Behram Yasht is in praise of a ‘mazdadhate’ meaning a giver of knowledge. Knowledge which assists us to live in the way and within the Law of Ahura Mazda; and thereby vanquish all evil from within and around us and make us impervious to hurt and harm. In the Behram Yasht this omniscient knowledge is described metaphorically to take on different forms from the gentle breeze and growing over time into a great invincible warrior. The ten Kardas of the Behram Yasht speak in metaphors of the growing strength of the knowledge given by Behram eternally safeguarding from all harm, the true believer and practitioner of Asha and Ashoi (rectitude) the Natural, Eternal Law of Ahura Mazda brought down to us by Zarathustra —– the ‘Ahuirish Jarthutrish’. Writers have often remarked that the ten forms of knowledge correspond to the ten avatars of Vishnu in the Puranas. I’d say, well, how different can the one and only truth and the greatest knowledge ever be?!
BEHRAM YASHT —- TRANSLITERATION
Greatness of Hormazd!
(Pray Ashem Vohu)
In the name of Khoda Hormazd Sahib who promotes /gives progress!
May his splendour/majesty and a u r a (khoreh) increase!
Eternally victorious and vanquisher of enemies, Behram Yazad (the energy of Knowledge), beautiful celestial, ceaseless helper, come to my aid!
In this world, all the evil thoughts I may have brought to my mind, ill words that I may have spoken, bad deeds that I may have done, those that I have induced or I have begun or that I have encouraged — those sins of thoughts, of words, of deeds, of my body and soul, of this world, of the next world— for these I am remorseful and abstain from them, I do penance for these by observing the three intrinsic goodness ( good thoughts good words good deeds).
(Pray ‘Fravaraane Mazdsyasno’) translation on http://www.mumbaiblogg.com/zoroastrian-zen/avesta-translations/sarosh-baaj-translation/)
KARDO 1
1) Reverence to Behram, emanated from Hormazd!
Asked Zoroaster of Hormazd:
“Hormazd, from who emanated the spirit of bounty /progress during our sojourn in the corporeal world, giver of the spirit of purity/Eternal Law/Tao,
who is the most brilliant/brightest among the venerable energies (Mino Yazads)?”
Then said Hormazd, “Behram, the giver of knowledge, O Zoroaster of the Spitmaan family!”
2) “For this (to give bounty/progress) /for him (one sojourning on this earth), Behram, the giver of knowledge (mazdadhate), first takes wing in the form of the zephyr ( a soft, great joy-giving wind) the giver of knowledge (mazdadhate); having good luster/radiance/gloss/brilliance (noor) of goodness, mazdadhate; keeping the light of spiritual strength (*khoreh), mazdadhate; remedies / cures for the physical body and also having great strength.
3) Then, therein is the greatest might/power of triumphant aggression amongst strengths/powers of triumphant aggression (irresistible aggressive force);
Amongst those who smite resistance (**Verethre), the most successful/ victorious to smite resistance;
Amongst those having k h o r e h, the holder of the strongest khoreh;
Amongst the donors/dispensers of gifts, I am the greatest donor/dispenser/receptacle of gifts;
Amongst benefits/profits/welfare/ advantage, I am the most beneficial/advantageous;
Amongst the remedies /cures I am the most efficacious remedy/ cure;
4) Thus, all ills will be vanquished; all that causes pain/harm, of the demigods/demons (div), of mortals (mashyanamcha), of wizards (yaathvaam), of fairies, of despots/ tyrant (saathraam), of those who refuse to see the truth despite having good eyes (kaoyam), those who refuse to hear the truth despite having good ears ((karafanamcha).
5) For his brilliant light and majesty, thus I worship him with praise/reverence which brings him eminence. With the ritual #Baresman, Behram, emanated from Hormazd, we venerate/ propitiate/worship in accordance with the first Laws of Ahura Mazda.
(Pray ‘Yange Hatem’)
*KHOREH (Pazend) = (Avesta) Khvarenangh. Light/halo/aura/glory stemming from the spiritual strength built in sages and holy individuals; their faces radiate a brightness (noor or halo), which is the extension of their Khoreh.
**VERETHRE = literally meaning “smiting of resistance” against the Law, which is the hypostasis (underlying-state) of ‘victory’. Therefore, Behram/Verethregano is also translated as Victorious.
# BARESMAN: The Baresman is the sacred bundle of twigs we see in frescos and pictures of religious worship. The barsam is considered “a conduit for the archetypal principles and powers to manifest their presence and receive the offerings.” it is a ritual necessity to solemnize religious ceremonies.
