An authority which is on virtue based
Must be regarded as a potent spell
It must be held as an honour, highly praised,
Its countless blessings appreciated,
It spreads complete peace and calm,
It drives out any and all oppression,
Countries prosper and all people thrive,
And mankind in joy and comfort fearlessly dwells,
O God to gain this state we'll always strive
We know that in this Thy help we shall derive.
All who in thought, word and deed regard,
The Lord God as supreme and worship you,
All who truly try hard to please you
Will find it easy to feel and know your presence,
And earn your love to a high degree,
All should in you their whole existence merge,
And your shining face always see
To serve you well their hearts always want
With zeal and vigour they obey their urge.
When does a good life its due reward secure ?
When does a shining soul its pardon obtain ?
Where is the home of truth and conscience pure ?
Where happiness and peace may be obtained ?
It is when man from selfish thoughts and deeds refrains,
Almighty Lord, all these are surely in our own hands,
These powers that you alone have blessed us with
So that at last in goodness we may stand in Thy presence,
Having conquered the bad thoughts in our heads.
All good men inspired by good thoughts,
Should ask questions as above with a view to learn,
God's will divine, which he does then reveal
To all whose hearts for such instructins desire
And turn to him with attentive ears,
Such teachers who are competent and wise,
Show their deep concerns for human welfare,
They thus in the world's estimation rise,
And win at last God's blissful paradise.
All who worship God with heartfelt prayers
Will receive from Him their just and due rewards
But a painful punishment awaits them surely,
Who show in this respect a bad record.
And live forgetting their gracious Lord,
All sentient beings, waters, trees are His,
For all these gifts men should their thanks accord,
For such tiny acts of gratitude as these,
He grants us health, wealth, strength and lasting bliss.
O Lord, Thy blessings I shall truly teach,
To all who wish to learn with a heart sincere,
Because a person of faith should try to reach,
All ranks and grades and teach them how to turn
From wicked ways for Thy great favours to earn.
For only those who follow truth are blessed by Thee,
The evil in their minds suffer and burn.
He, who from bonds of bad thoughts sets them free,
Gains merit too, by Thy divine decree.
The wicked and the good Thou puts to the test,
Strong enough to melt iron and a burning fire,
The good survive the trials best
The wicked suffer consequences dire,
YOUR BAD THOUGHTS NO STRONGER PROOF REQUIRE
TO SUFFER LONG IN A HELL OF YOUR OWN MAKING,
THE GOOD WILL ENJOY LASTING HEAVENLY JOYS,
THE WISE WHO STUDY THY MANTHRAS WILL KNOW FULL WELL,
WHAT THEY SHOULD STRIVE TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT TO REPEL.
O God a man who may want to do harm,
By telling lies and thus not spreading truth,
Is open to the evil of the devil's charm,
Though full of fraud and replete with wily snares,
He's doomed at last to suffer sure defeat,
In spite of his tricks, truth will prevail,
For he cannot cheat but for a little time.....
I'll never fail in serving Thee with faith
To always hail truth as my unerring guide.
With due respect who will lend their ears to me ?
Who seeks religious knowledge with a true zeal ?
From whom can I expect close attention ?
To who can I Thy sacred word reveal ?
Who feels an earnest longing for your word ?
All those who have pure and sincere hearts,
Will find an appeal in the lessons of Thy manthras,
And to spread them far and wide they'll help me surely,
And endure all toil for the sake of truth.
I warn all senseless brutes in human shape,
Who enjoy unnatural and beastly crimes,
From punishments deserved they won't escape
You cannot break the laws of heaven sublime,
Or else you'll pay the penalty till the end of time.
Do not misuse your tyrannic power,
To raid and ravish every clime,
For God may then shower calamities unforeseen,
Beneath the load of which you'll quail and cower.
