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 CD of Ahuraee Land Prayers

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Compiled by Dr. A. Makki

1. Yatha ahu (Y 27.13)

YathA ahU vairyO    athA ratush ashAtchit hachA

VanghEush dazdA mananghO    shyaothenanãm anghEush mazdAi

khshathremchA ahurAi A    yim drigubyO dadat vAstArem

Translation: 

 2. Yanim mano (Introduction to Yasna 28)

 YAnim manO yAnim vachO yAnim shyaothnem ashaonO zarathushtrahe

FerA ameshA spentA gAthAo geurvAin

NemO vE gAthAo ashaonish

Translation: 

Ideal are the thoughts, ideal are the words, ideal are the deeds of the Righteous Zoroaster.

Let the Amesha Spentas, the Beneficent Immortals, present the Gathas. Homage unto you, O Truthful Gathas!

 3. Ahmai raeshcha (Y 68.11)

AhmAi raeshcha khvarenascha    ahmAi tanvO drvatAtem    ahmAi tanvO vazdvare     ahmAi tanvO verethrem   

ahmAi ishtim pourush-khvathrŒm    ahmAi AsnŒmchit frazañtîm     ahmAi dareghŒm dareghO-jitim 

 ahmAi vahishtem ahUm ashaonŒm raochanghem vispO-khvAthrem

Translation:

4. Monajat (composed by Bahram Ravari)

KhOdA yA bOzOrgĭ tO rA khOd sezA’st    kE bar har dO gEti farmAnravA’st  

TO dAnAtar az jomlEh  dAnandEgAn    tO rUzĭdEh i jomlEh yE bandEgAn

Na aghl i kasĭ sUy i tO rAhbar    na dAnandEh dAnad zE sErrat khabar

SEpAs az tO dAram, elAham tO’i    hamĭ dastgir O’ panAham tO’i

TO’i dastgĭr i kas O’ bikasAn    ma’rA dastgĭr O’ bE jAyĭ rasAn

BE rUyam dar i rahmatat bAz kOn    ma’rA dar dO gEti sarafrAz kOn

NadAram bejOz tO degar hĭch kas    v’agar tO kasĭ, bar man i khastEh bas

Translation:

 O God, greatness, is your most deserving emblem,

                                                For it governs both the material and the spiritual realm

 You are the wisest of the wise in the universe,                                  

                                                You are the sole sustainer of all worshippers

 No intellect can ever match that of yours,

                                                No sage can unravel your mysterious lores

 I am grateful to you my Worshipful One,

                                                For you are my guide and protector as one

 You are the protector to the lonely and meek,

                                                So please hold my hand through the path that I seek

Open the floodgates of your blessings and bounty,

                                                Shower me in both realms with pride aplenty

 I have no other besides your mighty presence,

                                                ’Tis only your being that my tired soul yearns

(Original translation by Dr. Ali Makki)

 5. Ahya yasa (Y 28.1)

AhyA yAsA nemanghA    ustAnazastO rafedhrahyA

manyEush mazdA pourvim    speñtahyA ashA vispeñg shyaothanA

vanghEush khratUm manañghO    yâ khshnevishA guEshchA urvAnem

Translation:

In humble adoration, with hands outstretched, I pray to You, O God! First of all, through Your beneficent spirit vouchsafe

 to me all righteousness of action and all wisdom of the Good Mind, so I may bring joy to the Soul of Creation.

6. Ashem vohu (Y 27.14)

Ashem vohU vahishtem asti
ushtA asti ushtA ahmAi
hyat ashAi vahishtAi ashem

Translation:

Righteousness is the best good. It is radiant happiness. Happiness comes to the person to whom righteousness

 is for the sake of righteousness alone.

 7. Us-moi uza[reshva] (Y 33.12-14)  

Us mOi uzAreshvA ahurA    Aramaiti tevishim dasvA
spEnishtA mainyU mazdA    vanghuyA zavO AdA
ashA hazO Emavat vohU     mananghA feseratUm

RafedhrAi vouruchashAnE    dOishi mOi yA vE abifrA
tA khshathrahyA ahurA    yA vanghEush ashish mananghO
frO speñtA ArmaitE    ashA daEnAo fradakhshayA.

At rAtãm zarathUshtrO    tanvaschit khvakhyAo Ushtanem
dadAiti paUrvatAtem    mananghaschA vanghEush mazdAi
shyaothanahyA ashAi yAchA    ukhdhakhyAchA seraoshem khshathremchA.

Translation:

On account of my humility, do purify me, O Ahura, Lord of Life. Through Your most beneficent spirit, grant me strength,

in return for my prayers, O Mazda, Lord of Wisdom and bestower of good things. 

Through Righteousness, bestow upon me strength and power and on account of my good thoughts grant me supremacy.

To enjoy happiness, Farseeing One, reveal unto me Your priceless gifts. O Ahura, grant me those blessings which flow

through Khshathra, Your spiritual and just power, and through Your Good Mind. O Beneficent Aramaiti, the symbol of love,

peace and faith, grant us insight through truth.

