I love GOD

English translation of
Holy Zend Avesta - Khorda Avesta (2)
by James Darmesteter, Dhalla, B. N. Dhabhar, L. Mills, J. H. Peterson, C. Bartholomae , taken from http://www.avesta.org/avesta.html
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Ashtad Yasht

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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 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 ....Unto the Glory of the Aryans, made by Mazda,Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....

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Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathushtra, saying: 'I madethe Aryan Glory, rich in food, rich in flocks, rich in wealth,rich in Glory; provided with full store of intelligence, withfull store of money, to withstand Need, and to withstand enemies.

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'It destroys Angra Mainyu, who is all death; it destroys Aeshma,the fiend of the wounding spear; it destroys the yellow Bushyasta;it destroys the contagion of Aekha; it destroys the fiend of death,Apaosha; it destroys the non-Aryan nations.

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'And I made the great Ashi Vanguhi; she comes in, amid thefamily; she comes in, inside the fine royal palace.

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'Let Ashi, with fulness of welfare, follow the man who gladdensthe faithful with his gifts! she comes in, inside his family;she comes in, inside his fine royal palace.'With all sorts of flocks, with all victory, with all intelligence,with all Glory, the great Ashi Vanguhi puts one foot inside hisfamily; she comes in, inside his fine royal palace.


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'Horses multiply a thousandfold, flocks multiply a thousandfold;and so does his virtuous offspring, (as) the bright, gloriousstar Tishtrya moves on equally, and so does the strong wind madeby Mazda, and so does the Glory of the Aryas.

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'And they bring increase on the tops of all mountains, downthe depths of all vales; they bring increase to all the growingplants, the fair, the golden-hued. And they bring (away) the contagionof Aekha, they bring (away) the fiend of death, Apaosha.

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'Hail to the bright and glorious star Tishtrya Hail to thestrong wind, made by Mazda! Hail to the Glory of the Aryas!'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....

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'We worship the Ahuna Vairya.'We worship Asha-Vahishta, the fairest Amesha-Spenta.'We worship the rightly-spoken Words, fiend-smiting and healing.'We worship the healing, well-spoken Words, the fiend-smiting.'We worship the Mathra Spenta and the Law of Mazda, and (piety)that delights in Haoma.'We worship the Glory of the Aryas.'Yenhe hatam: All those beings of whom Ahura Mazda....

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'Yatha ahu vairyo: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness....'I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigourof the Glory of the Aryas, made by Mazda.'Ashem Vohu: Holiness is the best of all good....'[Give] unto that man brightness and glory, .... give him thebright, all-happy, blissful abode of the holy Ones.'

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