Happiness be the lot of him who works for the
happiness of others.
May the Lord grant him health and endurance.
For the effort to uphold Truth, I beseech these very
gifts from Thee!
Mayest Thou, through Armaity, the Spirit of Rightmindedness,
Bless me with the perfection of a life guided by the Good Mind!

And may we have the Best the Lord bestows;
As we strive for enlightened purpose, may we attain it!
Through Thy Most Holy Spirit, O Mazda,
Inspire us with Truth, revealed through the Good Mind,
And bless us with things good, for all the days of a long life!

He who teaches others the righteous path of truth and happiness,
Both in the material world and also the spiritual,
The path leading to Thy abode, O Ahura;
He attains an end better than good.
A generous and enlightened helper, a faithful worthy
of Thee, is he, O Mazda

Verily I regard Thee as the Holy and Powerful
Benefactor, O Mazda.
For Thou bestoweth upon the righteous as well as
the wicked their recompense,
From the flaming splendour of Thy Fire, mighty
through Asha (Truth),
The power of the Good Mind comes to me, O Mazda.

Verily I believed Thee, O Mazda Ahura, to be the
Supreme Benevolent Providence.
For I beheld Thee as the primeval source of creation.
For by Thy perfect wisdom Thou shalt render just
recompense for all actions,
Good to the good, evil to the evil,
At the last turning of creation.

Then at the last, shalt Thou come, with Thy
Bountiful Spirit, O Mazda!
With Thy Sovereign Power, and with Thy Good Mind,
The Good Mind which brings prosperity to the world.
Right dedication shall teach the Eternal Laws of Thy Wisdom,
The Wisdom which none can deceive.

Verily I believed Thee, O Mazda, as the
Supreme Benevolent Providence.
When the Spirit of the Good Mind came and asked me:
Who art Thou?
Whose art Thou?
How dost Thou propose to enlighten the people
and answer their questionings?

I replied:--"Firstly, 1 am Zarathushtra"
"A veritable opponent of the evil-doer, but a
powerful friend of the good, am I"
So long as I can sing my songs of praise for Thee, O Mazda!
So long shall I strive to enlighten and awaken all to
the realization of Thy Eternal Dominion."

Verily I believed Thee, O Mazda Ahura, to be the
Supreme Benevolent Providence.
When the Good Mind came to me and asked:
"What wouldst thou choose?"
Before Thy Fire in veneration, I replied:
"So far as it is in my power, I shall cherish the gift of Righteousness."

And grant me Righteousness, for verily I invoke it of Thee!
Earnestly I yearn to proceed in life with Armaity
the Spirit of Rightmindedness.
Teach us how to question Thee, for Thy answers console us,
The answers which lend strength to the Leaders in
their prayerful wishes.

Verily I believed Thee O Mazda Ahura, to be the
Supreme Benevolent Providence,
When the Good Mind came to me with enlightenment,
When first I received and became wise with Thy words,
And though the task be difficult, and hardship may
come my way,
I shall proclaim Thy message, which Thou declarest
to be the best.

And when Thou didst instruct me in Righteousness,
Thy command to go forth and proclaim Thy
revelation was not unheeded;
Even before the sublime enlightenment coming with
Thy messenger Sraosha,
Bringing us the destiny of our appropriate rewards.

Verily I believed Thee, O Mazda Ahura, to be the
Supreme Benevolent Providence,
When the Good Mind came to me ascertaining the
aim of my aspiration,
Grant me, what none has yet obtained from Thee,
The way to a long life of blessed existence for the
Good Creation subject to Thy Dominion.

As the wise and powerful Lord would give to
a friend, so give me Thy bliss-producing
wisdom, O Mazda!
Endowed with Thy Authority, with Thy Spirit of Righteousness,
I stand with all the followers of Thy teachings
To proclaim the message of Thy holy creed.

Verily I believed Thee, O Mazda Ahura, to be the
Supreme Benevolent Providence,
When the Good Mind came to me and told me assuringly,
That a reflective, contented mind is the best possession.
Let not a leader compromise with, or propitiate evil-doers,
For they treat the righteous as enemies.

