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Plain text of II. Mihir Nyayish

1 Hail unto thee, O Ahura Mazda [GOD the Wise Lord], in the threefold way! [Hail unto thee] before all other creatures!

Hail unto you, O Amesha-Spentas [angels], who are all of you of one accord with the Sun!

May this prayer come unto Ahura Mazda! May it come unto the Amesha-Spentas! May it come unto the Fravashis [souls] of the holy Ones! May it come unto [GOD, Lord of] the long Period!

2 May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....

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

4 I give sacrifice and prayer [to GOD, with] you, O Amesha-Spentas!

5 Hail to Ahura Mazda! ....

May I grow in health of body through Vohu-Mano, Khshathra, and Asha, and come to that luminous space, to that highest of all high things, when the world, O Spenta Mainyu, has come to an end!

6 We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] Mithra [GOD's angel], the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with ten thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.

7 We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] Mithra, the lord of all countries, whom Ahura Mazda made the most glorious of all the heavenly gods [angels].

So may Mithra and Ahura [GOD], the two great [ones], come to us for help [by GOD's leave]!

We sacrifice unto [GOD, Maker of] the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun.

8 We sacrifice unto [GOD, Maker of] Tishtrya, whose sight is sound ....

9 We sacrifice unto all the holy gods [angels] of the world unseen [to GOD alone] ....

10 I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda [GOD], a follower of Zarathushtra ....

11 We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who is truth-speaking, a chief in assemblies, with a thousand ears, well-shapen, with a thousand eyes, high, with full knowledge, strong, sleepless, and ever awake.

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra around countries;

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra within countries;

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra in this country;

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra above countries;

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra under countries;

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra before countries;

We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] the Mithra behind countries.

12 We sacrifice unto Mithra and Ahura [GOD], the two great, imperishable, holy [ones]; and unto [GOD, Maker of] the stars, and the moon, and the sun, with the trees that yield baresma. We sacrifice [to GOD, remembering] Mithra, the lord of all countries.

13 For his brightness and glory, I will offer [to GOD alone] a sacrifice worth being heard .....

We offer up libations [to GOD, remembering] Mithra ....

14 May he come to us for help [by GOD's leave]! May he come to us for ease! ....

15 I will offer up libations [to GOD, remembering] him, the strong Yazata [angel], the powerful Mithra ....

Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda ....

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

I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and 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.