A TRANSLITERATION OF HOSHBAAM, THE PRAYER  AT DAWN AS YOU BEGIN YOUR DAY.

To be recited at dawn only.

“From Atha iman vacho drenjayoish….Spentahe Mainyeush damanam ashaonam.”

Thus, must you pray these words written underneath, which are very beneficial, giver of good health (tandarosti) you must try these; you must sing 5 Ahunavars out aloud. (Pray 5 Yatha Ahu Vairyos).

*Ahuna Vairyo (Yatha Ahu Vairyo) is the Lord of the body.

Ahuna Vairyo (Yatha Ahu Vairyo) is the Lord of the body.

Ahuna Vairyo (Yatha Ahu Vairyo) is the Lord of the body.

(Pray one Yatha Ahu Vairyo).

*Ahunem Vairim tanum paiti. Since I am transliterating the prayer and since the word  ‘paiti’ actually means a ‘lord’, I preferred to do it this way.

The phrase is normally translated to say, ‘Ahunavar protects the body’. ‘Ahunavar is the lord of the body’, holds on to the essence of the word and the spirit without loss or change of meaning from the usual translations.

Pray Kemna Mazda.  (Transliteration available on this blog at:

http://www.mumbaiblogg.com/zoroastrian-zen/avesta-translations/kemna-mazda-translation/

Pray 21 Yatha Ahu Vairyo.

Pray 12 Ashem Vohu.

Homage to you, O Dawn!

Homage to you, O Dawn!

Homage to you, O Dawn!

For these are, in the entire world, the highest latria

To the one/only authority over life/spirit/world, i.e. Ahura Mazda;

To wield weapons against  Angre Mainyu’s Evil;

To  wield weapons against cruel/furious/ wrathful demon (aeshem div), who brandishes deadly/fierce weapons;

To wield weapons against the divs of the **Mazandaran province;

To wield weapons against the entire world of the divs, the irreligious of ***Gilan province.

(Pray in silence, Baaj)

Vanquish the mal-wisdom that breaks the Law (****ghanamino);                                 Oh Ahriman a thousand, ten thousand times cursed/condemned be.

(Pray aloud again)

Flourish O Hormazd! Custodian of  splendour/wealth, glorious; flourish! The pure Ameshaspends; flourish! The brilliant Sirius star (Tishtryehe) glorious, splendorous; flourish! O pure men; flourish! O Beneficent Spirit of creation pure.

(Pray 2 Yatha Vairyo).

** Mazandaran : A province in the north of Iran adjoining Gilan is not the same Mazandaran which Rustom campaigned against and fought and killed Sohrab. Seven roads and railways were built in the beginning of last century, under the Reza Shah, to connect the northern Elbruz to the southern slopes; thereafter, Gilan and Mazandaran were together termed as ‘Shomal’ (North Iran). Mazandaran is the  capital of North Iran.   he name of the province literally means “the gate or valley of giants” (Avesta ‘Mazainya’ = ‘giant’).                          The province is variously called Tabarestan, Tabaria, Tapurestan, and Tapuria. In Armenia, the Caspian Sea is still known as Mazandaran Sea.

*** GILAN is one of the provinces situated  in Region 3 of Iran. Iran has thirty-one provinces.  In Latin the place is spelt ‘Guilan’.

On the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, Mazandaran lies to its west, Ardabil (another Iranian province) lies to its east, with Zanjan and Quazvin and to its south. It touches the Republicof Azerbaijan in the north. Russia lies across the Caspian Sea.

The northern part of Gilan includes the Iranian Talish (an ethnic group of people living in the region which is shared between Iran and Azerbaijan).

Its main city of Rasht, lies in the center of Gilan. Masouleh is a well known tourist destination. Bandar-e-Anzali serves as its commercial Port.(pic).

****Ghanamino means a person who has the warped wisdom to break the Law (Raasti, Tao) and also includes the temporal enacted law. Ghanamino also means  an evil minded person who temporarily desists from relentless destruction of the good.