Thus prays, O Ahura Mazda, Zarathushtra and
those who choose to follow Thy Most
Benevolent Spirit;
May Righteousness become incarnate in the faithful
with enduring vigor!
In the resplendence of Thy sun-lit realms may
Armaity, the Spirit of Rightmindedness reside!
May it grant recompense to the righteous in
accordance with their deeds, through the Good Mind.

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
In praise of one like Thee, O Mazda, how shall I
venerate Thee?
May not one like Thee, teach it to a friend like me?
And may the friendly help of Asha, the Truth, come
to us through the Good Mind!

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
What is the source of the Best Existence?
How shall one who seeks it, receive the blessed
recompense?
Surely such a holy one through Righteousness,
Is a healer of existence, beneficent unto all,
a genuine friend, O Mazda?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly O Ahura;
In the beginning, who was the father and creator of
Asha, the Truth?
Who determined the paths of the sun and the stars?
Who, but Thee, so arranged the moon to wax and wane?
This, O Mazda, and much more, I fain would know.

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
Who so balanced the earth and heavens to keep them apart?
Who created the waters and the plants?
Who yoked swiftness to the winds and motion to the clouds?
Who is the Creator of the Good-Mind, O Mazda?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
What great artificer created light and darkness?
What artificer produced the phenomena of sleep and
wakeful activity?
Who made the dawn, noon, and night
Which call the enlightened to their duties?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
Whether what I now announce is verily the truth,
Doth Armaity, through the benevolence of our
actions, further the cause of Truth?
Doth the Kingdom of Heaven rest on the foundation
of the Good Mind?
For whom hast Thou created this richly endowed world?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
Who established blessed Armaity, the spirit of
Benevolence, in the exalted dominion?
Who, with foresight, made the son reverential to the father?
Thus I seek to comprehend Thee, O Mazda,
Through the Benevolent Spirit, the Giver of all!

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
What is Thy message for my enlightenment, O Mazda,
In the principles which I seek from the Good Mind,
That I may understand the purpose of existence through Truth?
How shall my soul rise to the ever greater
attainment of the Good?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
How shall I bring to perfection the insight into the Faith,
Which Thou, Lord of Supreme Wisdom hast
instructed me with Thy Authority?
May it be, that we, Thy followers, dwell with
Truth and the Good Mind in Thy abode!

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
The Faith that is the best for all that are,
That which, based on Truth, should prosper all existence,
That which establishes Righteous and Just actions
inspired by Piety,
And which has for its intelligent aspiration
Realization of Thee, O Mazda!

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
To those to whom Thy Faith shall be announced,
How shall Armaity, the Spirit of Rightmindedness
come to them?
I, Thy prophet, from the first was ordained by
Thee, for this task.
All others, I see, are of alienated spirit.

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
Who among those with whom I discourse, is
righteous and who a liar?
With which of the two is the malevolent Spirit of Untruth?
Or is he himself the Unrighteous who opposes Thy blessings?
How is it that he is not thought to be the harmful Evil-One?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
How shall we dispel the Spirit of Untruth from among us?
Let it be with the unfaithful and the disobedient,
Who strive not to be the companions of Truth,
Who care not to listen to the counsels of the Good Mind.

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
How shall I deliver Evil into the hands of
Righteousness?
How shall I render it ineffective through the holy
words of Thy Teaching?
How shall I frustrate the followers of Evil, O Mazda,
That they come to their blind extinction ?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
If Thou rulest through Truth and mean to protect me,
When the two hosts, in hostility, shall clashing meet,
Then, for the Principles which Thou desirest to maintain
Which of the two will be granted victory?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
Who shall be victorious, and
Shall, through Thy Principles, protect the living?
Assure me by a vision, whom doest Thou wish to
be the judge that heals the world,
Then let Sraosha, the Spirit of Obedience, come to
him with the Good Mind, O Mazda,
And to all those whom Thou wishest, whosoever they be!

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
How shall I attain my aspiration to reach Thee?
How can I attain Thy Perfection, O Mazda, and
make my voice effectual?
Through these divine songs, receiving their guiding
light from Truth,
May all be led up to the two gifts of Well-being and
Immortality!

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
How, indeed, shall I earn the final reward through
Truth and Right?
Shall I obtain ten mares with a stallion and a camel?
How shall I bring to all mankind the gifts of
Perfection and Immortality as announced by Thee?

