Song 9.12 (Yasna 44.12)
Transliterated Text:
tat thwâ peresâ eresh môi vaocâ ahurâ kê ashavâ ýâish peresâi dregvå vâ katârêm â añgrô vâ hvô vâ añgrô ýê mâ dregvå thwâ savâ paitî-eretâ cyanghat hvô nôit ayêm añgrô manyetê.
Translated Text:
This I ask You, tell me truly, Lord. Who, among those I confer, is righteous, who wrongful? Who sides with evil, and who is evil himself? Why should I not consider the person, who is wrongfully set against Your gains, to be evil?
Summary Substance:
Zarathushtra is seeking divine help in discerning the nature of the people he is conferring with. Who is righteous and who is wrongful? Who does evil and who is evil personified? If this be the case, why should he not consider one who is working to impede the progress made on the divine path as evil?
Pondering Point:
“"Beware of the wrongful disguised as the righteous."”