FRAVARANE  MAZDAYASNO —- TRANLITERATION

‘FRAVARAANE MAZDAYASNO’

A Promise (fravarane) to the Mazdayasne religion

I, the brave follower of Hormazd, follower of the Path revealed by Zoroaster, renounce  the Demons (Div also means senses), a person who behaves in   accordance with the way/command of Hormazd (the Geh is prayed here) promise (fravarane) in order to please, O Sarosh, the strong , whose body is made up of prayers, owner of lethal weapons, follower of the way of /manner of Hormazd, to worship, to sing his praises, propitiate his greatness, laud him so that, the great spirit/ meaning of ‘Yatha Ahu Vairyo’ be revealed to me; the pure sage /expert the learned ‘Atha Rathush Asha Chit Hasha’, be revealed to me.

We Praise the beautiful, victorious, one who gives the world progress, Holy and Pure Sarosh, the leader of sanctity (ashoi).

Ahunavar Shields the body from harm!

‘KEMNA MAZDA’ (Transliteration already given during kushti prayers)

*THE PATH REVEALED BY ZARTHUSHTRA AND AHUNAVAR PRINCIPLE:

Mazdayasni simply means the worship of or devotion to wisdom. The religion of Zoroaster in middle Persian was known as ‘Behdin’ or ‘good religion’. Hence the word ‘Behdinan’ means ‘adherents of the Zoroastrian religion’.

The religion exalts wisdom. The name given to the highest divinity is ‘Ahura Mazda’. ‘Ahura’ meaning ‘Being’ and ‘Mazda’ meaning ‘knowledge/wisdom’; the highest divinity in Zoroaster’s religion is therefore, not a personified creator but the intangible being made up of the energies of wisdom. ‘Ahu’ is often translated as ‘Lord’ ‘High Being’, a meaning deduced from the original meaning of ‘Ahu’, ‘a life-giving force’; ‘Mazda’ translated as the supreme intelligence/intellect/wisdom.

Zoroaster attributes this supreme entity with both a mind and a being which are immanent; meaning inherent and indwelling within the divinity itself leading to the belief in a universe that is immanently conscious and self-creating.

However, while this being, Ahura Mazda, the creative mind/principle, is Almighty, but He is not omnipotent; there also exists Ahriman (the destructive mind/principle), who is finally defeated before the end of time and wisdom, the pure and good mind, alone exists thereafter. On Ahriman’s defeat time will end and the Cosmos — including the dark souls – will be renewed and reunite in Ahura Mazda.

Thus the religion has a duality in its cosmogony (how the cosmos/universe

originated), but a monotheism in its eschatology (the part of theology which speaks of the final destiny of the world and humankind). This makes Zoroaster’s religion unique amongst the religions of the world.

The creation emanating from Ahura Mazda is ‘Asha’ (eternal order); that from Ahriman is ‘Druj’ (chaos). Humanity and all Universe have a duty to actively resolve the conflict between Asha and Druj and rise in wisdom and purity. According to Zoroastrian beliefs, Ahura Mazda , patently  made clear His ultimate triumph over Ahriman by the enunciating the “Ahuna Vairyo” (Yasna 19: “this utterance is a thing of such a nature, that if all the corporeal and living world should learn it, and learning hold fast by it, they would be redeemed from their mortality.”). The primordial sound, pronounced by Ahura Mazda before the universe manifested itself but after the emergence of the unmanifest, is the ‘Ahuna Vairyo’. It is ascribed with ‘talismanic virtues’ to destroy evil and ‘a most sacred gift’ and ‘healing recitation’ to assist mankind in distress.

Wisdom is immanent in the Universe and in mankind; through it, the self creating wisdom interacts with its created facet. During the temporary state of life manifest, the religion enjoins a duty upon the Universe, including mankind, to actively combat chaos (Ahriman and Angre Mainyu) by performing good deeds and ensuring happiness. This duty of conscious and voluntary participation by Zoroastrians in the war of good versus evil is pertinent to the idea of Free Will in Zoroaster’s teachings; Zoroastrianism abjures any form of monasticism.

NIRANG OF ARDIBESHT YASHT   —- TRANSLITERATION AND USES.     

