CHAPTER 22.

1. May Ohrmazd give thee the august rank and throne of a champion! 2. May Vohuman give thee wisdom! may the benefit of knowing Vohuman be good thought, and mayest thou be acting well, that is, saving the soul! 3. May Ardwahisht, the beautiful, give thee understanding and intellect! 4. May Shahrewar grant thee wealth from every generous one! 5. May Spandarmad grant thee praise through the seed of thy body! may she give thee as wife a woman from the race of the great! 6. May Hordad grant thee plenty and prosperity! 7. May Amurdad grant thee herds of four-footed beasts! 8. May Den [i.e. Day-pa-Adar] always secure thee the support of the creator Ohrmazd!

9. May the light of the sublime Adar hold thy throne in heaven! 10. May Aban grant thee wealth from every generous one! 11. May Khwar [Khwarshed] hold thee without mystery and doubt among the great and thy compeers (hambutikan)! 12. May Mah give thee an assistant, who is the assistant of champions! 13. May Tishtar hold thee a traveler in the countries of the seven regions! 14. Goshorun the archangel is the protection of four-footed beasts. 15. May Den [i.e. Day-pa-Mihr] always remain for thee as the support of the creator Ohrmazd! 16. May Mihr be thy judge, who shall wish thy existence to be vigorous! 17. May Srosh the righteous, the smiter of demons, keep greed, wrath, and want far from thee!

may he destroy them, and may he not seize thee as unjust! 18. May Rashn be thy conductor to the resplendent heaven! 19. May Frawardin give thee offspring, which may bear the name of thy race! 20. Warharan the victorious is the stimulator of the warlike. 21. May Ram, applauding the life of a praiser of the persistent lord, keep-thee perfect (aspar), that is, living three hundred years a, undying and undecaying unto the end of thy days! 22. May Wad bring thee peace from the resplendent heaven! 23. May Den [i.e. Day-pa-Den] always secure thee the support of the creator Ohrmazd! 24. May Den become thy guest in thy home and dwelling!

25. Ashishwangh [Ard] the beautiful, is the resplendent glory of the Kayanians. 26. May Ashtad be thy helper, who is the assistant of champions! 27. May Asman bless thee with all skill and wealth! 28. May Zamyad [Zam] destroy for thee the demon and fiend out of thy dwelling! 29. May Mahraspand hold thee a throne in the resplendent heaven! 30. May Anagran the immortal, with every kind of all wealth, become thy desire! the horses of God (yazdan) who shall come that he may go, and thou mayest obtain a victory. 31. May destiny give thee a helper he is the guardian of the celestial sphere for all these archangels whose names I have brought forward, may he be thy helper at all times, in every good work and duty!

32. Homage to Srit the teacher! may he live long! may he be prosperous in the land! may his be every pleasure and joy, and every glory of the Kayanians, through the will of the persistent Ohrmazd!