvant, the son of Vispa-thaurvo-asti, the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred camels follow; that I may put to flight the Hyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I may put to flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the devils;

31 "And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may smite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the devils; and that I may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the Hyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hyaona nations their fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads."

32 God granted him that boon, as he was offering up libations, giving gifts, sacrificing, and entreating that He would grant him that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer unto God a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer a sacrifice well performed, in thanks for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy. We offer up libations to God in thanks for the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy; we offer the Haoma-drink and meat, the sacred twigs, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy prayers, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words, to God alone.

Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness. . . .

I bless the devotion and prayer to God, and I give thanks for the strength and vigour of the powerful Drvaspa, made by God and holy.

Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. . . .

O God, give unto that man brightness and glory, give him health of body, . . . give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones.