Anahita Yasht

Hymn to the Immaculate One — Yasht 5 of the Avesta

The fifth and one of the longest Yashts of the Avesta — the great hymn to Aredvi Sura Anahita, whose name means "the Mighty, the Immaculate, the Moist One." She is the goddess of all the waters upon the earth, the purifier of seed and womb, the cosmic river that flows from the heights of Mount Hukairya to the sea Vouru-Kasha. Kings and heroes sacrifice to her — some are granted their boons, others refused. The wicked Azi Dahaka, the Turanian Frangrasyan, and the sons of Vaesaka all beg her favor and are denied. She appears in the shape of a fair maid, strong-armed and high-girdled, wearing a golden crown of a hundred stars and a cloak of thirty beaver skins. She is at once the waters of the world and their guardian — cosmic force and personal goddess, answering prayer and splitting rivers for the faithful.

Section I — The Command to Worship

1. Ahura Mazda spoke to Spitama Zarathushtra, saying:

Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita,
the wide-expanding, the healing,
the foe of the daevas, the upholder of the Law of Ahura,

worthy of sacrifice in the world of the living,
worthy of prayer in the world of the living,

the life-increasing and holy,
the herd-increasing and holy,
the fold-increasing and holy,
the wealth-increasing and holy,
the land-increasing and holy.

2. She who purifies the seed of all men,
who purifies the wombs of all women for bringing forth,
who grants all women safe delivery,
who places milk in the breasts of all women
in the right measure and the right quality.

3. The great river, known from afar,
who is as great as all the waters
that flow upon the earth —
she who runs with power
from the heights of Hukairya
down to the sea Vouru-Kasha.

4. All the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha are set boiling,
all the middle of it is set boiling,
when she flows down,
when she streams down —
she, Aredvi Sura Anahita,
who has a thousand tributaries
and a thousand channels,
and the span of each of those tributaries,
of each of those channels,
is a forty-day ride on a good horse.

5. From this river of mine alone
flow all the waters that spread
over the seven lands.
This river of mine alone brings waters
in summer and in winter alike.
This river of mine purifies the seed of men,
the wombs of women,
the milk in women's breasts.

6. I, Ahura Mazda, brought her down with mighty strength
for the increase of the house, the village,
the district, the land —
to keep and maintain them,
to watch over them and guard them.

7. Then Aredvi Sura Anahita set forth, O Spitama Zarathushtra,
from the Maker Mazda.
Beautiful were her white arms,
thick as a horse's shoulder, or still thicker.
Beautiful was she —
she came forth strong, with thick arms,
thinking thus in her heart:

8. "Who will praise me?
Who will offer me sacrifice
with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained,
together with Haoma and meat?
To whom shall I cleave,
who cleaves to me
and thinks with me
and bestows gifts upon me
and is of good will toward me?"

9. For her radiance and glory I will offer her
a sacrifice worthy of being heard.
I will offer to the holy Aredvi Sura Anahita
a good sacrifice with libations.
Thus may you counsel us when we call upon you!
May you be most fully worshipped,
O Aredvi Sura Anahita,
with Haoma and meat, with the sacred bundle,
with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy words,
with speech and deeds and libations,
with rightly spoken words.

Section II — The Chariot

10. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita,
the wide-expanding and healing,
the foe of the daevas, the upholder of the Law of Ahura,
worthy of sacrifice and prayer in the world of the living,
the life-increasing, herd-increasing, fold-increasing,
wealth-increasing, land-increasing, and holy.

11. She who drives forth upon her chariot,
holding the reins of the chariot.
She drives, longing for men,
thinking thus in her heart:

"Who will praise me?
Who will offer me sacrifice
with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained,
together with Haoma and meat?
To whom shall I cleave,
who cleaves to me
and thinks with me
and bestows gifts upon me
and is of good will toward me?"

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section III — The Four White Horses

12. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

13. Whom four horses carry —
all white, of one color, of the same blood,
tall, crushing the hatred of all haters,
of daevas and men, of sorcerers and witches,
of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section IV — Her Strength

14. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

15. Strong and bright, tall and beautiful of form,
she who by day and by night
sends down a flow of motherly waters
as great as all the waters
that flow upon the earth —
she who runs with power.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section V — Ahura Mazda's Sacrifice

16. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

17. To her did the Maker, Ahura Mazda, offer sacrifice
in the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya,
with Haoma and meat, with the sacred bundle,
with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy words,
with speech and deeds and libations,
with rightly spoken words.

18. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may bring the son of Pourushaspa,
the holy Zarathushtra,
to think according to the Law,
to speak according to the Law,
to act according to the Law."

19. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section VI — Haoshyangha's Sacrifice

20. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

21. To her did Haoshyangha, the First Lawgiver,
offer sacrifice upon the enclosure of the Hara,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

22. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may become the sovereign lord of all lands,
of daevas and men, of sorcerers and witches,
of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf —
that I may smite down two-thirds
of the daevas of Mazana
and the fiends of Varena."

23. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section VII — Yima's Sacrifice

24. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

25. To her did Yima Khshaeta, the Good Shepherd,
offer sacrifice from the heights of Hukairya,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

26. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may become the sovereign lord of all lands,
of daevas and men, of sorcerers and witches,
of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf —
that I may take from the daevas
both riches and welfare,
both fatness and flocks,
both weal and glory."

27. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section VIII — Azi Dahaka's Sacrifice

28. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

29. To her did Azi Dahaka, the three-mouthed,
offer sacrifice in the land of Bawri,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

30. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may make all the seven lands empty of men."

31. Aredvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section IX — Thraetaona's Sacrifice

32. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

33. To her did Thraetaona, of the valiant house of Athwya,
offer sacrifice in the four-cornered Varena,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

34. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may overcome Azi Dahaka,
the three-mouthed, the three-headed, the six-eyed,
who has a thousand senses,
that most powerful fiendish Lie,
that demon baleful to the world,
the strongest Lie that Angra Mainyu created
against the world of the living
to destroy the world of Righteousness —
and that I may deliver his two wives,
Savanghavach and Erenavach,
who are the fairest of body among women
and the most wonderful creatures in the world."

35. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section X — Keresaspa's Sacrifice

36. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

37. To her did Keresaspa, the manly-hearted,
offer sacrifice behind the Vairi Pisanah,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

38. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may overcome the golden-heeled Gandarewa,
though all the shores of the sea Vouru-Kasha boil over —
and that I may run up to the stronghold of the fiend
on the wide, round earth whose ends lie afar."

39. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XI — Frangrasyan's Sacrifice

40. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

41. To her did the Turanian murderer Frangrasyan
offer sacrifice in his cave beneath the earth,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

42. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may seize hold of that Glory
which waves in the middle of the sea Vouru-Kasha,
that belongs to the Aryan peoples,
to those born and those not yet born,
and to the holy Zarathushtra."

43. Aredvi Sura Anahita did not grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XII — Kavi Usa's Sacrifice

44. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

45. To her did the great and most wise Kavi Usa
offer sacrifice from Mount Erezifya,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

46. He begged of her a boon, saying:

47. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XIII — Husravah's Sacrifice

48. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

49. To her did the gallant Husravah,
he who united the Aryan peoples into one kingdom,
offer sacrifice behind the deep lake Chaechasta,
the lake of salt waters,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

50. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may become the sovereign lord of all lands,
of daevas and men, of sorcerers and witches,
of the oppressors, the blind and the deaf —
and that I may have the lead in front of all the teams,
and that he may not pass through the forest,
that murderer who now strives fiercely
against me on horseback."

51. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XIV — Tusa's Sacrifice

52. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

53. To her did the valiant warrior Tusa
offer worship from the back of his horse,
begging swiftness for his teams, health for his own body,
and that he might watch with full success those who hated him,
smite down his foes, and destroy at one stroke
his adversaries and enemies and those who hated him.

54. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may overcome the gallant sons of Vaesaka
by the castle Khshathro-saoka
that stands high up on the lofty, holy Kangha —
that I may smite of the Turanian peoples
their fifties and their hundreds,
their hundreds and their thousands,
their thousands and their tens of thousands,
their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads."

55. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XV — The Sons of Vaesaka

56. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

57. To her did the gallant sons of Vaesaka
offer sacrifice in the castle Khshathro-saoka,
that stands high up on the lofty, holy Kangha,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

58. They begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant us this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that we may overcome the valiant warrior Tusa,
and that we may smite of the Aryan peoples
their fifties and their hundreds,
their hundreds and their thousands,
their thousands and their tens of thousands,
their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads."

59. Aredvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XVI — The Rescue of Vafra Navaza

60. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

61. The old Vafra Navaza worshipped her
when the strong fiend-smiter Thraetaona
flung him up into the air in the shape of a bird, a vulture.

62. He went flying for three days and three nights
toward his own house, but he could not turn down.
At the end of the third night,
when the dawn rose bright,
he prayed to Aredvi Sura Anahita, saying:

63. "Aredvi Sura Anahita!
Hasten quickly and bring me help at once!
I will offer you a thousand libations,
cleanly prepared and well-strained,
with Haoma and meat,
by the banks of the river Rangha,
if I reach alive the earth made by Ahura
and my own house."

64. Aredvi Sura Anahita hastened to him
in the shape of a maid — fair of body,
most strong, tall of form, high-girdled,
pure, nobly born of a glorious race,
wearing shoes to the ankle,
wearing a golden ornament, and radiant.

65. She seized him by the arm.
Quickly was it done, nor was it long
before, speeding, he arrived
at the earth made by Mazda and his own house —
safe, unhurt, unwounded,
just as he was before.

66. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XVII — Jamaspa's Sacrifice

67. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

68. To her did Jamaspa offer sacrifice,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs,
when he saw the army of the wicked,
of the worshippers of the daevas,
coming from afar in battle array.

69. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may be as constantly victorious
as any one of all the Aryans."

70. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XVIII — Ashavazdah's Sacrifice

71. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

72. To her did Ashavazdah, son of Pourudhakhshti,
and Ashavazdah and Thrita, sons of Sayuzhdri,
offer sacrifice by Apam Napat,
the tall lord, lord of the females,
the bright and swift-horsed —
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

73. They begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant us this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that we may overcome the assemblers
of the Turanian Danus —
Kara Asabana and Vara Asabana
and the most mighty Duraekaeta —
in the battles of this world."

74. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon,
as they were offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant them that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XIX — Vistauru's River Crossing

75. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

76. Vistauru, son of Naotara, worshipped her
by the banks of the river Vitanghuhaiti,
with rightly spoken words, speaking thus:

77. "This is true, this is truly spoken —
that I have smitten as many of the worshippers of the daevas
as the hairs I bear upon my head.
Do you then, O Aredvi Sura Anahita,
leave me a dry passage
to cross the good Vitanghuhaiti."

78. Aredvi Sura Anahita hastened to him
in the shape of a maid — fair of body,
most strong, tall of form, high-girdled,
pure, nobly born of a glorious race,
wearing a golden ornament, all-adorned and radiant.

She made part of the waters stand still,
she made part of the waters flow forward,
and she left him a dry passage
to cross the good Vitanghuhaiti.

79. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XX — Yoishta's Sacrifice

80. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

81. To her did Yoishta, one of the Fryanas,
offer sacrifice upon the Pedvaepa of the Rangha,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

82. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may overcome the evil Akhtya,
the offspring of darkness,
and that I may answer the ninety-nine hard riddles
that he asks me maliciously —
the evil Akhtya, the offspring of darkness."

83. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXI — The Descent of Anahita

84. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

85. Whom Ahura Mazda the merciful commanded thus, saying:

"Come, O Aredvi Sura Anahita,
come down from those stars to the earth made by Ahura,
that the great lords may worship you,
the masters of the lands and their sons.

86. "The men of strength will beg of you
swift horses and the supremacy of Glory.

"The priests who read the sacred texts
and the pupils of the priests
will beg of you knowledge and prosperity,
the Victory made by Ahura
and the crushing Ascendant.

87. "The maids of barren womb, longing for a husband,
will beg of you a strong lord of the house.

"Women on the point of bringing forth
will beg of you a safe delivery.

"All this will you grant to them,
as it lies in your power,
O Aredvi Sura Anahita!"

88. Then Aredvi Sura Anahita came forth, O Zarathushtra,
down from those stars to the earth made by Mazda.

And Aredvi Sura Anahita spoke thus:

89. "O pure and holy Zarathushtra!
Ahura Mazda has established you
as master of the world of the living.
Ahura Mazda has established me
to keep the whole of the holy creation.

"Through my radiance and glory
flocks and herds and two-legged men go on upon the earth.
I, in truth, keep all good things made by Mazda,
offspring of the holy principle,
even as a shepherd keeps his flock."

