The Yasna. Yasna Lxvii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXVII (SP. LXVI). 1-4. (See Y. XXIII, 1-4, replacing 'I desire to approach with sanctity' by 'I offer with sanctity;' see also Y. VII, 24.) 5-7. (See Y. XXXVIII, 3-5.)
Introduction : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. xvii INTRODUCTION. MANY readers, for whom the Zend-Avesta possesses only collateral interest, may not understand why any introductory remarks are called for to those portions of it which are treated in this volume. The extent...
Visparad. Visparad Xii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XII (SP. XIV) 3. 1. For the offered Haomas which have been offered in libation to that lofty Lord Ahura Mazda and to the holy Zarathu"s"tra Spitama (produce) abundance in cattle and in men; and this 4 abundance is (as)...
The Yasna. Yasna Ii. The Sacrifice Continues : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA II. THE SACRIFICE CONTINUES. 1. I desire to approach 1 the Zaothras 2 with my worship. I desire to approach the Baresman with my worship. I desire to approach the Zaothra conjointly with the Baresman in my worship...
The Yasna. Yasna Xii. The Mazdayasnian Confession : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XII (SP. XIII). THE MAZDAYASNIAN CONFESSION 4. 1. I drive 5 the Davas hence; I confess as a Mazda-worshipper of the order of Zarathu"s"tra, estranged from the Davas, devoted to the lore of p. 248 the Lord, a praiser 1...
Title Page : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], THE ZEND-AVESTA PART III THE YASNA, VISPARAD, FRNAGN, GHS AND MISCELLANEOUS FRAGMENTS TRANSLATED BY L. H. MILLS Sacred Books Of The East, Volume 31. Oxford University Press [1887] Scanned and proofed , March, 2007. Proofed...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Iv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], IV. 1. I proclaim the Airy"e"m-ishy as the greatest of all authoritative prayers, O Spitama! as the most influential and helpful for progress; and may the Saoshya"n"ts (who would further us) use it and revere it. 2. I am speaking...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxviii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 14 YASNA XXVIII. PRAYERS CHIEFLY FOR GRACE AND FOR THE WORDS OF REVELATION. 2. Zarathu"s"tra, having entered upon the duties of his office (XXIX, 11), composes a liturgy for the use of some of his more eminent colleagues, possibly...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxiii. The Fravashis : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXIII. THE FRAVASHIS OF THE SAINTS; PRAYERS FOR THEIR APPROACH 3. 1. I desire to approach with my praise 4 those Fravashis which have existed from of old, the Fravashis of the houses, and of the villages, of the communities...
Visparad. Visparad Ii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD II 2. 1. In this Zaothra with this Baresman I desire to approach the lords of (the ritual) which are spiritual with my praise; and I desire to approach the earthly lords (as well). And I desire to approach the lords...
The Yasna. Yasna Iii. The Yasna Advances : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA III. THE YASNA ADVANCES TO THE NAMING OF THE OBJECTS OF PROPITIATION. 1. With a Baresman brought to its appointed place accompanied with the Zaothra at the time of Hvani, I desire to approach the Myazda-offering with my praise...
The Yasna. Yasna Lviii. The Fshusho Mathra : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LVIII (SP. LVII). THE FSHSH-MTHRA 1. 1. (Introduction.) (To the increase of our homage and praise of God) we offer this service 2 which, as our defence 3, may shield us, which is worship 4 with its beneficent results;...
Preface : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. viii p. ix PREFACE. IT would savour of affectation for me to say very much by way of meeting the necessary disadvantages under which I labour as in any sense a successor of Professor Darmesteter. It is sufficient to state that I...
The Yasna. Yasna Xiii. Invocations And Dedications : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XIII (SP. XIV). INVOCATIONS AND DEDICATIONS. 1. I address (my invocation to) Ahura Mazda. And I invoke (among guardian beings) the chief 3 of p. 251 the house-lord, and the chief of the Vs-lord 1, and the chief...
Visparad. Visparad V : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD V (SP. VI) 2. 1. I come to You, O Ye Bountiful Immortals! as a praiser priest, and invoker, as a memoriser, reciting (Your ritual), and as a chanter for Your sacrifice and homage, Your propitiation, and Your praise; (ye...
