Avesta (Gathas) · 2 of 2 · tr. L.H. Mills
Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXIX, Section 1b
Ahura.
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This man is found for me here who alone 4 has p.
11 hearkened to our enunciations, Zarathu s tra Spitama!
Our mighty and completed acts of grace he desires to enounce for us, for (Me), the Great Creator and for Righteousness; wherefore I will give him the good abode 1 (and authoritative place) of such an one as speaks 2 !
The G e u s Urvan.
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Upon this the Soul of the Kine lamented (: Woe is unto me) since (I have obtained for myself) in my wounding a lord who is powerless to effect (his) wish, the (mere) voice of a feeble and pusillanimous man, whereas I desire one who is lord over his will (and able as one of royal state to bring what he desires to effect 3 ).
The Ameshôspends 4 .
((Aye,) when shall he ever appear who may bring to her 4 help strong-handed 5 ?) p.
12 Zarathu s tra 1 .
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Do ye, O Ahura and thou, O Righteousness!
grant gladness unto these (our disciples), and the sovereign Kingdom (of the Deity) such as (is established) in (His) Good Mind by which one bestows upon them the peaceful amenities of home and quiet happiness (as against the fearful ravages which they suffer 2 ), for of these, O Great Creator!
I ever thought Thee first possessor 3 !
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And when shall the (Divine) Righteousness, the Good Mind (of the Lord, and His) Sovereign Power (come) hastening 4 to me (to give me strength for my task and mission), O Great Creator, the Living Lord!
(For without his I cannot advance p.
13 or undertake my toil.) Do ye now therefore assign unto us your aid and in abundance 1 for our great cause.
May we be (partakers) of the bountiful grace of these your equals 2 (your counsellors and servants) 3 !
§ Ask Guru about this passage →Themes
Ahura Mazda Principlecosmology
The divine ordering principle of truth and light.
Ahura Mazda is explicitly invoked as the Great Creator and Living Lord central to the prayer and mission.
All passages →Asha Cosmic Ordercosmology
Truth as the fundamental structure of reality.
Righteousness (Asha) is repeatedly addressed as a divine principle alongside Ahura, representing truth and order.
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The deity is described as the 'Living Lord' who speaks, grants aid, and responds dynamically to prayer.
All passages →Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The passage consists largely of direct petitionary address to Ahura and Righteousness for aid and gladness.
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