Yashts — Yasht 17
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AVESTA: KHORDA AVESTA (English): Ashi Yasht ("Hymn to Ashi")

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17. ASHI YASHT ("Hymn to Ashi")

This digital edition copyright © 1995
by Joseph H. Peterson. All rights reserved.

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

Avestan text based on edition of Karl F. Geldner, Avesta, the Sacred
Books of the Parsis, Stuttgart, 1896.

This hymn is also known as the "Ard Yasht."

"Ashi Vanghuhi or 'the good Ashi1' is a feminine impersonation
of piety2, and she is, at the same time, the source of all the good
and riches that are connected with piety3. She is described, therefore,
as a goddess of Fortune and Wealth, and is invoked in company
with Parendi, the goddess of Treasures (Sirozah 25).

She appears in the latter character in the first part of the Yasht
(§§ 1-14); she praises and loves Zarathushtra
(§§ 15-21). She is worshipped by Haoshyangha
(§ 26), Yima (§ 28), Thraetaona [Faridoon] (§ 33),
Haoma (§ 37), Husravah (§ 41), Zarathushtra (§ 45), and Vishtaspa
(§ 49)4. She rejects the offerings of all sterile people (old men,
courtezans, and children, §§ 53-61).

Notes:

1. In Parsi Ardishvang or Ard (Ardish from Artish, the Persian
form of Ashish); she presides over the 25th day of the month; cf.
Sirozah 25.

2. Ashi is not the feminine adjective of Asha, as the i was
originally short (genitive ash&ocirc;ish, not ashyau); ashi is ar-ti, and
means bhakti, piety (Neriosengh).

3. The so-called Ashi's remedies (ash&ocirc;ish ba&ecirc;shaza; cf.
Yt13.32.)

4. This enumeration is the same as in the Gosh Yasht
(§§ 3, 8, 14, 17, 21, 26, 29).

I.

0. (pa n&atilde;m i &yacute;azd&atilde;, h&ocirc;rmezd i hvad&acirc;e
i awaz&ucirc;n&icirc; gurz hvarahe awaz&acirc;y&acirc;t,

mainy&ocirc; arshasa&ntilde;g b&ecirc; ras&acirc;t,

ezh ham&acirc; gun&acirc;h ... pa patit h&ocirc;m!)

xshnaothra ahurahe mazd&aring;, tar&ocirc;id&icirc;ti angrahe
mainy&ecirc;ush, haithy&acirc;varsht&atilde;m hyat vasn&acirc;
ferash&ocirc;temem. staom&icirc; ashem,

ashem voh&ucirc;...(3).

fravar&acirc;ne mazdayasn&ocirc; zarathushtrish v&icirc;da&ecirc;v&ocirc;
ahura-tka&ecirc;sh&ocirc;,

(Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.)

ash&ocirc;ish vanghuy&aring; cist&ocirc;ish vanghuy&aring; ereth&ecirc;
vanghuy&aring; ras&atilde;st&acirc;t&ocirc; vanghuy&aring; hvarenangh&ocirc;
savangh&ocirc; mazdadh&acirc;tahe

xshnaothra &yacute;asn&acirc;ica vahm&acirc;ica xshnaothr&acirc;ica
frasastaya&ecirc;ca,

&yacute;ath&acirc; ah&ucirc; vairy&ocirc; zaot&acirc; fr&acirc;-m&ecirc;
mr&ucirc;t&ecirc;,

ath&acirc; ratush ash&acirc;tc&icirc;t haca fr&acirc; ashava v&icirc;dhv&aring;
mraot&ucirc;!

1. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m,

1. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining,
high, tall-formed, well worthy of sacrifice, with a
loud-sounding chariot, strong, welfare-giving, healing,
with fulness of intellect5, and powerful;

5. Perethu-v&icirc;ra; see &Eacute;tudes Iraniennes, II, 183.

2. dukhdharem ahurahe mazd&aring; hvangharem ameshan&atilde;m
spe&ntilde;tan&atilde;m &yacute;&acirc; v&icirc;span&atilde;m
saoshya&ntilde;t&atilde;m frasha xrathwa fratha&ntilde;jayeiti
uta-h&ecirc; &acirc;snem xrat&ucirc;m ava-baraiti v&acirc;rema
uta-h&ecirc; &acirc;sna&ecirc;ca zbaya&ntilde;t&acirc;i d&ucirc;ra&ecirc;ca
zbaya&ntilde;t&acirc;i jasaiti avanghe, &yacute;&ocirc; ash&icirc;m
&yacute;az&acirc;ite zaothr&acirc;by&ocirc; h&ocirc; mithrem &yacute;az&acirc;ite
zaothr&acirc;by&ocirc;.

2. The daughter of Ahura Mazda, the sister of
the Amesha-Spentas, who endows all the Saoshyants6

with the enlivening intelligence; she also
brings heavenly wisdom at her wish, and comes to
help him who invokes her from near and him who
invokes her from afar, and worships her with offerings
of libations.

6. The allies of Saoshyant, who are to be active in the restoration
of the world to eternal life (frashegird). Cf. Yt11.17, note 1.
Ashi gives them the 'intelligence of life' (frasha khratu), through
which they will be enabled to perform their task.

3. ahe raya hvarenanghaca

t&atilde;m &yacute;az&acirc;i surunvata &yacute;asna

t&atilde;m &yacute;az&acirc;i huyashta &yacute;asna

ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m zaothr&acirc;by&ocirc;, ash&icirc;m
vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide

haomay&ocirc; gava baresmana hizv&ocirc; danghangha m&atilde;thraca
vacaca shyaothnaca zaothr&acirc;byasca arshuxdha&ecirc;ibyasca
v&acirc;khzhiby&ocirc;.

