AvestaZoroastrianismAccepted ScriptureAvestanShareYashts Ashi 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? 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›Ashi YashtYashts Ashi YashtListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tail-formed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect 6, and powerful; 2The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of the Amesha-Spewtas, who endows all the Sao 1721, 26, 29). shya;z/s 1 with the enlivening intelligence; she also brings heavenly wisdom at her wash, and comes to help him who invokes her from near and him who invokes her from afar, and worships her with offerings of libations. Ye?zh£ ha tarn: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda.... 4We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tailformed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful. 5Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mathra 3, and unto the holy Zarathostra! Homage unto Haoma, because all other drinks are attended with Aeshma 4, the fiend of the wound¬ ing spear: but the drinking of Haoma is attended with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself®. 6Ashi is fair; Ashi is radiant with joy; she is far-piercing with her rays. Ashi gives good Glory unto those men whom thou dost follow, O Ashi! Full of perfumes is the house in which the good, powerful Ashi Vanguhi puts her....* feet, for long friendship. 7Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi! are kings of kingdoms, that are rich in horses, with large tributes, with snorting horses, sounding chariots, flashing swords, rich in aliments and in stores of food 2; well-scented where the beds are spread and full of all the other riches that may be wished for. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 8Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Van¬ guhi! have houses that stand well laid up, rich in cattle, foremost in Asha, and long-supported: Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 9The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Van¬ guhi! have beds that stand well-spread, well-adorned, well-made, provided with cushions and with feet inlaid with gold. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 10The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have their ladies that sit on their beds, waiting for them: they lie on the cushions, adorning themselves,.... 3, with square bored ear-rings and a necklace of gold: ‘ When will our lord come? when shall we enjoy in our bodies the joys of love?’ Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 11The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have daughters that sit... A; thin is their waist, beautiful is their body, long are their fingers; they are as fair of shape as those who look on can wish. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 12The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have horses swift and loud-neighing; they drive the chariot lightly, they take it to the battle 2, they bear a gallant praiser (of the gods), who has many horses, a solid chariot, a sharp spear, a long spear, and swift arrows, who hits his aim, pursuing after his enemies, and smiting his foes. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 13The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have large-humped, burden-bearing camels, flying from the ground or fighting with holy fieri¬ ness 3. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 14The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi! have hoards of silver and gold brought together from far distant regions; and garments of splendid make. Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and strong! 15Do not turn thy look from me! turn thy mercy towards me, O great Ashi! thou art wellmade and of a noble seed 1; thou art sovereign at thy wish; thou art Glory in a bodily form. 16Thy father is Ahura Mazda, the greatest of all gods, the best of all gods; thy mother is Armaiti Spe«ta; thy brothers are Sraosha 2, a god of Asha, and Rashnu 3, tall and strong, and Mithra 4, the lord of wide pastures, who has ten thousand spies and a thousand ears; thy sister is the Law of the wor¬ shippers of Mazda. 17Praised of the gods, unoffended by the right¬ eous 5, the great Ashi Vanguhi stood up on her chariot, thus speaking: ‘ Who art thou who dost invoke me, whose voice is to my ear the sweetest of all that invoked me most? ’ 18And he 6 said aloud: ‘I am Spitama Zarathustra, who, first of mortals, recited the praise of the excellent Asha 7 and offered up sacrifice unto Ahura Mazda and the Amesha-Spe/ztas; in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced; in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants grew; in whose birth and growth all the creatures of the good creation cried out, Hail 8! 19‘In whose birth and growth Angra Mainyu rushed away from this wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar, and he, the evil-doing Angra Mainyu, who is all death, said: “ All the gods together have not been able to smite me down in spite of myself, and Zarathustra alone can reach me in spite of myself. 20‘ “ He smites me with the Ahuna Vairya, as strong a weapon as a stone big as a house 1; he burns me with Asha-Vahbta, as if it were melting brass 2. He makes it better for me that I should leave this earth, he, Spitama Zarathustra, the only one who can daunt me.” ’ 21And the great Ashi Vanguhi exclaimed: ‘Come nearer unto me, thou pure, holy Spitama! lean against my chariot! ’ Spitama Zarathustra came nearer unto her, he leant against her chariot. 22And she caressed him with the left arm and the right, with the right arm and the left, thus speaking: ‘ Thou art beautiful, O Zara thus tra! thou art well-shapen, O Spitama! strong are thy legs and long are thy arms: Glory is given to thy body and long cheerfulness 3 to thy soul, as sure as I proclaim it unto thee.’ 25He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘ Grant “ For §§ 24-26, cf. Yt. IX, 3-6. VASTS AND SIRdzAHS. me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may over¬ come all the Daevas of Mflzana; that I may never fear and bow through terror before the Da£vas, but that all the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness.’ 26The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... 