The righteous will always achieve success,
The impure will, their evil lot bemoan,
God will bless the good with a place in heaven,
The wicked must in hell their sins atone,
In pain and sorrow they will always groan,
The Chinvat Bridge they cannot hope to cross,
They will not reach Almighty Mazda's throne,
If you wish to avoid this everlasting agony,
Then mend your ways or forever mourn the loss.
The misguided, reckless and proud .. no friendships know,
They do no useful work throughout their lives,
No alms they give, no charity bestow,
They hate and shirk all honest industry.
They lurk in ambush to pillage and plunder
Poor cattle they destroy or drive away.
All acts of piety and truth they avoid,
To give their passions unrestricted sway,
Their lasting stay will be in dismal hell.
From the first the gifts ordained for Magavs
Will be conferred on all who follow me,
Come all who for religious knowledge thirst,
Who wish the joys of paradise to see,
And from hell's jaws desire to be free.
For your good deeds Garothman(heaven) you will gain,
That is Mazda's plain decree.
You will in His bright presence ever remain
And form a part of His angelic train.
An illustrious leader, a sovereign just and wise,
By Mazda's grace and favour happily reigns
Supreme .... and all his foes defies.
With truth and mercy gains his subjects' love,
Retains their loyalty by his honest sway,
He is a leader philanthropic and kind,
By perfect equity his rule maintains.
His people work with zeal and peace of mind
And find worthy fields of occupation.
Farshostar was of the famous Habub race,
Who had a worthy daughter, deeply read and wise,
Endowed with a noble mind and charming grace,
Her precious hand and heart I highly prize,
She is an angel in a woman's guise,
May Almighty God our union fully bless,
With Thy fixed laws she cheerfully complies,
Her fluent tongue all hearers will impress,
With her benign help I'll score success.
Sage Jamasp of the renowned Habub clan,
Ever tries to learn the highest wisdom,
With meditation sound and studying deep,
He wishes to obtain an unsullied fame,
He works with earnest zeal the youth to train,
He wins honour with truth and honest love,
He leads a model life, grandly sedate,
His help to me begins a golden age,
His able guidance weans the world from sins.
Must be regarded as a potent spell
It must be held as an honour, highly praised,
Its countless blessings appreciated,
It spreads complete peace and calm,
It drives out any and all oppression,
Countries prosper and all people thrive,
And mankind in joy and comfort fearlessly dwells,
O God to gain this state we'll always strive
We know that in this Thy help we shall derive.
All who in thought, word and deed regard,
The Lord God as supreme and worship you,
All who truly try hard to please you
Will find it easy to feel and know your presence,
And earn your love to a high degree,
All should in you their whole existence merge,
And your shining face always see
To serve you well their hearts always want
With zeal and vigour they obey their urge.
When does a good life its due reward secure ?
When does a shining soul its pardon obtain ?
Where is the home of truth and conscience pure ?
Where happiness and peace may be obtained ?
It is when man from selfish thoughts and deeds refrains,
Almighty Lord, all these are surely in our own hands,
These powers that you alone have blessed us with
So that at last in goodness we may stand in Thy presence,
Having conquered the bad thoughts in our heads.
All good men inspired by good thoughts,
Should ask questions as above with a view to learn,
God's will divine, which he does then reveal
To all whose hearts for such instructins desire
And turn to him with attentive ears,
Such teachers who are competent and wise,
Show their deep concerns for human welfare,
They thus in the world's estimation rise,
And win at last God's blissful paradise.
All who worship God with heartfelt prayers
Will receive from Him their just and due rewards
But a painful punishment awaits them surely,
Who show in this respect a bad record.
And live forgetting their gracious Lord,
All sentient beings, waters, trees are His,
For all these gifts men should their thanks accord,
For such tiny acts of gratitude as these,
He grants us health, wealth, strength and lasting bliss.
O Lord, Thy blessings I shall truly teach,
To all who wish to learn with a heart sincere,
Because a person of faith should try to reach,
All ranks and grades and teach them how to turn
From wicked ways for Thy great favours to earn.