To You, O Mazda, Zoroaster dedicates his own life as a gift along with the excellence of his good thoughts.

He offers his conscious following to Asha, the spirit of truth, by dedicating his whole strength to the best words and deeds.

 8. Ye vao mazda (Y 28.2)

YE vAo mazdA ahurA    pairi-jasAi vohU mananghA

maibyO dAvOi ahvAo    astvataschA hyatchA mananghO

AyaptA ashAt  hachA    yAish rapañtO daidit khvAthrE.

Translation:

Wise God, I approach you through good mind. Grant me through righteousness the blessings of both the material and the

mental states, so that I may lead my companions to happiness.

9. Yenghe Hatam (Y 4.26)   

YEnghE hAtAm A-at yesnE paiti vanghO   

mazdAo ahurO vaEthA ashAt hachA yŒnghAmchA

tAnschA tAoschâ  yazamaidE  

Translation

Indeed Mazda Ahura, the Wise Life-giver, clearly distinguishes all righteous people who serve the living world through their deeds. 

We also venerate all such men and women.

10. Kem Na Mazda (Y 46.7; Y 44.16; Vd. 8.21)  

KEm-nA mazdA    mavaitE pAyUm dadAo   

hyat mA dregvAo    didareshatA aEnanghE   

anyEm thwahmAt    AthraschA mananghaschA   

yayAo shyaothanAish    ashem thraoshtA ahurA   

tŒm mOi dAnstvŒm    daEnayAi frAvaochA
KE verethrem-jA    thwA pOi sEñghA yOi heñtî   

chithrA mOi dãm     ahUmbish ratUm chizhdi   

at hOi vohU     seraoshO jañtU mananghA   

mazdA ahmAi     yahmAi vashi kahmAi-chit
PAta-nO tbishyañtat pairi mazdAoscha Armaitishcha speñtascha…  

Translation:

11. Mazdayasno Ahmi (“Fravarti” Y 12.8-9)

MazdayasnO ahmi    mazdayasnO zarathUshtrish    fravarAnE AstUtaschA fravaretaschA AstuyE humatem manO   

AstuyE hUkhtem vachO    AstuyE hvarshtem shyaothanEm    AstuyE daEnAm vanghuim mAzdayasnim  

 fraspAyaokhedhrãm nidhAsnaithishem    khvaEtvadathãm ashaonim    yA hAitinãmchA    bUshyeiñtinŒmchA   

mazishtAchA    vahishtAchA sraEshtAchA    yA AhUirish zarathushtrish    ahurAi mazdAi vispA vohU chinahmi  

aEshA asti daEnayAo mAzdayasnOish AstUitish

Translation:

I am a Mazda-worshipper, a God-worshipping follower of Zoroaster. I choose for myself to be a worshipper through

my own conviction and appreciation. I appreciate good thoughts, I appreciate good words, and I appreciate good deeds.

 I appreciate the Good Religion of worshipping the Wise One, which overthrows yokes, yet sheaths swords.

It teaches self-reliance and is righteous. Of the religions that have been and shall be, this is to remain the greatest, best,

and the most sublime.

It is divine and Zoroastrian. I attribute all good to the Omniscient God. Such is the appreciation of the

Good Religion of worshipping the Wise One.

12. Yasna 44.4

Tat thwA peresA    eresh-mOi vaochA ahurA 

kasnA deretA    zŒmchA adE nabAoschA

avapastOish    ke apO urvarAoschA

ke vAtAi    dvŒnmaibyaschA yaoget AsU

kasnA vanghEush    mazdA dŒmish mananghO^.

Translation:

This I ask You, tell me truly, God! Who holds the earth below? Who keeps the sky from breaking away?

Who creates the waters and the plants? Who lends the wind and clouds speed? Who is the creator of good mind, O Wise One?

13. Yasna 30.2

SraotA geushAish vahishtA    avaEnatA sUchA mananghA

AvarEnAo vichithahyA    narem narEm khvakhyAi tanuye 

parA maze  yAonghO     ahmAi ne sazdyAi baodEñtO paiti.

Translation:

Hear the highest truth with your ears and ponder carefully with an illumined mind. Then, let each one of you choose

between the two paths. Awaken to this doctrine of ours before the great event of choice ushers in.  

14. Tao ahmi (from “Afrinagan i Dahman” stanzas 2-7)

TAo ahmi nmAnE jamyAresh yAo ashaonãm khshnUtaschA ashayascha vyAdaibishcha paiti-zañtayascha us-nU

ainghAi vise jamyAt ashemcha khshathremcha savascha hvarenascha hvAthremcha darekhO-fratemathwemcha

ainghAo daEnayA yat AhurOish zarathushtrOish    

Asista-nU ainghat hacha visat gAush buyAt asistem ashem asistem narsh ashaonO aojO asistO AhUirish tkaEshO  

Jamyãn ithra ashAunãm vanguhish sUrAo speñtAo fravashayO ashôish baEshaza hachimnAo zem-frathangha dAnu-drAjangha

hvare-barezangha ishtEe vanghanghãm paitishtAtEe Ataranãm frasha- vakhshyAi rayãmcha hvarenanghãmcha   

