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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›Vendidad: Fargard 11Vendidad Fargard 11ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Zarathuitra asked Ahura Mazda: ‘O Ahura Mazda! most beneficent spirit, Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! How shall I cleanse the house? how the fire? how the water? how the earth? how the cow? how the tree? how the faithful man and the faithful woman? how the stars? how the moon? how the sun? how the boundless light? how all good things, made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle?’ 2Ahura Mazda answered: ‘Thou shalt chant the cleansing words, and the house shall be clean; clean shall be the fire, clean the water, clean the earth, clean the cow, clean the tree, clean the faithful man and the faithful woman, clean the stars, clean the moon, clean the sun, clean the boundless light, clean all good things, made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle. 3‘So thou shalt say these fiend-smiting and most-healing words; thou shalt chant the Ahuna- Vairya five times: “ The will of the Lord is the law of holiness,” &c. ‘ The Ahuna-Vairya preserves the person of man: “ The will of the Lord is the law of holiness,” &c. ‘ “ Whom hast thou placed to protect me, O Mazda! while the hate of the fiend is grasping me?” &c. ‘ “ Who is he who will smite the fiend in order to maintain thy ordinances?” &c. ‘ “ Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Armaiti Spe^ta!” &c.x 4‘ If thou wantest to cleanse the house, say these words aloud: “ He is my greatest support as long as lasts this dreary world1 2.” ‘ If thou wantest to cleanse the fire, say these words aloud: “ Thy fire, first of all, do we approach with worship, O Ahura Mazda3!” 5‘ If thou wantest to cleanse the water, say these words aloud: “Waters we worship, the waters in the tree, the waters in the stream, the waters in the rain V’ ‘ If thou wantest to cleanse the earth, say these words aloud: “ This earth we worship, this earth with the women, this earth which bears us and those women who are thine, O Ahura 2!” 6‘If thou wantest to cleanse the cow, say these words aloud: “For the cow we order thee to do these most excellent deeds, that she may have a resting place and fodder 3.” ‘ If thou wantest to cleanse the trees, say these words aloud: “ Out of him4, through his holiness Mazda made the plants grow up5.” 7‘ If thou wantest to cleanse the faithful man or the faithful woman, say these words aloud: “ May the beloved Airyaman come hither, for the men and women of Zarathustra to rejoice, for the faithful to rejoice; with the desirable reward that is won by means of the law, and with that boon for holiness that is vouchsafed by Ahura 6!” behoof of cattle, that is to say, let stables be made, and water and fodder be given ’ (Comm.) 8‘Then thou shalt say these fiend-smiting and most-healing words. Thou shalt chant the Ahuna-Vairya eight times: — “‘The will of the Lord is the law of holiness,” &c. ‘ “ Whom hast thou placed to protect me, O Mazda?” &c. ‘ “ Who is he who will smite the fiend?” &c. “‘ Keep us from our hater, O Mazda!” &C.1 9‘ I drive away A£shma 2, I drive away the Nasu, I drive away direct defilement, I drive away indirect defilement. [I drive away Khrfi, I drive away Khrfiighni3; I drive away Btiidhi, I drive away BfiidhLa4; I drive away Ku«di, I drive away KtmdLa.5] ‘ I drive away the yellow Bushyasta, I drive away the long-handed Bushyasta6; [I drive away Mftidhi7, I drive away Kapasti.8] light (see §§ 1, 2), because they are not defiled by the unclean one, they are only pained by seeing him (Farg. IX, 41); as soon as he is clean, they are freed from the pain. ‘ I drive away the Pairika 1 that comes upon the fire, upon the water, upon the earth, upon the cow, upon the tree. I drive away the demon of unclean¬ ness that comes upon the fire, upon the water, upon the earth, upon the cow, upon the tree. 10‘I drive thee away, O mischievous Angra Mainyu! from the fire, from the water, from the earth, from the cow, from the tree, from the faithful man and from the faithful woman, from the stars, from the moon, from the sun, from the boundless light, from all good things, made by Mazda, the offspring of the holy principle. ‘“The will of the Lord is the law of holiness,” &c. ‘ “ Whom hast thou placed to protect me?” &c. ‘ “ Who is he who will smite the fiend?” &c. ‘ “ Keep us from our hater, O Mazda!” &c.2 12‘Away is A£shma driven; away is the Nasu driven; away is direct defilement; away is indirect defilement driven. [‘ Away is Khrfi, away is Khruighni driven; away is Bftidhi, away is Bfiidhha driven; away is Kuwdi, away is Kundlza. driven.] ‘ Away is Bushyasta driven, the yellow; away is Bushyasta driven, the long-handed; [away is Muidhi, away is Kapasti driven.] ‘ Away is the Pairika driven that comes upon the fire, upon the water, upon the earth, upon the cow, upon the tree. Away is the demon of uncleanness driven that comes upon the fire, upon the water, upon the earth, upon the cow, upon the tree. 14£ Then thou shalt say these fiend-smiting and most-healing words; thou shalt chant “ Mazda ad mdi” four times: “O Mazda! teach me excellent words and excellent works, that through the good thought and the holiness of him who offers thee due praise, thou mayest, O Lord! make the world thrive for ever and ever, at thy will, under thy sovereign rule V’ 15‘I drive away A6shma, I drive away the Nasu,’ &c.2 16‘I drive thee away, O mischievous Angra Mainyu! from the fire, from the water,’ &c.3 18‘Away is Adshma driven; away is the Nasu driven,’ & c.6 19‘Away art thou driven, O mischievous Angra Mainyu! from the fire, from the water,’ &c. 6 20‘ Then thou shalt say these fiend-smiting and most-healing words; thou shalt chant five Ahuna- Vairyas: — ‘ “The will of the Lord is the law of holiness,” &c. ‘ “ Whom hast thou placed to protect me?” &c. ‘ “ Who is he who will smite the fiend?” &C.1 ‘ “ Keep us from our hater, O Mazda and Armaiti Spe^ta! Perish, O fiendish Drug! Perish, O brood of the fiend! Perish, O world of the fiend! Perish away, O Drug\ Rush away, O Drug\ Perish away, O Drug! Perish away to the regions of the north, never more to give unto death the living world of the holy spirit! ” ’ ‹Previous chapterVendidad Fargard 10Next chapterVendidad Fargard 12›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