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1 In the name of God we remember Ashi Vanguhi, Righteous Fortune, who is shining, high, tall-formed, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful;

2 Created by the Wise Lord, who endows all the benefactors with the enlivening intelligence; she also brings heavenly wisdom, by God's leave, and comes to help him who calls upon God from near and him who calls upon God from afar, and gives offerings of gifts for God's sake.

3 For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God worth being heard; I will offer up to God a good devotion with an offering of gifts, in remembrance of Righteous Fortune, with the offerings, with the healing plant and meat, with the twigs, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy prayers, with the words, with the deeds, with the offerings, and with the rightly-spoken words.

All those beings of whom the Wise Lord ....

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4 In the name of God we remember Ashi Vanguhi, Righteous Fortune, who is shining, high, tall-formed, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful.

5 Gratitude unto God for the healing plant, and for the Holy Word, and for the holy Zarathustra!

Gratitude for the healing plant, because all other drinks are attended with Wrath, the fiend of the wounding spear: but the drinking of the healing plant is attended with Holiness and with Righteous Fortune herself.

6 Righteous Fortune is fair; she is radiant with joy; she is far-piercing with her rays. Righteous Fortune gives good Glory unto those men whom she follows. Full of perfumes is the house in which the good, powerful Righteous Fortune puts her feet, for long friendship.

7 Those men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! are kings of kingdoms, that are rich in horses, with large tributes, with snorting horses, sounding chariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments and in stores of food; well-scented where the beds are spread and full of all the other riches that may be wished for. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

8 Those men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have houses that stand well laid up, rich in cattle, foremost in holiness, and long-supported. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

9 The men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have beds that stand well-spread, well-adorned, well-made, provided with cushions and with feet inlaid with gold. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

10 The men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have their ladies that sit on their beds, waiting for them: they lie on the cushions, adorning themselves, with square bored ear-rings and a necklace of gold: "When will our lord come? when shall we enjoy the joys of love together?" Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

11 The men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have daughters that sit ...., thin is their waist, beautiful is their body, long are their fingers; they are as fair of shape as those who look on can wish. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

12 The men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have horses swift and loud-neighing; they drive the chariot lightly, they take it to the battle, they bear a gallant servant of God, who has many horses, a solid chariot, a sharp spear, a long spear, and swift arrows, who hits his aim, pursuing after his enemies, and smiting his foes. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

13 The men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have large-humped, burden-bearing camels, flying from the ground or fighting with holy fieriness. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

14 The men whom thou dost attend, O Righteous Fortune! have hoards of silver and gold brought together from far distant regions; and garments of splendid make. Happy the man whom she attends! May God grant that she attend me, rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong!

15 Do not turn thy look from me! turn thy mercy towards me, O great Righteous Fortune! thou art well-made and of a noble seed; thou art sovereign at God's wish; thou art Glory in a bodily form.

16 Thy Lord is the Wise Lord, the greatest in majesty, the best; thy companions are Devout Humility, the holy angel Sraosha, and the tall and strong angel of Truth, and the covenant of the Friend, Lord of wide pastures, who has ten thousand watchers and a thousand ears; thy kin is the Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord.

17 Praised by the angels, unoffended by the righteous, the great Righteous Fortune stood up on her chariot, thus speaking: "Who art thou who dost call upon God, whose voice is to my ear the sweetest of all that called most?"

18 And he said aloud: "I am Spitama Zarathustra, who, first of mortals, recited the praise of the excellent Holiness and offered up devotion unto the Wise Lord; in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced; in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants grew; in whose birth and growth all the creatures of the good creation cried out: Hail!

19 "In whose birth and growth Satan rushed away from this wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar, and he, the evil-doing Satan, who is all death, said: 'Not all the others together have been able to smite me down in spite of myself, and Zarathustra alone can reach me in spite of myself.

20 "'He smites me with the prayer of the Will of the Lord, as strong a weapon as a stone big as a house; he burns me with the Best Holiness, as if it were melting brass. He makes it better for me that I should leave this earth, he, Spitama Zarathustra, the only one who can daunt me.'"

21 And the great Righteous Fortune exclaimed: "Come nearer unto me, thou pure, holy Spitama! lean against my chariot!"

Spitama Zarathustra came nearer unto her, he leant against her chariot.

