Song 9.17 (Yasna 44.17)
Transliterated Text:
tat thwâ peresâ eresh môi vaocâ ahurâ kathâ mazdâ zarem carânî hacâ xshmat âsketîm xshmâkãm hyatcâ môi xyât vâxsh aêshô sarôi bûzhdyâi haurvâtâ ameretâtâ avâ mãthrâ ýê râthemô ashât hacâ.
Translated Text:
This I ask You, tell me truly, Lord. How shall I, Wise One, carry the invocation from You, in Your company, so that my voice becomes forceful and ultimately guides to wholeness and immortality in accordance with the thought-provoking message which is a gain from righteousness.
Summary Substance:
The Gathas are simultaneously prayers to God and guidance to mankind. Here Zarathushtra wants to make sure how his Songs—the Thought-provoking Message—resound in increasing force to lead humanity to wholeness and immortality, blissful perfection and eternity.
Pondering Point:
“"The thought provoking messages of the Gathas can guide humanity to wholeness and bliss"”