THE GATHAS – Concluding Prayer

 Â Airyemâ Ishyâ

Zarathushtra came with a dynamic divine thought-provoking message. He persevered so he could spread it, and finally, he succeeded in this mission: Forging a fresh Fellowship based on Good Thoughts, Good Words and Good Deeds. 

This was a Fellowship based on serving the Wise God and the world we live in, a Fellowship in which every Zarathushtrian man and woman could conscientiously work toward Righteousness for the sake of the Best Righteousness alone.

A world Fellowship of men and women bringing peace and prosperity to every living being is one of the main goals of the religion of Good Conscience. It is the fulfillment of Zarathushtra’s mission, a mission aimed at perfecting the world in mind and matter, spirit and body toward immortality and union with God. It is the fellowship for which he rose, worked and succeeded. It is the universal union which is desired. It is a unity which would bring true happiness to every person in every family. It is the unity built by loving families. It is the outcome of true spiritual and physical democracy in which there would exist no oppressor and no oppressed. It is to tread the path of righteousness with a good and sound mind. Its reward is righteousness.

While Yatha Ahu are the words at the beginning of the Gathas, Â Airyema Ishya are the words at their end. One is the aim of creating a perfectly happy world and the other is the culmination of the aim. Â Airyema Ishya is a prayer which wishes us a worthy world of unity, through the Religion of Good Conscience and the Fellowship it establishes. It is a beautiful benediction with which Zarathushtra concludes his inspired and inspiring songs of divine love and sublime guidance, the Gathas.

May we continue to follow the divine principles of wholeness and immortality by studying and practicing the thought-provoking message of the Gathas. And may we continue to be worthy members of the Fellowship of right-useness.

(Yasna 54.1)

Closing stanza      

THE WORLD ZARATHUSHTRIAN FELLOWSHIP

May the desired Fellowship come for the support of the men and women of Zarathushtra, for the support of good mind, so that the conscience of every person earns the choice reward, the reward of righteousness, a wish regarded by the Wise Lord.       

       

Zarathushtra concludes his Sublime Songs with a solemn prayer: He prays for the promotion of the Universal Fellowship that would support the men and women living a life of the good mind, with all they look for being the reward of righteousness alone. That is the reward God wishes to give every person.

Seek to aid in the creation of a World Fellowship dedicated to improving and perfecting existence.

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We invite your comments on these Gathas so that our insights might teach one another.

Previous Installment:  Yasna Haptanghaiti

Initial Installment:  ZARATHUSTRA’S WORK: the Gathas, and Introduction 

Source: The Gathas - Zarathushtrian Assembly  See the index on the left of the page for the Song labeled in the title of this article.