Song 10.2 (Yasna 45.2)
Transliterated Text:
at fravaxshyâ anghêush mainyû pouruyê ýayå spanyå ûitî mravat ýêm añgrem nôit nâ manå nôit sêñghâ nôit xratavô naêdâ varanâ nôit uxdhâ naêdâ shyaothanâ nôit daênå nôit urvãnô hacaiñtê.
Translated Text:
Now, I shall proclaim the two foremost mentalities of life. Of these, the more progressive one told the retarding one thus: Neither our thoughts, nor teachings, nor intellects, nor choices, nor words, nor deeds, nor consciences, nor souls agree.
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra proclaims a second important point. The two mentalities play a foremost part in our lives; they are the good and evil mentality in human mind. One is more progressive and the other is the retarding one. They have nothing in common. They differ in thought, teaching, wisdom, choice, words, deeds, reflection and their very basis. Note: At the time Dr Jafarey wrote this translation, the word retarding wasn’t as stigmatized as it was today, and it had an alternate, more archaic meanings of ‘to slow the progress of, to impede’. This is the meaning he intended here. – Caleb Goodfellow
Pondering Point:
“The constructive and destructive mentalities in our minds will never be in harmony.”