&yacute;engh&ecirc; h&acirc;t&atilde;m &acirc;at &yacute;esn&ecirc;
pait&icirc; vangh&ocirc; mazd&aring; ahur&ocirc; va&ecirc;th&acirc;
ash&acirc;t hac&acirc; &yacute;&aring;ngh&atilde;mc&acirc; t&atilde;sc&acirc;
t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

37. For her brightness and glory, I will offer her
a sacrifice worth being heard; I will offer up unto
Ashi Vanguhi a good sacrifice with an offering of
libations. We sacrifice unto Ashi Vanguhi with
the libations, with the Haoma and meat, with the
baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the
holy spells, with the words, with the deeds, with
the libations, and with the rightly-spoken words.

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

7. Cf. Yt5.10.

II.

4. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

4. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,
well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,
welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect, and powerful.

5. haomaheca nem&ocirc; m&atilde;thraheca ashaona&ecirc;ca zarathushtrahe,

atcit b&acirc; nem&ocirc; haom&acirc;i

&yacute;at v&icirc;spe anye madh&aring;ngh&ocirc;

a&ecirc;shma haci&ntilde;te xrvidrv&ocirc;

&acirc;at h&ocirc; &yacute;&ocirc; haomahe madh&ocirc;

asha hacaite hva&ecirc;-paithe.

5. Homage unto Haoma, and unto the Mathra8,
and unto the holy Zarathushtra!

Homage unto Haoma, because all other drinks
are attended with Aeshma9, the fiend of the wounding
spear: but the drinking of Haoma is attended
with Asha and with Ashi Vanguhi herself10.

8. The Holy Word.

9. The Daeva of anger.

10. As drinking of Haoma is an act of religion (cf.
Yasna 11, 12 seq.)

6. ashish vanguhi ashi sr&icirc;re ashi b&acirc;numaiti sh&acirc;iti
vy&acirc;vaiti b&acirc;nuby&ocirc;

ashi d&acirc;thre voh&ucirc;m hvaren&ocirc;

a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m nar&atilde;m &yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi,

hubaoidhish baodhaite nm&acirc;nem

&yacute;enghe nm&acirc;ne ashish vanguhi

s&ucirc;ra p&acirc;dha nidathaite

&acirc;gremaitish darekh&acirc;i haxedhr&acirc;i.

6. Ashi is fair; Ashi is radiant with joy; she is
far-piercing with her rays. Ashi gives good Glory

unto those men whom thou dost follow, O Ashi!
Full of perfumes is the house in which the good,
powerful Ashi Vanguhi puts her ....11 feet, for long
friendship.

11. ? &Acirc;gairimaitish.

7. t&ecirc; nar&ocirc; xshathra xshaye&ntilde;te ash-baourva

nidh&acirc;t&ocirc;-pitu hubaoidhi

&yacute;ahmya staretasca g&acirc;tush

any&aring;sca berexdh&aring; avaret&aring;

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi,

ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im hacahi

uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi

vouru-saredha amavaiti.

7. Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi!
are kings of kingdoms, that are rich in horses, with
large tributes, with snorting horses, sounding chariots,
flashing swords, rich in aliments and in stores of
food12; well-scented where the beds are spread and
full of all the other riches that may be wished for.
Happy the man whom thou dost attend! do thou
attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things
and strong!

12. Cf. Yt5.130.

8. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m nm&acirc;n&aring; hvidh&acirc;t&aring;

gaos&ucirc;r&aring;ngh&ocirc; hishte&ntilde;te

ash-paourv&aring; darekh&ocirc;-upast&ecirc;e

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi,

ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im hacahi

uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi

vouru-saredha amavaiti.

8. Those men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have houses that stand well laid up, rich in
cattle, foremost in Asha, and long-supported. Happy
the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou attend
me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things and
strong!

9. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m g&acirc;tava hishte&ntilde;te

hustareta hup&ocirc;-busta

hukereta barezish-hava&ntilde;t&ocirc;

zaranyapaxshta-p&acirc;dh&aring;ngh&ocirc;

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im
hacahi uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.

9. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have beds that stand well-spread, well-adorned,
well-made, provided with cushions and with feet
inlaid with gold. Happy the man whom thou dost
attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts
of desirable things and strong!

10. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m va&ntilde;t&aring;ngh&ocirc; b&acirc;t
mainy&aring;ngh&ocirc;

g&acirc;tush paiti &aring;nghe&ntilde;ti

&yacute;&ocirc;i sr&icirc;ra barezish-hava&ntilde;t&ocirc;

merezyumn&aring; a&ntilde;ku-pa&ecirc;semn&aring;

fr&acirc; gaosh&acirc;vara sispimna

cathru-karana minuca zarany&ocirc;-pisi. kadha n&ocirc; avi &acirc;jas&acirc;t
nm&acirc;n&ocirc;-paitish kadha sh&acirc;iti paitish&acirc;m fry&acirc;
paiti tanvi

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im
hacahi uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.

10. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have their ladies that sit on their beds,
waiting for them: they lie on the cushions, adorning
themselves, ....13, with square bored ear-rings and
a necklace of gold: 'When will our lord come?
when shall we enjoy in our bodies the joys of love?'

Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou
attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things
and strong!

13. ? Ankupasmanau.

11. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m kainin&ocirc; &aring;nghe&ntilde;te

&atilde;khm&ocirc;-paidhish urviz&ocirc;-maidhy&aring;

sraotanv&ocirc; darekh&ocirc;-a&ntilde;gusht&aring;

kehrpa avavat&atilde;m sraya

&yacute;atha didhayat&atilde;m zaosh&ocirc;

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im
hacahi uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.

11. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have daughters that sit ....14; thin is
their waist, beautiful is their body, long are their
fingers; they are as fair of shape as those who look
on can wish. Happy the man whom thou dost
attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts
of desirable things and strong!

14. ? &Acirc;gam&ocirc;-paidhisha.

12. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m asp&aring;ngh&ocirc; baye&ntilde;te

&acirc;sav&ocirc; rav&ocirc;-fraotheman&ocirc;

raom v&acirc;shem v&acirc;shaya&ntilde;te

mr&acirc;tem carema tha&ntilde;jaye&ntilde;te

taxmem staot&acirc;rem vaze&ntilde;ti

&acirc;su-aspem derezi-rathem

tizhi-arsht&icirc;m darekha-&acirc;reshta&ecirc;m

xshviwi-ish&ucirc;m par&ocirc;-kev&icirc;dhem

v&icirc;t&acirc;rem pask&acirc;t hamerethem

ja&ntilde;t&acirc;rem par&ocirc; dushmainy&ucirc;m

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im
hacahi uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.

12. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have horses swift and loud-neighing;
they drive the chariot lightly, they take it to the
battle15, they bear a gallant praiser (of the gods),
who has many horses, a solid chariot, a sharp spear,
a long spear, and swift arrows, who hits his aim,
pursuing after his enemies, and smiting his foes.
Happy the man whom thou dost attend! Do thou
attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable things
and strong!

15. Doubtful.

13. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m ushtr&aring;ngh&ocirc; baye&ntilde;te

sa&ecirc;ni-kaofa ash-manangha aojayeni zemat peretamna vadhairyav&ocirc;

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi, ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im
hacahi uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi vouru-saredha amavaiti.

13. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have large-humped, burden-bearing camels,
flying from the ground or fighting with holy fieriness16.
Happy the man whom thou dost attend!
Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts of desirable
things and strong!

16. Cf. Yt14.11.

14. a&ecirc;sh&atilde;m erezatem zaranim

niberethi &acirc;bereta baraiti

aiwitar&acirc;by&ocirc; haca danghuby&ocirc;

vastr&aring;sca kesh&aring; b&acirc;maniv&aring;

&yacute;&ocirc;i hacahi ashish vanguhi,

ushta b&acirc; &yacute;im hacahi

uta m&atilde;m upanghacahi

vouru-saredha amavaiti.

14. The men whom thou dost attend, O Ashi Vanguhi!
have hoards of silver and gold brought
together from far distant regions; and garments of
splendid make. Happy the man whom thou dost
attend! Do thou attend me, thou rich in all sorts
of desirable things and strong!

15. apa m&atilde;m apa-daidhya

fr&acirc;-m&atilde;m aiwi-urva&ecirc;sayanguha

marzhdikem ashish berezaiti,

hudh&acirc;ta ahi hucithra

vasatha ahi xshayamna

tanuye hvarenanghe d&acirc;ite.

15. Do not turn thy look from me! turn thy
mercy towards me, O great Ashi! thou art well-made
and of a noble seed17; thou art sovereign at
thy wish; thou art Glory in a bodily form.

17. Born from the gods; cf. Hadhokht Nask, Part II, § 9.

16. pita-t&ecirc; &yacute;&ocirc; ahur&ocirc; mazd&aring;

&yacute;&ocirc; mazisht&ocirc; &yacute;azatan&atilde;m

&yacute;&ocirc; vahisht&ocirc; &yacute;azatan&atilde;m,

m&acirc;ta &acirc;rmaitish spe&ntilde;ta

br&acirc;ta t&ecirc; &yacute;&ocirc; vanghush sraosh&ocirc; ashy&ocirc;

rashnushca berez&ocirc; amav&aring;

mithrasca vouru-gaoyaoitish &yacute;&ocirc; ba&ecirc;vare-spasan&ocirc;
hazangra-gaosh&ocirc; hvangha da&ecirc;na m&acirc;zdayesnish.

16. Thy father is Ahura Mazda, the greatest of
all gods, the best of all gods; thy mother is Armaiti Spenta;
thy brothers are Sraosha18, a god of Asha,
and Rashnu19, tall and strong, and Mithra20, the lord
of wide pastures, who has ten thousand spies and
a thousand ears; thy sister is the Law [Daena]21 of the worshippers
of Mazda.

18. See Yt11.

19. See Yt12.

20. See Yt10.

21. [See Yt16.]

17. upa-staota &yacute;azatan&atilde;m

amuyamna razishtan&atilde;m

paiti-stayata raithya

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

uiti vac&ecirc;bish aojana,

k&ocirc; ahi &yacute;&ocirc; m&atilde;m zbayehi

&yacute;enghe azem fr&acirc;y&ocirc; zbaye&ntilde;t&atilde;m

sra&ecirc;shtem susruye v&acirc;cim.

17. Praised of the gods, unoffended by the righteous22,
the great Ashi Vanguhi stood up on her
chariot, thus speaking: 'Who art thou who dost
invoke me, whose voice is to my ear the sweetest
of all that invoked me most?'

