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A THOUGHT A DAY, TO PRACTICE, SAY AND PRAY (134th Day of 3741 ZRE)

10 Amordad 3741 ZRE = 1 August 2003 CE
41st Day of Summer - 134th Day of 3741 & the Solar Year

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

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Ushtavaiti Gatha

Song Nine

ANSWERING QUESTIONS

Transliterated Text (Form I):

tat thwâ peresâ eresh môi vaocâ ahurâ
ýezî ahyâ ashâ pôi mat xshayehî
hyat hêm spâdâ anaocanghâ jamaêtê
avâish urvâtâish ýâ-tû mazdâ dîderezhô
kuthrâ ayå kahmâi vananãm dadå.

Transliterated Text (Form II):

tat thwaa peresaa eresh moi vaochaa ahuraa
yezee ahyaa ashaa poi mat khshayehee
hyat haym spaadaa anaochanghaa jamaetay
avaaish urvaataaish yaa too mazdaa deederezho
kuthraa ayaao kahmaai vananaam dadaao.

Translated Text:

This I ask You, tell me truly, Lord.
If You rule this world through righteousness,
then when the two opposing teams come together,
keeping in view the rules which You, Wise One, have ordained,
where and to which of the two, will You grant victory?
(Gathas: 9-15)

Summary Substance: The question to is the clear answer: Ahura rules the world
through the principle of preciseness. When the two parties, the righteous and
the wrongful, come face to face in life, the victory of winning the other side
over goes to the righteous.

Pondering Points: Right shall win wrong over.

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

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