Afrinagan. I. Afrinagan Gahanbar : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], FRNAGN. p. 366 p. 367 FRNAGN. As to the present use of these blessings, says Haug (ed. West): 'frnagn are blessings which are to be recited over a meal consisting of wine, milk, and fruits, to which an angel, or the spirit...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Ii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], II. 1. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper--for the praise of Thrataona, the thwyan. Let them declare it--Propitiation be to the Fravashi of Thrataona, the thwyan, the saint. 2. We sacrifice to Thrataona, the thwyan, the holy lord...
The Yasna. Yasna Xvii. To The Fires, Waters : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XVII. TO THE FIRES, WATERS, PLANTS, &c. 1-10 1, 11. We worship thee, the Fire, O Ahura Mazda's son! We worship the fire Berezi-savangha (of the lofty use 2), and the fire Vohu-fryna (the good and friendly 3), and the fire...
Visparad. Visparad Xiv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XIV (SP. XVI) 3. 1. (We worship Ahura Mazda, the holy Lord of the ritual order 4; and we sacrifice to the Gtha Ahunavaiti) with its measures, and word-structure, and its Zand, with its questions and counter-questions, with its...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxxix. To The Soul : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXXIX. TO THE SOUL OF THE KINE, &c. 1. And now we sacrifice to the Kine's soul, and to her created body, and we sacrifice to the souls p. 288 of cattle who are fit to live 1 (for us), and whose (we?) are, such as are the same...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxviii. To The Ahurian One : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 321 YASNA LXVIII (SP. LXVII). TO THE AHURIAN ONE, AND THE WATERS. 1. We offer this to thee, O Ahurian (daughter) of Ahura! as a help 1 (?) for life. If we have offended thee, let this Zaothra then attain to thee (for satisfaction)...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 3 THE GTHAS. YASNA XXIX. THE WAIL OF THE KINE. THE CALL OF ZARATHU"S"TRA. HIS PRAYER FOR AID. This chapter, the second in the manuscripts of the Gtha Ahunavaiti, is placed here as in a more natural order. It may be regarded...
The Gathas. Yasna Xliv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 107 YASNA XLIV. QUESTIONS ASKED OF AHURA WITH THANKFULNESS AND DEVOTION. Many verses may here have fallen out, or, on the other hand, the piece having been made up of homogeneous, but not originally connected fragments, has been...
The Gathas. Yasna Xlviii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XLVIII. ANTICIPATED STRUGGLES AND PRAYERS FOR CHAMPIONS AND DEFENDERS. This chapter divides itself quite naturally into sections. 1-4 belong together, then 5 and 6, 7 seems less closely connected; then follows 8-12. 1. A struggle...
The Gathas. Yasna Xlv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 122 YASNA XLV. THE DOCTRINE OF DUALISM. HOMAGE TO AHURA. This hymn bears fewer traces of a fragmentary condition than others. It recalls Y. XXX, and, like it, appears to belong to a period, or to an interval, of political repose...
Visparad. Visparad Xix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XIX (SP. XXII) 1. 1. We worship Ahura Mazda the bountiful; and we worship the Bountiful Immortals (saying the Spe"n"ta). And we sacrifice to the bountiful saint, and to the bountiful anticipative understanding 2. Also we...
The Yasna. Yasna Xiv. Dedications : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XIV (SP. XV). DEDICATIONS. 1. I will come to You, O Ye Bountiful Immortals! as a praiser and a priest, and an invoker and sacrificer, as a memorising reciter and a chanter, for Your sacrifice and homage, which are to be offered...
The Yasna. Yasna Iv. The Offering Takes Place : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA IV. THE OFFERING TAKES PLACE. 1. These good thoughts, good words, and good deeds 2, these Haomas, meat-offerings, and Zaothras, this Baresman spread with sanctity, this flesh, and the two, Haurvat"t" (who guards the water)...
The Gathas. Yasna Xlix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XLIX. REVERSES AND HOPES. HONOUR TO FRASHAO"S"TRA AND OTHER CHIEFS. The chapter divides itself naturally into sections 1-5, 6-11. Verse 12 belongs with chapter L. One of the struggles in the holy cause seems to have gone against...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxiii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXIII 4 (SP. LXII). (See Y. XV, 2; Y. LXVI, 2; Y. XXXVIII, 3.) FOOTNOTES 316:4 This chapter is composed of short passages from other portions of the Yasna collected together possibly for the purpose of filling out the number...
