Song 3.3 (Yasna 30.3)
`,Acmvka ,OyhaW ,Ih ,iOnaqOayK `,IhacaW* ,Acihanam
.,OhMldZud ,TiOn ,AtAyKIW ,Svrv `,OhMlduh ,Acsl
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.
Commentary:
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.”