Bahman Yasht 09 - Frashegird Final Renovation
Zand-i Wahman Yasn (Bahman Yasht), Chapter 9 Translated by E.W. West (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 5, 1880)
CHAPTER IX.
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As regards Ausedar it is manifest that he will be born in the year one thousand and eight hundred; at thirty years of age he will come to a conference with me, Ohrmazd, and accept the Religion. (2) When he will come out of the conference, he will exclaim to the swift-horsed Sun: “Stand thou still!“
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The swift-horsed Sun will stand still for ten days and nights. (4) When this will happen, all the people of the world will remain in the good Religion of Mazda-worship.
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Mihr having a wide domain will exclaim to Ushedar the Zartoshtian: “O Ushedar, true restorer of Religion! claim to the swift-horsed Sun: ‘go down’! for it is dark in the regions Arzah, Voru-barishn, Voru-jarishn, and a half of shining Khwanias.”
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And Ushedar the Zartoshtian exclaims to the swift-horsed Sun: ‘Go down!‘
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The swift-horsed glorious Sun will go down, and all mankind will believe in the good Religion of Mazda-worship.
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He, Ohrmazd, said: “O Spitaman Zartosht! this is what I foretell that this event will bring the creatures back to their life. (9) And when it will be near the millenium’s end, Peshyotan son of Vishtasp will appear; the victorious Kayanian Light will approach him. (10) Those enemies who will be set upon deceitfulness, such as the Turk, the Arab, the Aruman, and the vile ones of the Iranian sovereign will advance with preponderance, oppression, and enmity to the State, will extinguish the fire and weaken the Religion, and carry strength and victory away from it; and all those who will willingly accept or unwillingly accept the Code and Religion, will be smiting the Code and Religion, till when it is the millenium’s end.
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And then, when the millenium of Ushedarmah will come, the creatures will be more progressive and more powerful on account of Ushedarmah, and he will smite the deceiver of the Az origin, and Peshyotan son of Vishtasp will, in the same manner be the arch-priest and primate of the world.
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And in that millenium of Ushedarmah’s, mankind will be so versed in medicine, will so utilize medicine and cures that they will not die, even when there is decisiveness towards death, nor too when they will smite and slay with the sword and the knife.
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Then an apostate will ask for a kind of share and reward, they will not give it on account of his wickedness and apostacy. (14) And the apostate, owing to that spite, will have access to that mountain Demavand, that is in the direction of Bivarasp and exclaim: “It is now nine thousand years that Faridoon is not living; for what reason is it that thou dost not break these fetters and rise up, when this
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After the apostate will exclaim thus in this wise, since Azi Dahak will not first break those fetters, owing to the fear of that Faridoon of the clan, who will stand up before him in the ‘karp’-body of Faridoon, until the apostate will break those fetters and stake from their root; (16) then Dahak’s vigour will increase, he will break the fetters from their root, will be in the act of rushing and will devour the apostate on the spot; he will be rushing in the world in order to perpetrate sin, and he will commit innumerable heinous sins; he will devour one-third of men, oxen, sheep, and other creatures of Ohrmazd; and he will smite the Water, the Fire, and the Vegetation and commit heinous sins.
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Then, the Water, the Fire, and the Vegetation will be complaining before Ohrmazd the Lord. (18) They will make this lament: “Make Faridoon alive again so that he may slay Azi Dahak, for if Thou, O Ohrmazd I wilt not do this, we cannot remain on earth.” (19) The Fire says: “I will not spread”, and the Water says: “I will not flow.”
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And then I, Ohrmazd the Creator, will speak to Srosh and Neryosang Yazad: ‘Shake the body of Kersasp the son of Sam, that he may rise up.”
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And then Srosh and Neryosang Yazad will go to Kersasp and exclaim three times. (22) And the fourth time, Sam will rise up with triumph and go towards Azi Dahak; he will not listen to his words, he will strike the triumphant club on the head, and will smite and kill him.
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Then deceit and adversity will depart from this world, till I complete the millenium. (24) And then Soshyos will make the creatures pure again, and resurrection and the final-most material existence will occur.
POSTSCRIPT.
Completed with rejoinings, pleasure and joy. May it be according to the will of God! So may it be! Even the more so may it be!