62 'Then one of the faithful, who had departed before him, asked, saying: "How didst thou depart this life, thou holy man? How didst thou come, thou holy man, from the abodes full of cattle and full of the wishes and enjoyments of love? from the material world into the world of the spirit? from the decaying world into the undecaying one? How long did thy felicity last?"'

63 And God the Wise Lord answered: 'Ask him not what thou askest him, who has just gone the dreary way, full of fear and distress, when the body and the soul part from one another.

64 '[Let him eat] of the food brought to him, of the oil of Zaremaya: this is the food for the youth of good thoughts, of good words, of good deeds, of good religion, after he has departed this life; this is the food for the holy woman, rich in good thoughts, good words, and good deeds, well-principled, and obedient to her husband, after she has departed this life.'

65 Spitama Zarathushtra said to the young king Vishtaspa: 'To what land shall I turn, O Wise Lord? To whom shall I go with praying?'

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

Nyayish

I. Khorshed Nyayish

1 [Praise be to God, who made the swift-horsed Sun, His sign! May God the Wise Lord be rejoiced!]

Praise be unto Thee, O God the Wise Lord, in the threefold way! [Praise be unto Thee] before all other creatures!

Peace be upon the angels, the Holy Immortals, who are all of one accord in the praise of God, as the Sun is!

May this prayer come unto God the Wise Lord! May it be recorded by the angels! May it be of benefit to the souls of the righteous! May it come unto God, the Sovereign of the long Period!

2 [Praise be to God, who made the swift-horsed Sun!]

May God the Wise Lord be rejoiced! May Satan be destroyed by those who do truly what is the foremost wish (of God).

I recite the 'Praise of Holiness'.

3 I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, and deeds. I embrace all good thoughts, good words, and good deeds; I reject all evil thoughts, evil words, and evil deeds.

4 I give devotion and prayer unto God, even with the fulness of my thoughts, of my words, of my deeds, and of my heart: I give unto Him even my own life.

I recite the 'Praise of Holiness'.

Ashem vohu: Holiness is the best of all good. Well is it for it, well is it for that holiness which is perfection of holiness!

5 Praise be to God the Wise Lord!

Peace be upon the angels, the Holy Immortals!

Praise be to God for Mithra, the lord of wide pastures!

Praise be to God for the swift-horsed Sun, His sign!

Praise be to God for the sun and the moon, the two bright signs of His power!

Praise be to God for the first-created Bull!

Peace be upon Gaya, the first man!

Peace be upon the holy Spitama Zarathushtra, the messenger of God!

Praise be to God for the whole of the holy creation that was, is, or will be!

May I grow in health of body through Good Mind, Dominion, and Righteousness, and come to that luminous space, to that highest of all high things, when the world, O Beneficent One, has come to an end!

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

6 We give thanks to God for the bright, shining, swift-horsed Sun.

We give thanks to God for the angel Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, who hears all, who sees all, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.

7 We give thanks to God, the Wise Lord, who created Mithra, the lord of all countries, the most glorious of the angels in the world unseen.

So may God, by His angel Mithra, come to us for help!

We give thanks to God for the bright, shining, swift-horsed Sun.

8 We give thanks to God for the star Tishtrya, whose sight is sound.

We give thanks to God for the star Tishtrya; we give thanks to God for the rains of Tishtrya.

We give thanks to God for the bright and glorious star Tishtrya.

We give thanks to God for the star Vanant, made by the Wise Lord.

We give thanks to God for the bright and glorious star Tishtrya.

We give thanks to God for the sky.

We give thanks to God for boundless Time.

We give thanks to God for the long Period of Time.

We give thanks to God for the beneficent, well-doing Wind.

We give thanks to God for the most upright Wisdom (Chista), made by the Wise Lord and holy.

We give thanks to God for the good Law of the worshippers of the Wise Lord.

We give thanks to God for the way of content.

We give thanks to God for the golden tube.

We give thanks to God for Mount Saokanta, made by the Wise Lord.

9 We give thanks to God for all the holy angels of the world unseen.

We give thanks to God for all the holy creatures of the material world.

We give thanks to God for our own soul.

We give thanks to God for the good, strong, beneficent souls of the holy ones.

We give thanks to God for the bright, shining, swift-horsed Sun.

10 I confess myself a worshipper of God the Wise Lord, a follower of the messenger Zarathushtra ....

For the bright, shining, swift-horsed Sun,

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

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

[We give thanks to God] for the waters, the waters of the Lord, with excellent offerings, with finest offerings, with offerings piously prepared.

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.