90. Zarathushtra asked Aredvi Sura Anahita:

"O Aredvi Sura Anahita!
With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship you?
With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and advance you?
So that Mazda may make you flow down to the earth,
that he may not make you flow up to the heavens above the sun,
and that the Serpent may not harm you
with venom and with poison."

91. Aredvi Sura Anahita answered:

"O pure and holy Spitama!
This is the sacrifice with which you shall worship me,
this is the sacrifice with which you shall worship and advance me —
from the rising of the sun to the setting of the sun.

"Of this libation of mine you shall drink,
you who are a priest,
who have asked and learned the revealed Law,
who are wise and skillful and the Word made flesh.

92. "Of this libation of mine let no foe drink —
no man struck with fever, no liar, no coward, no jealous one,
no woman, no unfaithful one who does not sing the Gathas,
no leper to be confined.

93. "I do not accept those libations
that are drunk in my honor
by the blind, the deaf, the wicked, the destroyers, the niggards,
nor any of those stamped with marks
that have no strength for the Holy Word.
Let no one drink of these my libations
who is hump-backed or misshapen,
no fiend with rotted teeth."

94. Then Zarathushtra asked Aredvi Sura Anahita:

"O Aredvi Sura Anahita!
What becomes of those libations
which the wicked worshippers of the daevas
bring to you after the sun has set?"

95. Aredvi Sura Anahita answered:

"O pure and holy Spitama Zarathushtra!
Howling, clapping, hopping, and shrieking,
six hundred and a thousand daevas
who ought not to receive that sacrifice
receive those libations
that men bring to me after the sun has set."

96. I will worship the heights of Hukairya,
of the deep precipices, made of gold,
from which my Aredvi Sura Anahita leaps
from a hundred times the height of a man,
while she possesses as much Glory
as all the waters that flow upon the earth —
and she runs with power.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXII — The Hvovas and the Naotaras

97. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

98. Before whom the worshippers of Mazda stand
with the sacred bundle in their hands.
The Hvovas worshipped her, the Naotaras worshipped her.
The Hvovas asked for riches,
the Naotaras asked for swift horses.
Quickly was Hvova blessed with riches and full prosperity.
Quickly did Vishtaspa, of the house of Naotara,
become the lord of the swiftest horses in these lands.

99. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted them that boon,
as they were offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant them that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXIII — The Thousand Palaces

100. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

101. She who has a thousand tributaries and a thousand channels —
the span of each of those tributaries,
of each of those channels,
is a forty-day ride on a good horse.
In each channel there stands a palace,
well-founded, shining with a hundred windows,
with a thousand columns, well-built,
with ten thousand balconies, and mighty.

102. In each of those palaces
there lies a well-laid, well-scented bed
covered with pillows.
And Aredvi Sura Anahita, O Zarathushtra,
runs down from a thousand times the height of a man,
and she possesses as much Glory
as all the waters that flow upon the earth —
and she runs with power.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXIV — Zarathushtra's Sacrifice

103. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

104. To her did the holy Zarathushtra offer sacrifice
in the Airyana Vaejah, by the good river Daitya,
with Haoma and meat, with the sacred bundle,
with the wisdom of the tongue, with the holy words,
with speech and deeds and libations,
with rightly spoken words.

105. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may bring the son of Aurvat-aspa,
the valiant Kavi Vishtaspa,
to think according to the Law,
to speak according to the Law,
to act according to the Law."

106. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXV — Kavi Vishtaspa's Sacrifice

107. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

108. To her did the tall Kavi Vishtaspa offer sacrifice
behind the lake Frazdanava,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

109. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may overcome Tathravant of the wicked law,
and Peshana the worshipper of the daevas,
and the wicked Arejat-aspa,
in the battles of this world."

110. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXVI — Zairi-vairi's Sacrifice

111. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

112. To her did Zairi-vairi, who fought on horseback,
offer sacrifice behind the river Daitya,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

113. He begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant me this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that I may overcome Pesho-Changha the corpse-burier,
Humayaka the worshipper of the daevas,
and the wicked Arejat-aspa,
in the battles of this world."

114. Aredvi Sura Anahita granted him that boon,
as he was offering libations, giving gifts,
sacrificing and entreating that she would grant him that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXVII — Arejat-aspa's Sacrifice

115. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

116. To her did Arejat-aspa and Vandaremaini
offer sacrifice by the sea Vouru-Kasha,
with a hundred stallions, a thousand oxen,
and ten thousand lambs.

117. They begged of her a boon, saying:

"Grant us this, O good and most beneficent
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
that we may conquer the valiant Kavi Vishtaspa
and Zairi-vairi who fights on horseback,
and that we may smite of the Aryan peoples
their fifties and their hundreds,
their hundreds and their thousands,
their thousands and their tens of thousands,
their tens of thousands and their myriads of myriads."

118. Aredvi Sura Anahita did not grant them that boon.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXVIII — The Four Horses of the Sky

119. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

120. For whom Ahura Mazda has made four horses —
the Wind, the Rain, the Cloud, and the Sleet —
and thus ever upon the earth
it is raining, snowing, hailing, and sleeting.
And her armies are so many,
numbered by nine-hundreds and thousands.

121. I will worship the heights of Hukairya,
of the deep precipices, made of gold,
from which my Aredvi Sura Anahita leaps
from a hundred times the height of a man,
while she possesses as much Glory
as all the waters that flow upon the earth —
and she runs with power.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXIX — The Golden Mantle

122. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

123. She stands, the good Aredvi Sura Anahita,
wearing a golden mantle,
waiting for a man who shall offer her libations and sacrifice,
thinking thus in her heart:

124. "Who will praise me?
Who will offer me sacrifice
with libations cleanly prepared and well-strained,
together with Haoma and meat?
To whom shall I cleave,
who cleaves to me
and thinks with me
and bestows gifts upon me
and is of good will toward me?"

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

Section XXX — The Appearance of Anahita

125. Offer sacrifice to her, O Spitama Zarathushtra —
to Aredvi Sura Anahita, the holy, the land-increasing.

126. Aredvi Sura Anahita, who stands carried forth
in the shape of a maid — fair of body,
most strong, tall of form, high-girdled,
pure, nobly born of a glorious race —
wearing a mantle fully embroidered with gold.

127. Ever holding the sacred bundle in her hand according to the rites,
she wears square golden earrings on her pierced ears
and a golden necklace around her beautiful neck.
She, the nobly born Aredvi Sura Anahita,
girds her waist tightly
that her breasts may be well-shaped,
that they may be tightly pressed.