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To be recited at dawn only and at no other time.
“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:
Pray 21Yatha 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 and only authority over life/spirit/world, Ahura Mazda;
Wield weapons against Angre Mainyu’s Evil;
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 the ***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. The 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’.
(Map pic)
On the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, Mazandaran lies to its west; Ardabil (another Iranian province) lies to its east, with Zanjan and Qazvin and to its south. It touches the Republic of 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.
Mausuleh is a well-known tourist destination. Bandar-E-Anzali ia the commercial port.
****Ghanamino means a person who has the warped wisdom to break the Law (Raasti, Tao) and also includes one who breaks the temporal enacted law of a Nation. Ghanamino also means an evil minded person who does not desist from relentless destruction of the good.
………….to be continued.
]]>In the Avesta the Sarosh Baaj is one consolidated prayer, I have broken it into parts for better comprehension of the things we appeal for to the Ultimate, every morning when we pray the Sarosh Baaj.
Sarosh Baaj part IV, consists of transliteration of the Yasnemcha Vahmemcha, Hazem Garem, ‘Kerfe Mazda’.
On reading the entire Sarosh Baaj prayers in English, one understands that after a Zoroastrian sings the praise of Sarosh Yazad and boldly professes through Fravarane Mazdeyasno, his faith in the religion handed down by Ahura Mazda and propagated by the Prophet Zoroaster, the adherent turns to Ahura Mazda for succour against persecution, both personal and religious, and abjures the destructive mind emanating from the evil of Ahriman and Angre Mainyu (Kemna Mazda).
Then in Yasnemcha Vahmemcha, the Zoroastrian asks Ahura Mazda for strength, and enlightenment to follow the Right Path (Asha) to prosperity.
Next, the Zoroastrian believer declares his delight in having professed the Zoroastrianism by articulating his desire to be born within the religion time and time again, ad nauseam.
For his piety and sticking to the Path of Asha, the adherent of Zoroastrianism appeals to Ahura Mazda for the blessings of the various Energies that originate in Him.
‘YASNEMCHA VAHMEMCHA’
To me, the brilliance and strong aura, physical strength, bodily comforts, success in this world, wealth of all happiness, children with innate intelligence, longest life ever, enlightenment born of holiness and purity, and attainment of the heaven with all the comforts/happiness . May my wish be fulfilled!
‘HAZEM GAREM’
A Thousand heavenly births; Ten thousand heavenly births; A Thousand heavenly births; Ten thousand heavenly births; A Thousand heavenly births; Ten thousand heavenly births.
‘JASHME AVANGE MAZDA’
Come to my aid O Hormazd! Succour me the aid of: The innately pure/ good, beautiful, Um (energy that imbues courage), Behram Yazad issued forth from Hormazd, 
Vannati Upartat (energy that oversees environment), Mino Ram (nourishes/ induces of nourishment in food), Vaey Yazad (who works in exists in the upper layers of the atmosphere), O Vaey Yazad, that part of you that is concerned with the birth of the Spentomino, The Sky that acts in accordance with the natural laws of creation, Limitless existence (infinity), The Guaranteed Perpetuity.
‘KERFE MAZDA’
For the Liberation, as my sins so may I in return, receive the reward for the essence of my deeds, for the love of the soul sent to all on the seven continents, the reward is as per spiritual merit to all the pious — tremendous amount of purity/ holiness (Ashoi), as wide as the earth, as long as the river and as exalted as Khorshed May the pious live long! May my wish be fulfilled!
At the end of this entire sequence of prayers for the Sarosh Baaj, Zoroastrians pray the ‘Tandarosti’ for the well being of self, family, friends in particular and the cosmos in general.
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NIRANG OF SAROSH YASHT HĀDOKHT
THE POWER OF SOUND
TRANLITERATION OF THE TEXT OF THE NIRANG:
May the majestic glory/magnificence/ brilliance and aura increase; of Sarosh the pure, strong, whose body is made up entirely of * holy words (manthravani), keeper of nourishing instruments, wielder of victorious/ triumphant weapons, the first amongst all creation! Come to my aid! So let it be! (May my above prayer be answered!) (Aedunbaad).
*word Sarosh stems from the root ‘Sru’ meaning to hear. Look at notes below for further understanding.
TEXT:
“Gorje khoreh awazāyād Sarosh asho, tagī tan-farmān shekaft-zīn zīn-awazār sālāre dāmāne Ahura Mazda berasād; aedūn bād.”
Pray one Ashem Vohū (Recite the Nirang thrice).
