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We unite them with him who would come up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spe^tas, as he would come to any of the Amesha-Spe%- tas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahirta, Khshathra-Vairya, Spe«ta-Armaiti, Haurvata/, and Amereta/. 2‘ He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas, against their ten thousands of ten thousands, against their numberless myriads would invoke the name of Haurvata/, as one of the Amesha-Spe/ztas, he would smite the Nasu, he would smite Had 3, he would smite Bad 3, he would smite Saeni 3, he would smite Bu/i 3. [of men] 1, then Rashnu Razbta 2 3, then every heavenly Yazata of male nature in company with the Amesha- Spe/ztas will free the faithful man 8 4‘From the Nasu, from Ha.fi, from Gasi 4, from Saeni, from Bu;fi; from the hordes with the wide front, from the hordes with the many spears uplifted, from the evil man who oppresses, from the wilful sinner 5, from the oppressor of men, from the Yatu, from the Pairika, from the straying way. 5‘ How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the way of the wicked 6?’ Ahura Mazda answered: ‘It is when a man pro¬ nouncing my spell, either reading 7 or reciting it by heart, draws the furrows 8 and hides 9 there himself, [saying]: 6“‘I will smite thee, O Dru^d whomsoever thou art, whomsoever thou art amongst the Drupes that come in an open way, whomsoever thou art amongst the Drupes that come by hidden ways, whomsoever thou art amongst the Drupes that defile by contact; whatsoever Drug thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan countries; whatsoever Drug* thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Dru g! I throw thee down below, O Dru^!” 7‘He draws [then] three furrows 1: I proclaim him one of the faithful; he draws six furrows 1: I proclaim him one of the faithful; he draws nine furrows 1: I proclaim him one of the faithful. 8‘ The names of those (Amesha-Spe;ztas) smite the men turned to N asus 2 by the Drupes; the seed and kin of the deaf 3 are smitten, the scornful 4 * are dead, as the Zaotar Zarathmtra blows them away to woe 6, however fierce, at his will and wish, as many as he wishes. 9‘ From the time when the sun is down he smites them with bruising blows; from the time when the sun is no longer up, he deals deadly blows on the Nasu with his club struck down, for the propitiation and glorification of the heavenly gods. 10‘ O Zarathustra! let not that spell be shown to any one, except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brother from the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil 6 in black hair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted to the good law, holy 7 and brave, stills all the Drupes 8. 11‘For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him a sacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Haurvata/, the Amesha-Spewta. Unto Haurvata/, the Amesha-Spewta, we offer up the libations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of the tongue, the [ 67 ]). B Duzava/: both the reading and the meaning are doubtful. Mr. West suggests, ‘sends to hell’ (reading duzanghva/ or duzangha/). YA.STS AND s!r6zaHS. holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations, and the rightlyspoken words. 12‘Yatha ahfi vairyd: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.... ‘I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of Haurvata/, the master; of the prosperity of the seasons and of the years, the masters of holiness. ‘Ashem Vohfi: Holiness is the best of all good.... ‘ [Give] unto that man 1 brightness and glory,.... give him the bright, all happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.’ ‹Previous chapterYashts ArdibehioT 1 YashtNext chapterYashts Aban 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