YASNA - Ahunavaiti Gatha
YASNA 33.
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- 1.
- According as it is
with the laws that belong to the present life, so shall the Judge act
with most just deed towards the man of the Lie and the man of the
Right, and him whose false things and good things balance (in equal
measure).
- 2.
- Whoso worketh ill
for the liar by word or thought or hands, or converts his dependent to
the good -- such men meet the will of Ahura Mazda to his satisfaction.
- 3.
- Whose is most good
to the righteous man, be he noble or member of the community or the
brotherhood, Ahura -- or with diligence cares for the cattle, he shall
be hereafter in the pasture of Right and Good Thought [Asha and Vohu
Manah].
- 4.
- I who by worship
would keep far from Thee, O Mazda, disobedience and Bad Thought,
heresy from the nobles, and from the community the Lie, that is most
near, and from the brotherhood the slanderers, and the worst herdsmen
from the pastures of the cattle; --
- 5.
- I who would invoke
thy Obedience as the greatest of all at the Consummation, attaining
long life, and the Dominion of Good Thought, and the straight ways
into Right, wherein Mazda Ahura dwells.
- 6.
- I, as a priest, who
would learn the straight (paths) by the Right, would learn by the Best
Spirit how to practice husbandry by that thought in which it is
thought of; these Twain of Thine, O Ahura Mazda, I strive to see and
take counsel with them.
- 7.
- Come hither to me,
O ye Best Ones, hither, O Mazda, in Thine own person and visibly, O
Right and Good Thought, that I may be heard beyond the limits of the
people. Let the august duties be manifest among us and clearly viewed.
- 8.
- Consider ye my
matters whereon I am active, O Good Thought, my worship, O Mazda,
towards one like you, and O Right, the words of my praise. Grant, O
Welfare and Immortality, your own everlasting blessing.
- 9.
- That Spirit of
Thine, Mazda, together with the comfort of the Comrades Twain, who
advance the Right, let the Best Thought bring through the Reform
wrought by me. Sure is the support of those twain, whose souls are
one.
- 10.
- All the pleasures
of life which thou holdest, those that were, that are, and that shall
be O Mazda, according to thy good will apportion them. Through Good
Thought advance thou the body, through Dominion and Right at will.
- 11.
- The most mighty
Ahura Mazda, and Piety, and Right that blesses our substance, and Good
Thought and Dominion, hearken unto me, be merciful to me, when to each
man the recompense comes.
- 12.
- Rise up for me, O
Ahura, through Armaiti give strength, through the holiest Spirit give
might, O Mazda, through the good Recompense [ādā, offering],
through the Right give powerful prowess, through Good Thought give the
reward.
- 13.
- To support me, O
Thou that seest far onward, do ye assure me the incomparable things in
your Dominion, O Ahura, as the Destiny of Good Thought. O Holy Armaiti,
teach the Daenas about the Right.
- 14.
- As an offering
Zarathushtra brings the life of his own body, the choiceness of good
thought, action, and speech, unto Mazda, unto the Right, Obedience,
and Dominion.
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