22. Or, 'doing no harm to the righteous.'

18. adh&acirc;t uiti fravashata,

&yacute;&ocirc; spit&acirc;m&ocirc; zarathushtr&ocirc;

&yacute;&ocirc; paoiry&ocirc; mashy&acirc;k&ocirc;

staota ashem &yacute;at vahishtem

&yacute;azata ahurem mazd&atilde;m

&yacute;azata amesh&ecirc; spe&ntilde;t&ecirc;

&yacute;enghe z&atilde;tha&ecirc;ca vaxsha&ecirc;ca

urv&acirc;sen &acirc;p&ocirc; urvar&aring;sca

&yacute;enghe z&atilde;tha&ecirc;ca vaxsha&ecirc;ca

uxshin &acirc;p&ocirc; urvar&aring;sca,

18. And he said aloud: 'I am Spitama Zarathushtra,
who, first of mortals, recited the praise of
the excellent Asha23 and offered up sacrifice unto
Ahura Mazda and the Amesha-Spentas; in whose
birth and growth the waters and the plants rejoiced;
in whose birth and growth the waters and the plants
grew; in whose birth and growth all the creatures
of the good creation cried out, Hail24!

23. The Ahunwar.

24. Cf. Yt13.93.

19. &yacute;ehe z&atilde;tha&ecirc;ca vaxsha&ecirc;ca

apa-dvarat angr&ocirc; mainyush

haca zemat &yacute;at pathanay&aring;

skarenay&aring; d&ucirc;ra&ecirc;p&acirc;ray&aring;,

uiti davata h&ocirc; &yacute;&ocirc; duzhd&aring;

angr&ocirc; mainyush pouru-mahrk&ocirc;,

n&ocirc;it m&atilde;m v&icirc;spe &yacute;azat&aring;ngh&ocirc;

anuse&ntilde;tem fraoreci&ntilde;ta

&acirc;at m&atilde;m a&ecirc;v&ocirc; zarathushtr&ocirc;

anuse&ntilde;tem apayeiti,

19. 'In whose birth and growth Angra Mainyu
rushed away from this wide, round earth, whose
ends lie afar, and he, the evil-doing Angra Mainyu,
who is all death, said: "All the gods together

have not been able to smite me down in spite
of myself, and Zarathushtra alone can reach me in
spite of myself.

20. jai&ntilde;ti m&atilde;m ahuna vairya avavata snaithisha &yacute;atha
asma kat&ocirc;-mas&aring;, t&acirc;payeiti m&atilde;m asha vahishta
m&atilde;nayen ahe &yacute;atha ayaoxshustem, ra&ecirc;k&ocirc;
m&ecirc; haca angh&aring; zemat vangh&ocirc; kerenaoiti

&yacute;&ocirc; m&atilde;m a&ecirc;v&ocirc; j&acirc;mayeiti

&yacute;&ocirc; spit&acirc;m&ocirc; zarathushtr&ocirc;.

20. '"He smites me with the Ahuna Vairya, as
strong a weapon as a stone big as a house25; he
burns me with Asha-Vahishta, as if it were melting
brass26. He makes it better for me that I should
leave this earth, he, Spitama Zarathushtra, the only
one who can daunt me."'

25. Cf. Vd19.4.

26. Cf. Yt3.

21. adh&acirc;t uiti fravashata

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti,

nazdy&ocirc; m&atilde;m upa-hishta

erezv&ocirc; ash&acirc;um spitama

upa m&ecirc; srayanguha v&acirc;shahe,

nazdy&ocirc; t&atilde;m upa-hishtat

&yacute;&ocirc; spit&acirc;m&ocirc; zarathushtr&ocirc;

upa h&ecirc; srayata v&acirc;shahe.

21. And the great Ashi Vanguhi exclaimed: 'Come nearer unto me,
thou pure, holy Spitama! lean against my chariot!'

Spitama Zarathushtra came nearer unto her, he leant against her
chariot.

22. &acirc;-dim usca pairi-marezat

h&acirc;v&ocirc;ya b&acirc;zv&ocirc; dashinaca

dashina b&acirc;zv&ocirc; h&acirc;vayaca

uiti vac&ecirc;bish aojana,

sr&icirc;r&ocirc; ahi zarathushtra

hukeret&ocirc; ahi spitama

hvascv&ocirc; darekh&ocirc;-b&acirc;z&acirc;ush

d&acirc;tem t&ecirc; tanuye hvaren&ocirc;

uruna&ecirc;ca darekhem havanghem

&yacute;atha imat &yacute;at t&ecirc; fr&acirc;vaocim.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

22. And she caressed him with the left arm and the right, with
the right arm and the left, thus speaking: 'Thou art beautiful,
O Zarathushtra! thou art well-shapen, O Spitama! strong are thy
legs and long are thy arms: Glory is given to thy body and long
cheerfulness27 to thy soul, as sure as I proclaim it unto thee.'

27. Bliss after death.

III.

23. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

2328. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high, tall-formed,
well worthy of sacrifice, with a loud-sounding chariot, strong,
welfare-giving, healing, with fulness of intellect and powerful.

28. As § 1.

24. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata

haoshyangh&ocirc; paradh&acirc;t&ocirc;

upa upabdi haray&aring; berez&ocirc;

sr&icirc;ray&aring; mazdadh&acirc;tay&aring;.

2429. To her did Haoshyangha, the Paradhata, offer up a sacrifice,
upon the enclosure of the Hara, the beautiful height, made by
Mazda.

