JASA ME AVANGHE MAZDA

apJasa1 me2 avanghe3 mazda,4 jasa5 me6 avanghe7 mazda,8 jasa9 me10 avanghe11 mazda,12 Amahe13 hutāshtahe14 huraodhahe15 verethraghnahe,16 ahuradhātahe,17 vanaintyāoscha uparatātō18 rāmanō19 khvāstrahe,20 vayaosh21 uparō-kairyehe22 taradhātō23 anyāish24 dāmān,25 aētat26 te27 vayō28 yat29 te30 asti31 spentō-mainyaom32 thwāshahe33 khvadhātahe,34 zrvānahe35 akaranahe,36 zrvānahe37 dareghō-khvadhātahe. Ashem Vohū 1.

Translation: O Hormazd! Come1 unto my2 help.3 Of the well-shapen14

(and) beautiful15 Ama16 (yazata of strength), of Behram yazad16 created by Ahura,17 of Vanainti Uparatāt18 (i.e. the yazata presiding over victorious ascendency), of Mino Rām,19 giver of taste of food,20 of aqVāy yazad21 working-on-high,22 (who is) created superior to other creations - (may the help of all of them reach me through you, O Hormazd. O Vay yazad!28 (get me the help) of thy30 (wind) which29 is31 pertaining to the Beneficent Spirit32. Of the sky33 taking course according to the Law of nature,34 of the Endless36 Time,35

of the Time37 Ordained for a long period38 (may the help of these all reach me, O! Hormazd).

KERFEH MOZD

arKerfeh mozd1 gunāh guzāreshnerā2 kunam,3 ashahī4 ravān5 dushāramrā5 ham kerfeh6 hamā vehāne7 haft-keshvar zamīn,8 zamīnpahanā,9 rud-drāna,10 khorshid-bālā,11 bundehād12 be-rasād;13 asho bed15 der-zī,16 Atha17 Jamyāt18 yatha19 āfrīnāmi.20 Ashem Vohū 1.

For the expiation of sins2 I obtain3 the reward of meritorious deeds1, and for the sake of the love of5 the soul5, may complete12 righteousness4 reach13

all the doers of good deeds6 and all the faithful7 (residing) on the seven regions of the earth8, - as wide as the earth9, as long as the river10 and as high as the Sun11 as! May there be15 long life16 of the righteous (man).at May it be18

ap “Jasa me Avanghe Mazda” consists of the Avestan texts taken from three different places mentioned-below:- The sentence “Jasa me Avanghe Mazda” is taken from Yasht Hormazd, para 27. The portion from “Amahe hutāshtahe” up to “uparatātō” is taken from the Behram Yazad khshnuman, of the small Sirozā. The portion from “Rāmano khvāstrahe” up to the end is taken from the Khshnuman of Mino Rām of the Small Sirozā.

aq Yazata presiding over pure and health-giving air. In Pahlavi he is called “Vāy i Veh”. Its opposite is “Vāy i Saritar” or “Vāy i Vattar” (poisonous-air). See Vendidad fargard V, paras 8-9.

ar This prayer from the beginning up to “asho bed der-zī” is in Pazend language. The words, “atha jamyāt yatha āfrīnāmi” are in Avestan language and as mentioned earlier are taken from “āfrin i Paighāmbar Zartosht”. para 8.

as Compare Avesta Zem-frāthangha, dānu-drājangha hvare-barezangha (see yasna Hā 60, para 4).

at i.e. may the truthful person enjoy his life, with happiness for a long time!