The Yasna. Yasna Viii. Offering Of The Me : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA VIII. OFFERING OF THE MEAT-OFFERING IN PARTICULAR. THE FAITHFUL PARTAKE. 1. A blessing is Righteousness (called) the Best. It is weal; it is weal to this (man), When toward Righteousness Best there is right. I offer the Myazd...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxxiv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 80 YASNA XXXIV. 1. A tone of thankfulness continues. As if in gratitude for better fortunes, the prophet declares that he will bestow upon Ahura with the foremost, according to the measure of the gifts (which he has received. Those...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXII (SP. LXI). TO THE FIRE. 1. I offer my sacrifice and homage to thee, the Fire, as a good offering, and an offering with our hail p. 314 of salvation, even as an offering of praise with benedictions, to thee, the Fire, O Ahur...
The Yasna. Yasna Xi. Prelude To The Homa Offering : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XI. PRELUDE TO THE H(A)OMA-OFFERING 5. 1. Three clean creatures (full of blessings) curse betimes while yet invoking, the cow, the horse, and then H(a)oma. The cow cries to her driver 6 thus: p. 245 [paragraph continues]...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxv. To Ardvi Sura Anahit : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXV (SP. LXIV). TO ARDVI SRA ANHITA, AND THE WATERS. 1. I will praise the water Ardvi Sra Anhita, the wide-flowing (as it is) and healing in its influence, p. 317 efficacious against the Davas, devoted to Ahura's lore, and to be...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxiv. Presentations : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXIV. . 1. (And having approached these Haomas with our worship), we present them to Ahura Mazda; (yea, we present) these Haomas, Myazdas, Zaothras, and the Baresman spread with punctilious sanctity, and the flesh, and the milk...
The Gahs. I. The Gah Havan : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 376 p. 377 THE GHS. p. 378 p. 379 THE GHS. THE Ghs are the five divisions of the day. The Hvani from 6 to 10 A.M., the Rapithwina from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M., the Uzayirina from 3 to 6 P.M., the Aiwisrthrima from 6 to 12 P.M...
Visparad. Visparad X : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD X (SP. XI) 2. 1. I desire to approach the Arezahis with my praise, and the Savahis, and Fradadhafshu, and Vdadhafshu, and Vouru-bare"s"ti, and Vouru-"g"are"s"ti, and this Karshvar which is "H"v"aniratha. 2. And I desire...
The Yasna. Yasna Xli. A Prayer To Ahur : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XLI. A PRAYER TO AHURA AS THE KING, THE LIFE, AND THE REWARDER. 1. Praises, and songs, and adorations do we offer to Ahura Mazda, and to Righteousness the Best; yea, we offer and we ascribe them, and proclaim them. 2. And to Thy...
The Yasna. Yasna Xix. Zand Or Commentary : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XIX. ZAND OR COMMENTARY ON THE AHUNA-VAIRYA FORMULAS 5. (As the Ah is excellent, so (is) the Ratu (one who rules) from the righteous Order, a creator of mental goodness and of life's actions done for Mazda; and p. 260 the Kingdom...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxxv. Yasna Haptanghaiti : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXXV. YASNA HAPTANGHITI. With the Yasna of the 'Seven Chapters' which ranks next in antiquity after the Gthas, we already pass into an atmosphere distinct from theirs. The dialect still lingers, but the spirit is changed. We have...
The Yasna. Yasna I. The Sacrifice Commences : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 195 THE YASNA. IT is now hardly necessary to say that the Yasna is the chief liturgy of the Zarathu"s"trians, in which confession, invocation, prayer, exhortation, and praise are all combined as in other liturgies. Like other...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxxvii. To Ahura, The Holy : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXXVII. TO AHURA, THE HOLY CREATION, THE FRAVASHIS OF THE JUST, AND THE BOUNTIFUL IMMORTALS. 1. Thus therefore do we worship Ahura Mazda, who made the Kine (the living creation), and the (embodied) Righteousness (which is...