128. Upon her head Aredvi Sura Anahita binds
a golden crown with a hundred stars, with eight rays —
a fine and well-made crown,
with fillets streaming down.

129. She is clothed in garments of beaver,
Aredvi Sura Anahita —
the skins of thirty beavers,
of those that bear four young,
the finest kind of beavers.
For the skin of the beaver that lives in water
is the finest-colored of all skins,
and when worked at the right time
it shines to the eye
with full sheen of silver and gold.

130. Here, O good and most beneficent Aredvi Sura Anahita,
I beg of you this favor:
that I, fully blessed, may conquer great kingdoms
rich in horses, with high tributes,
with snorting horses, sounding chariots, flashing swords,
rich in food, with well-scented beds —
that I may have at my wish
the fullness of the good things of life
and whatever makes a kingdom thrive.

131. Here, O good and most beneficent Aredvi Sura Anahita,
I beg of you two gallant companions —
one two-legged and one four-legged.
One two-legged, who is swift,
quickly rushing and clever
in turning a chariot round in battle.
And one four-legged, who can quickly turn
toward either wing of the host with a wide front —
toward the right wing or the left,
toward the left wing or the right.

132. Through the strength of this sacrifice, of this invocation,
O Aredvi Sura Anahita,
come down from those stars
toward the earth made by Ahura,
toward the sacrificing priest,
toward the full boiling milk.
Come to help the one who offers libations,
giving gifts, sacrificing,
and entreating that you would grant your favors —
that all those gallant warriors may be strong
like King Vishtaspa.

For her radiance and glory I will offer her a sacrifice worthy of being heard.

133. The will of the Lord is the Law of Righteousness.

I bless the sacrifice and prayer
and the strength and vigor
of the holy water-spring Anahita.

Holiness is the best of all good.

Give unto that man brightness and glory;
give him the bright, all-happy, blissful abode of the Holy Ones!

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Title: The Anahita Yasht — Hymn to the Immaculate One
Source: Yasht 5 of the Avesta, 133 verses across 30 sections
Translated from: Avestan, from the Geldner critical edition (avesta.org)
Reference: James Darmesteter, Sacred Books of the East Vol. XXIII (1883), consulted as reference only
Translation: Good Works Translation (NTAC + Claude), gospel register
Scribe: Varena, Sub-Miko of Tianmu — March 2026

The translation follows the Avestan text as given in the Geldner critical edition hosted at avesta.org. Darmesteter's English in the Sacred Books of the East was consulted to resolve ambiguity in damaged or obscure passages, but the English is independently derived from the Avestan. Abbreviated refrains (marked in Geldner with references back to earlier verses) have been expanded in full for the reader's ease.

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Avestan Source Text

From the Geldner critical edition, as preserved at avesta.org.

VERSE 0:
(pa nãm i ýazdã, hôrmezd i hvadâe
i awazûnî gurz hvarahe awazâyât, arduîsûr
bãnô bê rasât,

xshnaothra ahurahe mazdå, tarôidîti angrahe
mainyêush, haithyâvarshtãm hyat vasnâ
ferashôtemem. staomî ashem, ashem vohû...(3).

fravarâne mazdayasnô zarathushtrish vîdaêvô
ahura-tkaêshô,

areduyå âpô anâhitayå ashaonyå
vîspanãmca urvaranãm mazdadhâtanãm
xshnaothra ýasnâica vahmâica xshnaothrâica
frasastayaêca,
ýathâ ahû vairyô zaotâ frâ-mê
mrûtê,
athâ ratush ashâtcît haca frâ ashava vîdhvå
mraotû!

[1]

VERSE 1:
mraot ahurô mazdå spitamâi zarathushtrâi,
ýazaêsha-mê-hîm spitama zarathushtra
ýãm aredvîm sûrãm anâhitãm

perethû-frâkãm baêshazyãm
vîdaêvãm ahurô-tkaêshãm

ýesnyãm anguhe astvaite
vahmyãm anguhe astvaite
âdhû-frâdhanãm ashaonîm
vãthwô-frâdhanãm ashaonîm
gaêthô-frâdhanãm ashaonîm
shaêtô-frâdhanãm ashaonîm
dainghu-frâdhanãm ashaonîm.

VERSE 2:
ýâ vîspanãm arshnãm xshudrå
ýaozhdadhâiti
ýâ vîspanãm hâirishinãm

zãthâi garewãn ýaozhdadhâiti
ýâ vîspå hâirishîsh huzâmitô
dadhâiti
ýâ vîspanãm hâirishinãm

dâitîm rathwîm paêma ava-baraiti.

VERSE 3:
masitãm dûrât frasrûtãm
ýâ asti avavaiti masô
ýatha vîspå imå âpô
ýå zemâ paiti frataciñti
ýâ amavaiti fratacaiti
hukairyât haca barezanghat
aoi zrayô vouru-kashem.

VERSE 4:
ýaozeñti vîspe karanô
zrayâi vouru-kashaya
â-vîspô maidhyô ýaozaiti
ýat hîsh aoi fratacaiti
ýat hîsh aoi frazhgaraiti
aredvî sûra anâhita,
ýenghe hazangrem vairyanãm
hazangrem apakhzhâranãm,
kascitca aêshãm vairyanãm
kascitca aêshãm apakhzhâranãm
cathware-satem ayare-baranãm
hvaspâi naire baremnâi.

VERSE 5:
ainghåsca mê aêvanghå âpô

apakhzhârô vî-jasâiti vîspâish
aoi karshvãn ýâish hapta, ainghåsca
mê aêvanghå âpô
hamatha ava-baraiti
hãminemca zayanemca,
hâ-mê âpô ýaozhdadhâiti hâ
arshnãm xshudrå hâ xshathrinãm garewãn
hâ xshathrinãm paêma.

VERSE 6:
ýãm azem ýô ahurô mazdå
hizvârena uzbaire fradathâi nmânaheca vîsaheca
zañtêushca dainghêushca pâthrâica
harethrâica aiwyâxshtrâica nipâtayaêca
nishangharetayaêca.

VERSE 7:
âat frashûsat zarathushtra
aredvî sûra anâhita
haca dathushat mazdå,
srîra vâ anghen bâzava
aurusha aspô-staoyehîsh,
frâ srîra zusha sispata
aurvaiti bâzu-staoyehi
avat manangha mainimna,

VERSE 8:
kô mãm stavât kô ýazâite
haomavaitibyô gaomavaitibyô zaothrâbyô
ýaozhdâtâbyô pairiangharshtâbyô,
kahmâi azem upanghacayeni haca-manâica ana-manâica
frâranghâi haomananghâica.

