Avesta (Gathas) · 2 of 2 · tr. L.H. Mills
Spenta Mainyu Gatha, Yasna XLIX, Section 1b
(And I do not ask in vain, for such an one is found for us, and near at hand.) To Frashao s tra hast Thou given that most favouring guardian power, the headship 5 of the Holy Order (for us), O p.
166 [paragraph continues] Ahura!
This therefore would I pray of Thee (to confirm to him that gracious gift), and for myself likewise, would I now seek as well that sheltering headship which is within Thy Realm; yea, most blest and foremost 1 may we both for ever be within it.
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Aye, let the zealous and thrifty husbandman, so formed for giving help and blessings 2 , give heed and listen when I call, (O Mazda!) Let not the truthful (tiller, he who hears and speaks Thy word 3 ), be he who takes 4 that sheltering chieftainship together with the wicked.
Let the believing natures (only) join in that best recompense.
And thus in the course of the holy Order are in the fact so joined those two, G âmâspa and the 'hero' 5 .
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(And since these champions thus join in that reward), then therefore will I place as well in Thy p.
167 protection (Thy) Good Mind 1 (in the living) and the spirits (of the dead.
Yea, I confide our very) self-humbling praises, (which we offer, unto Thee), by which (Thine) Âramaiti (who is our Piety, exists), and likewise sacrificing zeal.
And this would we do to further Thy great Sovereign Power (among Thy folk), and with undying 2 (?) strength.
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(But as to faithless reprobates); the souls (of the evil dead) shall meet those evil men who serve their evil rulers, who speak with evil words, and harbour evil consciences, these souls (in Hell) shall come with evil food 3 (to welcome them), and in the Lie's abode their dwelling 4 verily shall be 5 !
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Ahura Mazda Principlecosmology
The divine ordering principle of truth and light.
The passage directly addresses Ahura Mazda as the supreme deity granting power and order.
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Truth as the fundamental structure of reality.
The text emphasizes the 'Holy Order' and contrasts truth with the Lie as fundamental structures.
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Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.
A clear ontological opposition is drawn between Truth/Good and Lie/Evil throughout the text.
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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.
The passage details the fate of evil souls meeting in the Lie's abode based on their conduct.
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The Zoroastrian triad of right thought, right speech, and right action as the foundation of ethical life; truth-in-living.
The text references Good Mind (thought), speaking Thy word (speech), and sacrificing/husbandry (action).
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The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
Ahura Mazda is addressed personally as an active, responsive reality ('Thou given', 'pray of Thee').
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Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The speaker explicitly states 'This therefore would I pray of Thee' and offers praises.
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