[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Iran](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir) › [Avestan texts](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae) › [Videvdad](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad) › 1.1 # Videvdad 1.1 Vīdēvdād 1.1 - **Language:** Avestan ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.1) mraot̰. ahurō. mazdā̊. spitamāi. zaraϑuštrāi azəm. daδąm. spitama. zaraϑuštra. asō. rāmō.dāitīm. nōit̰.kudat̰.ṣ̌āitīm yeiδi. zī. azəm. nōit̰. daiδiiąm. spitama. zaraϑuštra. asō. rāmō.dāitīm. nōit̰.kudat̰.ṣ̌āitīm. vīspō. aŋhuš. astuuā̊. airiianəm. vaējō. frāṣ̌nuuāt̰. > 1. Ahura Mazda spake unto Spitama Zarathustra, saying : > I have made every land dear to its dwellers, even though it had no charms whatever in it : had I not made every land dear to its dwellers, even though it had no charms whatever in it, then the whole living world would have invaded the Airyana Vaêgô. > — James Darmesteter 1880, The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4) - [Next: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.2) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1) ## Translations (1) - [The Zend-Avesta, Part I. The Vendîdâd (Sacred Books of the East 4)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad~en-darmesteter.1.1) — James Darmesteter 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.ir.ae.videvdad.1.1) · Pramāṇa