Visparad. Visparad Xv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XV (SP. XVIII) 4. 1. Hold your feet in readiness, and your two hands, and your understandings 5, O ye Zarathu"s"trian Mazdayasnians! for the well-doing of lawful deeds in accordance with the sacred Order, and for the avoidance...
The Yasna. Yasna Lvii. The Srosh Yast : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LVII (SP. LVI). THE SRSH YA"S"T 4. 1. A blessing is Righteousness (called) the Best, &c. Propitiation be to Sraosha, Obedience the blessed, the mighty, the incarnate word of reason, whose body is the Mthra, him of the daring...
The Gahs. V. Gah Ushahin : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 387 V. GH USHAHIN 1. 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, of the order of Zarathu"s"tra, a foe to the Davas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for the Ushahina, for sacrifice, homage, propitiati...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxx : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 25 YASNA XXX. THE DOCTRINE OF DUALISM. 1. Accustomed to instruct the masses who throng him on public occasions seeking light, the composer constructs this hymn for similar opportunities. He may be regarded as continuing the thoughts...
Miscellaneous Fragments. V : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], V. 1. To Ahura Mazda, the radiant, the glorious, to the Bountiful Immortals, to Force well-shaped and stately, to the Blow of Victory, Ahura-given, to the Victorious Ascendency (which it secures), to the path of pleasantness...
The Yasna. Yasna Lix. Mutual Blessings : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 309 YASNA LIX (SP. LVIII). MUTUAL BLESSINGS. 1-17. (See Y. XVII, 1-17.) 18-27. (See Y. XXVI, 1-10.) 28. We worship Verethraghna, the Ahura-made, the victorious blow; and we worship the Saoshya"n"t, who smites with victory; and we...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxvi. To The Ahurian One : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXVI (SP. LXV). TO THE AHURIAN ONE 5. 1. I am now offering this Zaothra here with sanctity 6, together with the Haoma and the flesh, and the Hadhnapata lifted up with sacred regularity as to thee, O Ahurian One...
Visparad. Visparad Xxi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 362 VISPARAD XXI (SP. XXIV). 1. We strive earnestly, and we take up our Yasna and our homage to the good waters, and to the fertile fruit-trees (which bear as of themselves), and to the Fravashis of the saints; yea, we take up our...
The Yasna. Yasna Lii. A Prayer For Sanctity : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 292 YASNA LII (SP. LI). A PRAYER FOR SANCTITY AND ITS BENEFITS. 1. I pray with benedictions for a benefit, and for the good, even for the entire creation of the holy (and the clean); I beseech for them for the (generation which is)...
The Yasna. Yasna Liv. The Airyema Ishyo : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LIV 2 (SP. LIII). THE AIRY"E"M-ISHY. 1. Let the Airyaman, the desired friend and peers-man, draw near for grace to the men and to the women who are taught of Zarathustra, for the joyful grace of the Good Mind, whereby...
The Gahs. Iii. Gah Uziren : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], III. GH UZIREN 1. 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda! A blessing is Asha Vahi"s"ta--. I confess myself a Mazdayasnian of the order of Zarathu"s"tra, a foe to the Davas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for the Uzayirina, the holy lord...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Iii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], III. 1. All good thoughts, and all good words, and all good deeds are thought, and spoken, and done with intelligence and all evil thoughts, and words, and deeds are thought, and spoken, and done with folly. 2. And let (the men who...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxxi. The Yasna Concluding : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 327 YASNA LXXI (SP. LXX). THE YASNA CONCLUDING. 1. Frashao"s"tra, the holy, asked the saintly Zarathu"s"tra: Answer me, O thou most eminent Zarathu"s"tra, what is (in very truth) the memorised recital of the rites? What is...
The Yasna. Yasna Lv. The Worship Of The Gath : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 294 YASNA LV (SP. LIV). THE WORSHIP OF THE GTHAS AS CONCLUDED, AND THAT OF THE STAOTA YSNYA 1 AS BEGINNING. 1. We present hereby and we make known, as our offering to the bountiful Gthas which rule (as the leading chants) with...