Ii. Mihir Nyayish

1 Praise be unto Thee, O God the Wise Lord, in the threefold way! [Praise be unto Thee] before all other creatures!

Peace be upon the angels, the Holy Immortals, who are all of one accord in the praise of God, as the Sun is!

May this prayer come unto God the Wise Lord! May it be recorded by the angels! May it be of benefit to the souls of the righteous! May it come unto God, the Sovereign of the long Period!

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

3 I praise well-thought, well-spoken, and well-done thoughts, words, and deeds ....

4 I give devotion and prayer unto God ....

5 Praise be to God the Wise Lord! ....

May I grow in health of body through Good Mind, Dominion, and Righteousness, and come to that luminous space, to that highest of all high things, when the world, O Beneficent One, has come to an end!

6 We give thanks to God for the angel Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, who hears all, who sees all, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.

7 We give thanks to God, the Wise Lord, who created Mithra, the lord of all countries, the most glorious of the heavenly angels.

So may God, by His angel Mithra, come to us for help!

We give thanks to God for the shining, swift-horsed Sun.

8 We give thanks to God for the star Tishtrya, whose sight is sound ....

9 We give thanks to God for all the holy angels of the world unseen ....

10 I confess myself a worshipper of God the Wise Lord, a follower of the messenger Zarathushtra ....

11 We give thanks to God for the angel Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, who hears all, who sees all, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra around countries;

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra within countries;

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra in this country;

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra above countries;

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra under countries;

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra before countries;

We give thanks to God for the guardianship of Mithra behind countries.

12 We give thanks to God, the Wise Lord, the great, imperishable, and holy; and for His angel Mithra; and for the stars, and the moon, and the sun, and the trees, His signs. We give thanks to God for Mithra, the lord of all countries.

13 For his brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God, a devotion worth being heard ....

We make our offerings in God's name, in thanks for Mithra ....

14 May God send him to our help! May God send him for our ease! ....

15 I will make my offerings for God's sake, in thanks for the strong angel, the powerful Mithra ....

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

16 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 Mithra ....

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.

Iii. Mah Nyayish

1 Praise be to God the Wise Lord! Peace be upon the angels, the Holy Immortals! Praise be to God for the Moon, which keeps in it the seed of the Bull! Praise be to God for the Moon when we look at it!

2 For the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull; for the only-created Bull and for the Bull of many species;

Let there be thanksgiving ....

3 Praise be to God the Wise Lord! ....

4 How does the moon wax? How does the moon wane? ....

5 We give thanks to God for the Moon that keeps in it the seed of the Bull ....

6 And when the light of the moon waxes warmer ....

7 I will give thanks to God for the Moon ....

8 For its brightness and glory ....

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

10 Give us strength and victory! Give us welfare in cattle and in bread! Give us a great number of male children, praisers [of God] and chiefs in assemblies, who smite and are not smitten, who smite at one stroke their enemies, who smite at one stroke their foes, ever in joy and ready to help.

11 O God of full Glory, O God of full healing, let Thy greatness become manifest! let Thy assistance become manifest as soon as Thou art called upon! and by the waters Thou hast made, manifest Thy Glory, and impart it to the man who offers worship to Thee.

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.

Iv. Aban Nyayish

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

For the good Waters, made by the Wise Lord; for the holy water-spring Ardvi Sura Anahita; for all waters, made by the Wise Lord; for all plants, made by the Wise Lord,

Let there be thanksgiving to God ....

2 God the Wise Lord spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Offer thanks and worship to Me, O Spitama Zarathushtra, for this spring of Mine, Ardvi Sura Anahita ....

3 'Which makes the seed of all males pure, which makes the womb of all females pure for bringing forth ....

4 'The large river, known afar, that is as large as the whole of the waters that run along the earth ....

5 'All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are boiling over, all the middle of it is boiling over, when she runs down there ....

6 'From this river of Mine alone flow all the waters that spread all over the seven regions;

7 'I, God the Wise Lord, brought it down with mighty vigour, for the increase of the house, of the borough, of the town, of the country.

8 'He who recites the staota yesnya, the Ahuna Vairya, the Ashem vohu; he by whom the good waters will be kept pure; with the words of the holy hymns he will enter first the Garden of the Wise Lord: God will give him the boons asked for.

9 'For its brightness and glory, I will offer worship to God, a devotion worth being heard; I will offer a worship well-performed. Thus mayest Thou guide us when Thou art appealed to! Mayest Thou be most fully worshipped.

'We give thanks to God for the holy water-spring Ardvi Sura Anahita, with offerings. We give thanks to God for the holy water-spring Ardvi Sura Anahita, the holy and master of holiness, with the Haoma and meat given in God's name, 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.

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

10 '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 holy water-spring Anahita.