NIRANG OF ARDIBESHT YASHT            

TRANLITERATION OF THE TEXT OF THE NIRANG:

Dadaar the sustainer of this world is omnipotent, omniscient, the keeper of all, the one who rewards and the guardian.

Ahriman is nothing, is shallow (doltish/unskilled/naive) and incapable.

Hormazd is the creator, Ahriman the destroyer.

Dadaar is holy, Ahriman is impious/ unholy.

May Ahriman be destroyed!

May Ahriman be shunned!

May Ahriman be ousted/ repelled.

May Ahriman be broken!

May Ahriman be ruined!

This   religion of Zoroaster is the best /foremost (avval).

Hormazd is the acme/ exalted sage, strong, meritorious, and granter of prosperity.

(Pray one Ashem Vohu).

TEXT:

“Daadaar-e jehaadaar tavaanaa O daanaa, O parvartaar O aafridegaar, O kerfegar, O avakhshidaar! Ahereman hich naadaan, O natavaanad ba hich chiz nashahed. Ahura Mazda daadaari; Ahereman marochinidaari. Daadaar paak, ahereman naapaak, ahereman khaak shavad, ahereman dur shavad, ahereman dafeh shavad, ahereman shekasteh shavad, ahereman halaak shavad. Avval din Zarathushti paak; Ahura Mazda buland kavi beh, awazuni”. Pray one Ashaone Ashem Vohu . (The Nirang is to be recited thrice).

USES: 1. Very powerful prayer for healing in all conditions wards off all evil things from the body of the afflicted; wards off all negativism from your mind.

2. To keep you away all maladies from your life.

3. To help you to always believe in the Power of Dadaar Ahura Mazda especially in very difficult times.

4. When you are despondent especially when you feel the justice is not done by Dadaar Ahura Mazda to the evil persons who has inflicted pain and anguish upon you and other innocent

5. for chest Pains.                                         

6.for ear Ache.

7. for fevers.

8. for headaches.

9.  for overall health.

10. For problems with lactation.

11. For problems with one’s legs.

12. Nasal problems.

13. Problems during pregnancy.

14. Stomach Aches.

NOTE:

Ardibesht is Pehelvi for the original Avesta words ‘Asha Vahishta’ representing the energy of fire, both spiritual and temporal including visible and tangible fires like the flame, tangible fires like the sunlight and light from other astral bodies, and also, the invisible, intangible cosmic energies like the life giving energy which permeates every quark, electron and atom. In Zoroastrianism, therefore, Asha Vahishta is the energy nourishing and guiding the entire creation towards its pre-ordained phenomena for occurrence in and at its pre-ordained time.

Asha is the natural Law of this Universal creation, the Tao, the Dao. It is, thus, understood as The Truth, the Righteousness the following of the Divine order on which the Universe runs like the change of seasons, the day/night cycle, ‘all that goes up must come down’, rotation and revolution of astral spheres and such other phenomena over which we as humans have little or no control. Vahishta mean the very best.

It therefore stands to reason that invoking Ardibesht Ameshaspend is to invoke all other energies in their most primal form, in their earliest, initial stages ; be these energies of light, sound, sensation or any other. In Zoroastrianism, Ardibesht Ameshaspend epitomizes the beginning and so, the interrelationship of all energy.

The energies that devolve from Ardibesht , in direct descent, would then be energies like Behram Yazad (energies that hew down resistance put up by Ahriman and Angre Manyu), Adar Yazad (Fire manifested on earth).

The second month of the Zoroastrian year is dedicated to Ardibesht and the third day of every month.

Nirangs from the various Yashts in the Avesta are the sum total of the preceding Yasht presented in a concise form. where a Zoroastrian is really running short of time and needs to invoke a particular enenrgy, he may pray the Nirang of the required Yasht.

when my mother, in the last ten days of her life  was in a coma, a dasturji advised me to pray the Ardibehest Yasht ni Nirang three times in her ear during my short few minutes permitted in the ICU.

NIRANG OF HORMAZD YASHT

TEXT:

Oh Dadaar Hormazd! I abjure the destructive Ahriman and the demigods (divs).I have no doubts (I am certain) about resurgence and eternal/ultimate existence. (Beyond the body).

