Section 1
Invocation
O Hormazd, Lord, may destructive rule and the powers of deceit be defeated and kept far away.
Kusti & Initiatory
Hormezd-i Khodai
Repentance and the tying of the sacred thread
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A Pazand confession that rejects harmful thought, speech, and action and renews commitment to the good religion.
TEXT COVERAGEPazand core text
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SOURCE TEXT
Original-language text
Hormezd-i Khodāi... ezh hamā gunāh patit pashēmānōm... ezh haravistīn dushmat, duzhūkht, duzhvaresht... pa patit hōm.
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COMPLETE SEQUENCE
Full English translation & ritual order
Section 2
Confession
I repent of every bad thought, bad word, and bad action that I have thought, spoken, or done; every wrong that happened through me or began with me.
Section 3
Renunciation
For sins of thought, word, and deed—of body and soul, material and spiritual—I am contrite. I renounce them and separate myself from them.
Section 4
Renewal
As the Kusti is tied, I bind thought, word, and action again to the path of Asha.
Natural English
O Wise Lord, I turn away from the harm I have caused in thought, speech, and action. Let this daily act of tying restore integrity between what I believe, say, and do.
The Asha understanding
Repentance is not passive guilt. It is a practical re-alignment: identify the lie, renounce it, repair what can be repaired, and bind life again to Asha.
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