The Gathas. Yasna L : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XLIX, 12-L. The most striking circumstance here, after the rhetorical and moral-religious peculiarities have been observed, is the sixth verse; and as to the question of Zarathu"s"trian authorship, it is the most striking...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxxi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 36 YASNA XXXI. THE PROGRESS AND STRUGGLES OF THE CAUSE. This composition differs from that in XXX as descending from the more general to the particular, and from the doctrinal to the practical. One might even trace an immediate...
Visparad. Visparad Vi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD VI (SP. VII) 1. In accordance with the precept, with praise, and with the joyful reception of grace, with Zaothras intelligently offered, with sacrificial words correctly spoken, I call the good Amesha Spe"n"ta by their names...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Vii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 392 VII 1. 1. To the good waters, and to all the waters which Mazda created, and to that lofty lord, Apm-nap"t", and to thee, O Ahurian One of Ahura, that water which Mazda created! be sacrifice, homage, propitiation, and praise...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Vi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VI 2. Propitiation be to the created body of the Kine of blessed endowment, and to the Kine's soul (so, if there is one cow presented 3). Propitiation be to the body and soul of you two (so, if there are two 3).--To your body and soul...
Afrinagan. Iii. Afrinagan Rapithvin : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], III. FRN[-AGN] 2 RAPITHVIN 2. 1. I confess myself a Mazda-worshipper, of Zarathu"s"tra's order, a foe to the Davas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for Rapithwina, the holy lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiati...
Visparad. Visparad Xx : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XX (SP. XXIII) 3. 1. (Homage to the Gtha Vohu-khshathra 4! We sacrifice to the Vohu-khshathra), (the good kingdom) even the Khshathra-vairya, the kingdom to be desired; and we sacrifice to the iron-founding 5, ...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXI (SP. LX). 1. Let us peal 4 forth the Ahuna-vairya in our liturgy between the heaven and earth, and let us send forth the Asha Vahi"s"ta in our prayer the same, and the YNh htm. And let us send forth in our liturgies between...
The Gathas. Yasna Xlvii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 145 THE GTHA() SPE"N"T MAINY (SPE"N"TMAINYU()). This Gtha, consisting of Yasna XLVII-L, takes its name from its commencing words. Like the other Gthas it owes its existence as a collection to the nature of its metre, as its matter...
The Gathas. Introduction : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 1 THE GTHAS. THE five Gthas of Zarathu"s"tra and his immediate followers are placed here before the other parts of the Yasna on account of their higher antiquity. There existed no other Yasna for years or centuries beside them...
The Yasna. Yasna Xl. Prayers For Helpers : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XL. PRAYERS FOR HELPERS. 1. And now in these Thy dispensations, O Ahura Mazda! do Thou wisely 4 act for us, and with abundance p. 289 with Thy bounty and Thy tenderness 1 as touching us; and grant that reward which Thou hast...
Visparad. Visparad Xiii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XIII (SP. XV) 2. 1. According to the ritual we worship Ahura Mazda; according to the ritual we worship the Bountiful Immortals; and we sacrifice to the sacrificial word correctly spoken, and to every Mthra (as to a sacred word...
Next. Yasna Lxix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXIV (SP. LXIII). (See Y. XLVI, 3; Y. L, 6-11.)
The Yasna. Yasna V : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA V. This chapter is identical with Yasna XXXVII.
Visparad. Visparad Xvi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XVI (SP. XIX) 2. 1. And we worship the Fire here, Ahura Mazda's son, and the Yazads having the seed of fire in them, and the Rashnus having the seed of fire 3 in them; and we worship the Fravashis of the saints. And we worship...
Visparad. Visparad Xxiii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XXIII (SP. XXVI) 3. 1. We worship Ahura Mazda as the best 4 (worship to be offered in our gifts). We worship the Amesha Spe"n"ta (once more, and as) the best. We worship Asha Vahi"s"ta (who is Righteousness the Best). And we...
The Yasna. Yasna Lvi. Introducti : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 296 YASNA LVI (SP. LV). INTRODUCTION TO THE SRSH YA"S"T. 1. Let Sraosha (the listening Obedience) be present here for the worship of Ahura Mazda, the most beneficent, and holy, of him) who is desired by us as at the first, so...
The Gathas. Yasna Xlvi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XLVI. PERSONAL SUFFERINGS, HOPES, AND APPEALS. In treating this most valuable section, we can as usual presuppose that the several verses were not originally composed in the order in which they now appear. Verses 1-3 seem like...