VERSE 9:
ahe raya hvarenanghaca
tãm ýazâi surunvata ýasna
tãm ýazâi huyashta ýasna aredvîm
sûrãm anâhitãm ashaonîm zaothrâbyô,
ana buyå zavanô-sâsta ana buyå huyashtatara
aredvî sûre anâhite
haomayô gava baresmana, hizvô danghangha mãthraca,
vacaca shyaothnaca zaothrâbyasca, arshuxdhaêibyasca
vâkhzhibyô.
ýenghê hâtãm âat ýesnê
paitî vanghô mazdå ahurô vaêthâ
ashât hacâ ýånghãmcâ tãscâ
tåscâ ýazamaide!

[2]

VERSE 10:
ýazaêsha-mê-hîm spitama zarathushtra
ýãm aredvîm anâhitãm ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm, [yt5.1 is repeated here and in the following Kardehs.]

VERSE 11:
ýô paourva-vâshem vazâite
ãxnå drazhaite vâshahe
ahmya vâshe vazemna
narem paitishmaremna
avat manangha mainimna,
kô mãm stavât ... haomananghâica. [yt5.8]

ahe raya ... tåsca ýazamaide! [yt5.9]

[3]

VERSE 12:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 13:
ýenghe cathwârô vashtâra
spaêta vîspa hama-gaonånghô
hama-nâfaêni berezañta
taurvayañta vîspanãm tbishvatãm tbaêshå

daêvanãm mashyânãmca
ýâthwãm pairikanãmca
sâthrãm kaoyãm karafnãmca.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[4]

VERSE 14:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 15:
amavaitîm xshôithnîm berezaitîm huraodhãm
ýenghe avavat asnâatca xshafnâatca
tâtå âpô ava-bareñte
ýatha vîspå imå âpô
ýå zemâ paiti frataciñti
ýâ amavaiti fratacaiti.
ahe raya ... tåsca ýazamaide.

[5]

VERSE 16:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 17:
tãm ýazata
ýô dadhvå ahurô mazdå airyene vaêjahi
vanghuyå dâityayå
haomayô gava baresmana hizvô danghangha mãthraca
vacaca shyaothnaca zaothrâbyasca arshuxdhaêibyasca
vâkhzhibyô.

VERSE 18:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem hâcayene
puthrem ýat pourushaspahe
ashavanem zarathushtrem
anumatêe daênayâi
anuxtêe daênayâi
anu-varshtêe daênayâi.

VERSE 19:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[6]

VERSE 20:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 21:
tãm ýazata
haoshyanghô paradhâtô
upa upa-bdi harayå satem aspanãm arshnãm hazangrem
gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 22:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem upemem xshathrem
bavâni vîspanãm dah'yunãm
daêvanãm mashyânãmca
ýâthwãm pairikanãmca
sâthrãm kaoyãm karafnãmca,
ýatha azem nijanâni
dva thrishva mâzanyanãm daêvanãm
varenyanãmca drvatãm.

VERSE 23:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåsca ýazamaide!

[7]

VERSE 24:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 25:
tãm ýazata
ýô ýimô xshaêtô hvãthwô

hukairyât paiti barezanghat satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 26:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem upemem xshathrem
bavâni vîspanãm dah'yunãm
daêvanãm mashyânãmca
ýâthwãm pairikanãmca
sâthrãm kaoyãm karafnãmca,
ýatha azem uzbarâni haca daêvaêibyô

uyê îshtishca saokâca
uyê fshaonîshca vãthwâca
uyê thrãfsca frasastishca.

VERSE 27:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[8]

VERSE 28:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 29:
tãm ýazata
azhish thrizafå dahâkô
bawrôish paiti dainghaove satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 30:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê vanguhi sevishte aredvî
sûre anâhite ýatha azem amashyã kerenavâni
vîspâish aoi karshvãn ýâish hapta.

VERSE 31:
nôit ahmâi dathat tat avat âyaptem aredvî
sûra anâhita.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[9]

VERSE 32:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 33:
tãm ýazata
vîsô puthrô âthwyânôish
vîsô sûrayå thraêtaonô
upa varenem cathru-gaoshem satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 34:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê vanguhi sevishte aredvî
sûre anâhite ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
azhîm dahâkem thrizafanem thrikameredhem xshvash-ashîm
hazangrâ-ýaoxshtîm ashaojanghem daêvîm
drujem akhem gaêthâvyô drvañtem ýãm
ashaojastemãm drujem fraca kereñtat angrô
mainyush aoi ýãm astvaitîm gaêthãm
mahrkâi ashahe gaêthanãm, [cf. y9.8; the good
Mss. abbreviate.]
uta-hê vañta azâni
sanghavâci arenavâci
ýôi hen kehrpa sraêshta zazâitêe

gaêthyâi-tê ýôi abdôteme.

VERSE 35:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[10]

VERSE 36:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 37:
tãm ýazata
naire-manå keresâspô
pasne varôish pishinanghô satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 38:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
gañdarewem ýim zairi-pâshnem
upa ýaozeñta karana
zraya vouru-kashaya
âtacâni sûrem nmânem
drvatô ýat pathanayå
skarenayå dûraêpârayå.

VERSE 39:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[11]

VERSE 40:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 41:
tãm ýazata
mairyô tûiryô frangrase
hañkaine paiti ainghå zemô satem aspanãm
arshnãm hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 42:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem avat hvarenô
apayemi ýim vazaite
maidhim zrayanghô vouru-kashahe
ýat asti airyanãm dah'yunãm
zâtanãm azâtanãmca
ýatca ashaonô zarathushtrahe.

VERSE 43:
nôit ahmâi dathat tat avat âyaptem aredvî
sûra anâhita.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[12]

VERSE 44:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 45:
tãm ýazata
aurvô ash-varecô kava usa
erezifyât paiti garôit
satem aspanãm arshnãm hazangrem gavãm baêvare
anumayanãm.

VERSE 46:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem upemem xshathrem
bavâni vîspanãm dah'yunãm
daêvanãm mashyânãmca ýâthwãm
pairikanãmca
sâthrãm kaoyãm karafnãmca.