NOTE: In this short Nirang of Hormazd Yasht, one declares one’s faith in Ahura Mazda and repudiates Ahriman, declaring one’s belief in resurgence/resurrection and eternal existence beyond the body.

USE: 1. for developing one’s aura; 2. Protection against enemies and evil; 3. curing diseases.

NIRANG OF ARDIBESHT YASHT

TEXT:

Dadaar the sustainer of this world is omnipotent, omniscient, the keeper of all, the rewarder and the guardian.

Ahriman is nothing, is shallow (doltish/unskilled/naive) and can do nothing.

Hormazd is the creator, Ahriman the destroyer.

Dadaar is holy, Ahriman is impious/ unholy.

May Ahriman be destroyed!

May Ahriman be shunned!

May Ahriman be ousted/ repelled.

May Ahriman be broken!

May Ahriman be ruined!

This   religion of Zoroaster is the best /first rate (avval).

Hormazd is the acme/ exalted sage, strong, meritorious, and granter of prosperity.

USES: 1. Very powerful prayer for healing in all conditions wards off all evil things from the body of the afflicted; wards off all negativities from your mind

2. To keep you away all maladies from your life.

3. To help you to always believe in the Power of Dadar Ahura Mazda especially in very difficult times.

4. When you are despondent especially when you feel the justice is not done by Dadar Ahura Mazda to the evil persons who has inflicted pain and anguish upon you and other innocent

NIRANG OF SAROSH YASHT HODATH

TEXT:

May the majestic glory and brilliance increase of Sarosh the pure, strong , whose body is made up entirely of prayers (m a n t h r a v a n i),  keeper of nourishing instruments , wielder of victorious weapons , the first amongst all creation, come to my aid !

So let it be! (May my above prayer be answered!) (Aedunbaad).

NOTE: Sarosh Yasht Hadokht is to be prayed in the daylight only, like in Haavan, Rapithvan or Uziren gehs. Nirang to be recited before going to sleep it protects us from all kind of onslaughts of Ahriman. MIND is not active Ahriman with his evil workers of dark forces are waiting for to catch us off guard.
USES: 1. For Curing Psychological ailments can 2. To develop our Khoreh

NIRANG OF Sarosh Yasht Vadi

 TEXT:

 May the majestic glory and brilliance of the pure Sarosh increase! May he always be strong and victorious!

The saviour of all souls, preserver of one’s genetic heredity /the religious, guardian of all men, of the good/righteous, Sarosh, may he grant his Protection/refuge/shelter,  all day and night, all through every month of the year to all Iranis, ancient sages/ a pre-Zoroastrian teacher of religion

(Paryodakesho) born on this earth, laymen, all Arabs who wear the Kushti, Zoroastrians and all good and holy persons of the seven continents.

NOTE: It is believed that praying the Nirang just before going to bed protects one from the onslaught of Ahriman and his dark forces. Many people pray it at the entrance door of the house before locking up for the night. It is believed that it keeps all evil out and brings good vibrations to the home.

USES: 1. for a sound sleep; 2. to have a healthy mind and body; 3. to psychological ailments; 4. Cleanse the home of disturbing /bad /evil vibrations.

NIRANG OF HOM YASHT

TEXT:

I cause to shun, beat and make ineffective/immobilize the alien/bizarre tenor of your character ; the very mold of you demigods, falsehoods/germs, magicians and fairies by the use of the Ephideris Vulgaris (Haoma plant)  and the great fire/the youngest branch of the tree in heaven (barsam) and the religion of the true faith (raast) and correct (daroost) and good which Dadar Hormazd to my mind has taught/revealed (chashid).

NOTE: Haoma or Hom is the healing energy and also the name given to the healing herb, Ephideris Vulgaris.

It is said that at least four Persian heroes who had reputable sons had invoked Hom —- Vivanghat had Jamshid; Athwya had Faridun; Thrita had two, Urvakhsh and Kersasp; and Pourushasp had Zoroaster.