This I ask Thee, tell me truly, O Ahura;
He who will not give due recompense to the one
who will earn it,
Even unto the Truthful man who fulfils his word
and work,
What penalty should he pay first here?
For I know well what he is to receive at the last, hereafter.

Have the Daevas ever been good rulers, O Mazda?
Verily, I ask of those who befriend them.
By their aid, the Karpan and Usig, give the world
up to violence,
Through them the Kavis grow strong with raid and rapine,
Caring not that the pastures of the world would
thrive through Truth's law of order and progress.

Hearken unto me, O ye who come from near and from far!
Listen to me, as I speak forth now,
Ponder over these teachings with care and clear thought.
Never shall the False Teacher destroy existence a second time,
For his tongue stands mute, his creed stands exposed.

I shall tell you now of the Two Spirits at the
beginning of Creation.
The Holier of the two thus speaks to the Evil One:
"Neither our thoughts nor our teachings,
Neither intentions nor choices,
Neither our words nor our deeds,
Neither our consciences nor our souls ever agree:"

I shall tell you now of the First Principle of Life
which Ahura Mazda, the All-Knowing,
declared to me.
Verily, those of you who will not fulfill the
requirements of the sacred message,
The holy words as I comprehend and declare them,
For them shall the end of existence be misery.

I shall tell you now of what is best in this life;
That is to act in consonance with the Spirit of
Truth, the holy Asha,
Thereby realizing Mazda who created him,
Mazda, the father of Vohu-Mana, the ever active Good Mind,
Mazda, the father of Armaity, of benevolence and zeal;
The all seeing Lord whom none can deceive.

I shall tell you now what the Most Holy declared to me,
As the word that is best for mortals to hear:
"To them who shall give heed to Me with dedication,
I shall come with the blessings of
Perfection and Immortality for actions of
their Good Spirit."
So said Ahura Mazda.

Thus do I announce the Greatest of All,
I sing his praise through his Truth, beneficent to all.
Let Mazda Ahura hearken unto them with his Holy Spirit,
For the Good Mind has instructed me to realize Him.
By His Wisdom let Him guide me to the ultimate End.

Those who are living, those who have been, and
those who are yet to be,
Shall attain one of the awards He ordains.
In immortality shall the soul of the righteous be ever
in splendor.
But in misery the soul of the wicked shall surely be.
These laws hath Mazda Ahura ordained through His
Sovereign Authority.

With my songs of praise and veneration
I seek the acceptance of my Lord!
For now indeed I see Him in my eyes, as the Lord
of the Good Spirit, the Lord of Good Word
and Deed.
I have realized Him through Truth, He who is
Mazda Ahura!
Verity I shall render Him homage in the House of Songs.

Him with our good mind we seek to propitiate,
Who gave us discernment through which we receive
weal and woe.
May Ahura Mazda through his Sovereign Authority
prosper our peasantry, our workmen, and
our herds.
And the Good Mind establish the rule of the holy
law of Truth.

Him, with these our songs of devotion, we shall exalt,
Him, famed for ever as Mazda Ahura, the Wise Creator!
For verily, through his Spirit of Righteousness and
the Good Mind, He has ordained,
That Perfection and Immortality shall be in His Dominion
And vitality in perpetuity in His House!

Whoso shuns the evil liar and the mortals who deny the Lord,
Whoso reveres Him, the Most High, through the
Holy Faith of His appointed savior,
To him, O Mazda, shalt Thou be a friend, brother,
or even father!

To what land shall I turn, and whither turning shall I go?
For my kinsmen and my peers have deserted me.
Not the people, nor their wicked rulers, favor me.
How shall I satisfy Thee, O Ahura Mazda?

I know, Mazda, why I am a man foiled in his wish.
I have but only a few with me, and scantier still are
my means for their support.
Behold, my Lord, I address my appeal to Thee,
Grant me Thy gracious help, as a friend might give
to a friend.
Grant me, through Truth, the acquisition of the riches
of the Good Mind.

When, O Mazda, shall the day dawn for establishing
the cause of Truth?
When shall the wise Spiritual Guides spread
effectively Thy sublime teachings?
To whose help will come the wisdom of the Good Mind?
For me, indeed, who has chosen Thee as my
instructor, O Ahura Mazda!