The Gahs. Ii. Gah Rapithvin : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], II. GH RAPITHVIN 1. 1. Propitiation to Ahura Mazda. A blessing is Asha Vahi"s"ta. I confess as a Mazda-worshipper, and of Zarathu"s"tra's order--for Rapithwina, the holy lord of the ritual order, for sacrifice, homage, propitiati...
Visparad. Visparad Xvii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XVII (SP. XX) 3. And we strive after the good thoughts, words, and deeds inculcated in the Yasna Haptanghiti. A blessing is the Right (called) the Best, (there is) weal; (there is) weal for this (man) when toward Righteousness...
The Yasna. Yasna X : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 240 YASNA X. 11. Let the Demon-gods and Goddesses fly far away 1 from hence, and let the good Sraosha make here his home! [And may the good Blessedness here likewise dwell], and may she here spread delight and peace within this...
Visparad. Visparad Xviii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XVIII (SP. XXI) 4. 1. We worship Ahura Mazda with the u"s"ta 5. And we worship the Amesha Spe"n"ta with the u"s"ta, and the holy man, the saint. And we worship the prior world of the holy (and of the clean) with an u"s"t...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXV. 1. And we worship the Bountiful Immortals with our sacrifice, who rule aright, and who dispose of all aright; and we worship this Haoma, this flesh and branch, (2) and these Zaothras for the good waters, having the Haom...
The Yasna. Yasna Ix. The Hom Yast : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA IX. THE HM YA"S"T. The Haoma-ya"s"t has claims to antiquity (owing to its subject, but not to its dialect), next after the Sr"s"-ya"s"t. H(a)oma = Soma, as a deity, flourished not only before the Gthas, but before the "Ri"ks...
Visparad. Visparad Xi : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XI (SP. XII). 1. To Ahura Mazda would we present 4 our offered Haomas and that which is lifted up, as the most p. 350 beneficial to Verethraghna (the blow of victory) which furthers the settlements; and that which is offered...
The Gathas. Yasna Xliii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 91 THE GTHA() U"S"TAVAITI(). This Gtha, consisting of Yasna XLIII-XLVI, is named from the word which begins it, like the three last collections. The fact that the word u"s"t possesses special significance may have influenced...
Miscellaneous Fragments. I : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 389 MISCELLANEOUS FRAGMENTS. I. 1. (An incitation to the priest or worshipper.) As thou keepest company with the Good Mind, and with Righteousness the Best, and with Khshathra-vairya (the Kingdom to be desired), speak to the male...
The Yasna. Yasna Xvi. The Sacrifice Continues : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XVI (SP. XVII). THE SACRIFICE CONTINUES WITH INCREASED FULNESS OF EXPRESSION. 1. We worship Ahura Mazda, the holy lord of the ritual order, who disposes (all) aright, the greatest Yazad, who is also the most beneficent...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxvii. Prelude To The Chief : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 280 YASNA XXVII. PRELUDE TO THE CHIEF RECITAL OF THE AHUNA-VAIRYA. 1. This is to render 1 Him who is of all the greatest, our lord 2 and master 3 (even) Ahura Mazda. And this to smite 4 the wicked Angra Mainyu, and to smite Ashm...
Visparad. Visparad Viii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 347 VISPARAD VIII (SP. IX). 1. With this word be Thou approached 1, with the proper word be Thou present here, Thou who art Ahura Mazda, the holy, together with the good Yazads who are the Bountiful Immortals, who rule aright...
The Gathas. Yasna Liii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], THE GTHA() VAHI"S"T "S"TI"S" (VAHI"S"TI"S"TI()). This Gtha, named from its first words, consists of chapter LIII of the Yasna. While its matter is homogeneous with that of the other Gthas, it bears some evidence of having been composed...
Afrinagan. Ii. Afrinagan Gatha : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], II. FRN[-AGN] 4 GTHA 4. 1. As the Ah is (revered and) to be chosen, so (is) the Ratu (one who rules) from the Righteous Order, a creator of mental goodness, and of life's actions done for Ahura, and the Kingdom (is) to Mazda, which...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxx. To The Bountiful Immortals : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LXX (SP. LXIX). TO THE BOUNTIFUL IMMORTALS, AND THE INSTITUTIONS OF RELIGION. 1. I would worship these (the Bountiful Immortals) with my sacrifice, those who rule aright, and who dispose (of all) aright, and this one (especially)...
