Song 3.3 (Yasna 30.3)
Transliterated Text:
at tâ mainyû pouruyê ýâ ýêmâ khvafenâ asrvâtem manahicâ vacahicâ shyaothanôi hî vahyô akemcâ åscâ hudånghô eresh vîshyâtâ nôit duzhdånghô.
Translated Text:
Now, the two foremost mentalities, known to be imaginary twins, are the better and the bad in thoughts, words, and deeds. Of these the beneficent choose correctly, but not so the maleficent.
Summary Substance:
Good and Evil are mentalities, not entities. The talk about their being twins is pure imagination. One is good, getting better day by day: It is the progressive good. The other is bad. Both are thought in mind and then translated into words and deeds. Beneficence leads one to choose good, and maleficence takes one towards evil.
Pondering Point:
“It is the human mind that creates good thoughts, words and deeds– and the opposites thereof; Good begets good, evil begets evil based on the choices one makes.”