Vainit ahmi nmAne sraoshO asrushtim Akhshtish anAkhshtim rAitish arAitim Armaitish tarOmaitim arshukhdhO vAkhsh

mithaokhtem vAchim asha-drujem   

Yatha ahmya ameshAo speñta sraoshAdha ashyAdha paitishãn vanghUsh yasnãscha vahmãscha vohU yasnemcha

vahmemcha huberetimcha ushtaberetimcha vañtaberetimcha A-darekhAt hvA-bairyAt    

MA yave imat nmAnem khvAthravat khvarenO frazahit mAk hvAthravaiti ishtish mA hvAthravaiti Asna frazaiñtish

khvAthrô-disyehe paiti ashOishcha vanghuyA darekhem hakhma.

Translation:

May the Truth-borne blessings, namely, rewards, compensation, and hospitality come into this house,

and may there now come to this community plenty of prosperity, good fortune, a peaceful life,

and the long enduring prominence of this Religion, which is Godly and Zoroastrian.

Now in this house may neither the cattle be tainted, nor Truth, nor the strength of truthful people and the Godly doctrine.

May the good, prosperity-giving Fravashis, the protective guardians, come here, accompanied by their healing virtues,

to spread good things across the earth, throughout the rivers, and across the skies as high as the sun lies, so as to

overthrow misfortunes and advance the riches and fortunes.

May hearkening Sraosha, listening to the divine message, overcome disobedience within this house, and may peace

overcome discord, may generosity overcome greed, may reverence overcome rebellion, and may honesty overcome falsehood.

And so, may the Amesha Spentas, the Beneficent Immortals, receive through Sraosha, the good acts of worship,

praise, reverence, adoration, joyous offerings, and the devotional offerings, until the time of the final harvest.

May the comfort-giving good fortune never forsake this house and promote the comfort-giving riches,

the joy-bringing offspring, with long lasting company of what bestows paradise and good rewards.  

15. Yasna 31.8  

At thwA mEnghi paourvim    mazdA yezim stOi mananghA

vanghEush ptarEm mananghO    hyat thwA hEm chashmaini hEngrabem

haithim ashahyA dŒmim    anghEush ahurem shyaothanaEshU

Translation:

When I beheld You in my mind’s eye as the very first and last, O Wise One, then I perceived You as the progenitor and source of the good mind and the veritable creator of truth. Thus, I envisioned you as the judge of all actions in life.

16. Yasna 44.5

Tat thwA peresA    eresh-mOi vaochA ahurA 

ke hvApAo    raochAoschA dAt temAoschA

ke hvApAo    khvafnemchA dAt zaEmAchA 

ke yA  ushAo    arEm-pithwAkhshapAchA

yAo manaothrish    chazdOñghvañtem arethahyA

Translation:

This I ask You, tell me truly, God! Who is the master artisan that created light and darkness? Who is the master

artisan that fashioned sleep and awakening? Who has fashioned dawn, noon, and, night to call the wise person

to fulfill the daily duties properly?

17. Hamazur Bim

HamAzUr bĭm. HamAzUr i hamA ashU bĭm. HamAzUr i vish kerfeh bĭm; ham kerfeh yE kerfeh-kArAn bĭm.

DUr aZ vanAh o’ vanAh- kArAn bĭm; ham kerfeh yE basteh-kOshtĭyAn o’ nikAn o’ vAhAn i haft-keshvar-zamĭn bĭm, ...

Translation:

May we be joined in strength. May we stand united through Righteousness. May we join hands in doing more meritorious deeds.

May we unite with benevolent people. May we be far from wrong and wrong-doers. May we be joined hand-in-hand

with all the faithful and all the good people of the world…                        

 (Original translation by Dr. Ali Makki)

18. Dir Zivim

 Dĭr zĭvĭm, dOrOst zĭvĭm, shAd zĭvĭm.  TA zĭvĭm, bE kAmeh zĭvĭm. GEtimAn bAd bE kAmeh yE tan, mainUyEmAn bAd bE kAmeh yE ravAn

Translation:

May we live long, may we live right, and may we live happily. While we are still alive, may we live fulfilled. May we have physical  satisfaction in the material world, and may our souls experience satisfaction in the spiritual world.

(Original translation by Dr. Ali Makki)

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 References:

1. Azargoshasb, Mobed Firouz, Gatha: Soroudha ye Zartosht, (2^nd Ed.), 2 vols., Tehran, 2005
2. Geldner, K. F. (Ed.), Avesta: The Sacred Books of the Parsis, 3 vols., Stuttgart, 1886
3. Irani, K. D., Understanding the Gathas, Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, 1994
4. Jafarey, A. A., The Gathas: Our Guide, Cypress, California, 1989
5. Kanga, Ervad K. E., Avesta Dictionary, Bombay, 1900
6. Kanga, M. F., Khordeh Avesta, (English translation based on the Gujarati original
7. “Khordeh Avesta Ba Mayeni”, Ervad Kavsji Edulji Kanga) Bombay, 1993

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