USES: 1. To prevent diseases  ; 2. To have good health and keep away death ; 3.helps begat good progeny; 4. To vanquish lies or enemies or any hostility; 5.To obtain true knowledge/strength/prosperity/progress/ victory/ health and longevity; 6. To be able to recognize and become aware of evil; 7. Ability to battle evil or enemies; 7. For spiritual knowledge; 8. (women) To get good husbands; 9.To make powerless a tyrant or powerful persecutor or one who is depriving you of your lawful rights or possessions e.g. robber; 10. Destroy the power of magic or other invisible onslaughts.

NIRANG OF VANANT YASHT

TEXT:

All tribulation, and the demigods/demons, and the falsehoods, and the fairies, and the Witches/she demons, and the magicians, and the bad winds (infection), and the pains, and stomach aches and pains of the seven joints in the body, and the evil emanating from Satan, and anguish (pain of the heart), and mental pains, and the vibrations that cause malaise of the mind, and the evil eye, and the temptation that arises from becoming aware of evil persons, and all such trials;

May these be vanquished and become impotent.

NOTE: Vanant, in Zoroastrianism, is the underlying substance, fundamental reality of the ‘Star of the West’, a binary multiple star system in the Constellation, Scorpius. Girtab or Vanant is the 83rd brightest star in the night sky and can be seen with the naked eye; it is a pulsating blue Giant. The mass and radius of the primary star in the system is about 7 times that of our Sun in both cases.

Unlike for the other energies, there is no month or day dedicated to Vanant; it is invoked with other astral phenomena every month on the second and third day and is a companion of Tishtriya (Teshtar sitaara).

USES: Vanant Yasht is prayed to be rid of :  a. noxious and harmful creatures, b. filthy and stinking creatures, c. creatures like reptiles, scorpions , insects, ants, wasps, rats, midges, locust, lice, fleas, d. mad monstrous spirits that plagued the pre-historic world; e. creatures from a  another cycle of creation bringing ruin and destruction to the present world; f. souls living in limbo or any conscious force that manifests inappropriately/improperly; g. maliciously clever, corrupt, half-witted intelligence or distorted wisdom; h. Stagnant energy that has stopped progressing. In Zoroastrian lore, all that has stopped evolving or progressing has no further place in creation.

2. To be rid of all evil that can be transformed or destroyed with knowledge and wisdom.

3. To defeat the invincible.

For further explanations on Vanant, see the notes under transliteration of Vanant Yasht in this blog.

1. To BEHRAM the befriended of /guided by the Ameshaspends, who is better than all other created intelligence at pleasing the hallowed Hormazd;

2. (And) to the one with the highest self knowledge and one who has gained knowledge through listening (through the ear), the most pleasant ARDIBESHT, emanated from Hormazd;

(And) To SHEREVAR, emanated from Hormazd; the brave, likeable Aryaman (angel), with sight (eyes) wide and pure, holding sway over the pure metals;

3.The generous, one who feeds the poor, the good-hearted Spendamard;

(And) To KHORDAD the pure, insightful/discerning, bestower of all things, saradh, the inheritor of the wide eyes/loving glance (eaane varso), apex of holiness who rules over bringing timely harvest;

(And) To AMARDAD, emanated from Hormazd, under whom the cattle prosper, the harvest increases, giver of healthy corn (ajmati), ^Gaokerena, ruler of the loving gaze;

^(GAOKERENA = In Persian and Zoroastrian legends, the mighty Gaokerena was a mythic Haoma plant that had healing properties when eaten and gave immortality to the resurrected bodies of the dead. The juice from its fruit gave the elixir of immortality. The name Gaokerena means “Ox Horn”.

GAOKERENA also means, A Horn-like drinking vessel of ancient times, often having a pointed end shaped like an animal or animal’s head.—The American Heritage Dictionary of English Language. , 4th Ed.

In Greek antiquity, a type of drinking-vase, usually with one handle. — The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia. 

Greek drinking Horn —-–Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-                                     Alike License.

A container from which fluids are intended to be drunk, having a base in the     form of a head.)

