Vendidad
Fargard XXI
Fargard XXI
Hail, bounteous bull! Hail to thee, beneficent bull! Hail to thee, who makest increase! Hail to thee, who makest growth! Hail to thee, who dost bestow his part upon the righteous faithful, and wilt bestow it on the faithful yet unborn! Hail to thee, whom the Gahi kills, and the ungodly Ashemaogha, and the wicked tyrant.
'Come, come on, O clouds, from up above, down on the earth, by thousands of drops, by myriads of drops' thus say, O holy Zarathustra! 'to destroy sickness, to destroy death, to destroy the sickness that kills, to destroy death that kills, to destroy Gadha and Apagadha.
If death come after noon, may healing come at eve! 'If death come at eve, may healing come at night! 'If death come at night, may healing come at dawn! 'And showers shower down new water, new earth, new plants, new healing powers, and new healing.
'As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place of the waters, rising up and going down, up the aerial way and down the earth, down the earth and up the aerial way: thus rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made the aerial way.
'Up! rise up and roll along! thou swifthorsed Sun, above Hara Berezaiti, and produce light for the world (and mayst thou [O man!] rise up there, if thou art to abide in Garô-nmânem) 4, along the path made by Mazda, along the way made by the gods, the watery way they opened.
And the Holy Word shall keep away the evil: Of thee [O child!] I will cleanse the birth and growth; of thee [O woman!] I will make the body and the strength pure; I make thee rich in children and rich in milk;
Rich in seed, in milk', in fat, in marrow, and in offspring. I shall bring to thee a thousand pure springs, running towards the pastures that give food to the child. 'Thus rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made the earth.
Up! rise up, thou Moon, that dost keep in thee the seed of the bull;
As the sea Vouru-kasha is the gathering place 'Thus rise up and roll along! thou in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made everything that grows. in
Up! rise up, ye deep Stars, that have the seed of waters; you 'Thus rise up and roll along! ye in whose rising and growing Ahura Mazda made everything that rises.
'In your rising away will the Kahvuzi fly and cry, away will the Ayêhi fly and cry, away will the Gahi, who follows the Yâtu, fly and cry. §§ 18-23 Farg. XX, 9–13.