The eleventh was Mount Erezisha.

The twelfth was Mount Vaiti-gaesa.

3 And Mount Adarana, Mount Bayana, Mount Ishkata Upairi-saena, with the .... snows; the two Hamankuna mountains, the eight Vasna mountains, the eight powerful Fravanku, the four Vidhvana summits;

4 Mount Ajakha, Mount Maenakha, Mount Vikhedraka, Mount Asaya, Mount Tudhaskad, Mount Ishava, Mount Draoshivant, Mount Selirivant, Mount Nanghushmant, Mount Kakahyu, Mount Antare-kangha;

5 Mount Sizidava, Mount Ahuna, Mount Rajmana, Mount Asha-stembana, Mount Urunya-vaidhka, Mount Asnavant, Mount Ushaoma, Mount Ushta-khvarenah, Mount Syamaka, Mount Vafrayau, Mount Vourusha;

6 Amongst which stand Mount Satara, Mount Adhutavant, Mount Spitavarena, Mount Spentodata, Mount Kadrva-aspa, Mount Kaoirisa, Mount Taera, Mount Baro-srayana, Mount Barana, Mount Frapayau, Mount Udrya, and Mount Raevant, and all those heights to which men have given the name of mount,

7 To the number of two thousand mountains, and two hundred and forty and four, O Spitama Zarathushtra!

8 For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God, who made the awful kingly Glory. For the awful kingly Glory we give thanks to God, and we offer the gifts, the Haoma and meat, the wisdom of the tongue, the holy prayers, the speech, the deeds, the offerings, and the rightly-spoken words.

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

Ii.

9 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord; most conquering, highly working, that possesses health, wisdom, and happiness, and is more powerful to destroy than all other creatures;

10 That belongs to God the Wise Lord, as (through it) God made the creatures, many and good, many and fair, many and wonderful, many and prosperous, many and bright;

11 So that they may restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world will be restored at its wish;

12 When the creation will grow deathless, — the prosperous creation of the Good Spirit, — and the Lie shall perish, though she may rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.

13 For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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14 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

15 That belongs to the Holy Immortals, His angels, the bright ones, whose looks perform their wish, tall, quickly coming to do, strong, lordly, who are undecaying and holy;

16 Who are all seven of one thought, who are all seven of one speech, who are all seven of one deed; whose thought is the same, whose speech is the same, whose deed is the same, whose Creator and commander is the same, namely, the Maker, God the Wise Lord.

17 Who see one another's soul thinking of good thoughts, thinking of good words, thinking of good deeds, thinking of the House of Song, the Garden, and whose ways are shining as they go down to the offerings made for God's sake;

18 Who are the makers and governors, the shapers and overseers, the keepers and preservers of these creations of God the Wise Lord.

19 It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world will be restored at its wish;

20 When the creation will grow deathless, — the prosperous creation of the Good Spirit, — and the Lie shall perish, though she may rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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21 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

22 That belongs to the angels in the heavens and to the righteous in the material world, and to the blessed ones, born or not yet born, who are to perform the restoration of the world;

23 It is they who shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world will be restored at its wish;

24 When the creation will grow deathless, — the prosperous creation of the Good Spirit, — and the Lie shall perish, though she may rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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25 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

26 That clave unto Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, for a long time, when he ruled over the seven regions of the earth, over the evil spirits and men, over the sorcerers and the witches, over the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf; he who smote two-thirds of the evil spirits of Mazana and of the Varenya fiends.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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27 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

28 That clave unto Takhma Urupa, the well-armed, while he ruled over the seven regions of the earth, over the evil spirits and men, the sorcerers and witches, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf;

29 When he conquered all evil spirits and men, all the sorcerers and witches, and rode Satan, turned into the shape of a horse, all around the earth from one end to the other, for thirty years.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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30 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

31 That clave unto the bright Yima, the good shepherd, for a long time while he ruled over the seven regions of the earth, over the evil spirits and men, the sorcerers and witches, the oppressors, the blind, and the deaf;

32 He who took from the evil spirits both riches and welfare, both fatness and flocks, both weal and Glory;

In whose reign both aliments were never failing for feeding creatures, flocks and men were undying, waters and plants were undrying;

33 In whose reign there was neither cold wind nor hot wind, neither old age nor death, nor envy made by the evil spirits, in the times before his lie, before he began to have delight in words of falsehood and untruth.

