AvestaZoroastrianismAccepted ScriptureAvestanShareYashts ArdibehioT 1 YashtDarmesteter 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? 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It is the greatest of spells, the best of spells, the very best of all spells; the fairest of spells, the very fairest of all spells; the fearful one amongst spells, the most fearful of all spells; the firm one amongst spells, the firmest of all spells; the victorious one amongst spells, the most victorious of all spells; the healing one amongst spells, the best-healing of all spells. 6‘One may heal with Holiness, one may heal with the Law, one may heal with the knife, one may heal with herbs, one may heal with the Holy Word: amongst all remedies this one is the healing one that heals with the Holy Word; this one it is that will best drive away sickness from the body of the faithful: for this one is the best-healing of all remedies 1. 7‘ Sickness fled away [before it], Death fled away; the Daeva fled away, the Daeva’s counter¬ work 2 3 fled away; the unholy Ashemaogha:i fled away, the oppressor of men fled away. 81 The brood of the Snake fled away; the brood of the Wolf fled away; the brood of the Two-legged 4 fled away. Pride fled away; Scorn fled away; Hot Fever fled away; Slander fled away; Discord fled away; the Evil Eye fled away. 9‘ The most lying words of falsehood fled away; the frahi 5 6, addicted to the Yatu, fled away; the yas and Ashemaoghas (Yt. I, 10). Gbhi, who makes one pine 1, fled away; the wind that blows from the North 2 fled away; the wind that blows from the North vanished away. 101 He it is who smites me that brood of the Snake, and who might smite those Daevas by thou¬ sands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thou¬ sands; he smites sickness, he smites death, he smites the Daevas, he smites the Daeva’s counter-work, he smites the unholy Ashemaogha, he smites the oppressor of men. 11‘He smites the brood of the Snake; he smites the brood of the Wolf; he smites the brood of the Two-legged. He smites Pride; he smites Scorn; he smites Hot Fever; he smites Slander; he smites Discord; he smites the Evil Eye. 12‘ He smites the most lying words of falsehood; he smites the Gahi, addicted to the Yatu; he smites the Gahi, who makes one pine. He smites the wind that blows from the North; the wind that blows from the North vanished away. 13‘He it is who smites me that brood of the Two-legged, and who might smite those Daevas, by thousands of thousands, by ten thousands of ten thousands. Angra Mainyu, who is all death, the worst-lying of all Daevas, rushed from before him: 14‘He exclaimed, did Angra Mainyu: “ Woe is me! Here is the god Asha-Vahirta, who will smite the sickliest of all sicknesses, who will afflict the sickliest of all sicknesses; ‘“He will smite the deadliest of all deaths, he will afflict the deadliest of all deaths; ‘ “ He will smite the most fiendish of all fiends, he will afflict the most fiendish of all fiends; ‘ “ He will smite the most counter-working of all counter-works, he will afflict the most counter¬ working of all counter-works; ‘“He will smite the unholy Ashemaogha, he will afflict the unholy Ashemaogha; ‘ “ He will smite the most oppressive of the oppressors of men, he will afflict the most oppres¬ sive of the oppressors of men. 15“‘He will smite the snakiest of the Snake’s brood, he will afflict the snakiest of the Snake’s brood; ‘“He will smite the most wolfish of the Wolfs brood, he will afflict the most wolfish of the Wolfs brood; ‘“He will smite the worst of the two-legged brood, he will afflict the worst of the two-legged brood; “‘He will smite Pride, he will afflict Pride; ‘ “ He will smite Scorn, he will afflict Scorn; ‘“He will smite the hottest of hot fevers, he will afflict the hottest of hot fevers; ‘ “ He will smite the most slanderous of slanders, he will afflict the most slanderous of slanders; ‘ “ He will smite the most discordant of discords, he will afflict the most discordant of discords; ‘ “ He will smite the worst of the Evil Eye, he will afflict the worst of the Evil Eye. 16‘“He will smite the most lying words of falsehood, he will afflict the most lying words of falsehood; ‘“He will smite the Cahi, addicted to the Yatu, he will afflict the (Jahi, addicted to the Yatu; ‘ “ He will smite the wind that blows from the North, he will afflict the wind that blows from the North.” 18‘For his brightness and glory I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard 3, namely, unto Asha-Vahuta, the fairest, the Amesha-Sperata. Unto Asha -Vahi.rta, the fairest, the Amesha- Sperata, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat 4 *, the baresma e, the wisdom of the tongue 6, the holy spells 7, the speech, the deeds 8, the libations, and the rightly-spoken words. ‘Y6»h6 hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda knows the goodness 9.... 19‘Yatha ahfi vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... J’oj j\ ^ji) East India Office, XXV, 42). right formulas.’ ‘ I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of Asha-Vahista, the fairest; of the muchdesired Airyaman, made by Mazda; and of the good Saoka, with eyes of love, made by Mazda and holy h ‘Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good 1 2.... ‘ [Give] unto that man 3 brightness and glory, give him health of body;.... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.’ ‹Previous chapterYashts Ormazd YashtNext chapterYashts Khordad 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