29. For §§ 24-26, cf. Yt9.3-6.

25. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;at bav&acirc;ni aiwi-vany&aring;

v&icirc;spe da&ecirc;va m&acirc;zanya,

&yacute;atha azem n&ocirc;it tarsht&ocirc; fr&acirc;nm&acirc;ne

thwa&ecirc;sh&acirc;t par&ocirc; da&ecirc;va&ecirc;iby&ocirc;

fr&acirc; ahm&acirc;t par&ocirc; v&icirc;spe da&ecirc;va

anus&ocirc; tarshta nem&aring;&ntilde;te

tarshta temangh&ocirc; dvar&aring;&ntilde;ti.

25. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant
me this, O great Ashi Vanguhi! that I may overcome all the Daevas of Mazana; that I
may never fear and bow through terror before the Daevas, but that
all the Daevas may fear and bow in spite of themselves before
me, that they may fear and flee down to darkness.'

26. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, v&icirc;&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem haoshyangh&ocirc; paradh&acirc;t&ocirc;.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

26. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Haoshyangha,
the Paradhata, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....

IV.

27. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

27. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

28. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata

&yacute;&ocirc; &yacute;im&ocirc; xsha&ecirc;t&ocirc; hv&atilde;thw&ocirc;

hukairy&acirc;t haca barezanghat.

2830. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the good shepherd, offer up a sacrifice
from the height Hukairya.

30. For §§ 28-31, cf. Yt9.8-11.

29. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;atha azem fshaoni v&atilde;thwa ava-bar&acirc;ni avi mazd&aring;
d&acirc;maby&ocirc; &yacute;atha azem amerext&icirc;m avi-bar&acirc;ni
avi mazd&aring; d&acirc;maby&ocirc;,

29. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
Vanguhi! that I may bring fatness and flocks down to the world
created by Mazda; that I may bring immortality down to the world
created by Mazda;

30. uta azem apa-bar&acirc;ni va shudhemca tarshnemca haca mazd&aring;
d&acirc;maby&ocirc; uta azem apa-bar&acirc;ni va zaourv&atilde;mca
merethy&ucirc;mca haca mazd&aring; d&acirc;maby&ocirc; uta azem
apa-bar&acirc;ni va garememca v&acirc;tem aotemca haca mazd&aring;
d&acirc;maby&ocirc; hazangrem aiwi-g&acirc;man&atilde;m.

30. 'That I may take away both hunger and thirst, from the world
created by Mazda; that I may take away both old age and death,
from the world created by Mazda; that I may take away both hot
wind and cold wind, from the world created by Mazda, for a thousand
years.'

31. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, vi&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem &yacute;&ocirc; &yacute;im&ocirc; xsha&ecirc;t&ocirc;
hv&atilde;thw&ocirc;.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

31. Then great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: Yima Khshaeta,
the good shepherd, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....

V.

32. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

32. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

33. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata

v&icirc;s&ocirc; puthr&ocirc; &acirc;thwy&acirc;n&ocirc;ish

v&icirc;s&ocirc; s&ucirc;ray&aring; thra&ecirc;taon&ocirc;

upa varenem cathru-gaoshem.

3331. To her did Thraetaona, the heir of the valiant Athwya clan,
offer up a sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena.

31. Cf. Yt5.34; Yt9.14;
Yt15.24.

34. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;at bav&acirc;ni aiwi-vany&aring; azh&icirc;m dah&acirc;kem
thrizafanem thrikameredhem xshvash-ash&icirc;m hazangr&acirc;-&yacute;aoxsht&icirc;m
ashaojanghem da&ecirc;v&icirc;m drujem akhem ga&ecirc;th&acirc;vy&ocirc;
drva&ntilde;tem &yacute;&atilde;m ashaojastem&atilde;m drujem
fraca kere&ntilde;tat angr&ocirc; mainyush aoi &yacute;&atilde;m
astvait&icirc;m ga&ecirc;th&atilde;m mahrk&acirc;i ashahe ga&ecirc;than&atilde;m,
uta-h&ecirc; va&ntilde;ta az&acirc;ni sanghav&acirc;ci arenav&acirc;ci
&yacute;&ocirc;i hen kehrpa sra&ecirc;shta zaz&acirc;t&ecirc;e
ga&ecirc;thy&acirc;i t&ecirc; &yacute;&ocirc;i abd&ocirc;teme.

34. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
Vanguhi! that I may overcome Azhi Dahaka, the three-mouthed, the
three-headed, the six-eyed, who has a thousand senses, that most
powerful, fiendish Druj, that demon, baleful to the world, the
strongest Druj that Angra Mainyu created against the material
world, to destroy the world of the good principle; and that I
may deliver his two wives, Savanghavak and Erenavak, who are the
fairest of body amongst women, and the most wonderful creatures
in the world.'

35. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, vi&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem v&icirc;s&ocirc; puthr&ocirc; athwy&acirc;n&ocirc;ish
v&icirc;s&ocirc; s&ucirc;ray&aring; thra&ecirc;taon&ocirc;.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

35.
The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Thraetaona,
the heir of the valiant Athwya clan, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice ....

VI.

36. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

36. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

37. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata

haom&ocirc; fr&acirc;shmish ba&ecirc;shazy&ocirc;

sr&icirc;r&ocirc; xshathry&ocirc; zairi-d&ocirc;ithr&ocirc;

barezishte paiti barezahi

haraithy&ocirc; paiti barezay&aring;.

