Airyaman Ishya - Structure and Content

Structure and Content

The airyaman ishya has 24 words in total, divided into two halves of 30 syllables each, distributed as 11,12,7 + 11,7,12.

Like all Gathic Avestan verses, the prayer is altogether ambiguous and translations vary significantly. One transliteration and translation reads:

ā airyə̄mā išyō rafθrāi jantu
nerebyas.ca nāribyas.ca zaraθuštrahya
wahauš rafθrāi manahah
May the desired Brotherhood come for the support
of the men and women of Zarathushtra
for the support of Good Mind
yā dayanā wariyam hanāt miždam
artahya yāsā artīm
yām išiyām ahurah masata mazdāh
so that the Conscience of every person earns
the choice reward, the reward of Truth
a wish regarded by the Supreme Wisdom.

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