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1 From the north rushed forth Angra Mainyu [Satan], the deadly, the Daêva of the Daêvas [Igigi].
The Drug came rushing along, the demon Bûiti, the unseen death, the hell-born.
2 (5). Zarathustra chanted aloud the Ahuna-Vairya:
The will of the Lord is the law of holiness. The riches of Vohu-manô shall be given to him who works in this world for Mazda, and wields according to the will of Ahura the power he gave to him to relieve the poor.
Offer up prayers to the good waters of the good Dâitya!
Profess the law of the worshippers of Mazda!
The Drug dismayed, rushed away, the demon Bûiti, the unseen death, the hell-born.
3 (7). And the Drug said unto Angra Mainyu:
Zarathustra saw (all this) from within his soul:
4 (11). Forward went Zarathustra, unshaken by the evil spirit, by the hardness of his malignant riddles, swinging stones in his hand, stones as big as a house, which he obtained from the Maker, Ahura Mazda, he the holy Zarathustra.
‘At what on this wide, round earth, whose ends lie afar, at what dost thou swing (those stones), thou who standest by the river Darega 4, upon the mountains, in the mansion of Pourusaspa?’
5 (16). O evil-doer, Angra Mainyu! I will smite:
- the creation of the Daêva
- the Nasu, a creature of the Daêva
- the Pairika Knãthaiti, till the fiend-smiter Saoshyant come up to life out of the lake Kãsava, from the region of the dawn, from the regions of the dawn 1.
6 (20). ‘Do not destroy my creatures, O holy Zarathustra! Thou art the son of Pourusaspa, just born of thy mother. Renounce the good law of the worshippers of Mazda, and thou shalt gain such a boon as the murderer 4 gained, the ruler of the nations.’
8 (27). By whose Word wilt thou strike, by whose Word wilt thou repel, by whose weapon will the good creatures (strike and repel) my creation who am Angra Mainyu?
9 (29). Thus in answer to him said Spitama Zarathustra: ‘The sacred mortar, the sacred cup, the Haoma, the Words taught by Mazda, these are my weapons, my best weapons! By this Word will I strike, by this Word will I repel, by this weapon the good creatures (will strike and repel thee), O evil-doer, Angra Mainyu! To me Spenta Mainyu gave it, he gave it to me in the boundless Time 5; to me the Amesha Spentas, the all-ruling, the all-beneficent, gave it.’
10 (35). Zarathustra chanted aloud the Ahuna-Vairya.
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11 (37). O Ahura Mazda! [he was sitting by the Darega, on the mountain 2, praying to Ahura Mazda, to the good Vohu-manô, to Asha Vahista, Khshathra Vairya, and Spenta. Ârmaiti;]
12 (39). ‘How shall I make the world free from that Drug, from the evil-doer Angra Mainyu?
How shall I drive away direct defilement? How indirect defilement?
How shall I drive the Nasu from the house of the worshippers of Mazda? How shall I cleanse the faithful man? How shall I cleanse the faithful woman?
13 (42). Invoke, O Zarathustra! the good law of Mazda.
Invoke:
- the Amesha Spentas who rule over the seven Karshvares of the earth
- the sovereign Heaven, the boundless Time 4, and Vayu 5, whose action is most high
- the powerful Wind, made by Mazda, and Spenta Ârmaiti 1, the fair daughter of Ahura Mazda
- 14 (46). my Fravashi, who am Ahura Mazda, the greatest, the best, the fairest of all beings, the most solid, the most intelligent, the best shapen, the highest in holiness, and whose soul is the holy Word!
- me, Ahura Mazda.
15 (50). So I invoke:
- the holy creation of Ahura Mazda.
- Mithra, the lord of wide pastures, a god armed with beautiful weapons, with the most glorious of all weapons, with the most fiend-smiting of all weapons
- the holy, tall-formed Sraosha, who wields a club in his hand, to bear upon the heads of the fiends.
- 16 (54). the most glorious holy Word
- the sovereign Heaven, the boundless Time, and Vayu, whose action is most high
- the mighty Wind, made by Mazda, and Spenta (Ârmaiti), the fair daughter of Ahura Mazda
- the good law of Mazda, the fiend-destroying law of Zarathustra
17 (58). O Ahura Mazda! With what manner of sacrifice shall I worship, with what manner of sacrifice shall I worship and forward this creation of Ahura Mazda?'
18 (60). Go, O Spitama Zarathustra! towards that tree 1 that is beautiful, high-growing, and mighty amongst the high-growing trees, and say thou these words: “Hail to thee! O good, holy tree, made by Mazda! Ashem, vohu!
19 (63). Let the faithful man cut off a twig of baresma, long as a ploughshare, thick as a barley-corn 3. The faithful one, holding it in his left hand, shall not leave off keeping his eyes upon it 4, whilst he is offering up the sacrifice to Ahura Mazda and to the Amesha-Spentas, and to the high and beautiful golden Haomas, and to Vohu-manô 5 and to the good Râta 6, made by Mazda, holy and excellent.
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