Ushtavaiti
Gatha
THE SONGS LEADING TO RADIANT
HAPPINESS
Song 10
Proclamation
(11 stanzas -- Days
140th to 150th)
140th Day
Transliterated Text:
at
fravaxshyâ nû gûshôdûm nû sraotâ
ýaêcâ asnât ýaêcâ dûrât ishathâ
nû îm vîspâ cithrê zî mazdånghôdûm
nôit daibitîm dush-sastish ahûm merãshyât
akâ varanâ dregvå hizvå âveretô.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall
proclaim, hear and listen,
you who have come from near and far as seekers.
Now, clearly bear these in mind.
Let not the evil teacher, the wrongful,
with his evil choice and perverted tongue, destroy life for a second
time.
(Gathas:
10-1)
Summary Substance: Feeling
fully confident of how to spread his message, Zarathushtra calls a
conference. People flock in
from far and near to hear him. He
addresses them. He wants to
make one point clear. He
wants them to bear in mind that evil teachers have chosen evil and use
perverse language to seduce them back -- a trick that would destroy
their life now being built on a new, fresh standard.
Pondering Points:
Once guided should never get misguided.
141st Day
Transliterated Text:
at
fravaxshyâ anghêush mainyû pouruyê
ýayå spanyå ûitî mravat ýêm añgrem
nôit nâ manå nôit sêñghâ nôit xratavô
naêdâ varanâ nôit uxdhâ naêdâ shyaothanâ
nôit daênå nôit urvãnô hacaiñtê.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall
proclaim the two foremost mentalities of life.
Of these, the more progressive one told the retarding one thus:
Neither our thoughts, nor teachings, nor intellects,
nor choices, nor words, nor deeds,
nor consciences, nor souls agree.
(Gathas:
10-2)
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra proclaims a second important point.
The two mentalities play a foremost part in our lives.
They are the good and evil mentality in human mind. One is more
progressive and the other is the retarding one.
They have nothing in common.
They differ in thought, teaching, wisdom, choice, words, deeds,
reflection and their very basis.
Pondering Points:
Good and evil, two opposite mentalities in human mind, share
nothing in common.
142nd Day
Transliterated Text:
at
fravaxshyâ anghêush ahyâ pourvîm
ýãm môi vîdvå mazdå vaocat ahurô
ýôi îm vê nôit ithâ mãthrem varesheñtî
ýathâ îm mênâicâ vaocacâ
aêibyô anghêush avôi anghat apêmem.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall
proclaim the foremost point of this life,
which the Wise God, the Knowing told me:
Those of you who do not practice the thought-provoking doctrine
the way I understand and explain it,
shall experience a woeful end of life.
(Gathas:
10-3)
Summary Substance:
The third important point proclaimed by Zarathushtra is a
warning. He has realized
through his divine communion with the Wise One, a doctrine which
stimulates mind to clearly think and decide to follow the Primal
Principles of Life. If one does not use discretion and blindly follows
what he/she is taught and told, he/she would experience a woeful life.
Pondering Points: Hear
good, think clear, avoid disaster.
143rd Day
Transliterated Text:
at
fravaxshyâ anghêush ahyâ vahishtem
ashât hacâ mazdâ vaêdâ ýê îm dât
patarêm vanghêush varezayañtô mananghô
at hôi dugedâ hushyaothanâ ârmaitish
nôit diwzhaidyâi vîspâ-hishas ahurô.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall
proclaim the best in this life,
which, I know through righteousness, the Wise One gave.
He is the patron of active good mind,
and the good-working serenity is His creation.
The all-watching God cannot be deceived.
(Gathas:
10-4)
Summary Substance:
The fourth point, the best one to know in this life, is that
Mazda is the creator of both good mind and serenity - two principles
which are essential to promote a righteous way of life.
Zarathushtra realized the fact through the Universal Law of
Righteousness. And
Zarathushtra reminds us that Ahura is watching all and is in full
contact with the creation. Nothing
can go undetected. It is futile on part of some who think they can
deceive God - a practice among polytheists.
Pondering Points:
Mazda established the Primal Principles of Life to watch us be
honest in our acts.
144th Day
Transliterated Text:
at
fravaxshyâ hyat môi mraot speñtôtemô
vacê srûidyâi hyat maretaêibyô vahishtem
ýôi môi ahmâi seraoshem dãn cayascâ
upâ-jimen haurvâtâ ameretâtâ
vanghêush manyêush shyaothanâish mazdå ahurô.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall
proclaim the word which the Most Progressive One told me.
It is the best to be heard by mortals.
Those who pay it attention and observance,
shall have wholeness and immortality,
and reach the Wise God through their actions of good mind.
(Gathas:
10-5)
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra proclaims the Message he has realized through his
communion with God who is the most progressive. The Message is,
therefore, very progressive. It
is the best to be heeded by mankind.
If given the attention and the observance it deserves, and then
followed wisely by good actions, it surely will lead to perfection and
immortality.
Pondering Points: Progressive message means progress
to perpetual perfection.
145th Day
Transliterated
Text:
at
fravaxshyâ vîspanãm mazishtem
stavas ashâ
ýê hudå ýôi heñtî
speñtâ
mainyû sraotû mazdå ahurô
ýehyâ
vahmê vohû frashî mananghâ
ahyâ xratû
frô mâ sâstû vahishtâ.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall
proclaim the Greatest of all.
I shall praise Him through righteousness.
He is beneficent to those who exist.
May Wise God hear me through the progressive mind.
I have taken counsel with good mind in His glory.
May He, with this wisdom, guide me best.
(Gathas:
Song 10-6)
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra now makes his most important proclamation.
