* "The Zend Avesta, Part Ii (sbe23)\", James Darmesteter, tr. [1882],
p. 310
Xx. Vana\"N"T" YA"S"T.
This Ya"s"t ought to follow immediately after the Tr Ya"s"t, as it is derived from the same Srzah formula; the one in which Ti"s"trya is invoked along with Vana"n"t" and Haptiri"n"ga (Srzah, 13). It is a mere supplement to that Ya"s"t. On Vana"n"t", see p. 97, note 6.
\"0. May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....
Ashem Voh: Holiness is the best of all good...
I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathu"s"tra, one who hates the Davas and obeys the laws of Ahura;
For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hvani], the holy and master of holiness....
Unto the star Vana"n"t", made by Mazda,
Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.
Yath ah vairy: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
1. We sacrifice unto the star Vana"n"t", made by Mazda, the holy and master of holiness.
I will sacrifice unto Vana"n"t", strong, invoked by his own name 1, healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most foul Khrafstras 2 of the most abominable Angra Mainyu.
2. Yath ah vairy: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....
I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the star Vana"n"t", made by Mazda.
Ashem Voh: Holiness is the best of all good....
[Give] unto that man 3 brightness and glory,.... give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.
Footnotes
310:1 See p. 13, note 2.
310:2 The reptiles and other Ahrimanian creatures (Venddd, Introd. V, 11) which are destroyed by the rain (Bund. Vii, 7).