34 But when he began to find delight in words of falsehood and untruth, the Glory was seen to flee away from him in the shape of a bird. When his Glory had disappeared, then the great Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, trembled and was in sorrow before his foes; he was confounded, and laid him down on the ground.

35 The first time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape of a Varaghna bird.

Then Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, whose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We give thanks to God, the Wise Lord, who created Mithra, the lord of all countries, the most glorious of the angels in the heavens.

36 The second time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape of a Varaghna bird.

Then Thraetaona seized that Glory, he, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, who was the most victorious of all victorious men next to Zarathushtra;

37 Who smote Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who had 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.

38 The third time when the Glory departed from the bright Yima, that Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape of a Varaghna bird.

Then the manly-hearted Keresaspa seized that Glory; he who was the sturdiest of the men of strength, next to Zarathushtra, for his manly courage.

39 For Manly Courage clave unto him. We praise Manly Courage, firm of foot, unsleeping, quick to rise, and fully awake, that clave unto Keresaspa;

40 Who killed the snake Srvara, the horse-devouring, men-devouring, yellow, poisonous snake, over which yellow poison flowed a thumb's breadth thick. Upon him Keresaspa was cooking his food in a brass vessel: at the time of noon, the fiend felt the heat, and stood upon his feet: he rushed from under the brass vessel and upset the boiling water: the manly-hearted Keresaspa fell back affrighted;

41 Who killed the golden-heeled Gandarewa, that was rushing with open jaws, eager to destroy the living world of the good principle;

Who killed the brood of Pathana, all the nine; and the brood of Nivika, and the brood of Dashtayana;

Who killed the golden-crowned Hitaspa, and Vareshava, the son of Dana and Pitaona, attended by many witches;

42 Who killed Arezo-shamana, him of the manly courage, who was strong, well-beloved, hail, energetically rushing, fully awake, never falling back ....;

43 Who killed Snavidhaka, him who killed with his nails, the stone-handed: thus did he exclaim to all around: 'I am an infant still, I am not yet of age: if I ever grow of age, I shall make the earth a wheel, I shall make the heavens a chariot;

44 'I shall bring down the Good Spirit from the shining House of Song; I shall make the Evil Spirit rush up from the dreary Hell. They will carry my chariot, both the Good Spirit and the Evil One, unless the manly-hearted Keresaspa kill me.'

The manly-hearted Keresaspa killed him, his life went away, his spirit vanished.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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45 We give thanks to God for the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly seized, made by the Wise Lord ....

46 For which the Good Spirit and the Evil One did struggle with one another: for that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized they flung each of them their darts most swift.

The Good Spirit flung a dart, and so did Good Mind, and Asha Vahishta, and the angel of the Fire, a servant of God.

The Evil Spirit flung a dart, and so did Evil Mind, and Aeshma of the wounding spear, and Azhi Dahaka and Spityura, he who sawed Yima in twain.

47 Then forward came the angel of the Fire, a servant of God, thinking thus in his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.'

But Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed on his back, thinking of extinguishing it:

48 'Here give it up to me, O angel of the Fire: if thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, I shall rush upon thee, so that thou mayest never more blaze on the earth made by the Lord and protect the world of the good principle.'

And the angel of the Fire took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had Azhi affrighted him.

49 Then Azhi, the three-mouthed, he of the evil law, rushed forward, thinking thus in his heart: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized.'

