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The Yashts · 1883

Yasht 20: Vanant Yasht (to the star Vanant)

by The Avesta the Gathas c. 1500–1000 BC (ascribed to Zarathustra); the Yashts later; dates uncertain

Translated by James Darmesteter (1883)


May Ahura Mazda be rejoiced! . . . .

Ashem Vohû: Holiness is the best of all good . . .

I confess myself a worshipper of Mazda, a follower of Zarathustra, one who hates the Daêvas and obeys the laws of Ahura;

For sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification unto [Hâvani], the holy and master of holiness . . . .

Unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda,

Be propitiation, with sacrifice, prayer, propitiation, and glorification.

Yathâ ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness . . . .

We sacrifice unto the star Vanant, made by Mazda, the holy and master of holiness.

I will sacrifice unto Vanant, strong, invoked by his own name, healing, in order to withstand the accursed and most foul Khrafstras of the most abominable Angra Mainyu.

Yathâ ahû vairyô: The will of the Lord is the law of holiness . . . .

I bless the sacrifice and prayer, and the strength and vigour of the star Vanant, made by Mazda.

Ashem Vohû: 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.

MLA

Avesta, The. The Yashts, Yasht 20: Vanant Yasht (to the star Vanant). Translated by James Darmesteter. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/yashts-darmesteter/19/.

Chicago

Avesta, The. The Yashts, Yasht 20: Vanant Yasht (to the star Vanant). Translated by James Darmesteter. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/yashts-darmesteter/19/.

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