Avesta (Gathas) · 2 of 2 · tr. L.H. Mills
Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXIII, Section 1b
of the One like You 1 , or the words of praises offered with Righteousness.
And give Ye as Your offering 2 (of grace to me) the abiding gifts of Your Immortality and Welfare!
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And let (one like those 3 ), O Mazda!
bear on to Thee the spirit of the two leaders who cause the holy ritual Truth to flourish; let him 4 bear them to (Thy) brilliant home 5 with 6 preternatural insight, and with the Better Mind.
Yea, let him bear that spirit on as a fellow-help 7 in (furthering) the p.
77 readiness 1 of those (in their holy work) whose souls go hand in hand 2 .
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(And not for these alone do I pray, but for us 3 as well.) All prosperous states 4 in being which have been enjoyed in the past, which men are now enjoying, and which shall be known in the future, do Thou grant (me) these in Thy love 5 .
(Yea), cause (our) bodily and personal life to be blest with salvation 6 through (Thy) Good Mind, (Thy) Sovereign Power, and (Thy) Sanctity 7 .
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And, O Thou who art the most beneficent Ahura Mazda!
and thou who art Âramaiti (our piety), and also the Righteous Order who dost further on the settlements; and Thou, the Good Mind, and the Sovereign Power!
hear ye me all, and have mercy 8 for every deed which I do whatsoever 9 !
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And Thou, O Ahura!
do Thou (Thyself) arise 1 to me!
Through Âramaiti give me power, O most bountiful Spirit Mazda!
through (my) faithful appeals and offerings 2 ; and for (my) Righteousness grant me mighty strength, and (Thy) thrift-law 3 through (Thy) Good Mind 4 .
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(Arise to give me power), and then for grace in a wide perception 5 (that I may view its depth and extent), do Thou reveal to me Thy 6 nature (?), O Ahura!
(the power of Thine attributes), and those of Thy (holy) kingdom, and by these, the blessed gifts 7 of (Thy) Good Mind!
And do Thou, O bountiful Piety 8 show forth the religious truths through (Thy) Righteous Order.
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Thus, as an offering, Zarathu s tra gives the life 1 of his very body.
And he offers, likewise, O Mazda!
the priority of the Good Mind, (his eminence gained) by his holiness (with Thy folk); and he offers (above all his) Obedience (to Thee) in deed and in speech, and with these (Thine established) Sovereign Power 2 !
§ Ask Guru about this passage →Themes
Ahura Mazda Principlecosmology
The divine ordering principle of truth and light.
The passage is a direct address to Ahura Mazda as the source of truth, light, and righteousness.
All passages →Asha Cosmic Ordercosmology
Truth as the fundamental structure of reality.
Righteousness (Asha) and Truth are invoked as fundamental structures of reality and ritual.
All passages →Good Thought Word Deedethics
The Zoroastrian triad of right thought, right speech, and right action as the foundation of ethical life; truth-in-living.
The text explicitly offers obedience in deed and speech alongside the Good Mind (thought).
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
Ahura Mazda is depicted as active and responsive, asked to arise, hear, and grant blessings.
All passages →Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The entire text constitutes a direct petitionary address to the divine for grace and strength.
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