Zoroaster — "O Fashioner of the World! O Creator of the waters and plants! Grant Thou to me T…"
O Fashioner of the World! O Creator of the waters and plants! Grant Thou to me Thy blessings of Perfection and Immortality!
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About Zoroaster (c. 1500-1000 BCE (debated))
Iranian prophet who founded Zoroastrianism, the first major religion of cosmic dualism between good (Ahura Mazda) and evil (Angra Mainyu). Closely associated with The Buddha (near-contemporary Eastern moral-cosmological revolutionary). For an intellectual contrast, see Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher of 'beyond good and evil' — Nietzsche appropriated Zarathustra's name for Thus Spoke Zarathustra (1883) precisely to invert the original's moral cosmology — the historical Zoroaster founded the good-versus-evil framework Nietzsche's character announces the end of.
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What it means
The speaker addresses the supreme creator who shaped the world, waters, and plants, asking for two specific gifts: perfection (wholeness of being) and immortality (eternal existence). It's a prayer acknowledging that life-sustaining elements come from a divine source, and requesting that the petitioner be elevated beyond ordinary human limits into a state of completeness and deathlessness bestowed directly by that maker.
Relevance to Zoroaster
Zoroaster founded Zoroastrianism and composed the Gathas, hymns addressed to Ahura Mazda, the 'Wise Lord' and fashioner of all creation. Perfection (Haurvatat) and Immortality (Ameretat) are two of his Amesha Spentas, divine attributes he personally articulated. Waters and plants are specifically guarded by these two entities in his theology, making this invocation a direct reflection of the cosmological framework he himself built.
The era
Zoroaster lived in ancient Iran, likely between 1500-1000 BCE, amid pastoral Indo-Iranian tribes worshipping many nature deities through animal sacrifice and ritual intoxication. He reformed this polytheism into one of history's earliest ethical monotheisms, centering one creator god. Agricultural life depended entirely on waters and vegetation in a harsh landscape, so blessing these elements wasn't abstract theology but survival prayer rooted in the community's daily struggle.
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