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Salvation to this man 1 , salvation to him whosoever (he may be 2 )!
Let the absolutely ruling Great Creator grant (us, He) the living Lord, the two eternal powers.
Yea, verily 3 , I ask it of Thee (O Ahura) for the maintaining 4 Righteousness.
And may’st Thou also give it to me, (O inspiring) Piety!
splendour 5 (as it is), holy blessings, the Good Mind's life 6 .
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Yea, to this one 7 may the man endowed with p.
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And do Thou likewise (Thyself) reveal 2 Thine own 3 (gifts) through Thy most bountiful spirit, O Mazda!
(And do Thou teach us) Thy wonderful thoughts of wisdom 4 , those of Thy Good Mind, which Thou hast revealed (to us) by Thy Righteousness (within us) with the happy increase of (our joy 5 ), and on a long life's every day 6 .
3.
And may that (holy man) approach toward that which is the better than the good 7 , he who will show to us the straight paths of (spiritual) profit, (the blessings) of this corporeal life, and of that the mental 8 , in those veritably real (eternal 9 ) worlds, where dwells Ahura; (that holy man) an offerer of Thine 10 , O Mazda!
a faithful citizen 11 , and bountiful of (mind).
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Yea, I will 1 regard Thee as mighty and likewise bountiful, O Ahura Mazda!
when (I behold) those aids of grace (approach me), aids which Thou dost guard and nurture 2 as (Thy) just awards to the wicked (to hold him far from us), as well as to the righteous (for our help), Thy Fire's flame therewith so strong through the Holy Order 3 , and when to me the Good Mind's power comes 4 + 5 5.
(For) so I conceived of Thee as bountiful, O Great Giver, Mazda!
when I beheld Thee as supreme 6 in the generation of life, when, as rewarding 7 deeds and words, Thou didst establish evil for the evil, and happy blessings for the good, by Thy (great) virtue 8 (to be adjudged to each) in the creation's final change.
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by deeds of whom the settlements are furthered through the Righteous Order.
And saving regulations 1 likewise unto these shall Âramaiti utter, (she, our Piety within us), yea, (laws) of Thine understanding which no man may deceive 2 .
7.
Yea, I conceived of Thee as bountiful, O Great Giver Mazda!
when he (Thy messenger, Obedience) drew near me, and asked me thus: Who 3 art thou?
And whose is thine allegiance?
And how to-day shall I show the signs that give the light on this (our) question, (signs) as to the lands (from whence thou camest) and in thyself?
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Then to him I, Zarathu s tra, as my first answer, said: To the wicked (would that I could be) in very truth a strong 4 tormentor and avenger, but to the p.
Themes
◆Ahura Mazda Principlecosmology
The divine ordering principle of truth and light.
The passage is a direct invocation of Ahura Mazda as the Great Creator and Living Lord, central to the text's theology.
Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.
Verse 5 describes rewarding deeds and words, establishing evil for the evil and blessings for the good in the final change.