Song 11.11 (Yasna 46.11)
`,mICam ,iAydivgNvrvm ,mUha `,SiAnqOayK ,SiAka
`,AnEad ,TadOarx ,AcEaX `,Awru ,VX ,gNV%
`,Sutvrvp ,Otawnic ,Arqa% `,nvmvg,Ibia ,Tayh
.,Oyatsa ,iAnAmvd ,OjUrd `,iApsIW ,iOwa%
Transliterated Text:
xshathrâish ýûjên karapanô kâvayascâ
akâish shyaothanâish ahûm mereñgeidyâi mashîm
ýêñg xvê urvâ hvaêcâ xraodat daênâ
hyat aibî-gemen ýathrâ cinvatô peretush
ýavôi vîspâi drûjô demânâi astayô.
Translated Text:
Priests and princes yoke people under duress
to destroy life with their evil actions.
But their souls and their consciences shall upbraid them
when they approach the sorting bridge,
because they have been all the time dwelling in the house of wrong.
Commentary:
Priests and princes, in their greed for wealth and power, expoit and oppress people, an evil act that destroys life. When these exploiters come to the “sorting bridge” of the righteous and the wrongful, they will be rebuked by their own conscience. It shall recount their evil deeds, deeds they have been committing all through their life, a life lived in wrong and with wrong.
Pondering Point:
"The deceitful can pretend to be righteous to others but can never lie to their own conscience."