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A THOUGHT A DAY, TO PRACTICE, SAY AND PRAY (40th Day of 3742 ZRE)

9 Ardibehesht 3742 ZRE = 28 April March 2004 CE
40th Day of Spring - 40th 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 Four

Transliterated Text (Form I):

ýadâ ashem zevîm anghen
mazdåscâ ahurånghô
ashicâ ârmaitî
vahishtâ ishasâ mananghâ
maibyô xshathrem aojôñghvat
ýehyâ veredâ vanaêmâ drujem.

Transliterated Text (Form II):

yadaa ashem zeveem anghen
mazdaaoschaa ahuraaongho
ashichaa aarmaitee
vahishtaa ishasaa mananghaa
maibyo khshathrem aojonghvat
yehyaa veredaa vanemaa drujem.

Translated Text:

Translated Text:

When righteousness is to be invoked,
may the wise lords
be with reward and serenity.
I seek through my best mind
the powerful dominion for my people,
so that by promoting it, we can overcome wrong.
(Gathas: Song 4 - stanza 4)

Summary Substance: When one wishes to be righteous, the wise will be at
hand to guide him or her to what one wants. It is the reward sought and
also the serene satisfaction after obtaining it. And Zarathushtra, always
lead by his illuminated mind, wants a dominion powerful enough to have its
very expansion eliminate wrong.

Pondering Points: Want righteousness, ask the wise. It comes with
serenity. And illumination provides the power to eliminate evil.

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

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