MITHRA TO BE PASSED WHILE PERFORMING THE KUSTI RITUAL

Prayer
Khshnaothra
Ahurahe Mazdao
Ashem Vohu 1

Action
Thought
Wash the hands, May this water wash away all physical impurities and prepare my
face and other body and soul for this important spiritual exercise
exposed
parts
with water and
dry them
Stand in a place
where no person
can pass in front
of you
Khshnaothra
I begin my performance of the Kusti so that evil is destroyed and
Ahurahe Mazdao
goodness is increased, thereby making Ahura Mazda happy.
Ashem Vohu 1
Kem na Mazda
didareshta
aenanghe

When the passions within me arise and tempt me to do evil, who

else, but You, O Mazda will help me, will save me?

Anyem thwahmat
daenayai
fravaocha

Reveal to me, O Ahura, the wondrous true knowledge of the

religion, which will purify my mind and activate the hidden Atash in
me!

Ke
verethrem-ja
thwa vashi
kahmaichit

Provide for me, O Lord, an able Guide, who shall deliver me from
this world to the other and from there to salvation, through Sarosh
and Bahman, and your powerful Avesta Manthras.

Pata-no
Point both your O most beautiful Armaiti! Make me taste the true knowledge of
tbishyantat pairi hands towards the Mazda! Protect my body, my mind and my soul from all attacks of
Mazdaoscha
ground
the wicked ones!
Armaitishcha
spentascha
Nase daevi druksh Point your face All the filth, spiritual evil and seeds of evil which may have gathered
apakhedre apa towards the north in my aura from the time of my last Kusti, may they all be driven
nasyehe
away from myself to the north!
Ma merenchainish
gaethao astvaitish
ashahe

So that the 16 Chakhras (Spiritual Centres) in my invisible body may

function perfectly and hasten my spiritual progress.

Nemascha
ya Place the index Homage to you, O Spenta Armaiti, Mother of the Earth! Our
Armaitish izacha
finger of the right Protector! May I imbibe your qualities of obedience, bearing the
hand on the navel load of others and humility.
and bow down to
the earth using the
left hand
Ashem Vohu 1

May the cool blue Staot vibrations of the Ashem pass through my
entire body and grant me spiritual prosperity!
Untie the Kusti,
double up and
loop the Kusti in
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Hormuzd, Khuda

the left hand

index finger (not
the thumb)

O Lord of the Universe! My personal Khuda! May I always be

engrossed in your thoughts!

Ahiriman
Gently shake the May the entire army of the evil Ahriman be defeated! May all the
avadashan zad Kusti three times clouds of evil gathered by him and his helpers, all types of evil
shikaste bad.
in the North
persons be defeated.
Dush padshahan Gently shake the May the rule of all evil be gone forever! May the evil thinkers be
avadashan
Kusti three times destroyed! May the effect of the evil ones be dissolved
baddushamanan in the North
avadashan bad
Hormazd, Khuda

O Lord of the Universe! My personal Khuda! May I always be

immersed in your thoughts!

Az hama gunah While

reciting
patet bud ested, dushmata,
az an gunah
duzhukhta,
duzhvarshta ,
gently shake the
Kusti three times
in the North

For all my evil thoughts, words and deeds which I may have
committed, I offer humble Patet I repent for the sins and with
fully active thought, word and deed I promise not to commit them
again.

Manashni
gavashni kunashni

Make two loops May I pass from this world and into the next world and enter the
on either side of eternal word of happiness!
the Kusti, first on
the right, then the
left

Tani ravani geti

pa patet hom

All my sins relating to my body, this earth, the other world, for all
my sins I offer humble Patet, so that I may pass from this world and
progress through the next world to enter into the world of eternal
happiness

Khshnaothra
Ahurahe Mazdao

O Ahura! May I please You with the practice of Holiness and Truth!

Taroidite angrahe Gently shake the May I be forever away from all evil and see through its fake
mainyeush
Kusti three times temptations!
in the North
(without opening
the loops)
Haithyavarshtam
Tie the Kusti May I pass my entire life in the pursuit of righteousness and hoping
hyat
vasna around the waist for the protection of the Abed Sahebs!
ferashotemem
and bring it back
to the front
Staomi
Ashem,
Ashem Vohu 1

Through this Kusti on my waist may I catch the sky blue, spiritual
prosperity giving Staot vibrations of the Ashem Vohu!
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Yatha Ahu Vairyo Tie the first knot You, O Dadar Ahura Mazda, are the Only Truth
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in the front with
the right hand
Yatha Ahu Vairyo Tie the second Prophet Zarathushtra is Your True Messenger! May we always bear
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knot in the front Him in our hearts!
with the left hand
Ashem Vohu 1

Tie the two knots May I always follow the commandments of the religion as revealed
at the back, first by our Prophet Zarathushtra! May I always be able to honour my
with the right promise to Him!
hand and then
with the left

Jasa me avangahe Take the index O Mazda! May my thoughts words and deeds be such that I am
Mazda! (3 times)
fingers of both always immersed in your thoughts!
hands and place
them within the
two front knots of
the Kusti and
place your eyes on
them
Mazdayasno ahmi
mazdayasno
Zarathushtrish
fravarane
astutascha
fravaretascha

I am a Mazdayasni, a follower of the truth as delivered by Prophet

Zarathushtra! I declare myself as a follower of that Noble Path,
which will take me from this world to the other, and from there to
the World of Eternal Happiness!

Astuye humatem
manohvarshtem
shyaothnem

May my thoughts, words and deeds always be in consonance with

the laws of the Zoroastrian religion.

Astuye
daenam
vanghuhim

khaetwadatham
Ashaonim

I dedicate my life to this religion, which forever ends the battle of

the mind, which breaks the shackles of this physical body, and
which will finally unite me with my whole Ruvan and the Lord.

Ya haitinamcha
ya
ahuirish
Zarathushtrish

Of all roads that lead to God, my religion is the greatest, the most
majestic, the most beautiful. I offer my life for my religion.

Ahurai
Mazdai
vispa astutish.
Ashem Vohu 1

With this Ashem Vohu, I offer thousands and thousands of salaams

to my religion and its Prophet Zarathushtra! May all the blessings
and benedictions of Ahura Mazda enter into my body and my soul
and remain there forever!

Release the index

fingers from the
front knots.

Ervad Marzban J. Hathiram

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