Visparad. Visparad Xxii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD XXII (SP. XXV). With this chant (fully) chanted, and which is for the Bountiful Immortals and the holy Saoshya"n"ts (who are the prophets who shall serve us), and by means of these (ceremonial) actions, which are (of all) p...
Abbreviations : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. xlviii ABBREVIATIONS. Barth. = Bartholomae. B.V.S. = Vendidad Sade, von Dr. Hermann Brockhaus. Leipzig, 1850. D. = dastur. De inf. = De infinitivi linguarum sanskritae bactricae persicae graecae oscae umbricae latinae gotticae form...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxxviii. To The Earth : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXXVIII. TO THE EARTH AND THE SACRED WATERS. 1. And now we worship this earth which bears us, together with Thy wives 3, O Ahura Mazda! yea, those Thy wives do we worship which are so desired from their sanctity. 2. We sacrifice...
The Yasna. Yasna Vi. The Sacrifice Continues : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 219 YASNA VI 1. THE SACRIFICE CONTINUES WITH FULLER EXPRESSION. 1. We worship the Creator Ahura Mazda with our sacrifice, and the Bountiful Immortals who rule aright, and who dispose of all aright. 2. And we worship the Asnya with...
The Yasna. Yasna Xx. Zand, Or Commentary : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XX. ZAND, OR COMMENTARY, ON THE ASHEM VOH. 1. A blessing is Righteousness (called) the best; there is weal, there is weal to this man when the Right (helps) the Righteousness best, (when the pious man serves it in truth 5). Ahur...
The Gathas. Yasna Li : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 176 THE GTHA() VOH KHSHATHREM (VOHUKHSHATHRA()). This Gtha consists of the single chapter Y. LI. It has lines of fourteen syllables with caesura in the middle. YASNA LI. INSTRUCTIONS AND APPEALS TO AN ASSEMBLY OF THE FAITHFUL. It is...
The Gahs. Iv. Gah Aiwisruthrima : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], IV. GH AIWISRTHRIMA 5 1. Propitiation be to Ahura Mazda. A blessing is Asha Vahi"s"ta--. I confess myself a Mazdayasnian, and of Zarathu"s"tra's order, a foe to the Davas, devoted to the lore of the Lord, for Aiwisrthrima, and Aibigay...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxii. The Sacrifice Continues : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 270 YASNA XXII. THE SACRIFICE CONTINUES. 1. With the Baresman brought hither together with the Zaothra, for the worship of the Creator Ahura Mazda, the resplendent, the glorious, and for that of the Bountiful Immortals, I desire...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Ix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], IX. 1. The Ahuna-vairya is a prayer to be (revered and) chosen as the choice one of Mazda. The Khshathra-vairya is likewise such, and the Y dana 3. They (it) will gain the reward. Yath ah vairy. It is the word of Mazda. They are...
Miscellaneous Fragments. Viii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VIII 2. 1. The moons* of the season will wane. Let the Mazdayasnian (pray) for a smiter who may destroy quickly (the demon who causes their decrease). And quickly indeed may the malignant one die off--. For no one of her adherents c...
The Yasna. Yasna Xviii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XVIII 4. 1. Grant me, Thou who art maker of the Kine, plants and waters, Immortality, Mazda! Grant, too, Weal, Spirit bounteous--. FOOTNOTES 259:4 See Y. LI, 7, and Y. XLVII.
Visparad. Visparad Iii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD III. BEGINNING OF THE HAOMA OFFERING; ROLL-CALL OF THE PRIEST 2. 1. (The Zaotar speaks.) (I call for) the Hvanan 3, and would have him here. (The Ratu answers.) I will come (and fulfil his duties). (The Zaotar speaks.) I would...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxxiii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 68 YASNA XXXIII. PRAYERS, HOPES, AND SELF-CONSECRATION. Brighter times seem to have arrived. The vengeance so confidently promised in the close of XXXII is described as near at hand. In fact the first three verses seem to belong...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxi. Catechetical Z : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXI. CATECHETICAL ZAND, OR COMMENTARY UPON THE YNH HTM 2. (The YNh. (To that one) of beings do we offer, whose superior (fidelity) in the sacrifice Ahura Mazda recognises by reason of the sanctity (within him; yea, even to those...