USES: 1. For Curing Psychological ailments can
- For spiritual development;
- To develop our Khoreh (aura);
- To drive away ignorance with sincerity (the ignorance mentioned here is not the temporal but spiritual)
NOTE:
Sarosh Yasht Hadokht is to be prayed only in the daylight hours, i.e. in Haavan, Rapithvan or Uziren Gehs.
Sarosh stems from the root word ‘Sru’ meaning to hear. For the soul to evolve it needs to reach a certain vibratory level. Depending on the evolution of each soul, the kind of vibrations and effort required are different in quality and quantity. That does not mean one is better or worse than the other; all will pass through all levels of development, sooner or later. Nature always arrives at the mean and permits no vacuum. Manthravani does the needful for the soul’s progress.
EFFECT OF PLEASANT WORDS AND ABUSES.
Waves caused by each sound, has a certain colour. These vibrations (sound waves and colour) made by the spoken word, are named ‘Staota’ in Zoroastrianism; a simple scientific fact and nothing mysterious about it. Now, Sarosh/Sraosh is the personification of that energy in the universe made of these sound vibrations/resonance. We receive the vibrations from this stronghold of sound energy we call Sarosh/Sraosh. Just as an aside note, the personification of the various energies in the universe, spoken of in Zoroastrianism, started with the compilation of the Zend Avesta. To understand, there is no such personification in the Gathas of Zarathustra. The Manthravani of Sarosh Yasht Hadokht Nirang goes a long way in raising the vibrations of a Zoroastrian making the soul more able to respond to the Universal vibrations.
However, as mentioned earlier, the soul’s progress will most certainly depend on its particular state and stage of being. Zoroaster has therefore, recommended the principle of ‘Ashoi’ , commonly understood as purity of heart, mind ,soul and body; the word in fact means the Tao, the eternal law, the laws of nature, the world order. The purity is, therefore, to be understood in context of the refinement of vibrations resulting from living in keeping with this Eternal law, the law of nature that maintains the world order what is also termed as Righteousness or Rectitude. The law that creates, governs and recycles the existence and working of the transpiring phenomena.
Hence, Sarosh is also considered the lord of rectitude and conquers the ‘corporeal druj’ like germs and attacks to the body born of a disturbed/ perturbed environment and incorporeal druj’ like falsehoods, greed, envy, jealousy, vendetta caused by the angry mind or Angre Manyu.
It stands to good reason that living by the laws of the Great Wisdom, Ahura Mazda, the laws of Asha or rectitude, is bound to refine one’s vibrations to a level where it repels all evil (druj), tangible and intangible, and is thus ‘protected’ by Sarosh.
So, while continuing to pray to Sarosh, Improving the self and working towards one’s own Human revolution becomes obligatory for better and faster results.
Remember, it is the meeting of refined vibrations that matters and is not a mysterious, magical handout.
To better understand the effects of sound vibrations, I highly recommend reading the research done by Dr. Masuru Emoto. Also, view the videos pasted here at leisure when you have the time.
EFFECT OF WORDS ON FOOD.
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Jashme Avange Mazda is the last prayer amongst those prayed when tying the Kusti. Jashme Avange Mazda is prayed immediately after the three rear knots of the Kusti are tied by a Zoroastrian. After the Zoroastrian has promised his faith and loyalty to the practice of monotheism, in this ultimate Kusti Prayer, the Jashme Avange Mazda, he reiterates his faith in the religion, and admits to the world at large that he follows the Path of Ahura Mazda
THE TRANSLITERATION
O Dadaar Hormazd, come to my aid! I am a Mazdayasne (believer in the religion of the Mazda Yasnis , monotheist, as against the Dev Yasni, polytheists), as a Mazdayasne Zoroastrian, as one who raises his voice in praise and one who invokes faith, I love you/ my preference is you.
I laud the thoughts that are thought by the pious (Nek vichaar), I laud the 
words that are spoken by the pious, I laud the deeds that are done in piety, I laud the Mazdayasni Din that vanquishes all hostility, that causes men to relinquish their weapons, instills self confidence and makes them follow the Path ( Raasti).
Of all the religions existing today or those that will come hereafter, *Hormazdi Zoroastrianism (Av: ‘Ahuirish Jarthutrish’) is the greatest, best and purest.
I acknowledge openly that all nature/ creation is from Hormazd.
To know this is to praise the Mazdayasne Din.
