Transliterated Text:

haêcat-aspâ vaxshyâ vê spitamånghô
hyat dâthêñg vîcayathâ adâthãscâ
tâish ýûsh shyaothanâish ashem xshmaibyâ daduyê
ýâish dâtâish paouruyâish ahurahyâ.

Translated Text:

I shall tell you, descendants of Haechataspa Spitama,
how to distinguish between the just and the unjust.
By such actions, you shall earn righteousness for yourselves,
actions which correspond with the Primal Laws of Lord.

Commentary:

Zarathushtra is now addressing his own family members, the Haechataspa Spitamas. He teaches them how to distinguish between those who are just and those who are not. He says, once one knows how to draw a line between the two, one knows how to act according to the Divine Primal Principles to lead a righteous life.

Note: This is the only stanza in the Gathas missing a line. This missing line goes back to our earliest manuscripts in the 1300s AD, and the Pahlavi Shayest Ne Shayest (13.51) also mentions this stanza as missing a line. If the Shayest Ne Shayest truly dates to the Sassanid Era (see article on this work on Encylopedia Iranica), than this stanza has been missing a line since the Sassanid Dynasty at least, if not earlier. – Caleb Goodfellow

Pondering Point:

“When distinguishing between justice and injustice, look to the laws the Creator has embedded in existence.”

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