Avesta (Gathas) · 2 of 2 · tr. L.H. Mills
Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLV, Section 1b
Him in the Yasnas of our Piety we seek to praise with homage, who in His persistent energy 2 was famed to be (in truth) the Lord Ahura Mazda, for He hath appointed in His kingdom, through His holy Order and His Good Mind, both Weal and Immortality, to grant 3 the eternal mighty pair to this our land (and the creation).
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(Him would we magnify and praise) who hath despised the Daêva-gods and alien men, them who before held Him in their derision.
Far different are (these) from him who gave Him honour.
This latter one is through the Saoshya n t's bounteous Faith, who likewise is the Lord of saving power 4 , p.
130 a friend, brother, or a father to us, Mazda Lord 1 !
Themes
◆Ahura Mazda Principlecosmology
The divine ordering principle of truth and light.
The passage explicitly centers on praising Ahura Mazda as the Lord who appoints Order and Good Mind.
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Truth as the fundamental structure of reality.
The text explicitly mentions 'His holy Order' (Asha) as a fundamental appointment of the Lord.
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 with 'persistent energy' who appoints, grants, and despises.
All passages →◆Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The passage is structured as liturgical praise and homage ('Yasnas of our Piety we seek to praise').
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