3732. To her did Haoma offer up a sacrifice, Haoma, the enlivening,
the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden eyes, upon
the highest height of the Haraiti Bareza.

32. For §§ 37-39, cf. Yt9.17-19.

38. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;atha azem ba&ntilde;dayeni mair&icirc;m t&ucirc;ir&icirc;m
frangrasy&acirc;nem uta bastem v&acirc;dhayeni uta bastem upanayeni
bastem kav&ocirc;ish haosravanghahe jan&acirc;t tem kava haosrava
pasne var&ocirc;ish ca&ecirc;castahe jafrahe uruy&acirc;pahe puthr&ocirc;
ka&ecirc;na sy&acirc;varsh&acirc;n&acirc;i z&ucirc;r&ocirc;-jatahe
narahe akhra&ecirc;rathaheca naravahe.

38. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
Vanguhi! that I may bind the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan,
that I may drag him bound, that I may bring him bound unto king
Husravah, that king Husravah may kill him, behind the Chaechasta
lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge the murder of his
father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha, a semi-man.'

39. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, vi&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem haom&ocirc; fr&acirc;shmish ba&ecirc;shazy&ocirc;
sr&icirc;r&ocirc; xshathry&ocirc; zairi-d&ocirc;ithr&ocirc;.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

39. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. Haoma, the
enlivening, the healing, the beautiful, the lordly, with golden
eyes, obtained that boon.

For her brightness and glory, I will offer her a sacrifice....

VII.

40. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

40. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

41. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata

arsha airyan&atilde;m dah'yun&atilde;m

xshathr&acirc;i ha&ntilde;kerem&ocirc; haosrava.

4133. To her did the gallant Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations
into one kingdom, offer up a sacrifice, behind the Chaechasta
lake, the deep lake of salt waters.

33. For §§ 41-43, cf. Yt9.21-23.

42. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;atha azem nijan&acirc;ni mair&icirc;m t&ucirc;ir&icirc;m
frangrasy&acirc;nem pasne var&ocirc;ish ca&ecirc;castahe jafrahe
urvy&acirc;pahe puthr&ocirc; ka&ecirc;na sy&acirc;varsh&acirc;n&acirc;i
z&ucirc;r&ocirc;-jatahe narahe akhra&ecirc;rathaheca naravahe.

42.
He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
Vanguhi! that I may kill the Turanian murderer, Franghrasyan,
behind the Chaechasta lake, the deep lake of salt waters, to avenge
the murder of my father Syavarshana, a man, and of Aghraeratha,
a semi-man.'

43. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, vi&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem arsha airyan&atilde;m dah'yun&atilde;m
xshathr&acirc;i ha&ntilde;kerem&ocirc; haosrava.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

43. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side. The gallant
Husravah, he who united the Aryan nations into one kingdom, obtained
that boon.

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

VIII.

44. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

44. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

45. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata &yacute;&ocirc; ashava zarathushtr&ocirc;
airyene va&ecirc;jahi vanghuy&aring; d&acirc;ityay&aring;.

4534. To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer up a sacrifice in the
Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya, with the Haoma and meat,
with the baresma, with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy
spells, with the speech, with the deeds, with the libations, and
with the rightly-spoken words.

34. For §§ 45-47, cf. Yt9.25-27.

46. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;atha azem h&acirc;cayene vanguh&icirc;m &acirc;z&acirc;t&atilde;m
hutaos&atilde;m anumat&ecirc;e da&ecirc;nay&acirc;i an&ucirc;xt&ecirc;e
da&ecirc;nay&acirc;i anu-varsht&ecirc;e da&ecirc;nay&acirc;i &yacute;&acirc;-m&ecirc;
da&ecirc;n&atilde;m m&acirc;zdayasn&icirc;m zrasca d&acirc;t apica
aot&acirc;t &yacute;&acirc;-m&ecirc; varez&acirc;n&acirc;i vanguh&icirc;m
d&acirc;t frasast&icirc;m.

46. He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
Vanguhi! that I may bring the good and noble Hutaosa to think
according to the law, to speak according to the law, to do according
to the law, that she may spread my law and make it known, that
she may bestow beautiful praises upon my deeds.'

47. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, vi&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem &yacute;&ocirc; ashava zarathushtr&ocirc;.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

47. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the holy
Zarathushtra obtained that boon.

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

IX.

48. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

48.
We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

49. t&atilde;m &yacute;azata

berezaidhish kava v&icirc;sht&acirc;sp&ocirc;

pasne &acirc;p&ocirc; d&acirc;ityay&aring;.

49.
To her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer up a sacrifice behind
the waters of the river Daitya.

50. &acirc;at h&icirc;m jaidhyat,

avat &acirc;yaptem dazdi-m&ecirc;

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

&yacute;atha az&acirc;ni peshana ashta aurva&ntilde;t&ocirc; v&icirc;spa-thaurv&ocirc;
asht&ocirc;ish puthr&ocirc; v&icirc;spa-thaurv&ocirc; urvi-xaodh&ocirc;
urvi-verethr&ocirc; stv&icirc;-manaothrish &yacute;enghe hapta
sata ushtran&atilde;m jainy&acirc;varat pasca hv&icirc;dhahe,
&yacute;atha az&acirc;ni peshana mairyehe h'yaonahe arejat-aspahe,
&yacute;atha az&acirc;ni peshana darshinikahe da&ecirc;vayasnahe.