But the angel of the Fire, a servant of God, advanced behind him, speaking in these words:

50 'There give it up to me, thou three-mouthed Azhi Dahaka. If thou seizest that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, then I will enter thy hinder part, I will blaze up in thy jaws, so that thou mayest never more rush upon the earth made by the Wise Lord and destroy the world of the good principle.'

Then Azhi took back his hands, as the instinct of life prevailed, so much had the Fire affrighted him.

51 That Glory swells up and goes to the sea Vouru-Kasha. The swift-horsed angel of the Waters seizes it at once: this is the wish of that angel of the Waters, the swift-horsed: 'I want to seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, down to the bottom of the sea Vouru-Kasha, in the bottom of the deep rivers.'

52 We praise God, the tall and shining Lord, who helps one at his appeal; who made man, who shaped man; whose ear is the quickest to hear when He is worshipped.

53 'And whosoever of you, O men,' — thus said God the Wise Lord, — 'O holy Zarathushtra! shall seize that Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, he has the gifts of a man of devotion; whosoever shall long for the illumination of knowledge, he has the gifts of a man of devotion; whosoever shall long for fulness of knowledge, he has the gifts of a man of devotion;

54 'And Riches will cleave unto him, giving him full welfare, holding a shield before him, powerful, rich of cattle and garments; and Victory will cleave unto him, day after day; and likewise Strength, that smites more than a year. Attended by that Victory, he will conquer the havocking hordes; attended by that Victory, he will conquer all those who hate him.'

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

Ix.

55 We give thanks to God for the awful Glory, that cannot be forcibly seized, made by the Wise Lord ....

56 Which the Turanian ruffian Franghrasyan tried to seize in the sea Vouru-Kasha. He stripped himself naked, wishing to seize that Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kasha was produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Husravah.

57 Then the most crafty Turanian Franghrasyan rushed out of the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra, thinking evil thoughts: '.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.

58 'Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness, goodness, and fairness.'

— 'God the Wise Lord will come against thee, ever eager to create new creatures.'

Then the most crafty Turanian Franghrasyan rushed down into the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra!

59 A second time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize that Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm of the sea Vouru-Kasha was produced, namely, that lake that is called Lake Vanghazdau.

60 Then the most crafty Turanian Franghrasyan rushed out of the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra, thinking evil thoughts: '.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.

61 'Then I will defile all corn and liquors, as to greatness, goodness, and fairness.'

— 'God the Wise Lord will come against thee, ever eager to create new creatures.'

Then the most crafty Turanian Franghrasyan rushed down into the sea Vouru-Kasha.

62 A third time he stripped himself naked, wishing to seize the Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra. But the Glory escaped, the Glory fled away, the Glory changed its seat, and an arm was produced in the sea Vouru-Kasha, namely, the water that is called Awzdanva.

63 Then the most crafty Turanian Franghrasyan rushed out of the sea Vouru-Kasha, O Spitama Zarathushtra, thinking evil thoughts: '.... I have not been able to conquer the Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra!'

64 He was not able to seize the Glory that belongs to the Aryan nations, born and unborn, and to the holy Zarathushtra.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

X.

65 We give thanks to God for the awful Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by the Wise Lord ....

66 That cleaves unto him who grows up there, where lies Lake Kasava, along with the Haetumant river; there where stands Mount Ushidhau surrounded by waters, that run from the mountain.

67 It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bringing good pastures and fine horses, bringing plenty, full of glory; with beauty and weal; powerful and friendly, rich of pastures, prolific and golden. It runs unto him, it flows and swells unto him, bright and glorious, making the white .... grow, smiting away all plagues.

68 And there comes with him a horse's strength, there comes with him a camel's strength, there comes with him a man's strength, there comes with him the kingly Glory: and there is in him, O holy Zarathushtra, so much of kingly Glory as might extinguish at once all the non-Aryan nations.

