onīm; yā hāitināmchā, būshyeintināmchā mazishtāchā vahishtāchā sraēshtāchā, yā āhūirish Zarathushtrish; Ahurāi Mazdāi vīspā vohū chinahmi. Aēshā asti daēnayāo Māzdayasnōish āstūitish.ayd Ashem Vohū

1.

A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF DĪN-NO KALAMO (i.e.

THE ZOROASTRIAN CREED).

I am the hater and destroyer of all the daevas, and idol-worship. I am the praiser of the Ameshaspands or Holy Immortals and their glorifier. I am the worshipper of the Creator of the entire world who is Omnipotent and Omniscient, Ahura Mazda. I accept to remove the distress and difficulty from the houses of the Mazda-worshipping people and to protect the cattle and beneficent animals from thieves and robbers. I hate to live under the authority of lying and wicked men, and of the sorcerers. I aspire to act in accordance with the religion and custom which the Prophet Holy Zarathushtra, Kava Vishtāspa, Farashostara and Jāmāsp followed, and which other truth-speaking (truthful) righteous men have acted upon. I am a Mazda-worshipper. As a Mazda-worshipping follower of Zarathushtra I like to be the praiser of the Zoroastrian Religion and to keep full faith on that good Religion. I praise good thought, good word and good deed. I praise the good Mazda-worshipping Religion which is, promoting peace and concord, fostering brotherhood and just. The religion of Ahura Mazda revealed by Zarathushtra is the best amongst those religions that are, that shall be hereafter, and I accept it with sincere heart.

DĪN-NO KALAMO, THE ZOROASTRIAN CREED

Razishtayāo1 chistayāo2 Mazdadhātayāo3 ashaonyāo4 daenayāo5 vanghuyāo6 Māzdayasnoish7.

Dīn8 beh9 rāst10 va dorost11, ke khodāe12 bar khalk13 ferastādeh14 in15 hast16 kē17 Zartosht18 āvordeh hast19; dīn20 dīne21 Zartosht22, dīne23 Ahura Mazda24 dādeh25 Zartosht26 ashaone27 Ashem Vohū 1.

(This Zoroastrian Creed should be recited thrice).

(May there be propitiation) of the just1 and holy4 knowledge2 created by Ahura Mazda3 (i.e. of Religious Education) and of the good6 Mazdaworshipping7 Religion5!

This15 is16 (the Religion) - the good9, the just10 and the perfect11 religion8

which the Creator Hormazd12 sent14 for the people of this world13 and which17

(the Prophet) Zarathushtra18 (Himself) brought19. (That) Religion20 is the Religion21 of Zarathushtra22 (and) the Religion23 of Hormazd24, which (the

ayd For the translation of this paragraph, see Jasa Me Avanghe Mazda.