better) according to Asha. Atash Niyayesh (Litany to Fire) ------------------------------- 0. With propitiation of Ahura Mazda. Homage to you, O Fire of Ahura Mazda, O good created, great Yazata. Ashem Vohu.... In the name of God. May the majesty and glory of Ormazd, the beneficent Lord, increase. (Note: If praying at an Atash Bahram, recite:) To the Fire Behram, the great Fire. (Note: If praying at an Atash Adaran, recite:) To the Fire Adaran, the great Fire. (Note: If praying at an Atash Dadgah, recite:) To the Fire Dadgah, the great Fire. Of all sins ... I repent. 1. Arise unto me, O Ahura! give vigor through Armaiti, Strength by the good reward through Thy Holy Spirit, O Mazda! Mighty power through Asha, supremacy through Vohu Manah. 2. For my support, O Far-seeing One, may Ye manifest unto me those incomparable things Of your Khshathra, O Ahura, which are the reward of Vohu Manah; Instruct our consciences, O Holy Armaiti, through Asha. 3. So Zarathushtra gives as an offering even the life of his body, And the excellence of Vohu Manah unto Mazda, As also obedience and power of deed and word unto Asha. 4. Propitiation unto Ahura Mazda. Homage unto thee, O Fire of Ahura Mazda, thou good-created, great Yazata. 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.)
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file zor/sbe23/ka.htm.
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