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The Opening Yasna

nghi and for Visya, Asha-sanctified, master(s) of Asha. I announce (and) carry out (this Yasna) for Mithra of wide pastures, of the thousand ears, and of the myriad eyes, the Yazad of the spoken name, and for Raman Khwastra. 4 I announce (and) carry out (this

The Closing Yasna

e Asnya with our sacrifice, and Havani, Savanghi and Visya, the holy lords of the ritual order, and Mithra of the wide pastures, of the thousand ears, and myriad eyes, the Yazad of the spoken name, and we worship Raman Hvastra.(Y6.2) 3 And we worship Rapithwi

Ohrmazd Yasht

cks; to the plenty of corn; and to the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. 4 (At the Gah Hawan): To Mithra, the lord of wide pastures and to Rama Hvastra. (At the Gah Rapithwin): To Asha-Vahishta and to Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. (At the Gah, Uzerin): To Ap

Haft Amahraspand Yasht

; we sacrifice unto the powerful Gaokerena, made by Mazda. 9 (At the Gah Hawan): We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; we sacrifice unto Rama Hvastra. (At the Gah Rapithwin): We sacrifice unto Asha-Vahishta and Atar, the son of Ahura Mazda. (At

Ardui Sur Bano Yasht

as, who offers up a sacrifice unto the undying, shining, swift-horsed Sun. 5 I will sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes. I will sacrifice unto the club of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, well struck

Tishtar Yasht

a to Mount Hvanvant. 7 'For Ahura Mazda gave him assistance; so did the waters and the plants; and Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, opened a wide way unto him. 'For his brightness and glory, I will offer him a sacrifice worth being heard.... 8 'We sacrific

Mihr Yasht

ce, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Havani], the holy and master of holiness.... Unto Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, who has a thousand ears, ten thousand eyes, a Yazata invoked by his own name, and unto Rama Hvastra,1 Be propitiation, with s

Srosh Yasht Hadokht

y of the holy Sraosha; We sacrifice unto the body of Rashnu Razishta; We sacrifice unto the body of Mithra, the lord of wide pastures; We sacrifice unto the body of the holy wind; We sacrifice unto the body of the good Law of the worshippers of Mazda; We sacri

Rashn Yasht

t is like a garment inlaid with stars, made of a heavenly substance, that Mazda puts on, along with Mithra and Rashnu and Spenta- Armaiti, and on no side can the eye perceive the end of it.

Frawardin Yasht

e country with full power, and a chief most strong; so shall any man of you become, who shall treat Mithra well, the lord of wide pastures, and Arshtat, who makes the world grow, who makes the world increase. 19 'Thus do I proclaim unto thee, O pure Spitama!

Warharan Yasht

aghna, made by Ahura: who goes along the armies arrayed, and goes here and there asking, along with Mithra and Rashnu: 'Who is it who lies unto Mithra? Who is it who thrusts [his oath] against Rashnu?42 To whom shall I, in my might, impart illness and death?'4

Ard Yasht

er is Armaiti Spenta; thy brothers are Sraosha18, a god of Asha, and Rashnu19, tall and strong, and Mithra20, the lord of wide pastures, who has ten thousand spies and a thousand ears; thy sister is the Law [Daena]21 of the worshippers of Mazda. 17 Praised of

Zam Yasht

right Yima, the Glory went from Yima, the son of Vivanghant, in the shape of a Varaghna bird.9 Then Mithra seized that Glory, Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, whose ear is quick to hear, who has a thousand senses. We sacrifice unto Mithra, the lord of all co

VISPERAD 1.

nd (will) complete (my Yasna) to the Gatha Vohu-khshathra, holy, ruling in the ritual order, and to Mithra of the wide pastures, and to Raman Hvastra, the holy lords of the ritual order. And I celebrate and will complete my Yasna to the Gatha Vahishtoishti, th

VISPERAD 2.

to approach the Gatha Vohu-khshathra with my praise, the holy, and ruling in the ritual order, and Mithra of the wide pastures, and Raman Hvastra, and the Gatha Vahishtoishti, and the pious and good prayer for blessings, and the pious and holy man, and that Y

VISPERAD 7.

, that Arshtat which is the Mazdayasnian Faith; and (with her) we worship Rashnu the most just, and Mithra of the wide pastures. And we worship Parendi the wealthy, wealthy with a wealth of thoughts, with a throng of words, and with a breadth of actions, [for

VISPERAD 11.

ha (Obedience) the blessed, and to Ashi (who is the recompense),and to Rashnu the most just, and to Mithra of the wide pastures, and to the Bountiful Immortals, and the Fravashis of the saints, and to their souls, and to the Fire of Ahura Mazda, the lord, and

FARGARD 3. the Earth

s hand, the mortar98 in his hand, lifting up his voice in good accord with religion, and beseeching Mithra,99 the lord of the rolling country-side, and Rama Hvastra.’100 2,3. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy one! Which is the second place where the

FARGARD 4. Contracts and offenses.