27We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and powerful. 29He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world created by Mazda; that I may bring immortality down to the world created by Mazda; 30‘ That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death, from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand years.’ 31The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... ASHI YAsT. 32We sacrifice to Aslii Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and powerful. 33b To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya elan, offer up a sacrifice in the fourcornered Varena. 34He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may overcome AH Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most powerful, fiendish Drug, that demon, baleful to the world, the strongest Drug that Angra Mainyu created against the material world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I may deliver his two wives, SavanghavaX' and ErenavaX, who are the fairest of body amongst women, and the most won¬ derful creatures in the world.’ 35The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... 36We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and powerful. YA 5 TS AND s!r6zAHS. 38He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the A’ae/c'asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.’ 39The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice.... 40We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and powerful. 42He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan, behind the Aae- ^asta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.’ 43The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard.... 44We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high and powerful. 46He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according to the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.’ 47The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the holy Zarathustra obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard.... 48We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and powerful. 49To her did the tall Kavi Vbtaspa offer up a sacrifice behind the waters of the river Daitya. 50He begged of her a boon, saying: ‘ Grant me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may put to flight A.sta-aurva»if, the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti, the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour, of the thick neck, behind whom seven 28o hundred camels....; that I may put to flight the Hv yaona murderer, Areifa/-aspa; that I may put to flight Dardnika, the worshipper of the Daevas; 51‘And that I may smite Tathrava»/ of the bad law; that I may smite Spin^auruska, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and of the /Avyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hv yaona nations their fifties and their hundreds, their hun¬ dreds and their thousands, their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads.’ 52The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall Kavi Vbtaspa obtained that boon. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard.... 53We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high.... and powerful. 54And the great Ashi Vanguhi said: ‘ None of those libations will be accepted by me, which are sent to me either by a man whose seed is dried out 1, or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues 2, or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man 3 4. ‘When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras i, clapping their hands, ran after me, s She refuses the offerings of all barren beings. ASHI yast. 55‘ I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden; then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me. 56‘Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold energy: then again young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping their hands, were running after me.’ 57The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing about the courtezan who destroys her fruit: ‘ Stand thou not near her, sit thou not on her bed!’—‘What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?’ 58The second wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing about the courtezan who brings forth a child conceived of a stranger and presents it to her husband: ‘ What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?’ 59This is the third wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi: ‘This is the worst deed that men and tyrants do, namely, when they deprive maids, that have been barren for a long time, of marrying and bringing forth children. What shall I do? Shall I go back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?’ 60Ahura Mazda answered: ‘ O fair and wise Ashi, go not back to the heavens, sink not into the [§§ 48-52] and the last but one clause of the Yart refer). She tried to flee in the way practised by Ulysses in the Cyclops’ cavern; both parties were pursuing the animal that bore her, though they knew not what it bore, till children discovered her. VASTS AND stR6zAHS. earth! Stay here and walk inside the fine kingly palace.’ 61I shall worship thee with such a sacrifice, I shall worship and forward thee with such a sacrifice as Vistdspa offered unto thee, behind the river Daitya 1. The Zoatar lifted up a loud voice, with baresma before him. With that sort of sacrifice shall I worship thee? With that sort of sacrifice shall I worship and forward thee, O fair and wise Ashi? For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice worth being heard.... 62Yatha ahfi vairyd: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Ashi Vanguhi; of the good Wisti; of the good Ereth^; of the good RasastctG of the Glory and Weal, made by Mazda 2. Ashem Vohft: 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. J Cf. §§ 49 seq. Cf. Sirdzah, § 25. ‹Previous chapterYashts Ram YashtNext chapterYashts Aytad 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. 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