The Yashts · 1883
Yasht 20: Vanant Yasht (to the star Vanant)
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.
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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/.