Ashem Vohu...(3). I profess myself a Mazda-worshipper, a follower of Zarathushtra, opposing the Daevas, accepting the Ahuric doctrine. (Here recite the appropriate Gah dedication.) With propitiation of Sraosha, companion of Ashi , the brave, who has the Manthra for body, with bold club, the ahurian, for worship, adoration, propitiation, and praise. 'Yatha Ahu Vairyo', the zaotar should say to me 'Atha ratush ashatchit hacha', the Asha-sanctified knowing one should say. 2. We worship Sraosha, companion of Ashi, fair of form, victorious, world-promoting, the Ashavan, master of Asha . The Ahuna Vairya prayer protects the body. Yatha Ahu Vairyo.... (Here recite the Kem Na Mazda prayer.) Yatha Ahu Vairyo....(2) 4. I desire worship and adoration and strength and force for Sraosha, companion of Ashi, the brave, who has the Manthra for body, with bold club, the ahurian. Ashem Vohu.... 5. Bestow on him riches and good things; bestow health of body, toughness of body, and resistance of body; bestow on him possessions giving abundant ease, future noble offspring, and a lengthy long life; bestow on him the best existence of the Asha-sanctified, the luminous, offering all happy. [This paragraph follows Bailey, p. 10.] Thus may it come as I wish. Ashem Vohu.... A thousand remedies, ten thousand remedies (3). Ashem Vohu.... Come to my help, O Mazda (3). To Ama, well-built, fair of form, Verethraghna, Ahura-created;
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file zor/sbe23/ka.htm.
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