(All these) Meditate on them, laud their qualities, happy gift of God (khushnood) praise them, so that the quality of ‘Yatha ahu Vairyo’ is revealed to me; also, revealed to me will be the pure sage ‘Atha Rathush Ashachit Hatcha’.

4.(In Haavan Geh) To Meher Yazad the owner of the vast fields and to Ram

Kshethra, the angel who holds sway over the environment;

(In Rapithwan Geh) To ARDIBESHT Ameshaspand and the fire of Hormazd;

(In In Oojiran Geh) To the highest governor of moisture and the waters emanated from Hormazd;

5.(In Avisutram Geh) To the pure, to the Farohars women of the Pehelwans, to getting the harvest on time, to the good and beautiful  Um (an angel) and

to Behram, emanated from Hormazd, and to the Guardians of the Greenery/Forests (Vannati Upartaat);

(In Ooshain Geh) To Sarosh, the pure, the holy, the successful, giver of progress in this world. To Rashne of the most right/correct behaviour

and to Aastaad the giver of wisdom and prosperity;

(On all these) meditate on them, laud their persona/qualities, ^khushnood (Mubarak /Happy), praise them so that the essence/spirit of Yatha Ahu Vairyo is revealed to me, also revealed to me will be the essence/ spirit of the pure sage, ‘Atha Rathush, Ashachit Hach’.

6. We recognize/praise/propitiate:

The treasure keeper, the hallowed Hormazd; the Ameshaspends who rule over all creation and are all wise/discreet /knowing (have Dahpan), BAHMAN Ameshaspand—successful, guide, better than all other creation; the innate intelligence emanated from Hormazd, the intelligence received through listening;

We recognize/praise/propitiate:

7. The most pleasant ARDIBESHT Ameshaspand, the likeable Aryaman; the brave emanated from Hormazd, the pure , the holy insightful Saaok; SHEREVAR Ameshaspand; pure metals; SHEREVAR the munificent  and provider of the poor;

8. We recognize/praise/propitiate:

The good ASPENDAMARD; the pure/holy, perceptive/insightful and bestower of all things KHORDAD Ameshaspand, the timely harvest, the pure/holy, of the loving gaze, zenith of holiness/purity. AMERDAD Ameshaspand; the multiplication of cattle; increase in harvest; the one with the loving gaze, emanated from Hormazd;

11. O Zoroaster! It would be good /a blessing if magicians and if the believers in Demigods are destroyed O Spitmaan Zoroaster! Who is this man in whose house dies all that is evil, every germ and from whose home every falsehood is completely removed and annihilated when he prays these prayers?

12. Evil attack our body and kills your *Atharvan , your Atharvan and your **raathashtaar one who use the majestic and all wise Ameshaspends as a shield against his enemies, such a one has the ability to stand up to the evil and is potent against it. We praise the Zoroastrian religion and the fast flowing smooth waters emanated from Hormazd;

*ATHARVAN = 1. Fire-guardian/the attendant of the sacred fire in Persian temples/the proper word for a priest in the Avesta whose main religious duty is to perform Yasna (Sk. Yadnya, i.e. Fire sacrifice) and protect the sacred fire.  Athravan’s of Avesta were mere fire priests. There are no Gathic or Avestan compositions to their credit as we have to Atharvan’s of Vedic tradition. Athravan’s were not blood related but a group selected carefully as priests from different families. In later times Magu’s (Magi or Magavan) replaced Athravan’s as priests, thus putting an end to Athravan tradition.

The etymology of Avestan “Athravan” is still uncertain. However its origin could be traced to Avestan “Atar”, which means holy fire. Since duty of the Athravan’s was to protect fire, the term Athravan might have evolved from Atar…. Athravan…who protects the holy fire!                                                                        ** RAATHASHTAAR = A Warrior of the Persians always had a Chariot or Rath of his own.

13. Invoking you in praise O Hormazd, is more powerful than purity (Asha), pious mind (Vohu Manor) and the best realm/force field (Kshethra), in fact higher than all or any other Kshethra. Those words of worship (kalaams) which are iterated as an address to you surpass all other kalaams and the gifts offered to you is better than all other gifts.

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