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Hormazd Khoday

From Behdin

Hormazd Khodāy ahereman awādashān dūr avāz-dāshtār; zad shekasteh bād, ahereman, devān darujān, jādūān darvandān kīkān karafān sāstārān, gunehgārān āshmoghān darvandān dushmanān frīyān zad shekasteh bād. Dushpādashāhān awādashān bād; dushmanān satoh bād; dushmanān awadashan bād. Hormazd Khodāy az hamā gunāh patet pashemānum, az harvastīn dushmata duzukhta duzvarshta, mem pa getī manid, oim goft oim kard, oim jast, oim būn būd ested, az ān gunāh manashnī gavashnī kunashnī, tanī ravānī, geti mīnoānī, okhe awākhsh pashemān, pa sē gavashnī pa patet hom. Khshnaothra ahurahe mazdāo; tarōidīte anghrahe mainyēush. Haithyā varshtām hyat vasnā ferashōtemem; staomi Ashem. Ashem Vohū 1. Yathā Ahū Vairyō 2. Ashem Vohū 1.

  • Translation: Dādār Hormazd (is) the Lord (of the entire Universe) (and) keeps the swithholder and keeper at a distance of the wicked and powerless Ahriman, May (that Ahriman) be smitten and defeated! May (all these) Ahriman, daevas, drujas, sorcerers, wicked ones, Kiks, Karaps, tyrants, sinners, āshmoghs, impious ones, enemies, witches be smitten and defeated! May the wicked rulers cease to exist! May the enemies be confounded! May the enemies be non-existent and perish. O Lord Hormazd! I am in renunciation of, and desist from, all sins: wicked thoughts which in (this) world I have thought, wicked words which I have spoken, wicked deeds which I have committe (and) which have occurred through me and which have originated by me - (all these sins mentioned above) relating to thought, relating to word, and relating to deed, pertaining to (my own) body, pertaining to (my own) soul, pertaining to this world, pertaining to the world beyond from all these sins, O Hormazd! I am in renunciation and keep myself away, (and) with the three words (Manashni, Gavashni, Kunashni) I repent. (May there be) propitiation of Ahura Mazda! (May there be) contempt of Angra Mainyu the Evil Spirit! Whatever is the wish of the doers of righteous deeds, is superior (to all other wishes). I praise righteousness.

Explanation: Hormazd is the Creator of the entire world and is the ruler over it, there is none equal to Him. May Ahriman and all his daevas, drujas, sorcerers, tyrants, etc., be shattered, smitten and defeated! O Holy Protector! For whatever sins have been committed by me. For whatever wicked thoughts I have harboured for whatever wicked word I have spoken and for whatever wicked actions I have done or have been executed by me unknowingly - for all these types of sins I sincerely repent and atone for.