AvestaZoroastrianismAccepted ScriptureAvestanShareSirozah Sirozah 2Darmesteter and Mills / Sacred Books of the East - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableDarmesteter and Mills / Sacred Books of the EastLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Vendidad Fargard 1Vendidad Fargard 2Vendidad Fargard 3Vendidad Fargard 4Vendidad Fargard 5Vendidad Fargard 6Vendidad Fargard 7Vendidad Fargard 8Vendidad Fargard 9Vendidad Fargard 10Vendidad Fargard 11Vendidad Fargard 12Vendidad Fargard 13Vendidad Fargard 14Vendidad Fargard 15Vendidad Fargard 16Vendidad Fargard 17Vendidad Fargard 18Vendidad Fargard 19Vendidad Fargard 20Vendidad Fargard 21Vendidad Fargard 22Sirozah Sirozah 1Yashts KhorshedSirozah Sirozah 2Yashts Ormazd YashtYashts ArdibehioT 1 YashtYashts Khordad YashtYashts Aban YashtYashts Khorshed YashtYashts Mah YashtYashts Tlr YashtYashts G oS YashtYashts Mihir / Mithra YashtYashts Sraosha Yasht HadhoKhtYashts Rashn YashtYashts Bahram YashtYashts Ram YashtYashts Ashi YashtYashts Aytad YashtYashts Zamyad YashtYashts Van Ant YashtYashts Yasht FragmentYashts Vtetasp YashtNyayis Khorshed? NyayiyNyayis Mihir / Mithra NyayiyNyayis Aban NyayiyNyayis Atay NyayisYasna Yasna 28Yasna Yasna 34Yasna Yasna 30Yasna Yasna 31Yasna Yasna 32Yasna Yasna 33Yasna Yasna 43Yasna Yasna 44Yasna Yasna 11Yasna Yasna 45Yasna Yasna 46Yasna Yasna 47Yasna Yasna 48Yasna Yasna 49Yasna Yasna 50Yasna Yasna 51Yasna Yasna 60Yasna Yasna 53Yasna Yasna 1Yasna Yasna 2Yasna Yasna 3Yasna Yasna 4Yasna Yasna 5Yasna Yasna 6Yasna Yasna 7Yasna Yasna 8Yasna Yasna 9Yasna Yasna 10Yasna Yasna 12Yasna Yasna 13Yasna Yasna 22Yasna Yasna 14Yasna Yasna 15Yasna Yasna 16Yasna Yasna 17Yasna Yasna 19Yasna Yasna 18Yasna Yasna 20Yasna Yasna 21Yasna Yasna 29Yasna Yasna 23Yasna Yasna 24Yasna Yasna 25Yasna Yasna 26Yasna Yasna 27Yasna Yasna 35Yasna Yasna 36Yasna Yasna 37Yasna Yasna 38Yasna Yasna 39Yasna Yasna 40Yasna Yasna 41Yasna Yasna 42Yasna Yasna 52Yasna Yasna 54Yasna Yasna 55Yasna Yasna 56Yasna Yasna 57Yasna Yasna 58Yasna Yasna 59Yasna Yasna 61Yasna Yasna 62Yasna Yasna 65Yasna Yasna 66Yasna Yasna 68Yasna Yasna 70Yasna Yasna 71Yasna Yasna 72Visparad Visparad 1Visparad Visparad 2Visparad Visparad 11Visparad Visparad 3Visparad Visparad 4Visparad Visparad 5Visparad Visparad 7Visparad Visparad 8Visparad Visparad 9Visparad Visparad 10Visparad Visparad 12Visparad Visparad 13Visparad Visparad 14Visparad Visparad 15Visparad Visparad 16Visparad Visparad 18Visparad Visparad 19Visparad Visparad 20Visparad Visparad 21Visparad Visparad 23Afrinagan AfrinaganGahs Gah 1Gahs Gah 2Gahs Gah 3Gahs Gah 4Gahs Gah 5Miscellaneous Fragments Fragment 1Miscellaneous Fragments Fragment 2Miscellaneous Fragments Fragment 3Miscellaneous Fragments Fragment 4Miscellaneous Fragments Fragment 5Miscellaneous Fragments Miscellaneous FragmentsMiscellaneous Fragments Fragment 9›Sirozah 2Sirozah Sirozah 2ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter26A^tad. We sacrifice unto Ar.?ta/, who makes the world grow; we sacrifice unto Mount Ushi-darena, made by Mazda, a God of holy happiness. 27Asman. We sacrifice unto the shining Heavens; we sacri¬ fice unto the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy ones. 28Zemy&d. We sacrifice unto the Earth, a beneficent God; we sacrifice unto these places, unto these fields; we sacrifice unto Mount U shi-darena, made by Mazda, a God of holy happiness; we sacrifice unto all the mountains, that are seats of holy happiness, of full happiness, made by Mazda, the holy and masters of holiness; we sacrifice unto the awful kingly Glory, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the awful Glory that cannot be forcibly seized, made by Mazda. 