50.
He begged of her a boon, saying: 'Grant me this, O great Ashi
Vanguhi! that I may put to flight Ashta-aurvant, the son of Vispo-thaurvo-asti,
the all-afflicting, of the brazen helmet, of the brazen armour,
of the thick neck, behind whom seven hundred

camels ....; that I may put to flight the
Hvyaona murderer, Arejat-aspa; that I may put to
flight Darshinika, the worshipper of the Daevas;

51. uta azem nijan&acirc;ni t&atilde;thry&acirc;va&ntilde;tem
duzhda&ecirc;nem uta azem nijan&acirc;i spinjaurushem da&ecirc;vayasnem,
uta azem fraourva&ecirc;sayeni humaya varedhakan&atilde;mca h'yaonya
haca daingh&acirc;v&ocirc;, uta azem nijan&acirc;ni h'yaon&icirc;n&atilde;m
dah'yun&atilde;m pa&ntilde;casakhn&acirc;i satakhn&acirc;ishca
satakhn&acirc;i hazangrakhn&acirc;ishca hazangrakhn&acirc;i ba&ecirc;varekhn&acirc;ishca
ba&ecirc;varekhn&acirc;i ah&atilde;xshtakhn&acirc;ishca.

51. 'And that I may smite Tathravant of the bad law; that I may
smite Spinjaurushka, the worshipper of the Daevas; and that I
may bring unto the good law the nations of the Varedhakas and
of the Hvyaonas; and that I may smite of the Hvyaona nations their
fifties and their hundreds, their hundreds and their thousands,
their thousands and their tens of thousands, their tens of thousands
and their myriads of myriads.'

52. pairi-tacat pairi-jasat

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti, vi&ntilde;d&acirc;t
tem &yacute;&acirc;nem berezaidhish kava v&icirc;sht&acirc;sp&ocirc;.

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

52. The great Ashi Vanguhi ran and came to his side: the tall
Kavi Vishtaspa obtained that boon.

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

X.

53. ash&icirc;m vanguh&icirc;m &yacute;azamaide xsh&ocirc;ithn&icirc;m
berezait&icirc;m huraodh&atilde;m huyazat&atilde;m hvanat-caxr&atilde;m
amavait&icirc;m d&acirc;t&ocirc;-saok&atilde;m ba&ecirc;shazy&atilde;m
perethv&icirc;r&atilde;m s&ucirc;r&atilde;m.

53. We sacrifice to Ashi Vanguhi, who is shining, high .... and
powerful.

54. &acirc;at aoxta ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti,
m&acirc;-cish m&ecirc; &aring;ngh&atilde;m zaothran&atilde;m vi&ntilde;dita
&yacute;&acirc; m&acirc;v&ocirc;ya nip&acirc;rayei&ntilde;ti m&acirc;
nar&ocirc; pairisht&acirc;-xshudhr&ocirc; m&acirc; jahika para-daxshta
m&acirc; aperen&acirc;yu tauruna m&acirc; kainina anupa&ecirc;ta
mashy&acirc;n&atilde;m.

54. And the great Ashi Vanguhi said: 'None of
those libations will be accepted by me, which are
sent to me either by a man whose seed is dried out35,
or by the courtezan who produces untimely issues36,
or by young boys, or by girls who have known no man37.

35. See Vd3.20, note.

36. By procuring abortion.

37. She refuses the offerings of all barren beings.

55. &yacute;at m&atilde;m tura pazdaya&ntilde;ta

&acirc;su-aspa naotaraca

&acirc;at azem tan&ucirc;m aguze

adhairi p&acirc;dhem g&ecirc;ush arshn&ocirc; barem&acirc;yaonahe

&acirc;at m&atilde;m fraguzaya&ntilde;ta

&yacute;&ocirc;i aperen&acirc;yu tauruna

&yacute;&ocirc;i kainina anupa&ecirc;ta mashy&acirc;n&atilde;m.

55. 'When the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras38, clapping their
hands, ran after me39,

I hid myself under the foot of a bull walking under his burden;
then young boys, and girls who had known no man, discovered me,
even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras, clapping
their hands, were running after me.

38. Cf. Yt5.98. The following clauses allude to some myth of
Ashi Vanghuhi connected with the conflict between the Turanians
and the Naotaras (either Tusa and Vistauru; cf. p. 71, note 7, or
more likely Vishtaspa himself, to whom the preceding chapter
[§§ 48-52] and the last but one clause of the Yasht refer). She tried
to flee in the way practised by Ulysses in the Cyclops' cavern; both
parties were pursuing the animal that bore her, though they knew
not what it bore, till children discovered her.

39. Dar. has this phrase in § 54. -JHP

56. &yacute;atcit m&atilde;m tura pazdaya&ntilde;ta

&acirc;su-aspa naotaraca

atcit azem tan&ucirc;m aguze

adhairi ma&ecirc;shahe gar&ocirc;

&yacute;at varshn&ocirc;ish sat&ocirc;-karahe

atcit m&atilde;m fraguzaya&ntilde;ta

&yacute;&ocirc;i aperen&acirc;yu tauruna

&yacute;&ocirc;i kainina anupa&ecirc;ta mashy&acirc;n&atilde;m

&yacute;atcit m&atilde;m tura pazdaya&ntilde;ta

&acirc;su-aspa&ecirc;m naotaraca.

56. 'Even I hid myself under the throat of a ram of hundredfold
energy: then again young boys, and girls who had known no man,
discovered me, even while the Turanians and the swift-horsed Naotaras,
clapping their hands, were running after me.'