*‘Ahuirish Jarthutrish: The ultimate object of a Zoroastrian life is to strive towards world order, progress and ultimate perfection of the world through the three tenets —
1) Good thoughts good words good deeds;
2) There is no path other than the path of Asha i.e. Raasti. There are always the two opposing forces both in cosmology and morals; the idea is to choose the Raasti, the Path of Ashoi;
3) Do the right not because one derives material advantage from it but 
because it is the thing to do including, protecting the Environment. Zoroastrians believe that everything He created is pure and should be treated with love and respect.
Zoroastrian Mazdayasni faith believes that there is one, and only one, universal, transcendent, supreme being, Ahura Mazda meaning ‘the Wise Lord’; Almighty but not omnipotent. He is the creator ‘Asha’, truth/order justice. — The Creative force in the cosmos.
Ahriman, the destructive force in the Cosmos and the morally evil ‘Druj’, chaos, falsehood and disorder, does not emanate from Ahura Mazda. In fact, He creates no evil; consequently, the much debated idea of cosmological dualism in Zoroastrianism among scholars. Angre Mainyu and his Akem Mana (evil 
thinking) is the opposite of Spenta Mainyu. The entire cosmos, including each and every human being (read Zoroastrian), has a role to play in the resulting conflict between this good and evil. Ahura Mazda has manifested his supreme victory over Ahriman by articulating the Ahuna Vairyo.
The Zoroastrian divinity is a being within the limits of possible experience or knowledge, this has given rise to some scholars describing the religion ‘as a belief in an immanent self-creating universe with consciousness as its special attribute’. Thereby causing Zoroastrianism to be defined as pantheistic, a doctrine that equates God with the forces and laws of the universe.
Ahura Mazda works through the Spenta Mainyu , good spirits/bounteous immortals. The creation, in its turn, experiences this created Universe through 
the seven primary Ameshaspends and the entire host of the Yazads (Worthy of Worship) guided by Ameshaspends. Each Yazad is founded on a moral or physical aspect of creation.
It is these Ameshaspends and Yazads (that stand under and support the Zoroastrian Wise Lord, Ahura Mazda) and the host of energies that is the foundation of the Zoroastrian divinity.
Zoroaster, himself is not worshiped. To the Zoroastrians, he is the prophet of God who taught man of Asha and Raasti.
]]>1. We praise/ propitiate Hormazd, the leader of purity/ holiness, we praise appreciate all the Ameshaspends the majestic and all wise/able; with desire to gain purity and for the good Mazda Yasni religion, we praise/propitiate all of nature’s creation related to its elements (Mino) and vibrations (Gati).
2. Just as we laud the good (the praiseworthy/ the high minded) so also, for happiness in this world and the next, do we laud and think well of those who are doing and those who have think pure/good thoughts, wish pure /good wishes and do pure/ good deeds.
3. O the pure (Asho) and loveable Hormazd! To attain the happiness of both 
worlds we appreciate/like the best works of people who live in this world and we study/practice these and imitate these works; i.e. we like, study/practice and maintain manashni, gavashni and kunashni in accordance with the excellent behavior of those that follow the Path.
4. We, those that learn and those that do not; those that have strength and those that do not; desire to live well and to have enough fodder for their cattle through association of the good and through good deeds. (In the times when this was written, the wealth of a person was the cattle and kind that he owned. there for, this desire for proper and enough fodder to feed their cattle.)
5. May the highest Padsha’s rule be firmly secured. we turn our minds on Hormazd the highest righteousness (Ashoi). Alternately this means we serve Hormazd, the highest good/most pure, we incessantly admit his existence, we internalize him and make him our own.
6. Reveal/announce the name of the man/woman who has real knowledge of 
something good; and meditate on/practice this knowledge for ourselves and teach those that behave lowly/badly.
7. O humans! We consider best propitiation of Hormazd (Ijasné) and meditation on him and also the upkeep of cattle as we so wish may we meditate on/practise this and ingrain it into ourselves.
8. Should a person of this world, while following and meditating on/practising the Path (Raasti) wish to live in excellence in both the worlds, may He succeed; i.e. a person who, while adhering to Raasti helps the less fortunate according to his ability, he will live in exaltation in both the worlds.
(I’d say this reiterates what Ashem Vohu teaches us.)
9. O Hormazd! Keeping Ashoi in mind we recite these well known verses; we conceive you as the listener and the teacher of these.
10. O Hormazd! your purity/holiness (ashoi), kind thoughts (Maneshni) & invoking You, is above/higher than all other invocation (Stuti); the songs of song praise to your Fame are above and beyond all other songs of praise (Hymns) and meditation on/ practicing you is above all other meditations/practice.
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