22 And she blessed him, thus speaking: "Thou art beautiful, O Zarathustra! thou art well-shapen, O Spitama! strong are thy legs and long are thy arms; Glory is given to thy body and long cheerfulness to thy soul, as sure as I proclaim it unto thee."

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23 In the name of God we remember Ashi Vanguhi, Righteous Fortune, who is shining, high, tall-formed, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect and powerful.

24 Unto God did Haoshyangha, the first-established king, offer up devotion, upon the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by the Wise Lord.

25 He begged of Him a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O Lord, through great Righteous Fortune, that I may overcome all the demons of Mazana; that I may never fear and bow through terror before the demons, but that all the demons may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness."

26 By God's leave, the great Righteous Fortune ran and came to his side: Haoshyangha, the first-established king, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God ....

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27 In the name of God we remember Ashi Vanguhi, Righteous Fortune, who is shining, high .... and powerful.

28 Unto God did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up devotion from the height Hukairya.

29 He begged of Him a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O Lord, through great Righteous Fortune, that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by the Wise Lord; that I may bring long life down to the world created by the Wise Lord;

30 "That I may take away both hunger and thirst from the world created by the Wise Lord; that I may keep far both old age and untimely death from the world created by the Wise Lord; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind from the world created by the Wise Lord, for a thousand years."

31 By God's leave, the great Righteous Fortune ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God ....

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32 In the name of God we remember Ashi Vanguhi, Righteous Fortune, who is shining, high .... and powerful.

33 Unto God did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, offer up devotion in the four-cornered Varena.

34 He begged of Him a boon, saying: "Grant me this, O Lord, through great Righteous Fortune, that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Lie, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Lie that Satan created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two wives, Savanghavak and Erenavak, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures in the world."

35 By God's leave, the great Righteous Fortune ran and came to his side. Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer devotion to God ....

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36 In the name of God we remember Ashi Vanguhi, Righteous Fortune, who is shining, high .... and powerful.

37 Unto God did the righteous servant offer up devotion, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza.

38 He prayed to God for a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O God, through Thy great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, 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 Aghraratha, a semi-man.'

39 The great Ashi Vanguhi, the angel of good fortune, ran and came to his side. Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, obtained that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer worship to God.

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40 We praise God for the great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, the shining, the high, and the powerful.

41 By this blessing did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, give thanks and offer worship to God, behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters.

42 He prayed for a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O God, through Thy great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, 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 Aghraratha, a semi-man.'

43 The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer worship to God, a devotion worth being heard.

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44 We praise God for the great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, the shining, the high, and the powerful.

45 By this blessing did the holy Zarathushtra give thanks and offer worship to God in the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with offerings of Haoma and meat given for God's sake, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy prayers, with the speech, with the deeds, with the offerings, and with the rightly-spoken words.

46 He prayed for a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O God, through Thy great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, 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 law and make it known, that she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.'

47 The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the holy Zarathushtra obtained that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer worship to God, a devotion worth being heard.

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48 We praise God for the great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, the shining, the high, and the powerful.

49 By this blessing did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa give thanks and offer worship to God, behind the waters of the river Daitya.

50 He prayed for a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O God, through Thy great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, that I may put to flight Arejat-aspa, the son of Vispo-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 Khyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I may put to flight Daranika, the worshipper of false gods;

51 'And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may smite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of false gods; and that I may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the Khyaonas; and that I may smite of the Khyaona 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.'

52 The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall Kavi Vishtaspa obtained that boon.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer worship to God, a devotion worth being heard.

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53 We praise God for the great blessing Ashi Vanguhi, the shining, the high, and the powerful.

54 And the great Ashi Vanguhi said: 'I will not come to those whose offerings are sent to me by a man whose seed is dried out, or by the harlot who produces untimely issues, or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man.

'When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, ran after me,

55 'I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden; then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me.

56 'Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold energy: then again young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me.'

57 The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing about the harlot who destroys her fruit: 'Stand thou not near her, sit thou not on her bed!' — 'What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'

58 The second wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing about the harlot who brings forth a child conceived of a stranger and presents it to her husband: 'What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'

59 This is the third wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi: 'This is the worst deed that men and tyrants do, namely, when they deprive maids, that have been barren for a long time, of marrying and bringing forth children. What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'

60 God, the Wise Lord, answered: 'O fair and wise Ashi, go not back to the heavens, sink not into the earth! Stay here and walk inside the fine kingly palace.'

