HORMAZD KHODAY

qHormazd1 Khodāy2 ahereman3 awādashān4 dūr avāz-dāshtār;5 zad6 shekasteh7 bād,8 ahereman,9 devān10 darujān,11 jādūān12 darvandān13 kīkān14 karafān15 sāstārān,16 gunehgārān17 āshmoghān18 darvandān19 dushmanān20 frīyān21 zad22 shekasteh23 bād.24 Dushpādashāhān25

awādashān26 bād;27 dushmanān28 satoh29 bād;30 dushmanān31

awadashan32 bād.33 Hormazd Khodāy34 az hamā gunāh35 patet pashemānum,36 az37 harvastīn38 dushmata39 duzukhta40 duzvarshta,41 mem42 pa getī43 manid,44 oim goft45 oim kard,46 oim jast,47 oim būn būd ested,48 az ān gunāh49 manashnī50 gavashnī51 kunashnī,52 tanī53 ravānī,54 geti55 mīnoānī,56 okhe57 rawākhsh pashemān58, pa sē gavashnī59 pa patet hom.60

Khshnaothra61 ahurahe mazdāo;62 tarōidīte63 anghrahe mainyēush.64 Haithyā varshtām65 hyat66 vasnā67 ferashōtemem;68 staomi69 Ashem.70 Ashem Vohū 1. Yathā Ahū Vairyō 2. Ashem Vohū 1.

Translation: Dādār Hormazd1 (is) the Lord2 (of the entire Universe) (and) keeps the swithholder and keeper at a distance5 of the wicked and powerless4 Ahriman,3 May (that Ahriman) be smitten6 and defeated7! May24

(all these) Ahriman,9 daevas,10 drujas,22 sorcerers,12 wicked ones,13 tKiks,14

Karaps,15 tyrants,16 sinners,17 uāshmoghs,18 impious ones,19 enemies,20

witches21 be smitten22 and defeated23! May33 the wicked rulers25 cease to exist! May the enemies28 be confounded! May the enemies be non-existent and perish.32

O Lord Hormazd!34 I am in renunciation36 of, and desist from, all sins: wicked thoughts39 which in (this) world43 I42 have thought,44 wicked words46

which I have spoken,48 wicked deeds41 which I have committed,46 (and) which have occurred through me47 and which have originated by me48 - (all these sins mentioned above) relating to thought,50 relating to word,51 and relating to deed,56 pertaining to (my own) body,53 pertaining to (my own)

q This prayer from its beginning to the words “Pa sē gavashni pa patet hom” is in Pazend language; the remaining final portion is in Avesta.

r There is a custom amongst some of our Zoroastrians to utter “awākhsh Pashemān” whilst showing contempt of certain matter or whilst manifesting a thought of such significance as, may God keep one away from such immoral actions, or whilst repenting and atoning for any unworthy and wicked deeds which have been committed. Its meaning is “I return having repented, keep myself away having regretted”. These word are of Pazend language.

s The meaning of avādashān can be “wicked ruler.”

t Kīks i.e. those who have eyes but would not see; karaps i.e. those who have ears but would not hear; its significance is, that they are neither paying attention to nor acknowledging the doctrines of the holy Zoroastrian Religion. For them words employed in Avesta are Kaoyām and Karafnāmcha; see Hormazd Yasht, para 10.

u Āshmog, i.e. distorters of truth and expounders of falsehood. For it there is an Avesta word Ashemaogha; see Ardibehesht Yasht para 7.