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A THOUGHT A DAY, TO PRACTICE, SAY AND PRAY (29th Day of 3742 ZRE)

29 Farvardin 3742 ZRE = 17 April 2004 CE
29th Day of Spring - 29th Day of 3742 & the Solar Year

Read it day after day,
and feel a fresh sway
to live and help live
in a new way.


Ahunavaiti Gatha

Song Three

Transliterated Text (Form I):

atcâ hyat tâ hêm mainyû
jasaêtem paourvîm dazdê
gaêmcâ ajyâitîmcâ
ýathâcâ anghat apêmem anghush
acishtô dregvatãm
at ashâunê vahishtem manô.

Transliterated Text (Form II):

atchaa hyat taa haym mainyoo
jasaetem paourveem dazday
gaemchaa ajyaaiteemchaa
yathaachaa anghat apaymem anghush
achishto dregvataanm
at ashaaunay vahishtem mano.

Translated Text:

Now, when the two mentalities
first got together,
they created "life" and "not-living."
Until the end of existence,
the worst mind shall be for the wrongful,
and the best mind shall be for the righteous.
(Gathas: Song 3 - stanza 4)

Summary Substance: When the two mentalities begin functioning, the good creates
true life but the other disrupts it into a wretched living. It makes one live
without enjoying life. An evil mind turns one to think, talk and do wrong, and
grow worse. A brilliant mind builds one into a righteous person. This is the
Universal Law. Only a return to the better mentality can save one.

Pondering Points: Life is for living and not wasting. Wrong deludes to
ever-worse misery. Right leads to good, better, best.

(from "The Gathas, Our Guide," translated and annotated by Ali A. Jafarey,
Cypress, California, USA, 1989)

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