![]() Kat hvarshtem, staötáish asha-paöiryáish-cha dámébísh. What is the purest essence in utterance? It is the effective counsel to the spirit/mind, the auspicious mantra. What is the purest essence in thought? It is the pristine, original in the mind of the good and virtuous. In Yasht 13.84 and Yasht 19.17, the seven great Ameshá/amertá Spəñtás or the “ahüric auspicious immortals” are themselves focusing on “ húmata “hükhta húvarshta.”Īn elucidation of the threefold formula is provided in Yasna 19.19: The fourth step that the luminous soul takes is to the unbounded, infinite lights. ![]() Hvarsht is the paradise of the purest, most delightful manifestation, realization. The third step that the luminous soul takes is to the paradise of beautiful action manifestation ( hvarsht,) varsht is Old Norse wyrd/urðr, German werden to become, come to pass, manifest. Hükht is the paradise of effective speech and words of power, wisdom. The second step that the luminous soul takes is to the paradise of beautiful words ( hükht,) words, expressions that are nectar-like and delightful as wine. The luminous soul passes the bridge to the realms beyond, taking the first step to the Paradise of beautiful thought ( hú.mat,) hú means “extract, essence, nectar, wine.” mat is “meditation, contemplation.” Hú.mat is the paradise of purest thoughts, meditations. The house of music & songs is called garö demanæ in Avestan Compare Avestan gar with Old Norse galdr (plural galdrar) deriving from a root for “singing” music/songs composed in a special metric measure. In the Haδōkht Nask 2.24-25 the Da æ n á “vision, insight” of the virtuous is identified with their purest essence in thoughts, words, and deeds by which the soul has been made beautiful, shining, and brilliant (2.33-34 ) the virtuous ascend through the three stages of “ húmata “hükhta hvarshta,” into the eternal lights, and then into the celestial house of music & songs of ahúrá manzdá. We read in Yasna 34.1, 1 st rhymed verse line: “ That which is my making, enterprise, that which is my voice, word, that which is my concentration, union, are all for immortality that which is indestructible, eternal.” It is this threefold motto that like the Old Norse rune wyrd/urðr, waves and shapes our destiny. Thus “h ú-mata, hükhta, hvarshta,” is in fact “the purest essence, nectar” in thoughts/mediation, “the purest essence, nectar” in speech and “the purest essence, nectar” in becoming. weorðan “to become.” The ancient NORSE RUNE “WYRD” literally “that which is in the process of happening, becoming” is identical to the Avestan word and concept here. The root “varesh/varez means ” “to come to pass, to become ” Compare German “werden,” Old.English. “varsht” or the second part of the third word of the formula occurs frequently in the poetic gathas, and the combination of “hvarsht” also appears in the 3 rd rhymed verse line of Yasna 49.4. äussern “to utter, express.” It comes from the root “vac” voice, word, speech, expressed wish/desire. “ükhta” or the second part of the second word of the formula means “utterance, speech, word.” Compare with German. ![]() medesthai “think about,” medon “ruler.” In Persian, the Avestan “ mata” is translated as pendaar “ponder, think.” “ mata” or the second part of the first word of the formula means “meditate, think, mentally focus Compare Gothic. “ hú or hü,” the first part of the Avestan formula means “extract, purest essence, nectar.” It is the same as Sanskrit sú, Old High German saf, german saft, english sap, liquid extract. The Zoroastrian threefold motto of “good thoughts, good words and good deeds” or “h ú-mata, hükhta, hvarshta,” simplifies our ancient religion and means the purest essence in thoughts, words and deeds.
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