VERSE 47:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[13]

VERSE 48:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 49:
tãm ýazata
arsha airyanãm dah'yunãm
xshathrâi haosrava
pasne varôish caêcastahe
jafrahe urvâpahe satem aspanãm arshnãm hazangrem
gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 50:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem upemem xshathrem
bavâni vîspanãm dah'yunãm
daêvanãm mashyânãmca ... karafnãmca,

ýat vîspanãm ýuxtanãm
azem fratemem thañjayeni
ana hvaretãm ýãm darekhãm
nava-frâthweresât razurem
ýô mãm mairyô nurem manô
aspaêshu paiti paretata.

VERSE 51:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[14]

VERSE 52:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 53:
tãm ýazata
taxmô tusô rathaêshtârô
barshaêshu paiti aspanãm
zâvare jaidhyañtô hitaêibyô
drvatâtem tanubyô
pouru-spaxshtîm tbishyañtãm paiti-jaitîm
dushmainyunãm
hathrâ-nivâitîm hamerethanãm aurvathanãm
tbishyañtãm. [y57.26]

VERSE 54:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
aurva hunavô vaêsakaya
upa dvarem xshathrô-sukem
apanôtemem kanghaya
berezañtaya ashavanaya,
ýatha azem nijanâni
tûiryanãm dah'yunãm
pañcasakhnâi satakhnâishca
satakhnâi hazangrakhnâishca
hazangrakhnâi baêvarekhnâishca
baêvarekhnâi ahãxshtakhnâishca.

VERSE 55:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåsca ýazamaide!

[15]

VERSE 56:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 57:
tãm ýazeñta
aurva hunavô vaêsakaya
upa dvarem xshathrô-sukem
apanôtemem kanghaya
berezañtaya ashavanaya satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 58:
âat hîm jaidhyen,
avat âyaptem dazdi-nô
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat bavâma aiwi-vanyå
taxmem tusem rathaêshtârem
ýatha vaêm nijanâma
airyanãm dah'yunãm
pañcasakhnâi satakhnâishca
satakhnâi hazangrakhnâishca
hazangrakhnâi baêvarekhnâishca
baêvarekhnâi ahãxshtakhnâishca.

VERSE 59:
nôit aêibyascit dathat tat avat âyaptem
aredvî sûra anâhita.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[16]

VERSE 60:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 61:
tãm ýazata
pâurvô ýô vifrô navâzô

ýat dim usca uzdvãnayat
verethrajå taxmô thraêtaonô
merekhahe kehrpa kahrkâsahe.

VERSE 62:
hô avatha vazata
thri-ayarem thri-xshaparem
paitish nmânem ýim hvâpaithîm
nôit aora avôirisyât,
thraoshta xshafnô thrityayå
frâkhmat ushånghem sûrayå vivaitîm

upa ushånghem upa-zbayat
aredvîm sûrãm anâhitãm,

VERSE 63:
aredvî sûre anâhite
moshu mê java avanghe
nûrem mê bara upastãm, hazangrem tê azem
zaothranãm haomavaitinãm gaomavaitinãm ýaozhdâtanãm
pairiangharshtanãm barâni aoi âpem ýãm
ranghãm
ýezi jum frapayemi
aoi zãm ahuradhâtãm
aoi nmânem ýim hvaêpaithîm.

VERSE 64:
upa-tacat aredvî sûra anâhita
kainînô kehrpa srîrayå
ashamayå huraodhayå
uskât ýâstayå erezvaithyô
raêvat cithrem âzâtayå
nizeñga aothra paitishmuxta
zaranyôurvîxshna bâmya,

VERSE 65:
hâ-hê bâzava geurvayat
moshu tat âs nôit darekhem
ýat frâyatayat thwaxshemnô
aoi zãm ahuradhâtãm
aoi nmânem ýim hvaêpaithîm
drûm avañtem airishtem
hamatha ýatha paracit

VERSE 66:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[17]

VERSE 67:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 68:
tãm ýazata jâmâspô
ýat spâdhem pairi-avaênat
dûrât ayañtem rasmaoyô
drvatãm daêvayasnanãm satem aspanãm
arshnãm hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 69:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýatha azem avata verethra hacâne
ýatha vîspa anyê aire.

VERSE 70:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[18]

VERSE 71:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 72:
tãm ýazeñta ashavazdå puthrô
pourudhâxshtôish ashavazdasca thritasca sâyuzhdrôish
puthra upa berezañtem ahurem xshathrîm xshaêtem
apãm napâtem aurvat-aspem satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 73:
âat hîm jaidhyen,
avat âyaptem dazdi-nô
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat bavâma aiwi-vanyå
dânavô sûra vyâxana karemca asabanem varemca
asabanem
tañcishtemca dûraêkaêtem
ahmi gaêthe peshanâhu.

VERSE 74:
dathat aêibyascit tat avat âyaptem aredvî
sûra anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi
ýazemnâi
jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[19]

VERSE 75:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 76:
tãm ýazata
vistaurush ýô naotairyãnô
upa âpem ýãm vîtanguhaitîm
erezhuxdhât paiti vacanghat
uiti vacêbish aojanô,

VERSE 77:
tâ bâ asha tâ arshuxdha
aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat mê avavat daêvayasnanãm nijatem

ýatha sârem varsanãm barâmi,
âat mê tûm aredvî sûre anâhite

hushem peshum raêcaya
tarô vanguhîm vîtanguhaitîm.

VERSE 78:
upa-tacat aredvî sûra anâhita
kaininô kehrpa srîrayå
ashamayå huraodhayå
uskât ýâstayå erezvaithyô
raêvat cithrem âzâtayå
zaranya aothra paitishmuxta
ýâ vîspô-pîsa bâmya
aremaêshtå anyå âpô kerenaot
frasha anyå fratacat
hushem peshum raêcayat
tarô vanguhîm vîtanguhaitîm.

VERSE 79:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[20]

VERSE 80:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 81:
tãm ýazata
yôishtô ýô fryananãm
paiti pêdvaêpê ranghayå satem aspanãm
arshnãm hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 82:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
axtîm duzhdem temanghuñtem uta-hê frashna paiti-mravâne
navaca navaitîmca xruzhdranãm tbaêshô-parshtanãm
ýat mãm peresat axtyô duzhdå temanguhå.

VERSE 83:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[21]

VERSE 84:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 85:
ýahmya ahurô mazdå
hvapô nivaêdhayat
âidhi paiti ava-jasa
aredvî sûre anâhite
haca avatbyô sterebyô
aoi zãm ahuradhâtãm,
thwãm ýazåñte aurvånghô

ahurånghô dainghu-patayô
puthrånghô dainghu-paitinãm.

