Yashts — Yasht 16
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Source: Avesta.org. The Yashts, Yasht 16, translation: L.H. Mills / J. Darmesteter (Sacred Books of the East, 1880-1887), Avesta.org. License: Public domain (translation predates 1928).
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AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (English): Den Yasht

16. DEN YASHT

Translated by James Darmesteter (From Sacred Books of the
East, American Edition, 1898.)

0.
May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced!....

Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....

I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathushtra,
one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws of Ahura;

For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani],
the holy and master of holiness....

To the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and to the good
Law of the worshippers of Mazda.

Be propitiation from me, for sacrifice, prayer, propitiation,
and glorification.

Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness.....

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1.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda, the
supplier of good stores, who runs quickly to the goal and frees
one best from dangers, who brings libations, who is holy, clever,
and renowned, speedy to work and quick of work; who goes quickly
and cleanses well; the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda;
2.
To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice, saying: 'Rise up from
thy seat, come forward from the Abode, thou most right Chista,
made by Mazda and holy. If thou art before me, stay for me; if
thou art behind me, overtake me.
3.
'Let everything be as friendly to us as anything can be: may
we go smoothly along the roads, find good pathways in the mountains,
run easily through the forests, and cross happily the rivers!'
4.
For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard, namely, unto the most right Chista, made by
Mazda and holy. I will offer up a sacrifice unto the most right
Chista, made by Mazda and holy, with the libations, with the Haoma
and meat, with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with
the holy spells, with the words and deeds, with the libations,
with the well spoken words.

Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....

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5.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda.... (repeat
verse 1).
6.
To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,
for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for
this boon,
7.
That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would
give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,
the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness
of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the Kara fish, that lives
beneath the waters, and can measure a rippling of the waters not
thicker than a hair, in the Rangha, whose ends lie afar and whose
depth is a thousand times the height of a man.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard....

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8.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
9.
To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,
for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for
this boon,
10.
That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would
give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,
the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness
of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the male horse, that,
in the dark of the night, through the rain, the snow, the hail,
or the sleet, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a horse's
hair, mingled with the earth, and knows whether it is from the
head or from the tail.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard....

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11.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
12.
To whom Zarathushtra did sacrifice for righteousness of thought,
for righteousness of speech, for righteousness of deed, and for
this boon,
13.
That the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, would
give him the swiftness of the feet, the quick hearing of the ears,
the strength of the arms, the health of the whole body, the sturdiness
of the whole body, and the eye-sight of the vulture with a golden
collar, that, from as far as nine districts, can perceive a piece
of flesh, not thicker than a fist, giving just as much light as
a needle gives, as the point of a needle gives.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard....

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14.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
15.
To whom the holy Hvovi did sacrifice with full knowledge,
wishing that the holy Zarathushtra would give her his good narcotic,
that she might think according to the law, speak according to
the law, and do according to the law.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard....

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16.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
17.
To whom the Athravans, sent afar, did sacrifice, wishing a
good memory to preach the law, and wishing strength for their
own body.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard....

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18.
We sacrifice to the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy:
we sacrifice to the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda....
19.
To whom the king of the country, the lord of the country does
sacrifice, wishing peace for his country, wishing strength for
his own body.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer unto her a sacrifice
worth being heard....
20.
Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....

I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour
of the most right Chista, made by Mazda and holy, and of the good
Law of the worshippers of Mazda.

Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....

[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him long,
long life, give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the
holy Ones.

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