The Gathas. Yasna Xxxii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 54 YASNA XXXII. THE STRUGGLE IS CONTINUED IN THE MIDST OF REVERSES. 1. The same author may well be supposed to continue. The first stanzas have been lost, but we observe that the subject of the section is still face to face with...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxxvi. To Ahura And The Fire : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XXXVI. TO AHURA AND THE FIRE. 1. We would approach You two, O (Ye) primeval ones in the house 2 of this Thy holy Fire, O Ahura Mazda, Thou most bounteous Spirit! Who brings pollutions to this (Thy flame) him wilt Thou cover with...
Visparad. Visparad Ix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD IX (SP. X) 3. 1. (I desire to offer my homage and my praise 4) to the offered Haomas and Zaothras, and to those also which shall yet be offered, which smite victoriously, and are foes of hatred, and following in company...
The Yasna. Yasna Vii. Presentation Of Offerings : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA VII. PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS BY THE PRIEST WITH THE OBJECT OF PROPITIATION NAMED. 1. With a complete and sacred offering 1 I offer and I give this meat-offering, and (with it) Haurvat"t" (who guards the water), and Ameretat"t"...
The Yasna. Yasna Xxvi. The Fravashis. Sacrifice : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 278 YASNA XXVI. THE FRAVASHIS; SACRIFICE AND PRAISE TO THEM. 1. I praise, invoke, and weave my hymn to the good, heroic, and bountiful Fravashis of the saints; (and having invoked these, then) we worship the Nmnyas, and the Vsy...
The Yasna. Yasna Xv. The Sacrifice Continues : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XV (SP. XVI). THE SACRIFICE CONTINUES. 1. With precept, praise, and with delight produced by grace 3, I call upon the Bountiful Immortals the good, and also therewith the beautiful by name 4; and I sacrifice to them with...
The Yasna. Yasna Lxix : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 325 YASNA LXIX (SP. LXVIII). This chapter is composed of fragments: see Y. XV, 2; and Y. LI, 1 and 22.
Untitled : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 394 p. 395 INDEX. Ashma, page xix, xxi, 161, 280, 393. Athrapaiti, 279, 318, 323. Athrya, 323. Age of the Gthas, age as compared with one another, xxvii, 92. Agni, 80, 129. Ahi, 233. Ahuna-vairya, 2, 194, 227, 228, 254, 260, 261...
Visparad. Visparad Vii : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD VII (SP. VIII) 2. 1. We worship the (sacrificial) words correctly uttered, and Sraosha (Obedience) the blessed, and the good Ashi, (the blest order of our rites), and Nairya-sangha. And we worship the victorious Peace...
The Yasna. Yasna Xlii. A Supplement : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA XLII. A SUPPLEMENT TO THE HAPTANGHITI 5. 1. We worship You, O Ye Bountiful Immortals! with the entire collection of this Yasna, Haptanghiti p. 291 [paragraph continues] (as we sum up all). And we sacrifice to the fountains...
The Yasna. Yasna Lx. Prayers For The Dwelling : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], YASNA LX (SP. LIX). PRAYERS FOR THE DWELLING OF THE SACRIFICER 2. 1. Thus that better than the good may he approach, who shows to us straight paths of profit appertaining to this bodily life and to the mental likewise, in the eternal...
Visparad. Visparad I : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], p. 333 VISPARAD p. 334 p. 335 VISPARAD I 1. 1. I announce 2, and (will) complete (my Yasna) to the lords 3 of the spiritual creatures, and to the lords of the earthly creatures, to the lords 3 of those which live under the waters...
Visparad. Visparad Iv : * "The Zend Avesta, Part III (SBE31)", L.H. Mills, tr. [1886], VISPARAD IV (SP. V) 4. 1. (Yea,) we sacrifice to the thoughts of the mind, and to the good wisdom, and to the good and blessed p. 344 sanctity, and to the good religious knowledge, and to good health (of soul and body). [At their...