29Mahraspand. We sacrifice unto the Mathra Spe^ta, of high glory; we sacrifice unto the Law opposed to the Daevas; we sacrifice unto the Law of Zarathmtra; we sacrifice unto the long-traditional teaching; we sacri¬ fice unto the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Devotion to the Mathra Spe«ta; we sacrifice unto the understanding that keeps the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; we sacrifice unto c 2 the knowledge of the Mathra Spe«ta; we sacrifice unto the heavenly Wisdom, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto the Wisdom acquired through the ear and made by Mazda, 30Aneran. We sacrifice unto the eternal and sovereign lumi¬ nous space; we sacrifice unto the bright Garonmana; we sacrifice unto the sovereign place of eternal Weal; we sacrifice unto the WinvaAbridge, made by Mazda; we sacrifice unto Apam Napi/, the swift-horsed, the high and shining lord, who has many wives; and we sacrifice unto the water, made by Mazda and holy; we sacrifice unto the golden and tall Haoma; we sacrifice unto the enlivening Haoma, who makes the world grow; we sacrifice unto Haoma, who keeps death far away; we sacri¬ fice unto the pious and good Blessing; we sacrifice unto the awful, powerful, cursing thought of the wise, a God; we sacrifice unto all the holy Gods of the heavenly world; we sacrifice unto all the holy Gods of the material world. I praise, I invoke, I meditate upon, and we sacri¬ fice unto the good, strong, beneficent Fravashis of the holy ones 1. 13It is he who takes the seven Amesha-Spewtas, s The Yatus are either demons or men: the man-Yatu is the sorcerer, the wizard. Cf. Yt. VIII, 44. the all-ruling, the all-beneficent, as a shield 1 against his enemies. We worship the Law of the worshippers of Mazda; weworship the waters coming in the shape of a horse 2, made by Mazda. 14-15. He has renounced trespasses and faults, O Zarathustra! he has renounced all trespasses and faults 3, O Zarathustfa! when he throws down 4 the destroyer of Vohu-Mand and his words 5, with a hundred times hundredfold, with a many times manifold preaching and smiting, and he takes away the Law of Mazda, that was carried away as a pri¬ soner 6 7, from the hands of the [ungodly], who are destroyed by his strength. Ashem Vohfi: Holiness is the best of all good.... 16Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... I bless the sacrifice and the prayer, the strength and vigour Of Ahura Mazda, bright and glorious, and of the Amesha-Spe^tas; Of Vohu-Man6; of Peace, whose breath is friendly 1.... mruyg (Yasna XII, 4 [XIII, 16]): atareman seems to be a sin by commission, vltareman a sin by omission. Of Asha-VahLfta, the fairest; of the much-desired Airyaman 1.... Of Khshathra-Vairya, of the metals 1.... Of the good Spewta-Armaiti and of the good Rata 2.... Of Haurvatai, the master 2.... Of Amereta^, the master 2.... (At the G 4 h Havan): Of Mithra 3.... (At the Gah Rapithwin): Of Asha-Vahirta 3.... (At the Gah Uziren): Of the high lord Apam Nap 3 i 3.... (At the Gah Aiwisr&threm): Of the Fravashis of the faithful 4.... (At the Gih Usahin): Of the holy, devout, fiendsmiting Sraosha, who makes the world grow; of Rashnu-Razi-sta and of Arvta/, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good.... Give unto that man 5 brightness and glory, give him health of body, give him sturdiness of body, give him victorious strength of body, give him full welfare of wealth, give him a virtuous offspring, give him long, long life, give hiiji the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones. ‹Previous chapterYashts KhorshedNext chapterYashts Ormazd Yasht›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public-domain 1880/1883/1887 English translation