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Song 4.16 (Yasna 31.16)
`,mvrqaSx ,Ayhanamvd ,SunAduh ,V% `,Owh ,Aqa% ,Tawa ,Asvrvp

`,Atazvrvpsa ,iAqadarf ,ACa `,AW ,SuVyFad ,AW ,AyharqiOK

.,AcsanqOayK ,A% ,TahMa ,Owh ,Ada% `,Aruha ,Adzam ,sLwABq

Transliterated Text:

peresâ avat ýathâ hvô
ýê hudânush demanahyâ xshathrem
shôithrahyâ vâ dah'yêush vâ
ashâ fradathâi asperezatâ
thwâvãs mazdâ ahurâ
ýadâ hvô anghat ýâ-shyaothanascâ.

Translated Text:

I ask this:
How does a munificent person,
who strives for promoting
the power of house, district, or land
with righteousness,
becomes, Wise Lord, like You,
and by what deeds?

Commentary:

Who but the person who promotes house, district or land—uniting units of human society—with his and her righteous acts, grows into a godlike being? Again an answering question!

Pondering Point:

“Promotion of human society makes one divine.”