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May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! ....Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower ofZarathushtra, one who hates the Daevas and obeys the laws ofAhura;For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto[Havani], the holy and master of holiness....

Unto Haurvatat, the master; unto the prosperity of theseasons and unto the years, the masters of holiness,Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, andglorification.Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law ofholiness....We sacrifice unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta; we sacrificeunto the prosperity of the seasons; we sacrifice unto the years,the holy and masters of holiness.

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Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'Icreated for the faithful the help, the enjoyments, the comforts,and the pleasures of Haurvatat. We unite them with him who wouldcome up to thee as one of the Amesha-Spentas, as he would come toany of the Amesha-Spentas, Vohu-Mano, Asha-Vahishta,Khshathra-Vairya, Spenta-Armaiti, Haurvatat, and Ameretat.

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'He who against the thousands of thousands of those Daevas,against their ten thousands of ten thousands, against theirnumberless myriads would invoke the name of Haurvatat, as one ofthe Amesha-Spentas, he would smite the Nasu, he would smiteHashi, he would smite Bashi, he would smite Saeni, he wouldsmite Buji.

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'I proclaim the faithful man as the first [of men]; if Iproclaim the faithful man as the first [of men], then RashnuRazishta, then every heavenly Yazata of male nature in companywith the Amesha-Spentas will free the faithful man

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'From the Nasu, from Hashi, from Gashi, from Saeni, fromBuji; from the hordes with the wide front, from the hordes withthe many spears uplifted, from the evil man who oppresses, fromthe willful sinner, from the oppressor of men, from the Yatu,from the Pairika, from the straying way.

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'How does the way of the faithful turn and part from the wayof the wicked?'Ahura Mazda answered: 'It is when a man pronouncing myspell, either reading or reciting it by heart, draws the furrowsand hides there himself, [saying]:

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'"I will smite thee, O Druj! whomsoever thou art, whomsoeverthou art amongst the Drujes that come in an open way, whomsoeverthou art amongst the Drujes that come by hidden way, whomsoeverthou art amongst the Drujes that defile by contact; whatsoeverDruj thou art, I smite thee away from the Aryan countries;whatsoever Druj thou art, I bind thee; I smite thee down, O Druj!I throw thee down below, O Druj!"

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'He draws [then] three furrows: I proclaim him one of thefaithful; he draws six furrow: I proclaim him one of thefaithful; he draws nine furrows: I proclaim him one of thefaithful.

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'The names of those (Amesha-Spentas) smite the men turned toNasus by the Drujes: the seed and kin of the deaf are smitten,the scornful are dead, as the Zaotar Zarathushtra blows themaway to woe, however fierce, at his will and wish, as many as hewishes.

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'From the time when the sun is down he smites them withbruising blows; from the time when the sun is no longer up, hedeals deadly blows on the Nasu with his club struck down, for thepropitiation and glorification of the heavenly gods.

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'O Zarathushtra! let not that spell be shown to any one,except by the father to his son, or by the brother to his brotherfrom the same womb, or by the Athravan to his pupil in blackhair, devoted to the good law, who, devoted to the good law,holy and brave, stills all the Drujes.

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'For his brightness and glory, I will offer unto him asacrifice worth being heard, namely, unto Haurvatat, theAmesha-Spenta. Unto Haurvatat, the Amesha-Spenta, we offer up thelibations, the Haoma and meat, the baresma, the wisdom of thetongue, the holy spells, the speech, the deeds, the libations,and the rightly-spoken words.

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'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law ofholiness....'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength andvigour of Haurvatat, the master; of the prosperity of the seasonsand of the years, the masters of holiness.'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give himthe bright, all happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'