Section 1
1. Opening and dedication
With satisfaction for Ahura Mazda, recite Ashem Vohu three times and profess the Mazdayasnian, Zoroastrian faith. Honor Ushahin, Berejya, and Nmanya as righteous masters of the deepest watch.
The Five Gāhs
Ushahin Gāh
Midnight to dawn—the watch of vigilance
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The full night watch honoring Sraosha, dawn, the Amesha Spentas, the souls of the departed, Fire, and the discipline of spiritual wakefulness.
TEXT COVERAGEOpening dedication
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Ushahināi ashaonē ashahe rathwē yasnāicha vahmāicha khshnaothrāicha frasastayaēcha…
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COMPLETE SEQUENCE
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Section 2
2. Powers of this watch
Honor victorious Sraosha, straight Rashnu, and Arshtad—the powers that hear, judge rightly, and further the world.
Section 3
Ahura Mazda and the righteous tradition
We honor Ahura Mazda, Zarathushtra, the Fravashi of Zarathushtra, and the righteous Amesha Spentas.
Section 4
The Fravashis and masters of Asha
We honor the good, powerful, beneficent Fravashis in the spiritual and material worlds, and the worthy masters and helpers of Asha who accomplish their responsibilities.
Section 5
5. Dawn within darkness
Honor Ushahin and the beautiful, radiant dawn that moves through the seven regions. Honor Ahura Mazda, Vohu Manah, Asha Vahishta, Khshathra Vairya, and Spenta Armaiti.
Section 6
6. The discipline of the home
Honor Berejya and Nmanya: the practice of Asha and the good religion within the ordered household.
Section 7
7–8. Sraosha, judgment, and remembrance
Honor Sraosha, Rashnu, Arshtad, Fire, sacred offerings, Apam Napat, Nairyosangha, and the souls and Fravashis of the righteous departed.
Section 8
Sacred creation and good deeds
We honor the Fire of Ahura Mazda, the waters, the plants, the spiritual helpers, the souls and Fravashis of the righteous, all teachings of Zarathushtra, and every good deed already done or still to be done.
Section 9
Yenghe Hatam
Among living beings, Ahura Mazda knows—through Asha—who is worthy of reverence. We honor those righteous ones, women and men.
Section 10
Closing blessing
May splendor, health, endurance, abundant well-being, worthy descendants, a long life, and the luminous best existence of the righteous be granted. May healing, courage, truthful action, and the strength of the beneficent creation come. May the merit of all good people spread through the seven regions. Thus may it be as I pray.
Natural English
In the deepest darkness, I practice wakefulness. I remember the departed, guard the mind from deception, and prepare for renewed light.
The Asha understanding
Ushahin teaches that darkness is not empty time. It is the testing ground of attention, memory, conscience, and hope before the return of light.
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