57. paoiry&atilde;m gerez&atilde;m gereza&ecirc;ta

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

haca aputhr&ocirc;-zany&acirc;i jahikay&acirc;i,

m&acirc; h&ecirc; avi p&acirc;dhem ava-hishta

m&acirc; g&acirc;t&ucirc;m nipaidhyanguha,

kutha h&icirc;sh azem kerenav&acirc;ni

asmanem avi frashus&acirc;ni

z&atilde;m avi ni-urvisy&acirc;ni.

57. The first wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi is her wailing
about the courtezan who destroys her fruit: 'Stand thou not near
her, sit thou not on her bed!' — 'What shall I do? Shall I go
back to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'

58. bity&atilde;m gerez&atilde;m gereza&ecirc;ta

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti

haca avangh&acirc;i jahikay&acirc;i

&yacute;&acirc; aom puthrem baraiti

anyahm&acirc;i arsh&acirc;n&acirc;i varshtem

paithe upa-baraiti,

kutha h&icirc;sh azem kerenav&acirc;ni

asmanem avi frashus&acirc;ni

z&atilde;m avi ni-urvisy&acirc;ni.

58. The second wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi
is her wailing about the courtezan who brings forth
a child conceived of a stranger and presents it to
her husband: 'What shall I do? Shall I go back
to the heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'

59. thrity&atilde;m gerez&atilde;m gereza&ecirc;ta

ashish vanguhi &yacute;&acirc; berezaiti,

imat m&ecirc; st&acirc;vishtem shyaothnem

mashya verezi&ntilde;ti s&acirc;sta

&yacute;at kainy&ocirc; uzv&acirc;dhayei&ntilde;ti

darekhem akhrv&ocirc; nij&acirc;mayei&ntilde;ti,

kutha h&icirc;sh azem kerenav&acirc;ni

asmanem avi frashus&acirc;ni

z&atilde;m avi ni-urvisy&acirc;ni.

59. This is the third wailing of the great Ashi Vanguhi: 'This
is the worst deed that men and tyrants do, namely, when they deprive
maids, that have been barren for a long time, of marrying and
bringing forth children. What shall I do? Shall I go back to the
heavens? Shall I sink into the earth?'

60. &acirc;at mraot ahur&ocirc; mazd&aring;,

ashi sr&icirc;re d&acirc;midh&acirc;ite

m&acirc; avi asmanem frashusa

m&acirc; avi z&atilde;m ni-urvise

itha m&ecirc; t&ucirc;m h&atilde;m-caranguha

a&ntilde;tare aredhem nm&acirc;nahe

sr&icirc;rahe xshathr&ocirc;-keretahe,

60. Ahura Mazda answered: 'O fair and wise
Ashi, go not back to the heavens, sink not into the

earth! Stay here and walk inside the fine kingly
palace.'

61. ana thw&acirc; &yacute;asna &yacute;az&acirc;ne

ana &yacute;asna fr&acirc;yaz&acirc;ne

&yacute;ase-thw&acirc; &yacute;azata v&icirc;sht&acirc;sp&ocirc;

pasne &acirc;p&ocirc; d&acirc;ityay&aring;,

berezem bar&acirc;t zaota v&acirc;cim

hishtemn&ocirc; pasca baresma,

ana thw&acirc; &yacute;asna &yacute;az&acirc;ne

ana &yacute;asna fr&acirc;yaz&acirc;ne

ashi sr&icirc;re d&acirc;midh&acirc;ite

ahe raya ... t&aring;sc&acirc; &yacute;azamaide!

61. I shall worship thee with such a sacrifice, I
shall worship and forward thee with such a sacrifice
as Vishtaspa offered unto thee, behind the river Daitya40.
The Zaotar lifted up a loud voice, with
baresma before him. With that sort of sacrifice
shall I worship thee? With that sort of sacrifice
shall I worship and forward thee, O fair and wise
Ashi?

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

40. Cf. §§ 49 seq.

(Recite silently:)

62. (h&ocirc;rmezd i hvad&acirc;e i awaz&ucirc;n&icirc; mardum
mardum sardag&atilde; ham&acirc; sardag&atilde; ham b&acirc; &yacute;asht
i vah&atilde; vaem vahe d&icirc;n i m&acirc;zdayasn&atilde; &acirc;g&acirc;h&icirc;
&acirc;stv&atilde;n&icirc; n&ecirc;k&icirc; ras&atilde;n&acirc;t
&ecirc;du&ntilde; b&acirc;t,)

(Recite aloud:)

&yacute;ath&acirc; ah&ucirc; vairy&ocirc;...(2).

&yacute;asnemca vahmemca aojasca zavareca &acirc;fr&icirc;n&acirc;mi

ash&ocirc;ish vanghuy&aring; cist&ocirc;ish vanghuy&aring; ereth&ecirc;
vanghuy&aring; ras&atilde;st&acirc;t&ocirc; vanghuy&aring; hvarenangh&ocirc;
savangh&ocirc; mazdadh&acirc;tahe.

ashem voh&ucirc;....

ahm&acirc;i ra&ecirc;shca ... hazangrem ... jasa-m&ecirc; ... (kerba mazhd) ... ashem voh&ucirc;...!!

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62. 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 Ashi Vanguhi; of the good Chisti41; of the good Erethe; of the
good Rasastat; of the Glory and Weal, made by Mazda.

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

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

41. Cf. Sirozah, § 25.

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