Song 15.2 (Yasna 50.2)
`,TAysu ,iOts ,mItiawartsAW `,iAmha ,mIh,V%
`,UsaySip ,Vrawh ,USuruop `,ACa ,SIjvZvrv
.,AwhAd ,mVqAd ,AysLSin `,Am ,gNVtsAkA
Transliterated Text:
kathâ mazdâ rânyô-skeretîm gãm ishasôit
ýê hîm ahmâi vâstravaitîm stôi usyât
erezhejîsh ashâ pourushû hvarê pishyasû
âkâstêñg mâ nishãsyâ dâthêm dâhvâ.
Translated Text:
How, Wise One, shall one seek the joy-bringing world,
when one wishes it to have settlements,
with the honest living in righteousness in a fully sun-bathed region?
I shall, with all clarity, settle down among the houses of justice.
Commentary:
In a world afflicted with destructive wars and unproductive nomadism, Zarathushtra expresses his wish for the betterment of the world with a rhetorical question, as he wants humanity to seek and attend to our living world. It will bring us joy if we promote it through the creation of settlements in which we live as honest inhabitants. We shall truly enjoy a bright, righteous life of peace, prosperity, and progress.
Pondering Point:
“Those who seek to advance the world and make it prosper will prosper in kind, as a truly good, joy-bringing world will always reciprocate care and affection.”