It is Mazda Ahura, the Super-Intellect Being, his greatest
discovery, his best realization. He vows to praise Mazda through
righteousness and precision in action.
The first praise is that Mazda is beneficent to all that exist.
He wants the Wise One to communicate to him through the
progressive mentality, the creative and promoting faculty.
While glorifying God, Zarathushtra is consulting his good mind so
that he is guided good to perform his duties in the best way.
Pondering Points: The
Super-Intellect Being, as against man-imagined deities, is the greatest
discovery. It is the best
impetus to think, speak and do good.
146th Day
Transliterated Text:
ýehyâ
savâ ishåñtî râdanghô
ýôi-zî jvâ ångharecâ bvañticâ
ameretâitî ashâunô urvâ aêshô
utayûtâ ýâ nerãsh sâdrâ dregvatô
tâcâ xshathrâ mazdå dãmish ahurô.
Translated Text:
The living,
the departed, and the yet-to-be-born
seek their great successes from Him.
The souls of the righteous shall eternally be strong.
The wrongful shall experience repeated failures.
The Wise God has, through His sovereignty, established these principles.
(Gathas:
10-7)
Summary Substance:
Having made his most important proclamation, Zarathushtra states
that all - living, departed or to be born, will succeed in their life
only if they follow the Divine Principles of Consequences.
Righteous people will enjoy eternal strength and the wrongful
will face failures until they amend their behavior.
Pondering Points: You
ARE responsible for your action. Do right, enjoy success, do wrong,
suffer failure.
147th Day
Transliterated Text:
têm nê
staotâish nemanghô â vîvareshô
nû zît cashmainî vyâdaresem
vanghêush manyêush shyaothanahyâ uxdhahxâcâ
vîdush ashâ ýêm mazdãm ahurem
at hôi vahmêñg demânê garô nidâmâ.
Translated Text:
I shall seek
to turn Him towards us with praises of reverence,
because I have now conceived Him with my eyes
of good thoughts, words, and deeds,
and perceived Him through righteousness as the Wise God.
Let us, then, offer our glorifications to Him in the House of Song.
(Gathas:
10-8)
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra is in communion with God.
He is venerating God because he has realized the Supreme Being
with the eyes of his good thoughts, words and deeds and that too through
comprehending the Universal Law of Precision.
He feels enchanted and wishes all of us, those who have heard his
proclamations, to glorify Mazda Ahura in the state where all is song for
soul, all music for mind..
Pondering Points:
Want to conceive God? Easy!
See through your good thoughts, words and deeds, and through the
precise order around you.
148th Day
Transliterated Text:
têm nê
vohû mat mananghâ cixshnushô
ýê-nê usên côret spêncâ aspêncâ
mazdå xshathrâ verezênyå dyât ahurô
pasûsh vîrêñg ahmâkêñg fradathâi â
vanghêush ashâ haozãthwât â mananghô.
Translated Text:
I shall seek
to please Him for us with good mind,
for He has granted us the will to choose between progress and
retrogress.
May the Wise God, through His sovereignty,
grant us the exercise to promote our cattle and men
with the cooperation of good mind through righteousness.
(Gathas:
10-9)
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra realizes that the Wise God has granted human beings
to choose between progress and retrogress - a freedom of choice that
guides him to praise Mazda through his good thoughts, words and deeds.
He prays for strength to work for the promotion of people and
their flocks - their livelihood. And
he wants to continue his work through good mind and precision - the
perfect way to work positive.
Pondering Points:
Freedom of choice is divine. Choose progress and promote the
world.
149th Day
Transliterated Text:
têm nê
ýasnâish ârmatôish mimaghzhô
ýê ãnmênî mazdå srâvî ahurô
hyat hôi ashâ vohucâ côisht mananghâ
xshathrôi hôi haurvâtâ ameretâtâ
ahmâi stôi dãn tevîshî utayûitî.
Translated Text:
I shall seek
to exalt Him for us with praises of serenity,
Who, by a new name, is known as the Wise God.
He grants, through righteousness and good mind,
wholeness and immortality in His dominion.
May He grant us steadfast strength and endurance.
(Gathas:
10-10)
Summary Substance:
Serene and satisfied, Zarathushtra glorifies God because Him is
no more the old conception of a deity.
He is the Super-Intellect Being, a new name that defines Him the
best. He has established
Primal Principles of Life according to which one achieves immortal
perfection in the divine dominion.
May He grant us lasting strength and endurance!
Pondering Points:
Super-Intellect, Master Mind that kindly creates, carefully
maintains, and pleasingly promotes.
150th Day
Transliterated Text:
ýastâ
daêvêñg aparô mashyãscâ
tarê-mãstâ ýôi îm tarê-manyañtâ
anyêñg ahmât ýê hôi arêm manyâtâ
saoshyañtô dêñg patôish speñtâ daênâ
urvathô barâtâ patâ vâ mazdâ ahurâ.
Translated Text:
He who
denies the false gods and their men,
just as they deny him, and unlike others,
acknowledges Him in good spirit, is,
through his progressive conscience, the beneficent and master of house,
rather a friend, brother, and father, O Wise God.
(Gathas:
10-11)
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra is explicit about Mazda Ahura.
One has to categorically deny false gods. One has to completely
one's mind to understand, and that too in good spirit, the Being, the
Essence, Zarathushtra is describing as the Super-Intellect.
Such a person, because of his/her progressive conscience,
progressive insight, becomes a benefactor, a leader, in fact a friend,
brother/sister, and parent for the community. (Note: words for brother
and father, when used in neuter gender stands for both sexes in Avesta
and Sanskrit).
Pondering
Points:
Forget gods to comprehend
God - Mazda Ahura. Then act sincerely to benefit the world fellowship.
