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.
]]>NIRANG OF SAROSH YASHT VADI — USES
TRANSLITERATION OF THE TEXT OF THE NIRANG and its USES:
May Sarosh Yazad protect us!
May the Aura and Glory of the pure Sarosh increase! May He always be strong and victorious!
The saviour of all souls;
Guardian of the souls of all men;
The righteous sentry watching over all who abide by the Eternal Law (Tao); May Sarosh safeguard, all day and night, all through every month of the year (mahe-o-shabaan), us Iranians, all first teachers/ancient sages/early disciples of Zoroaster/ pre-Zoroastrian teachers of religion (Paoiryo-dakeshaan), all born on this earth, laymen, all *idolaters who wear the Kusti (*Taaziaan, ** baste kustiaan), Zoroastrians and all noble (Nikaan) and pure persons of the seven continents. May Sarosh Yazad preserve us!
TEXT:
“Gorje khoreh awazaayaad,
Sarosh asho, tagi, pirozgar baad,
Dastagire ravaan, hamaa tan paasbaan,
Ashoaan asho negehdaar;
Roz maah o shabaan, hame Iraaniaan,
O paoiryo-dakeshaan gehaan daamaan,
Behdinaan, *taaziaane **baste kushtiaan,
Zarathushtiaan nikaan o paakaane
Haft keshvar zamin,
Sarosh yazad panaah baad.
Pray one Ashem Vohu . (The Nirang is to be recited thrice).
USES: The Nirang like the Sarosh Yasht (Vadi) itself helps to keep in balance a person’s psyche (Mithra). If the Nirang is prayed before going to sleep, while in the subconscious state of sleep, the forces of thought are regulated and balanced.
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.
NOTE:
Sarosh Yazad variously described as protector, preserver, guard, guardian, shield, minder, mask (as in shield/covering), defender, armament, armour, bodyguard, is the only energy who may be invoked in two latria (Yashts).
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.
While the Sarosh Yasht Hadokht may be prayed only during Day-light hours, the Vadi Yasht must be recited only between sunset and mid-night, in the Avisutram Geh. It is the recommended duty to all Zoroastrians to pray this Yasht every night. Sarosh Yazad comforts, guides and protects from darkness of circumstance and of the mind every soul within the living and the released soul after death.
Therefore, He is prayed to at night, to protect a Zoroastrian from the dangers of the dark vibrations of the night until dawn.
*the meaning of the words ‘Taaziaan, baste kustiaan’ in the Nirang have been debated through the years. I have personally been very uncomfortable with the interpretation of ‘Taaziaan’ as ‘Arabs’ or ‘Taazian’ being interpreted as ‘a wearer of the crown’; arising from the present day word ‘Taj’.
So, I decided to break up the phrase into separate words and discovered the word ‘taazian’ occurs in the Rustom Nameh in the chapter where Zaal rallies Rustom to avenge the death of his (Zaal’s) grandfather, Narimaan (father of Saam) by destroying the fort at Mount Sepand and its idol worshipping occupants (the pagan Devyasna). The word ‘taaziaan’ is used for these idolaters:
“Ba khune Nariman kamar-ra be-band;
Berav taaziaan taa ba Kuh-e- Sepand”
‘Ba Khune Nariman’ [regarding the murder of Narimaan],
‘Kamar-ra be-bund’ [gird/tighten your belt/girdle];
‘Berav’ [despoil/ debase, (this word ‘berav’ though otherwise obsolete is still found in the English dictionary and interpreted as “to spatter with dirt or filth; especially: to defile with excrement” in other words, to sully/degrade/despoil/dishonour)]
‘Taaziaan’ [the idolaters [as the occupants of the Mount Sepand were idol worshipping Devyasna and since Zaal is referring to them in the conversation, I would translate the word as ‘idolaters’]
‘taa ba Kuh-e-Sepand’ [hasten you (therefore) to Mount Sepand)]
Its steep incline and the narrow path leading upwards for almost three miles left any besieging army open to fatal assaults from the defending forces. This gave Fort of Mount Sepand the reputation of being invincible. Under orders from King Faredoon, Narimaan’s attempt to conquer the bastion resulted in his death under the boulder cast downhill by the idolaters.
**bastem/basta means bound/tied/ imprisoned.
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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.
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