The evil-doer holds back the prosperity of the
followers of Truth,
Infamous is he, dangerous in his deeds!
Whoso drives him from the kingdom, removes him
from peoples' lives,
Shall go forth preparing the way for the ideal life.

One in a position of power through divine ordinance
or human covenant, follower of Truth,
Upon encountering a stranger, recognized as a
follower of Falsehood,
Should reveal to him the noble life of rectitude.
Protect him from destruction, O Mazda Ahura!

But he who will not help to transform Evil,
Shall be with those in the abode of the Lie,
For he who looks upon evil with tolerance is
no other than evil.
And indeed righteous is he who supports the righteous.
These are Thy Laws since the dawn of creation, O Ahura.

When evil marks me as the object of its assault,
Who shall be the protector of one like me,
Who, but Thy Sacred Fire and Thy Thought.
Verily through their powerful force shall Truth and
Righteousness come into their own.
O Ahura, bring this to full realization!

Should one be intent upon bringing harm to that which is ours,
May not the form of such devastation reach us!
But back upon him, let the harm recoil.
The evil of his actions shall keep him far from the Good Life,
But not from ill, O Mazda.

Where is the faithful man who heeds me as the first to teach
That, verily, Thou art the Highest to invoke,
In very deed, the Bountiful Providence, The Holy Lord!
Who will hear, through the Good Mind
What Truth made known to me,
The Truth revealed by the Creator Supreme!

Whoever, man or woman, does what Thou, O
Mazda Ahura, knowest to be the best in Life.
Whoever does right for the sake of Right,
Whoever in authority, governs with the aid of the Good Mind;
I shall bring all these to join in songs of Thy Praise,
Forth, shall I with them cross the Bridge of Judgment.

The Karpans and the Kavis have tyrannized over humanity,
Their evil actions are destructive of Life.
Verily, the conscience of such a one shall torment his soul.
And thus, when they shall come to the Bridge of Judgment,
Their abode, for endless ages, shall be in the House of the Lie.

When among the kinsmen and descendants of the
renowned Turanian, Fryana, Right arises,
When through the spiritual zeal of Armaity, they
further the welfare of the country,
Then shall Ahura Mazda bring them the illumination
of the Good Mind,
And show them the path of Regeneration.

He who shall please Spitama Zarathushtra, by his
noble actions,
He indeed is worthy himself to proclaim the
doctrines of Thy Faith, O Ahura!
Him shall Ahura Mazda bless with Good Life,
He shall flourish through the Good Mind,
Verily, he is a faithful friend of Thine, O Truth !

"O Zarathushtra, what man is thy faithful friend for
the consummation of the Great Cause?
Who wishes to have thy mission announced?"
Verily, he is King Vishtaspa!
Those whom Thou shalt gather in Thy Abode, O Mazda Ahura,
Those shall I address with words of the Good Mind.

O ye Spitamas, descendants of Haechataspa,
I declare to you:
With wisdom distinguish well between Right and Wrong.
Let your deeds advance the Right,
In conformity with the primeval laws of Ahura Mazda.

O Frashaoshtra, of the clan of Hvogva,
Go thou with those faithful whom we both have
chosen for the world's illumination,
Where Devotion and Zeal shall be united with Truth,
Where the Good Mind holds the power of Sovereignty,
There, where the splendor of Lord Mazda abides.

I shall announce in verse, rather than prose, O
Jamaspa Hvogva,
He who renders prayers and deeds in perfect obedience
Shall, from Mazda Ahura and the Spirit of Truth,
receive protection,
When the just are separated from the unjust.

He who is with me in our highest aspiration,
On him shall I bestow, through the Good Mind, the
best in my power;
But torment shall be upon him who to us is a
tormenting oppressor.
O Lord Mazda and O Spirit of Truth, striving thus
to accomplish Your wish,
Is the decision of my understanding.
And thus do I will.

He, who following Truth, shall work for me,
Zarathushtra,
To bring us toward the Great Renovation, in
accordance with Thy purpose,
For him shall be all honor and content in this world,
And a fitting state in the life beyond.
As, verily, Thou hast revealed to me, O
All-knowing Mazda!