VERSE 86:
thwãm naracit ýôi taxma
jaidhyåñte âsu-aspîm
hvarenanghasca uparatâtô,
thwãm âthravanô maremnô
âthravanô thrâyaonô
mastîm jaidhyåñte spânemca
verethrakhnemca ahuradhâtem
vanaiñtîmca uparatâtem.

VERSE 87:
thwãm kaininô vadhre ýaona
xshathra hvâpå jaidhyåñte
taxmemca nmânô-paitîm,
thwãm carâitish zizanâitish
jaidhyåñte huzâmîm,
tûm tâ aêibyô xshayamna
nisirinavâhi aredvî sûre anâhite.

VERSE 88:
âat frashusat zarathushtra
aredvî sûra anâhita
haca avatbyô sterebyô
aoi zãm ahuradhâtãm,
âat aoxta aredvî sûra anâhita,

VERSE 89:
erezvô ashâum spitama
thwãm dathat ahurô mazdå
ratush astvaithyô gaêthayå
mãm dathat ahurô mazdå
nipâtâra vîspayå ashaonô stôish,
mana raya hvarenangha pasvasca staorâca upairi zãm
vîcareñta mashyâca bizeñgra, azem bôit
tûm tâ nipayemi vîspa vohû mazdadhâta
ashacithra mãnayen ahe ýatha pasûm pasu-vastrem.

VERSE 90:
paiti dim peresat zarathushtrô aredvîm sûrãm
anâhitãm,
aredvî sûre anâhite
kana thwãm ýasna ýazâne
kana ýasna frâyazâne ýase-tava mazdå
kerenaot tacare añtare arethem upairi hvarexshaêtem

ýase-thwâ nôit aiwi-druzhåñte

azhishca arethnâishca vawzhakâishca
varenvâishca varenava-vîshâishca.

VERSE 91:
âat aoxta aredvî sûra anâhita,
erezvô ashâum spitama
ana mãm ýasna ýazaêsha
ana ýasna frâyazaêsha haca hû vaxshât
â-hû frâshmô- dâtôit, â-tû-mê
aêtayå zaothrayå frangharôish âthravanô
parshtô-vacanghô paiti-parshtô-sravanghô
mãzdrô hadha-hunarô tanu-mãthrô.

VERSE 92:
mâ-mê aêtayå zaothrayå franghareñtu
haretô mataftô madrushtô masacish makasvîsh
mastrî madahmô asrâvayat- gâthô
mapaêsô ýô vîteretô-tanush.

VERSE 93:
nôit avå zaothrå paiti-vîse ýå
mâvôya franguhareñti añdåsca karenåsca
drvåsca mûråsca aråsca ranghåsca
ava daxshta daxshtavañta ýâ nôit pouru-jira
fradaxshta vîspanãm anu mãthrem, mâ-mê
aêtayåscit zaothrayå franghareñtu frakavô
mâ apakavô mâ drvå vîmîtô-dañtânô.

VERSE 94:
paiti dim peresat zarathushtrô aredvîm sûrem
anâhitãm, aredvî sûre anâhite kem
idha tê zaothrå bavaiñti ýase-tava frabareñte
drvañtô daêvayasnånghô pasca hû
frâshmô-dâitîm.

VERSE 95:
âat aoxta aredvî sûra anâhita, erezvô
ashâum spitama zarathushtra nivayaka nipashnaka apa-skaraka
apa-xraosaka imå paiti-vîseñte ýå
mâvôya pasca vazeñti xshvash-satâish
hazangremca ýâ nôit haiti vîseñti
daêvanãm haiti ýasna.

VERSE 96:
ýazâi hukairîm barezô
vîspô-vahmem zaranaênem
ýahmat mê haca frazgadhaite
aredvî sûra anâhita
hazangrâi bareshna vîranãm
masô xshayete hvarenanghô
ýatha vîspå imå âpô
ýå zemâ paiti frataciñti
ýâ amavaiti fratacaiti.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[22]

VERSE 97:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 98:
ýim aiwitô mazdayasna
hishteñta baresmô-zasta,
tãm ýazeñta hvôvånghô
tãm ýazeñta naotairyånghô,
îshtîm jaidhyañta hvôvô
âsu-aspîm naotaire,
moshu pascaêta hvôvô
îshtîm baon sevishta
moshu pascaêta naotaire
vîshtâspô ånghãm dah'yunãm

âsu-aspôtemô bavat.

VERSE 99:
dathat aêibyascit tat avat âyaptem aredvî
sûra anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi
ýazemnâi
jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[23]

VERSE 100:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 101:
ýenghe hazangrem vairyanãm hazangrem apakhzhâranãm,
kascitca aêshãm vairyanãm kascitca aêshãm
apakhzhâranãm cathware-satem ayare-baranãm
hvaspâi naire baremnâi,
kanghe kanghe apakhzhâire
nmânem hishtaite hudhâtem
satô-raocanem bâmîm
hazangrô-stunem hukeretem
baêvare-fraskembem sûrem.

VERSE 102:
kem kemcit aipi nmâne
gâtu saite hvaêui-staretem
hubaoidhîm barezish havañtem,
âtacaiti zarathushtra
aredvî sûra anâhita
hazangrâi bareshna vîranãm
masô xshayete hvarenanghô
ýatha vîspå imå âpô
ýå zemâ paiti frataciñti
ýâ amavaiti fratacaiti.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[24]

VERSE 103:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 104:
tãm ýazata
ýô ashava zarathushtrô airyene vaêjahi
vanghuyå dâityayå haomayô gava ... vâkhzhibyô.

VERSE 105:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite,
ýatha azem hâcayene
puthrem ýat aurvat-aspahe
taxmem kavaêm vîshtâspem
anumatêe daênayâi
anuxtêe daênayâi
anu-varshtêe daênayâi.

VERSE 106:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[25]

VERSE 107:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 108:
tãm ýazata
berezaidhish kava vîshtâspô
pasne âpem frazdânaom satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 109:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite,
ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
tãthryavañtem duzhdaênem
peshanemca daêvayasnem
drvañtemca arejat-aspem
ahmi gaêthe peshanâhu.