61 Thus shall I worship God with such devotion as Vishtaspa offered, behind the river Daitya. The Zaotar lifted up a loud voice. With that sort of devotion shall I worship God, with that sort of devotion shall I worship and glorify the Wise Lord, O fair and wise Ashi.

For the brightness and glory of this blessing, I will offer worship to God, a devotion worth being heard.

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

I bless the devotion and prayer, and give thanks to God for the strength and vigour of Ashi Vanguhi; of the good Arshti; of the good Erethe; of the good Rasasti; of the Glory and Weal, made by God the Wise Lord.

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

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

Xviii. Arshtat Yasht

0 May God the Wise Lord be rejoiced! ....

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

I confess myself a worshipper of God the Wise Lord, a follower of the messenger Zarathushtra, one who rejects the evil spirits and obeys the laws of the Lord;

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

For the Glory of the Aryans, made by God the Wise Lord,

Let there be thanksgiving, with devotion, prayer, thanksgiving, and glorification.

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

1 God the Wise Lord spoke unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I made the Aryan Glory, rich in food, rich in flocks, rich in wealth, rich in Glory; provided with full store of intelligence, with full store of money, to withstand Need, and to withstand enemies.

2 'It destroys Satan, who is all death; it destroys Aeshma, the fiend of the wounding spear; it destroys the yellow Bushyasta; it destroys the contagion of Askha; it destroys the fiend of death, Apaosha; it destroys the non-Aryan nations.

3 'And I made the great Ashi Vanguhi; she comes in, amid the family; she comes in, inside the fine royal palace.

4 'Let Ashi, with fulness of welfare, follow the man who gladdens the faithful with his gifts; she comes in, inside his family; she comes in, inside his fine royal palace.

'With all sorts of flocks, with all victory, with all intelligence, with all Glory, the great Ashi Vanguhi puts one foot inside his family; she comes in, inside his fine royal palace.

5 'Horses multiply a thousandfold, flocks multiply a thousandfold; and so does his virtuous offspring, (as) the bright, glorious star Tishtrya moves on equally, and so does the strong wind made by God, and so does the Glory of the Aryas.

6 'And they bring increase on the tops of all mountains, down the depths of all vales; they bring increase to all the growing plants, the fair, the golden-hued. And they bring (away) the contagion of Askha, they bring (away) the fiend of death, Apaosha.

7 'Praise be to God for the bright and glorious star Tishtrya! Praise be to God for the strong wind He made! Praise be to God for the Glory of the Aryas!

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

'Ashem vohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....

8 'We praise God for the Ahuna Vairya prayer.

'We praise God for Asha Vahishta, the fairest of the Holy Immortals, His angels.

'We praise God for the rightly-spoken words, fiend-smiting and healing.

'We praise God for the healing, well-spoken words, the fiend-smiting.

'We praise God for the Holy Word and the Law of the Wise Lord, and for the piety that delights in Haoma, His provision.

'We praise God for the Glory of the Aryas.

'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom the Wise Lord ....

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

'I bless the devotion and prayer, and give thanks to God for the strength and vigour of the Glory of the Aryas, made by the Wise Lord.

'Ashem vohu: Holiness is the best of all good ....

'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones.'

Xix. Zamyad Yasht

0 May God the Wise Lord be rejoiced! ....

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

I confess myself a worshipper of God the Wise Lord, a follower of the messenger Zarathushtra, one who rejects the evil spirits and obeys the laws of the Lord;

For devotion, prayer, thanksgiving, and glorification of God ....

For Mount Ushi-darena, made by the Wise Lord, the seat of holy happiness; for the kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord; for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by the Wise Lord,

Let there be thanksgiving, with devotion, prayer, thanksgiving, and glorification.

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

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1 The first mountain that rose up out of the earth, O Spitama Zarathushtra, was the Haraiti Barez. That mountain stretches all along the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east.

The second mountain was Mount Zeredha, outside Mount Manusha: this mountain too stretches all along the shores of the land washed by waters towards the east.

2 From there grew up Mount Ushi-dhau, Mount Ushi-darena, Mount Erezifya, and Mount Fraorepa.

The sixth was Mount Erezura.

The seventh was Mount Bumya.

The eighth was Mount Raoidhita.

The ninth was Mount Mazishvant.

The tenth was Mount Antare-danghu.