69 And then (through it) living creatures may keep away hunger and death, living creatures (may keep away) cold and heat. Such is the kingly Glory, the keeper of the Aryan nations and of the five kinds of animals made to help the faithful and the Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

Xi.

70 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

71 That clave unto Kavi Kavata, and unto Kavi Aipivohu, and unto Kavi Usadha, and unto Kavi Arshan, and unto Kavi Pisina, and unto Kavi Byarshan, and unto Kavi Syavarshan;

72 So that they were all of them brave, all of them strong, all of them healthful, all of them wise, all of them happy in their wishes, all of them powerful kings.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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73 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

74 That clave unto Kavi Husravah for the well-shapen Strength, for the Victory made by the Lord, for the crushing Ascendant; for the righteousness of the law, for the innocence of the law, for the unconquerable power of the law; for the extermination of the enemies at one stroke;

75 And for the vigour of health, for the Glory made by the Wise Lord, for the health of the body, and for a good, virtuous offspring, wise, chief in assemblies, bright, and clear-eyed, that frees [their father] from the pangs [of hell], of good intellect; and for that part in the blessed world that falls to wisdom and to those who do not follow impiety;

76 And for a dominion full of splendour, for a long, long life, and for all boons and remedies;

77 So that king Husravah [had the lead] all along the long race, and he could not pass through the forest, he, the murderer, who was fiercely striving against him on horseback; the lord Kavi Husravah prevailed over all; he put in bonds Franghrasyan and Keresavazda to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraratha, a semi-man.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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78 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

79 That clave unto the holy Zarathushtra, so that he thought according to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according to the Law; so that he was the holiest in holiness in all the living world, the best-ruling in exercising rule, the brightest in brightness, the most glorious in glory, the most victorious in victory.

80 At his sight the evil spirits rushed away; at his sight the (demoniac) malices were extinguished; at his sight the Gainis drew back their ways from the mortals and, lamenting and wailing, laid violent hands on the evil spirits.

81 And that one prayer, the Ahuna Vairya, which the holy Zarathushtra sang and repeated four times, with a song that waxed louder and louder, drove back all the evil spirits beneath the earth, and took off from them offering and prayer.

82 It was it, the Glory of Zarathushtra, that the Turanian ruffian Franghrasyan tried to seize to rule over all the regions; round about the seven regions did that ruffian Franghrasyan rush, trying to seize the Glory of Zarathushtra. But that Glory escaped to hidden inlets of the sea; and there those two made my will roll on; they entered my will, as it was my wish, the Wise Lord's, and as it was the wish of the Law of the Wise Lord.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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83 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

84 That clave unto king Vishtaspa, so that he thought according to the Law, spake according to the Law, and did according to the Law; so that he professed that Law, destroying his foes and causing the evil spirits to retire.

85 Who, driving the Lie before him, sought wide room for the holy religion; who, driving the Lie before him, made wide room for the holy religion; who made himself the arm and support of this law of the Lord, of this law of Zarathushtra;

86 Who took her, standing bound, from the hands of the Hunus, and established her to sit in the middle [of the world], high ruling, never falling back, holy, nourished with plenty of cattle and pastures, blessed with plenty of cattle and pastures.

87 The valiant king Vishtaspa conquered all enemies, Tathravant of the evil law, Peshana, the worshipper of false gods, and the fiendish wicked Arejat-aspa and the other wicked Khyaonas.

For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God ....

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88 We give thanks to God for the awful kingly Glory, made by the Wise Lord ....

89 That will cleave unto the victorious Saoshyant and his helpers, when he shall restore the world, which will (thenceforth) never grow old and never die, never decaying and never rotting, ever living and ever increasing, and master of its wish, when the dead will rise, when life and immortality will come, and the world will be restored at its wish;

90 When the creation will grow deathless, — the prosperous creation of the Good Spirit, — and the Lie shall perish, though she may rush on every side to kill the holy beings; she and her hundredfold brood shall perish, as it is the will of the Lord.