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Song 16.14 (Yasna 51.14)

`,mVra ,TArtsAW ,Onaprak `,AcsaybiOtAd ,AqAwru ,TiOn

`,AcSiAhgNVs ,AcSiAnqOayK ,SiAX `,AdNVsA ,SiOrA ,iOwag

.,TAdA ,EnAmvd ,OjUrd `,mvmVpa ,OhgNVs ,SI ,V%

Transliterated Text:

nôit urvâtâ dâtôibyascâ
karapanô vâstrât arêm
gavôi ârôish âsêñdâ
xvâish shyaothanâishcâ sêñghâishcâ
ýê îsh sêñghô apêmem
drûjô demânê âdât.

Translated Text:

The mumbling priests are not friends.
They are sufficiently far from laws and from the settlement.
They take delight in injuring the world
with their deeds and teachings,
a doctrine that ultimately places them
in the house of wrong.

Commentary:

The priests who mumble and perform rituals with no knowledge or care are not friends and well-wishers. They do not honor laws and are not productive members of the human society. Instead, they harm the world by their actions and by their religiosity; their wrong doctrine keeps them in a state of wrong.

Pondering Point:

“Manipulative teachers of religion and ideology take pleasure in injuring the living world, but their teachings will ultimately place them in the house of deceit.”


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