For only those who follow truth are blessed by Thee,
The evil in their minds suffer and burn.
He, who from bonds of bad thoughts sets them free,
Gains merit too, by Thy divine decree.
The wicked and the good Thou puts to the test,
Strong enough to melt iron and a burning fire,
The good survive the trials best
The wicked suffer consequences dire,
YOUR BAD THOUGHTS NO STRONGER PROOF REQUIRE
TO SUFFER LONG IN A HELL OF YOUR OWN MAKING,
THE GOOD WILL ENJOY LASTING HEAVENLY JOYS,
THE WISE WHO STUDY THY MANTHRAS WILL KNOW FULL WELL,
WHAT THEY SHOULD STRIVE TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT TO REPEL.
O God a man who may want to do harm,
By telling lies and thus not spreading truth,
Is open to the evil of the devil's charm,
Though full of fraud and replete with wily snares,
He's doomed at last to suffer sure defeat,
In spite of his tricks, truth will prevail,
For he cannot cheat but for a little time.....
I'll never fail in serving Thee with faith
To always hail truth as my unerring guide.
With due respect who will lend their ears to me ?
Who seeks religious knowledge with a true zeal ?
From whom can I expect close attention ?
To who can I Thy sacred word reveal ?
Who feels an earnest longing for your word ?
All those who have pure and sincere hearts,
Will find an appeal in the lessons of Thy manthras,
And to spread them far and wide they'll help me surely,
And endure all toil for the sake of truth.
I warn all senseless brutes in human shape,
Who enjoy unnatural and beastly crimes,
From punishments deserved they won't escape
You cannot break the laws of heaven sublime,
Or else you'll pay the penalty till the end of time.
Do not misuse your tyrannic power,
To raid and ravish every clime,
For God may then shower calamities unforeseen,
Beneath the load of which you'll quail and cower.
The righteous will always achieve success,
The impure will, their evil lot bemoan,
God will bless the good with a place in heaven,
The wicked must in hell their sins atone,
In pain and sorrow they will always groan,
The Chinvat Bridge they cannot hope to cross,
They will not reach Almighty Mazda's throne,
If you wish to avoid this everlasting agony,
Then mend your ways or forever mourn the loss.
The misguided, reckless and proud .. no friendships know,
They do no useful work throughout their lives,
No alms they give, no charity bestow,
They hate and shirk all honest industry.
They lurk in ambush to pillage and plunder
Poor cattle they destroy or drive away.
All acts of piety and truth they avoid,
To give their passions unrestricted sway,
Their lasting stay will be in dismal hell.
From the first the gifts ordained for Magavs
Will be conferred on all who follow me,
Come all who for religious knowledge thirst,
Who wish the joys of paradise to see,
And from hell's jaws desire to be free.
For your good deeds Garothman(heaven) you will gain,
That is Mazda's plain decree.
You will in His bright presence ever remain
And form a part of His angelic train.
An illustrious leader, a sovereign just and wise,
By Mazda's grace and favour happily reigns
Supreme .... and all his foes defies.
With truth and mercy gains his subjects' love,
Retains their loyalty by his honest sway,
He is a leader philanthropic and kind,
By perfect equity his rule maintains.
His people work with zeal and peace of mind
And find worthy fields of occupation.
Farshostar was of the famous Habub race,
Who had a worthy daughter, deeply read and wise,
Endowed with a noble mind and charming grace,
Her precious hand and heart I highly prize,
She is an angel in a woman's guise,
May Almighty God our union fully bless,
With Thy fixed laws she cheerfully complies,
Her fluent tongue all hearers will impress,
With her benign help I'll score success.
Sage Jamasp of the renowned Habub clan,
Ever tries to learn the highest wisdom,
With meditation sound and studying deep,
He wishes to obtain an unsullied fame,
He works with earnest zeal the youth to train,
He wins honour with truth and honest love,
He leads a model life, grandly sedate,
His help to me begins a golden age,
His able guidance weans the world from sins.