nfronts the brimstoned, golden,203 truth-knowing water with an appeal unto Rashnu204 and a lie unto Mithra.205 55. O Maker of the material world, thou Holy One! He who, knowingly lying, confronts the brimstoned, golden, truth-knowing water with an appeal unto

FARGARD 7. Purity Laws, Avestan medicine.

ssion of his soul: Astovidhotush, Vizaresha, and the bad Vayu drag the souls of the wicked to hell; Mithra, Sraosha, Rashnu, and the good Vayu take the souls of the good to Paradise (see Vd19.29 seq.; Hadhokht Nask; Menog-i Khrad 2). The struggle lasts for thr

FARGARD 19.

a imitated my words from me, (and said): ‘I invoke the holy creation of Ahura Mazda. ‘I invoke Mithra,774 the lord of the rolling countryside, a god armed with beautiful weapons, with the most glorious of all weapons, with the most victorious of all weapo

KHORSHED NYĀYESH

hurō Mazdāo,26 khvarenanguhastemem27 mainyavanām28 yazatanām,29 Tat30 nō31 jamyāt32 avanghe33 Mithra34 Ahura35 berezanta.36 Hvarekhshaētem37 ameshem38 raēm39 aurvat-aspem40 yazamaide.41 (6) We praise5 the immortal,2 radiant3 and the swift-footed horse

MEHER NYĀYESH

m dareghōkhvadhātem. cx There are various meanings of the word Meher, who is called in Avesta “Mithra” light, origin of light, the harbinger of the Sun, twilight; a contract, promise, an agreement, truth, justice, friendship, love; the yazata presiding

VĪSPA HUMATA

d. dm(To recite aloud). Yathā Ahū Vairyō 2. Yasnemcha vahmemcha aojascha zavarecha āfrīnāmi, Mithrahe Vouru-gaoyaōitōish hazangra-gaoshahe, baēvare-chashmanō, aokhtōnāmanō yazatahe, Rāmnascha khvāstrahe. Ashem Vohū 1. Ahmāi raēshcha; Hazang

ARDVI SURA NYĀYESH

nām11 dātārō,12 imat13 ashāunām14 vanguhīsh15 fravashayō16 ughrāo17 aiwithūrāo,18 imat19 Mithra20 Vouru-gaoyaoite,21 imat22 Sraosha23 ashya24 huraodha25 imat26 Rashnavō27 razishta,28 imat29 Ātare30 Mazdāo31 puthra,32 imat33 bereza34 Ahura,35 khsh

HĀVAN GĀH

7 ashaone18 ashahe19 rathwe,20 yasnāicha22 vahmāicha22 khshnaothrāicha23 frasastayaēcha.24 (2) Mithrahe25 vouru-gaoyaotōish26 hazanghrō-gaoshahe,27 baēvarechashmanō,28 aokhtō-nāmanō29 yazatahe,30 Rāmanō khvāstrahe,31 khshnaothra32 yasnāicha33 v

HAFTAN YASHT LARGE

KHORSHED YASHT

aoitīm hazanghra-gaoshem, baēvarechashmanem; yazāi vazrem hunivikhtem kameredhe paiti daēvanām Mithrahe vouru-gaoyaoitōish, yazāi hakhedhremcha yat asti hakhedhranām vahishtem antare māonghemcha hvarecha. (6) Ahe raya khvarenanghacha, tem yazāi surun

SROSH YASHT HĀDOKHT

FARVARDIN YASHT

7 Āhūiryehe18, yāmcha19 Nairyehe Sanghahe20. (86) Yāmcha21 Rashnaosh22 razishtahe23, yāmcha24 Mithrahe25 vourugaoyaōitōish26, yāmcha27 mānthrahe28 spentahe29, yāmcha30 ashnō31, ahx See yasna Hā 46.3; or increasing; root veredh = Sanskrit vridh +

BEHERAM YASHT

huradhātem2 yazamaide3. Yō4 vīrāzaiti5 antare6 rāshta7 rasmana8 ācha paracha peresaite9 hadha Mithra10 hadha Rashnavō11, kō12 MithremL3 aiwi-druzaiti14, kō15 Rashnūm16 paiti-irinakhti17, kahmāi18 yaskemcha19 mahrkemcha20 azem21 bakhshāni22 khshayam

SIROZĀ YASHT

he Mazdadhātahe. (During the Hāvan Gāh as well as during the Second Hāvan, recite as under):- Mithrahe Vouru-gaoyaoitōish, Rāmanascha khvastrahe. (During the Gāh of Rapithwan, recite as under):- Ashahe Vahishtahe Āthrascha Ahurahe Mazdāo. (If the

The famous kardāh of yātu zī Zarathushtra of the Haftan Yasht.

es of sins, which cause disturbance in the development of the soul in accordance with the law of “mithra”. Remember that as a shield of powerful defence against the sins of “mithra” possessed of magical effect and “ā-tare” - excess and “vī-tare