VERSE 110:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[26]

VERSE 111:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 112:
tãm ýazata
aspâyaodhô zairi-vairish
pasne âpô dâityayå satem aspanãm
arshnãm hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 113:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anâhite
ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
peshôciñghem ashtô-kânem
humayakem daêvayasnem
drvañtemca arejat-aspem
ahmi gaêthe peshanâhu.

VERSE 114:
dathat ahmâi tat avat âyaptem aredvî sûra
anâhita hadha-zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[27]

VERSE 115:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 116:
tãm ýazata
vañdaremainish arejat-aspô
upa zrayô vouru-kashem satem aspanãm arshnãm
hazangrem gavãm baêvare anumayanãm.

VERSE 117:
âat hîm jaidhyat,
avat âyaptem dazdi-mê
vanguhi sevishte aredvî sûre anahite
ýat bavâni aiwi-vanyå
taxmem kavaêm vîshtâspem
aspâyaodhô zairi-vairish,
ýatha azem nijanâni
airyanãm dah'yunãm pañcasakhnâi satakhnâishca
satakhnâi hazangrakhnâishca hazangrakhnâi baêvarekhnâishca
baêvarekhnâi ahãxshtakhnâishca.

VERSE 118:
nôit ahmâi dathat tat avat âyaptem aredvî
sûra anâhita.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[28]

VERSE 119:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 120:
ýenghe cathwârô arshâna
hãm-tâshat ahurô mazdå
vâtemca vâremca maêkhemca fyanghumca
mîshti zî-mê hîm spitama zarathushtra

vâreñtaêca snaêzhiñtaêca

srasciñtaêca fyanghuñtaêca,
ýenghe avavat haênanãm
nava-satâish hazangremca.

VERSE 121:
ýazâi hukairîm barezô
vîspô-vahmem zaranaênem
ýahmât mê haca frazgadhaite
aredvî sûra anâhita
hazangrâi bareshna vîranãm
masô xshayete hvarenanghô
ýatha vîspå imå âpô
ýå zemâ paiti frataciñti
ýâ amavaiti fratacaiti.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[29]

VERSE 122:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 123:
zaranaênem paiti-dânem
vanguhi hishtaite drazhimnô
aredvî sûra anâhita
zaothre vâcim paitishmaremna
avat manangha mainimna,

VERSE 124:
kô mãm stavât kô ýazâite
haomavaitibyô gaomavaitibyô zaothrâbyô
ýaozhdâtâbyô pairiangharshtâbyô,
kahmâi azem upanghacayeni haca-manâica ana-manâica
frâranghâi humananghâica.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!

[30]

VERSE 125:
ýazaêsha-mê ... dainghu-frâdhanãm
ashaonîm,

VERSE 126:
ýâ hishtaite fravaêdhemna
aredvî sûra anâhita
kaininô kehrpa srîrayå
ashamayå huraodhayå
uskât ýâstayå erezvaithyô
raêvat cithrem âzâtayå
frazushem adhkem vanghânem
pouru-paxshtem zaranaênem

VERSE 127:
bâdha ýatha-mãm baresmô-zasta
frâ-gaoshâvara sîspemna
cathru-karana zaranaêni,
minum barat hvâzâta
aredvî sûra anâhita
upa tãm srîrãm manaothrim,
hâ-hê maidhim nyâzata
ýathaca hukerepta fshtâna
ýathaca anghen nivâzâna.

VERSE 128:
upairi pusãm bañdayata
aredvî sûra anâhita
satô-stranghãm zaranaênîm
ashta-kaozhdãm ratha-kairyãm
drafshakavaitîm srîrãm
anu-pôithwaitîm hukeretãm.

VERSE 129:
bawraini vastrå vanghata
aredvî sûra anâhita
thrisatanãm bawranãm cature-zîzanatãm
ýat asti bawrish sraêshta ýatha ýat
asti gaonôtema [bawrish bavaiti upâpô]
ýatha-keretem thwarshtâi zrûne
caremå vaênañtô brâzeñta

frêna erezatem zaranim.

VERSE 130:
âat vanguhi idha sevishte
aredvî sûre anâhite
avat âyaptem ýâsâmi
ýatha azem hvâfritô
masa xshathra nivânâni
ash-pacina stûi-baxedhra
fraothat-aspa canat-caxra
xshvaêwayat-ashtra ash-baourva
nidhâtô-pitu hubaoidhi
upa steremaêshu vârema daidhe
parenanghuñtem vîspãm hujyâitîm

iritheñtem xshathrem zazâiti.

VERSE 131:
âat vanguhî idha aredvî sûre anâhite

dva aurvañta ýâsâmi
ýimca bipaitishtânem aurvañtem
ýimca cathware-paitishtânem
aom bipaitishtânem arvañtem
ýô anghat âsush uzgastô
hufraourvaêsô vâshå peshanaêshuca

aom cathware-paitishtânem
ýô haênayå perethu-ainikayå
va urvaêsayat karana
hôyûmca dashinemca
dashinemca hôyûmca.

VERSE 132:
aêta ýasna aêta vahma
aêta paiti ava-jasa
aredvî sûre anâhite
haca avatbyô sterebyô
aoi zãm ahuradhâtãm
aoi zaotârem ýazemnem
aoi perenãm vîkhzhârayeiñtîm
avanghe zaothrô-barâi aredrâi ýazemnâi

jaidhyañtâi dâthrish âyaptem,
ýatha tê vîspe aurvañta
zazvångha paiti-jasãn
ýatha kavôish vîshtâspahe.
ahe raya ... tåscâ ýazamaide!
(Recite silently:)

VERSE 133:
(hôrmezd i hvadâe i awazûnî mardum
mardum sardagã hamâ sardagã ham bâ ýasht
i vahã vaem vahe dîn i mâzdayasnã âgâhî
âstvãnî nêkî rasãnât
êduñ bât.)
(Recite aloud:)
ýathâ ahû vairyô...(2).
ýasnemca vahmemca aojasca zavareca âfrînâmi

apãm vanguhînãm mazdadhâtanãm
areduyå âpô anâhitayå ashaonyå
[vîspanãmca apãm mazdadhâtanãm
vîspanãmca urvaranãm mazdadhâtanãm
ashaonyå]. [Gld omits]
ashem vohû....

Source Colophon

Text: Yasht 5 (Aban Yasht / Anahita Yasht) of the Avesta
Language: Avestan
Edition: Karl Friedrich Geldner, Avesta: The Sacred Books of the Parsis (Stuttgart, 1896)
Digital source: avesta.org/ka/yt5.htm
Script: Latin transliteration of Avestan (standard scholarly convention)

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